Sermon Archive
The Book of Acts
Pastor Paul Ethington's Sunday sermon continues with the Book of Acts and Stephen's betrayal and murder for his faith in Jesus. His sermon titled:
A testimony sealed with blood Video
The Biblical text: Acts 6:8-8:3
Stephen's main point to his audience : Your betrayal and murser of Jesus followed a generatinal pattern of God's people persecuting His messenger.
A question is posed: "Would you give up your life for somebody else?" Pastor Paul Ethington examines this question in his message:
A testimony sealed with blood (Part 1 of 2) Video
Biblical text: Acts 6:8-8:3
The Main Idea: God continued to accomplish His purpose through His people as another generation rejected His Word.
The Book of Acts reveals God's plan to establish His church. Pastor Paul Ethington discusses and helps define a key element of God's plan in his Sunday's message:
Growing pains and unchanging purpose Video
Biblical text: Acts 6:107
The Main Idea: God empowers gifted people to accomplish His purpose in and through His church.
Our study in the Book of Acts continues. To those who are persecuted, worry not, for yours is the Kingdom of Heaven. Listen to Pastor Paul's message:
Boldness, Beatings, and abiding Joy Video
Biblical text : Acts 5:12-42
The Main Idea: The gospel produces boldness and abiding joy in all who believe.
Pastor Paul Ethington examines God's grace given to us through His son Jesus Christ. This was to show God's ultimate authority. This is presented with Pastor Paul's message:
Great grace, great fear Video
Biblical Reference: Acts 4:32-5:11
The Main Idea: God's generous grace to us in Christ develops a genuine fear of Him is us.
Pastor Paul Ethington focused in on the boldness that comes from faith in Jesus Christ. Watch as Pastor Paul examines God's uses the name of Jesus as the primary key to salvation.
The Unstoppable Gospel Video
Acts 4:5-31
The Main Idea: God carries out His purpose through the bold proclamation of Jesus' powerful name.
Pastor Paul Ethington forged ahead in our study in the Book of Acts. His Sunday message is titled:
The Ultimate Healer Video
Biblical Reference: Acts 3:1-4:4
The Main Idea: Jesus, the promised Redeemer, brings the ultimate healing through His resurrection, but only for those who believe Him.
Pastor Paul Ethington, talking within the context of the book of Acts, is explaining the relationship of a heartfelt belief in Jesus and what that belief really means:
Real belief, radical change Video
Biblical text: Acts 2:42-47
The Main Idea: Real belief in Jesus brings radical change in us.
Pastor Paul Ethington delved deeper into the Book of Acts and Peter's sermon at Pentecost with message titled:
Let This Be Known To You Video
Biblical Reference: Acts 2:14-41
The Main Idea of Peter's sermon at Pentecost: Jesus' resurrection proves that He is the promised Christ, so trust in Him and be saved.
Pastor Hanback offered focus to the church in Ephesus. Although hard working and intention, they had a critical failing. They lost sight of their first love, Jesus Christ. It is discussed in his message:
Ephesus, The Legalistic Church Video
Biblical text: Revelation 2:1-7
The Main Idea: Love, plus right orthodoxy, leads to proper orthopraxy.
Pastor Paul Ethington continues his focus on the Book of Acts with his sermon titled:
Believing or Belittling Video
Biblical text: Acts 2:1-13
The Main Idea: The promised Holy Spirit empowersGod's people to proclaim His godpel to His whole world.
The Book of Acts chronicles the Lord's plan among His dependent People. Pastor Paul Ethington help define this plan with his sermon titled:
He is the Lord of Lots Video
Biblical reference: Acts 1:12-26
The Main Idea: The sovereign Lord carries out His perfect plan among His dependent people.
Pastor Paul Ethington offered his second message in our new study of the Book of Acts :
Empowered for the adventure of a lifetime Video
Biblical reference: Acts 1:1-11
The Main Idea: The risen and ascended Chrict empower His people to accomplish His purpose until He returns.
Pastor Ethington began a 38 Sunday message series in the study of the Book of Acts:
An Introduction to the Book of Acts Video
The Main Idea: Acts describes God's work to establish and expand His church through Holy Spirit-empowered believers proclaimingthe good news about Jesus.
Pastor Paul Ethington finished our study in Amos with an exposing reality of man's choices in life with his sermon title:
The deadliest famine and the Word of Life Video
The biblical text: Amos 8:4-14
The Main Idea: All who reject God's life-giving Word are choosing death.
We continue with our study in the book of Amos the folcal point of Dr. Paul Nelsen's message titled:
Truth, Justice, and God's Way Video
The biblical text: Amos 7:1-8:3
The Main Idea: We can trust in God’s absolute truth. Because of His nature, He is just in His final punishment.
Repentance is a necessity, judgement is a certainty. Elder Terry Jacobson offer his message this morning to reiterate this reality, titled:
Seek the Lord to Live Video
Biblical text: Amos 5:1-17
The Main idea: Seek the sovereign God and live before His sovereign power brings judgment.
Pastor Paul Ethington clearly identifies the theme of The Book of Amos with his message titled:
The Inescapable Justice of God Video
Biblical text: Amos 2:4-16
The Main Idea: Those who persist in rebellion against God will receive His righteous wrath.
Dr. Paul Nelsen offered his message today as we continue our study in the Book of Amos with his sermon titled:
The Perils of Prosperity Video
Biblical text: Amos 4: 1-5
The Main Idea: The Lion will devour the unrepentant and rescue a remnant from among His sinful people.
Elder Terry Jacobson offered his message this Sunday as we continue our journey into the Book of Amos
God's Righteous Roar of Justice VIDEO
Biblical text: Amos 1:1—2:3
The Main Idea: The Lion will devour the unrepentant and rescue a remnant from among His sinful
people.
Pastor Paul Ethington at Trinity Church Ripon, launched our study in the Book of Amos with his message:
Amos: The Lion Roars - Introduction to Amos VIDEO
The Main Idea: The Lion will devour the unrepentant and rescue a remnant from among His sinful people.
This Easter Sunday, Pastor Ethington gave his closing message in his "Living In The Light of the Resurrection NOW and THEN", with his sermon titled:
Marveling at Emptiness Video
Biblical reference: Luke 24:12, Luke 9:23-25, Acts 4:8-13
The Main Idea: Investing time with God makes us marvel at the work of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit to secure our redemption.
Pastor Paul Ethington offered this Good Friday message and states the real gift of Christmas titled:
Destruction, Deliverance, and a very merry Christmas Video
Biblical text: Hebrews 2:14-15
Pastor Paul's Main Idea : Jesus took on human flesh so that He could die and rise again, delivering His peopple from death forever.
Pastor Paul Ethington gave the fourth sermon in his Resurrection Now and Then series titled:
The Resurrected Jesus: His Glorious Presence Video
Biblical text: Matthew 28: 16-20
The Series Main Idea: Jesus' resurrection assures every believer of His continued presence through thr indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
Pastor Paul Ethington offered his fourth sermon of the series:
The Resurrected Jesus: His glorious promise Video
Biblical text: Galatians 4:4-7
The Main Idea: Jesus's resurrection assures us that He always does what He says He will do.
Returning to our study in Ecclesiastes, Elder Terry Jacobson contributed with his message titled:
Wisdom helps focus past the limitations of human understanding Audio . Video
Biblical reference: Ecclesiastes 8:1-9
The Main Idea: The value of Wisdom, Obedience to Authority, the Limits of Human Understanding and the Inevitabllity of our Death.
Pastor Paul Ethington gave his Christmas Eve message titled:
Peace, Hope, Love, and Joy in Jesus Video
Biblical references: Luke 1:26-35 and Psalm 33:1-5
Wishing you a Happy and Joyful holiday in Jesus Christ.
Pastor Doug Hanback offered his message on the Book of Ruth titled:
Seeing God's Providence in Your Life Video . Audio
Biblical text: The Book of Ruth
The Main Idea: God knows what He's doing.
At Trinity church Ecclesiastes remains our focus as Pastor Paul Ethington offers his Sunday message titled:
(Temporary) Satisfaction Guaranteed Video
Biblical text: Ecclesiastes 5:8-20
The Main Idea: The pleasure of producive labor and the ability to enjoy its fruits are gifts from God.
Pastor Paul Ethington offered this message to the Trinity congregation:
Reverence and Restraint Video
Biblical text: Ecclesiastes 5:1-7
The Main Idea: God is pleased when we approach Him with reverent awe.
Studying in the book of Ecclesiastes, Pastor Paul Ethington offered his message titled:
Contentment, Companionship, and Counsel Video
Biblical text: Ecclesistes 4:4-16
The Main Idea: God's way is the only best way when it comes to contentment, companionship, and counsel.
Pastor Paul Ethington continued our study in Ecclesiastes with Sunday's sermon titled:
Your best life now: Injustice, death and ignorance Audio . Video
Biblical text: Ecclesistes 3:16-4:3
The Main Idea: We all crave justice, life, and wisdom, but we are unable to obtain these things by ourselves.
We continue our study in Ecclesiastes as Pastor Paul Ethington of Trinity Evangelical Free Church, Ripon, Wisconsin offeres is Sunday sermon titled:
Perfect Timing: Audio . Video
Biblical Text: Ecclesiastes 3: 1-15
The Main Idea: Our sovereign God accomplishes His good purpose in
mankind by working through time and seasons.
Elder Terry Jacobson offered his message covering the need for men who can provide a committed life of example, stability and reverence to the gospel of Jesus Christ and share it with others. Elder Terry titled his sermon:
What we need now are Elder Qualified Men Video
Biblical text: Titus 1:5-9
The Main Idea: A man may not be "called" to eldership, but he should "strive" to its qualifications.
Pastor Paul Ethington finished a 4 part series call "Tiny Hands and Tornadoes" offering his message today titled:
Work and Wealth Audio . Video
Biblical text: Ecclesiastes 2: 18-26
The Main Idea: Nothing under the sun can bring a person a sense of purpose and lasting contentment, not even work and wealth.
Ecclesiastes is the focus of a 4 part sermon series called "Tiny Hands and Tornadoes" offered by our Lead pastor, Paul Ethington. This week his message is titled:
Wisdom has its limits Video
Biblical reference: Ecclesiastes 2: 12-17
The Main Idea: Living under the sun in wisdom is more gratifying than living under the sun in folly, but neither can prevent death.
Our Lead Pastor, Paul Ethington, continued with the 2nd of 4 messages in his series, "Tiny Hands and Tornadoes" with this Sunday's sermon titled:
Pleasures, Possessions, and Prominence Video
Biblical text: Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
The Main Idea: Nothing under the sun can give us a sense of purpose and lasting contentment, not even pleasures, possessions and prominence.
Pastor Paul Ethington started a new bible study with his sermon titled:
A View from the Hamster Wheel: An Introduction to Ecclesiastes
Text: Ecclesiastes 1: 1-2
The Main Idea: Ecclesiastes claims that even though this earthly life is subject to frustration and uncertainty, we can find meaningful joy in living under the sovereign rule of God.
Pastor Paul Ethington offered this Sunday's sermon referencing Psalm19:
Treasuring what God treasures Audio . Video
Reference text: Psalm 19
The Main Idea: The life of a disciple is captivated by God's glory and grounded in God's Word.
Pastor Paul offered his Sunday message as we closed up our year and a half study of the Book of Mark with his sermon titled:
Text: Review of Mark
The Main Idea: The message of the gospel of Jesus according to Mark is that the Son of God and Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ranson for all who will turn Him in faith and enter the kingdom of God.
Elder Paul Nelsen continued our study of The Gospel of Jesus according to Mark with his message titled:
Bound for Release Audio . Video
Biblical text: Mark 15: 1-15
The Main Idea: It was God's will for Jesus to be bound by Jews, delivered for trial, and after judgement delivered over for crucifizion.
Elder Dr. Paul Nelsen offered his message to the congregation of Trinity Evangelical Free Church titled:
Jesus Christ, The Author and Founder of Salvation Audio. Video
Text: Hebrews 2: 5-18
The Main Idea : Jesus' perfect life as a man and His sacrificial death provided the perfect atonement for the sins of all who call Him Lord.
Today, Sunday February 25, 2024, the congregation at Trinity Evangelical Free Church located in Ripon, Wisconsin was offered Pastor Paul Ethington's sermon titled:
"Stay awake and endure (Part 2 of 3 ) Audio. Video
Text: Mark 13:14-27
The Main Idea : God's people must patiently endure in faith as He continues to fulfill His promises.
Pastor Paul Ethington broke away from our study in "The Book of Jesus according to Mark" to talk of the glorification of God through His creation, redemption, and transformation with his message:
On Purpose and Promises Audio. Video
Text: 1 Peter 1:3-7
The Main Idea: God displays His glory through His works of creation, redemption, and transformation.
