Providence Reformed Sunday Mornings Broadcast

Providence Reformed Sunday Mornings Broadcast

by Providence Reformed Baptist Church
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Season 5
Sunday Sermon | The Authority of Apostolic Ministry | 2 Corinthians | Part 10
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 6:1-13. Paul has been defending his apostleship and is drawing attention to the unique connection between apostle and the authority of the apostle as he proclaims the gospel. It’s the nature of mankind that necessitates continuous authoritative preaching and ministry. We require a continual proclamation of the gospel. We need the encouragement, the revelation of truth, the urgency by the power of the Holy Spirit to probe oneself such that we can see and repent of our sinfulness and truly enjoy this life God has given us. Redemption doesn’t make ministry unnecessary or optional. One of the themes in these verses is the concept of authority. Every molecule in creation works within the paradigm of authority. The same is true of sin; it’s commanded in a way that it’s removed by the power and authority of the Lord Jesus Christ. Our sinful flesh is resistant to authoritative biblical ministry. Paul has to contend not just for his authority but for authority itself.
S5 · E27
Jul 5, 2026
1:03:09
Sunday Sermon | The Ministry of Reconciliation | 2 Corinthians | Part 9
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 5:11-21. Our attention may be drawn to three primary themes in this passage. First is the fear of the Lord; the centerpiece of what compels Paul to confidently go forward in Christ. The fear of God must have more to do with God’s people than simply that He doesn’t care what we do and loves us no matter what. The reality is that redemption in Christ results in a new creation, a noticeable change. Are we concerned about the Father’s displeasure of our own sinfulness even though we are redeemed? If we feel a sense of freedom in our sinfulness, then we have misunderstood and diminished the love of Christ and the fear of the Lord because it is not acting as a counterbalance for a holy life. Second, Christ’s love for the redeemed. Paul’s understanding of Christ’s love for him enables Paul to holdfast, stay on task, and to endure all things. The Lord’s joy in His people is our strength. Paul recognized that the Lord Jesus died for him. He died for you. We become inclined to diminish the gift and life of Christ if we think of our redemption in unbiblical terms, as an abstract mass of people; but redemption is very personal. If we don’t view the love of Christ in a personal way, it could never counterbalance a life of faithfulness. The love of Christ compels us. It changes us. We are a new creation. We no longer look at people according to the flesh and a right understanding of this will change the way we act. Thirdly, the glory of new life through being reconciled to Christ. When one becomes a new creation in Christ, everything around them will also change. A life in Christ is a constant source of blessing and encouragement. God is pleading for us to come to Christ and freely receive new life.
S5 · E26
Jun 28, 2026
50:07
Sunday Sermon | Why the Apostle had Good Courage: A Confident Longing for His Heavenly Home | 2 Corinthians | Part 8
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 5:1-11. Heaven is a place of holiness, happiness, and humility. If we would be ready for heaven, these are the things the apostle Paul would encourage us to recognize. Light, momentary afflictions are integrated into our lives by God’s design for spiritual growth in ourselves and for encouraging others. The Christian life isn’t about avoiding difficulty, the Christian life is shaped by difficulty. In our temporal bodies, we groan as we drag along remnants of our sinful flesh. The point isn’t a discouraging look at redemption but to see there is a profound difference between our earthly tent and the building in heaven. One of the challenges of our lives is spiritual self awareness. What is it that you are really hoping? Paul is helping us to understand the importance of continually having our affections shaped. If we have a wrong perception of the Christian life then we will not realize that we should be encouraged at the way the Spirit is working, that our experiences can be explained spiritually and we can press on and be joyful, not being hampered by temporal, fleeting hindrances to faithfulness. The weight of the normal, Christian life has as its only counterbalance the day of the lord. The redeemed should be fanatically joyful about a future in heaven, but the urgency of the last day should absolutely impact every moment of our lives as we aim to please the Lord.
S5 · E25
Jun 21, 2026
50:20
Sunday Sermon | God’s Method in Ministry | 2 Corinthians | Part 7
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 4:7-15. In verses 7-15, we see the challenge of being depleted as the Corinthians give their lives to Christ and the challenges that occur in a normal gospel ministry. In gospel ministry, the minister is in the background as the servant, proclaiming Jesus Christ. The point isn’t simply that humanity is diminished in the glory of Christ but that the gospel not only does in fact glorify Christ but also simultaneously intentionally deals with the pride and conceit of man. The gospel is accentuated in this sinful earth by placing it in something so mundane - a common earthen vessel. The treasure inside is the light of the knowledge of the glory of God. Why clay pots? Because the surpassing value belongs to God, not to us. He is the one with power and glory. Humans have trouble wholly exalting another but the reality is that biblical servanthood is about directing attention to God. We are not to accentuate the clay pot; we are to accentuate Christ. Giving faithfully, in gospel labor, will always physically deplete the giver to some extent. Gospel ministry is not about personal gain but His glory.
S5 · E24
Jun 14, 2026
56:55
Sunday Sermon | What is Gospel Ministry? | 2 Corinthians | Part 6
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 4:1-6. Paul is regaling on the goodness of the Lord Jesus Christ. He affirms his weakness and his being in the shadow of the Lord Jesus. It is the weakness of men in which the glory of God is most profoundly shown. Our outer shells are wasting away but the gospel of Christ grows our inner being in grace. Therefore, we do not lose heart. We have unsinkable buoyancy during these light, momentary afflictions because the gospel isn’t about us; Jesus Christ is central. The amazing thing about this gospel is we are the ones who benefit from the preeminence of the Lord Jesus. We are His servants - do we look at ourselves in this way? The gospel ministry is a profound valuation of that which is unseen. As we grow in the image of the Lord Jesus, we should more highly value spiritual growth in Christ. The history of the Christian church is the result of faithful ministry where Jesus Christ is lord and we present ourselves as servants. Giving out the light of Christ is an incredible privilege we would do well to be reminded of.
S5 · E23
Jun 7, 2026
53:28
Sunday Sermon | The Beatific Vision | 2 Corinthians | Part 5
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 3:1-18. The Lord Jesus Christ is more glorious and brighter than the sun - the beatific vision. Something both beautiful and breathtaking, drawing a permanent gaze from us as something transformative in our lives. One particularly important thing we can draw from this passage is the concept of a living ministry. There is not only one covenant, there are two and the one was only a delivery vessel for the second, the permanent convent of the Lord Jesus Christ. The other, that we see in verse 18, is the idea that we behold the face of Christ and are being transformed now. As we grow in holiness, the Lord reveals more of Himself to us and we enter into deeper communion with God.
S5 · E22
May 31, 2026
55:56
Sunday Sermon | The Beauty of Warm Forgiveness and the Aroma of Christ | 2 Corinthians | Part 4
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 2:5-17. This passage draws our attention to the biblical norm of forgiveness and recovery. Being in a warm, loving congregation that reflects the love of Christ is one of the most important aspects of our relationship to the Lord Jesus. Healthy church life involves a normal process of confession, repentance, forgiveness, and reaffirmation of love. It’s much easier to say we forgive than to restore such a one with warmth and comfort. This would be full obedience by the congregation in their forgiveness, but we are prone to incomplete obedience. As we take time to involve ourselves in the full biblical process of forgiveness and recovery, we see the aroma of Christ. Only as congregations grow in their love and realistic experience with the living Son of God in a way that involves a transformational reaffirmation of love, will they then begin to truly enjoy a certain level of breadth of numerical and expansive growth.
S5 · E21
May 24, 2026
52:27
Sunday Sermon | Paul's Faithfulness and Our Unchanging God | 2 Corinthians | Part 3
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 1:12-2:4. This letter is about Paul’s unashamed commitment to the gospel as revealed in scripture. The Corinthian church was not a mature church. They were acting like they didn’t receive the gospel but germinated it on their own. They exalted strength and were attracted to flashy and contemporary ideas. Paul is trying to get them to understand that the strength of Christ is revealed in the weakness of man. This church has committed themselves to what is temporal and seen and Paul is trying to draw their attention back to what is eternal and unseen. We are inclined to be drawn to today or tomorrow and forget that all we do is of urgent importance against the last day. Every decision we make needs to be made in light of eternity. He’s not calling into question their redemption but urging them to reframe in a way shaped by the gospel.
S5 · E20
May 17, 2026
52:26
Sunday Sermon | The Life Cycle of Encouragement | 2 Corinthians | Part 2
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 1:1-11. One of the keywords in the first chapter of 2 Corinthians is “comfort”. But this isn’t comfort as we typically think but rather more of a sense of “encouragement”. Part of the issue in 2 Corinthians is the inclination to “clip-short” the promises of God. Paul is drawing their attention to what it is the Lord has set in front of them for their own good and the salvation of others - the comfort, or encouragement, to go on with the gospel and be strengthened by the comfort God gives them amidst their afflictions.
S5 · E19
May 10, 2026
50:20
Sunday Sermon | The Weight of Glory | 2 Corinthians | Part 1
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner begins a new preaching series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18. Paul describes heaven as the eternal weight of glory. The Corinthians underestimated the unseen, spiritual, and eternal, preferring the seen, physical, and temporal, and did not embrace the renewal of the inner man. The renewing of our inner selves begins at redemption but that is just a start. Redemption is not a static condition that ends with justification. Spiritual discipline, however, is necessary for growth, not affections that are directed at physical, earthy, temporal things. There’s a tendency to think heavenly glory is a continuation of earthly glory. But what leads to heavenly glory is earthly affliction; the crown follows the cross. The final end of the continuum of earthly commitment to Christ and the accompanying difficulties is heavenly glory.
S5 · E18
May 3, 2026
51:49
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