Chris Sallade speaks at our Friend's Night FNF meeting on the 4th Beatitude: "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." (Matthew 5:6)

John Musick continues our series on the Beatitudes by picking up on the third beatitude: "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." (Matthew 5:5)

Chris Sallade continues our sermon series on the Beatitudes by reflecting on the second Beatitude "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." (Matthew 5:4)

David Keddie continues our series on the Beatitudes by examining the first beatitude from Matthew 5, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

Chris Sallade kicks off our fall sermon series on the Beatitudes with the question, "what is the good life?" He shows how Jesus's teachings present a surprising, counterintuitive, but trustworthy answer to this deeply significant question. Matthew 5:1-12 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who...

Bill Boyce spoke at our Reunions FNF meeting on what it means that Jesus promises us abundant life. "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly." - John 10:10

Bill Boyce spoke on Zoom at PCF's Virtual Reunions FNF meeting. He talked about the need to hit the "recenter button" on our lives and to remember centrality of the Great Commission: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20.

David Keddie teaches at FNF on Ezekiel 37 and God's promise to give life to a valley of dry bones. Ezekiel 37:1-14 "The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. 2 And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. 3 And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” 4 The...

Chris Sallade teaches on how God was present with the prophet Jeremiah, even when he was thrown into a cistern and left to die. The story comes from Jeremiah 37:11-38:13 and here are the verses from chapter 38: "Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchiah heard the words that Jeremiah was saying to all the people: 2 “Thus says the Lord: He who stays in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence,...

David Keddie reflects on the way the LORD ministers to Elijah when Elijah flees from Jezebel after his triumphant victory against the prophets of Baal. 1 Kings 19 "Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.” Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and cam...

Chris Sallade continues our series in the Old Testament, by reflecting on the short account of the life of King Omri in 1 Kings 16:21-28: "Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts. Half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king, and half followed Omri. But the people who followed Omri overcame the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. So Tibni died, and Omri became king. In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Isr...

David Keddie continues our series in the Old Testament by teaching from 1 Samuel 26.

Chris Sallade teaches on Hannah from the book of 1 Samuel in a message entitled, "Our Eyes, God's Eyes: Avoiding Comparison Traps." 1 Samuel 1 There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephrathite. 2 He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3 Now this man used to go up year by ...

David Keddie continues our series on the Old Testament by teaching from the story of Balaam from Numbers 22-24. "Then Balak became furious with Balaam, struck his hands together, and said to him, 'I summoned you to put a curse on my enemies, but instead, you have blessed them these three times. Now go to your home! I said I would reward you richly, but look, the Lord has denied you a reward.' Balaam answered Balak, “Didn’t I previously tell the messengers you sent me: If Balak were to g...

Chris Sallade continues our Old Testament series by looking at the LORD's providence in the life of Joseph, particularly in the moment when an unnamed man gives Joseph directions to find his brothers in Dothan. "Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shechem. And Israel said to Joseph, 'Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.' And he said to him, 'Here I am.' So he said to him, 'Go now, see if it is well with your brothers...

David Keddie kicked off our spring semester Friday Night teaching series entitled, The LORD is There: Key Moments in the Old Testament. David's message focused on Melchizedek, first mentioned in Genesis: "After his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley). And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.) And he blessed him and sa...

Chris Sallade shared our message on Friends Night. He spoke about "amazement" and its connection to Advent. He spoke from Luke 2, especially focusing on 2:18, "...and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them."

Chris Sallade walks us through a Friday night message on the book of Jonah.

Listen to as Lynn '79 & Karen '81 McAdam share how their experience as Princeton undergrads shaped their understanding of the relevance of faith to their lives. They spoke at the Friday Night Fellowship meeting of our Global Ministry Conference.

Robbie Freeman continues our series on the parables by looking at two short parables concerning Jesus's teaching on prayer. Luke 11:5-13 "And he said to them, 'Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, 6 for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7 and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you any...