Author: Logan Hagoort
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The Devilish Design of Derision
Mockery is never accidental; it is a calculated weapon against the work of God. In Nehemiah 4, derision aims to weaken resolve and halt obedience. Yet prayer, perseverance, and quiet faithfulness expose ridicule for what it is and press the work forward under God’s sovereign hand, until the wall rises despite the laughter of enemies.
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Weak Beloved Philadelphia
Christ commends a church with little strength yet great faithfulness. To Philadelphia he sets an open door no enemy can shut, promises vindication, protection, and a permanent place in God’s temple. Weakness, when joined to obedience, becomes the sphere of Christ’s conquering power for the persevering saints who hold fast.
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All Hands on Deck for the Year of our Lord
Nehemiah 3 shows a community united in God’s work, each person contributing to the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s wall. “All Hands on Deck” challenges us to serve faithfully, recognising that every effort—big or small—matters. True spiritual progress comes when God’s people labour together with diligence, obedience, and mutual encouragement.
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Surveying the Kingdom of God
Nehemiah quietly inspects Jerusalem’s ruins before calling God’s people to rebuild. This sermon explores wise leadership, patient preparation, and confidence in God’s sovereign hand as His kingdom work advances amid opposition, ridicule, and apparent weakness.
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Sleepy Sardis
Jesus addresses a church with a reputation for life, yet marked by spiritual lethargy. This sermon exposes the danger of outward vitality masking inward death, and calls Christ’s people to wakefulness, repentance, and steadfast obedience before judgment comes unexpectedly.
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Success at Last!
In Nehemiah 2:1–8, God’s long preparation meets decisive opportunity. Before the king, Nehemiah prays, speaks, and acts as the Lord opens doors no human strategy could force. This sermon explores God’s timing, means, power, and glory evidenced in the life of Nehemiah. It’s not what was expected!
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A Faithless Woman and a Faithful Remnant
In Revelation 2:18–29, Christ confronts a church tolerating corruption while preserving a faithful remnant. This sermon exposes the danger of spiritual compromise, the seduction of false authority, and the steadfast call of the risen Lord to holiness, perseverance, and hope in His final judgment and promised reward.
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The Declaration of Dependence
Are you tempted to act like a practical independent Christian? God wants us to depend on him when we labour for the kingdom. The prayer of Nehemiah shows us M shaped devotion of dependence.
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The Church in Satantown
In Revelation 2:12–17, Christ speaks to a church that lives in Satantown. Lifes rough, but the worst part is, compromise has kicked in. Compromise is one of the most incidious attacks of the devil and sadly the church has folded to it all too often.
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God-Centered Kingdom Concern
Nehemiah 1:1–4 shows a man whose heart bends first toward God and then toward God’s people. News of Jerusalem’s ruin does not spark strategy but prayer—grief carried into the presence of the King. This is true kingdom concern: seeing brokenness through God’s eyes and seeking His glory before all else.