What do you cling to when your year ends this way?
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good… His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao takes us to Psalm 118 in our Wisdom and Worship study — a psalm of thanksgiving written from the other side of distress.
His lovingkindness is everlasting.
It does not deny danger, betrayal, or discipline — but declares that none of these things has the final word.
His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Framed by the repeated confession that “His lovingkindness is everlasting…”
…Everlasting.
This psalm calls God’s people to give thanks, trust the Lord alone, and rejoice in the salvation He provides.
His lovingkindness is everlasting.
On this final Lord’s Day of the year, Psalm 118 invites us to look back with honesty, look ahead with hope, and look upward in praise.
His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Ultimately, this psalm finds its fullest meaning in Jesus Christ — the Rejected Stone who became the Chief Cornerstone — whose saving work turns suffering into victory and fear into joyful worship.
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good… His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Guilt weighs heavy… silence corrodes the soul… and hidden sin steals our joy.
What happens when the heart comes clean before God?
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,
in our Wisdom and Worship study,
Pastor Monty Simao takes us to Psalm 32 —
a psalm that traces the pain of unconfessed sin
and the joy that comes when guilt is lifted.
“How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered!”
Here we discover that forgiveness is not denial,
but deliverance —
and that true joy is found in honest repentance.
In this season of Advent,
we remember that the child born in Bethlehem
came not just to comfort sinners, but to cleanse them — fully and forever.
Because the greatest joy
is knowing we are forgiven.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Given New Life
in SBC Classic Edition
We’re in the process of digging through the colossal SBC Sermon Archive Library to bring forth the rich and timeless Biblical Truths found within the hundreds and hundreds of sermon cassettes from yesteryear, in our Tape to Podcast Project.
Currently on the workbench:
The Jim Allen Gospel of John Study (1997-1998) is now complete and in our SBC Classic Edition collection!
Watch our Steeple Study grow! … Great for a listen-study through a book or series.
Our Find-A-Sermon resource page helps you find what you’re looking for.
With the increased release of sermons from our archives, SBC Classic Edition is now podcasting on its own dedicated feed, separate from our current Sunday sermons.
Sermon Notes
Ultimately, this psalm finds its fullest meaning in Jesus Christ — the Rejected Stone who became the Chief Cornerstone — whose saving work turns suffering into victory and fear into joyful worship.
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