Sermon Text: Revelation 6:1-8 Below is a sermon manuscript from July 27, 2025. Watch the sermon here. Introduction Do you ever have those moments where you think to yourself, “What was I thinking?” We are in Revelation 6, this is when Revelation starts to get Revelationy. It’s when thinks get complicated. I remember why after teaching … Continue reading The Four Horsemen
Real Faith and Prayer
Sermon Text: James 5:13-20 Below is a sermon manuscript from April 13, 2025. Watch the sermon here. Introduction Too often prayer gets forced out due to our schedules or things going on. I am reminded of Martin Luther’s quote: “I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.” Today … Continue reading Real Faith and Prayer
Real Faith and Works
Sermon Text: James 2:14-26 Below is a sermon manuscript from March 2, 2024. Watch the sermon here. Introduction Well dad said I could do it! Mom said it was fine if I play video games, why are you saying that it is bad for me? Ever fall into one of these traps? Kids love to pit … Continue reading Real Faith and Works
Real Faith and Trials
Sermon Text: James 1:2-4 Below is a sermon manuscript from January 12, 2024. Watch the sermon here. Introduction “God help me to feel what I know is true.” Those were the words of a teenage student in our youth ministry several years ago. She was fighting for faith. She knew that God was in control. She … Continue reading Real Faith and Trials
For Such a Time
Below is a sermon manuscript from October 27, 2024. Watch the sermon here. Esther 4 Introduction In 1520, Martin Luther, the reformer, wrote a work called The Babylonian Captivity of the Church. In this work he compared the situation of the people of God within the Roman Catholic Church of his day to Israel exiled in Babylon. … Continue reading For Such a Time
Kingdom in Chaos
Introduction Last weekend, we went to a Pastor and wives retreat. During the weekend, the speaker and his wife shared some terrific wisdom about cultivating a godly marriage. With some of the discussion, I was a little overwhelmed. When we discussed with our tables, another couple with young kids said, “I don’t know about you, … Continue reading Kingdom in Chaos
Words With Friends
Below is a sermon manuscript from September 22, 2024. Watch the sermon here. Introduction My wife is a master at using her words well. She knows what to say to comfort me and what to say to challenge me. If I were to share some ideas or a phrase of a sermon before I preach, she … Continue reading Words With Friends
Faithful to Fight
Sermon passage: Jude 3-4 Below is a sermon manuscript from August 18, 2024. Watch the sermon here. Introduction When you see the right light, it means go right through it. If you want to pick up a first down in football, you have to go five yards. If you are hanging shelves in your house, … Continue reading Faithful to Fight
Boonstra Family Update
Below is a letter that I read to our First Baptist congregation May 21, 2023. God has been gracious to our family and taught us so much in life and ministry in our current context. Over the past eight years, we've had the unique opportunity to come back and invest in my home church. To … Continue reading Boonstra Family Update
Christians are Weird
"That's weird." During college, I worked at a warehouse, and "that's weird" was common in daily conversations. Typically, it would be directed at me. Yes, I'm weird. But what is the content of "weird." The content matters. This was often said because of something I claimed to believe in or how Christianity impacted what I … Continue reading Christians are Weird
Boonstra Babble 