Stonebridge Bible Church Sermons

Guest speaker, Wayne Wolf, teaches on Mary during this last Sunday of Advent.

This third week of Advent, Wayne Wolf preaches on the shepherds at Christ’s birth.

Guest speaker, Wayne Wolf, preaches on the faith of Zechariah and Elizabeth on this second Sunday of Advent.

Michael introduces the Major Prophets and teaches an overview on the book of Isaiah.  We transition into the Prophetic books, with Isaiah the 1st of 5 major prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel followed by the 12 minor prophets.  Isaiah is perhaps one of the most loved and, in a way, important prophets of the Old Testament. Prior to the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, there was great controversy around the book of Isaiah because it’s such a beautiful Biblical Hebrew piece. Some argued it must have had multiple authors or been written across multiple timestamps, but the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls demonstrated a unity in Isaiah as well as a dating much earlier than liberal scholarship had proposed. It’s the oldest manuscript we have. The Dead Sea Scrolls copy of Isaiah is a thousand years older than the oldest manuscript we had, but proved to be word for word accurate with our standard Hebrew Bible upon their discovery in 1947 with very slight variation (around 5%, mostly attributed to misspellings and slips of the pen).  This discovery also ultimately offered strong evidence that the entire canonized Old Testament that we have today was completed by 450 B.C. The Greek Translation of the Old Testament – the Septuagint – is dated to about 250 years B.C.

Guest speaker Craig preaches on trusting God in what He’s called us to do.

Guest speaker, Jay Conder, teaches on heroes of the faith.

 Michael teaches on the Lord’s Supper. 

Wayne Wolf preaches an overview of natural and special revelation.

Michael teaches an overview of Song of Solomon. The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon is a complex, mysterious, and somewhat uncomfortable book. As the Bible is meant to serve as a guide in all aspects of life, it is a gift to look at this text and derive from it God’s intentions and design for sexual intimacy.

The book of Ecclesiastes, which Michael teaches on today, seemingly fails to fit in with the rest of Scripture.  It has no obvious outline, no narrative. Where Proverbs offers practical guidance for living, Ecclesiastes offers musings and observations about this life. This unusual book meets the discouraged and disillusioned in their struggle, and offers a a gentle encouragement toward that which gives meaning. What is the purpose of all we encounter, endure, and experience in this life? Is it truly all in vain?