Both of Pastor Emilio‘s sermons that he preached at The Psalm 119 Conference [Oct. 7-8, 2011] are now online. Listen to or download Scriptures Preeminence & Purity – 1 [2 Timothy 3:13]: Listen to or download Scriptures Preeminence & Purity – 2 [2 Timothy...

Phil Johnson was our guest preacher this past Sunday. During our worship service he preached a special message for us on true love as opposed to false love from Ephesians 5:3-7 (NKJV): Listen to or download the...

Phil Johnson was our guest preacher this past Sunday. During our Sunday Seminary hour he preached a special message for us on the doctrine of assurance from Mark 9:24 (NKJV): Listen to or download the...

Please note that R.W. Glenn has been replaced with Tim Challies.    Get discernment! Wolves are leaping over the fence and some sheep seem to be oblivious to their wiles. The Psalm 119 Conference is designed to sharpen your discernment skills and help you separate the true from the false. The following topics will be addressed: Who, what and how to judge Knowing the 5 major heresies How to systematize your theology Identifying...

John Piper and Kevin DeYoung recently sat down to discuss how faith in the gospel applies to personal holiness. You can watch this video below: How does personal holiness relate to the assurance of salvation? How does godliness happen? What are the dynamics of our effort? Watch part two below: (HT: Desiring...

Coming from the mind and mouth of a seasoned and sagacious pastor/theologian, the words that John MacArthur shares with the Reformed church should be taken into considerable account. MacArthur hits on the issues which can easily undermine true Reformed thought, an abuse of Christian liberty, Arminian methods of evangelism and ecclesiology, worldliness, and carnal Christianity. As a pastor, I am truly grateful for MacArthur’s wisdom and insight...

Before this past Friday’s sermon on “Patience & Endurance Through Suffering”, Pastor Jay talked about a video he had recently seen about brothers and sisters who have endured persecution for their faith and how they endured. You can listen to this in the two minute clip below: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have...

During a past Sunday Seminary we talked about a resource that some in our church have used to help them memorize Scripture, from one verse, to one chapter, to entire books! It is a method that helps you memorize verbatim text by practicing recall not mere repeating. More details on this can be found here. – iPhone® / iPad® or Android® users may be interested in the “Fighter Verse App” which can help you memorize Scripture...

  Here are Pastor Emilio’s sermons from John’s Gospel on the betrayal, trails, crucifixion, and burial of Jesus from John chapters 18 and 19: Jesus Betrayed & Arrested John 18:1-11 08/27/2010 Jesus Tried before the Jews; Peter Tried before Man John 18:12-27 10/01/2010 Sovereign Over Suffering John 18:28-40 10/08/2010 Hail, King of the Jews: Crucify, crucify! John...

This past Friday (April 15, 2011), Pastor Emilio finished up his four year exposition Through the Gospel of John. This was the first book of the Bible that we went through when Sovereign Joy started as a Bible study early in 2007 (read more history here). During Friday’s sermon Pastor Emilio recommended you listen to the following message that we previously posted on our blog which is below: – REPOST FROM Jan. 28, 2009: Pastor...

“…Throughout the past few centuries there have been missionaries going to many remote places in the world bringing the Gospel to every ‘tribe, tongue, and people.’ Quite often these men and women take the time to learn the language of the peoples and do the hard work of translating the Old and/or New Testament into their own language. Lest we forget, all of our modern translations were at one time handed over to our...

Two Sunday’s ago we were encouraged to study out the doctrine of “Union with Christ” if we were unfamiliar with it (3 minute clip below): Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. The following two messages from the Basics 2010 Conference will help in our understanding of this doctrine,...

It is always important to reflect on the Lord’s faithfulness on New Years. More than anything we should use this as a time to reflect on God’s faithfulness and give thanks to Him for His unfailing love and mercy which He has so richly lavished us with in Christ. I am personally grateful for the ministry of Sovereign Joy Community Church (SJCC). I am grateful that God has taken our church through so much expositional terrain. I am...

Originally from Dec. 2009, but re-posted given it’s relevance to this past Sunday’s sermon: Christina Jesuroga has been edified and highly recommends the following series  from 1 Timothy 2:9-15 for the women at our church to read or listen to: Christian women are under tremendous pressure these days: “Get a job, don’t waste your education.” “You’ll only be fulfilled if you succeed in your career.” “You need a new...

As many of you already know, Pastor Jay was out of town this past week. What you may not of know is that he was enjoying some time at the Trinity Baptist Church of Montville’s 27th Annual Pastors’ Conference 2010. He was very edified by one sermon in particular and wanted to share it with us. This from Jay: “I had the distinct privilege of attending a pastors conference at Trinity Baptist Church. I was blessed beyond measure at...