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The Reign of the Son [Psalm 2:1-12]

December 7, 2025

Sermon Notes

Date: 12/07/2025

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs

Key Text: Psalm 2

Description:

The nations rage…
rulers rebel…
and the world trembles under its own defiance.

What hope is there when chaos seems to sit on the throne?

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, in our Wisdom and Worship study, Pastor Monty Simao takes us to Psalm 2 — a royal psalm that pulls back the veil and reveals a very different reality than the one we see.

For though the world resists God’s reign, He is not shaken.
He laughs.
He speaks.
And He installs His King — His beloved Son — upon the throne.

In this season of Advent, we remember that the child laid in a manger is no mere infant…
but the King of kings, destined to rule the nations with justice and mercy.

Psalm 2 calls us to rightly respond:
to bow the knee,
to kiss the Son in reverent trust,
and to find refuge in the only sovereign who can save.

For though the nations rage…
the Son still reigns.

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God Alone Is My Refuge [Psalm 62:1-12]

November 9, 2025

Sermon Notes

Date: 11/09/2025

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs

Key Text: Psalm 62

Description:

When life feels like it’s slipping out from under us…
we all run somewhere.

To people.
To accomplishments.
To distraction.
To whatever promises to hold us up when we feel like we’re falling.

But what happens when those refuges give way?

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our Wisdom and Worship study with Psalm 62 — where David declares that every refuge in this world is fragile and false… but God alone is strong, faithful, and near.

This psalm doesn’t simply call us to believe about God —
but to rest in Him.
To entrust our weary souls to the One who never shifts, never fades, and never fails.

Because the question is not whether you will seek refuge.

The question is whether the refuge you will seek… will save.

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The Secure City and the Coming King [Zechariah 14:1–11]

September 14, 2025

Sermon Notes

Date: 09/14/2025

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Zechariah

Key Text: Zechariah 14:1-11

Description:

What if the world shaking around us is not the end
— but the beginning of something greater?

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in the book of Zechariah… where the prophet unveils a cosmic vision: cities collapsing, mountains splitting, and light piercing the darkness — all to reveal that the Lord Himself will come and reign over all the earth.

This is the future God has promised.

And in the midst of upheaval, His people are not forgotten:

They are…

RESCUED,
RENEWED, and
ROOTED
…in a Kingdom that cannot be shaken.

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From Ruin to Reconciliation [Colossians 1:21-23]

February 9, 2025

Sermon Notes

Date: 02/09/2025

Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor

Series: Colossians

Key Text: Colossians 1:21-23

Description:

Have you ever felt that your faith has been stretched to the breaking point?

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues with our study in the book of Colossians in which Paul takes us on a guided tour from “Ruin to Reconciliation” — emphasizing the importance of continuing in the faith. Paul shows us that continuing in the faith is not a matter of *our* strength, but on us relying on Christ’s.

For it is only by understanding the depth of our spiritual ruin that we can fully understand the amazing work of Jesus Christ to reconcile us to God.