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Sermon Notes Date: 08/09/2026 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Key Text: Acts 6:1–7; 1 Timothy 3:8–13 Description: It looked like a bread problem.But the Apostles saw something different —something far more dangerous… Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,Pastor Monty Simao takes a break from our study in the book of Matthewas we ordain to the office […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/02/2026 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Matthew Key Text: Matthew 5:43-48 Description: There may be no command of Christmore challengingand more unnaturalto the human heart than this:“Love your enemies,and pray for those who persecute you.” Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,Pastor Monty Simao continues our studyin the Gospel of Matthew — as […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/26/2026 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: Esther Key Text: Esther 1:1-9 Description: From the height of his throne,he looked like a manwho possessed the world. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,Pastor Josh Peglow begins a new studyin the book of Esther — where King Ahasuerus displayshis extraordinary wealth,his far-reaching power,and the glory […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/19/2026 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Matthew Key Text: Matthew 5:32-42 Description: An eye for an eye,and a tooth for a tooth. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,Pastor Monty Simao continues our studyin the Gospel of Matthew — as Jesus confrontsthe desire for personal vengeance. God gave this lawto restrain retaliationand uphold […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/12/2026 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Matthew Key Text: Matthew 5:33-37, 48 Description: “Let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’;anything beyond these is of evil.” Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,Pastor Monty Simao continues our studyin the Gospel of Matthew — as Jesus confrontsthe promises we make,the words we manipulate,and […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/05/2026 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Matthew Key Text: Matthew 5:27-32 Description: The greatest threatto your marriageand your soul is not the enemyoutside the door — it’s the one inside. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,Pastor Monty Simao continues our studyin the Gospel of Matthew — as Jesus exposes where adultery truly […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/28/2026 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Matthew Key Text: Matthew 5:21-26 Description: “You shall not murder.” Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,Pastor Monty Simao continues our studyin the Gospel of Matthew — as Jesus takes up a commandmenteveryone thought they understood — murder. But Jesus shows us that murderis more than an […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/21/2026 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Matthew Key Text: Matthew 5:17-20 Description: Avg Guy: Okay… so the scribes and Pharisees were the experts in the Law and the Prophets. SBC Host: That’s right. Avg Guy: And Jesus says our righteousness has to exceed theirs to enter the kingdom. SBC Host: Yes. Avg […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/14/2026 Preacher: Derek Orn, chapalin Key Text: 1 Kings 19 Description: What are you doing here? That was the question God posed to Elijahas he stood at the mouth of the cave. But it was not a question for Elijah alone.It is was also a question for us. Today on Scandia Bible […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/07/2026 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: Colossians Key Text: Colossians 4:15-18 Description: Final words have a wayof revealing what matters. And as Paul closeshis letter to the Colossians, he does not point the churchback to itself. He points themto Christ. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,Pastor Josh Peglow concludes our studyin the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/31/2026 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Study: Matthew Key Text: Matthew 5:13-16 Description: In a dark and corrupt world, Christ does not make His people hidden, useless, and unchanged — but salt and light. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in the Gospel of Matthew — as […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/24/2026 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Study: Matthew Key Text: Matthew 5:1-12 Description: What kind of person is blessed? Jesus answered that very question from the mount. And His answer— as it did then— still turns the world upside down. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/17/2026 Preacher: David Teves, deacon Series: Galatians Key Text: Galatians 2:1-10 Description: The gospel was on the line. Not preference. Not tradition. But salvation itself. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Deacon David Teves continues our study in Galatians, where Paul recounts his visit to Jerusalem with Barnabas and Titus. And there, […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/10/2026 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: Colossians Key Text: Colossians 4:10-14 Description: Aristarchus. Mark. Justus. Epaphras. Luke. Demas. Names we might pass over. Greetings we might rush through. But tucked inside these final lines is a picture of the church Christ is building. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/03/2026 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Study: Matthew Key Text: Matthew 4:18-25 Description: Ordinary men. Ordinary work. Ordinary lives. Sitting in their boat with their father. And then Jesus speaks: Follow Me. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in the Gospel of Matthew— as the King who has […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/26/2026 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Study: Matthew Key Text: Matthew 4:12-17 Description: It was a place with a past, and a reputation. It was a place where light did not belong. And yet— this is where the King begins. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/19/2026 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Study: Matthew Key Text: Matthew 4:1-11 Description: Hot. Hungry. Alone. …And tempted. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in the Gospel of Matthew — by taking us into the wilderness. There, Jesus is led by the Spirit to face the devil. […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/12/2026 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: Colossians Key Text: Colossians 4:7-9 Description: They carried more than news. They carried people. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues our study in the book of Colossians — where the apostle Paul begins to wrap his letter, commending two faithful men: Tychicus […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/05/2026, Easter Sunday Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Key Text: Acts 2:22-36 Description: What does Easter actually mean? Is it simply that Jesus is alive… …or is it something far greater? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Resurrection Sunday 2026, Pastor Monty Simao takes us to the book of Acts — where the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/05/2026, Easter Sunday, Sunrise Preacher: Derek Orn, chapalin Key Text: Psalm 74 Description: When the storms of life hit… be a buffalo. And welcome to the Scandia Bible Church Sunrise Service for 2026. This morning, Derek Orn — Scandia attender, fellow brother in Christ, and chaplain at a nearby Christian school — […]
Service Notes Date: 04/03/2026, Good Friday Description: On this Good Friday evening in 2026, join our little country church as we gather in solemn reflection to behold the suffering of Christ through the prophetic Servant Songs of Isaiah and the Gospel accounts of His Passion. Through Scripture, song, and short reflections, we follow the path […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/29/2026, Palm Sunday Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Matthew Key Text: Matthew 3:13-17 Description: What kind of King receives a crown… by stepping into the water? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in the Gospel of Matthew, where the King is revealed at the Jordan. John […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/22/2026 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Study: Matthew Key Text: Matthew 3:1-12 Description: When God sends a voice to shatter your confidence… “REPENT!” What do you do? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in the Gospel of Matthew — where the silence is broken. A voice cries […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/15/2026 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: Colossians Key Text: Colossians 4:2-6 Description: Devote yourselves to prayer. Stay alert. Stay thankful. And walk wisely toward those who are outside. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues our study in the book of Colossians, where the apostle Paul reminds us that […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/08/2026 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Study: Matthew Key Text: Matthew 2:13-23 Description: It is one of the darkest scenes in the early life of Christ. A new King has been born in Bethlehem. But the throne in Jerusalem is already occupied. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/01/2026 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Study: Matthew Key Text: Matthew 2:1-12 Description: Have you ever noticed how pressure reveals what’s really inside a person? Put someone in a crisis… Put someone in a moment of decision… Put someone face-to-face with authority… And the heart is exposed. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/22/2026 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Study: Matthew Key Text: Matthew 1:18-25 Description: A virgin conceives. A righteous man trembles. An angel speaks. And everything changes. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study through the Gospel of Matthew — where we are pressed to consider whether the greatest […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/15/2026 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Study: Matthew Key Text: Matthew 1:1-17 Description: What if the most “boring” part of your Bible is actually a blazing announcement that the King has come for people just like you? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao begins a new study through the Gospel […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/08/2026 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: Colossians Key Text: Colossians 3:22 – 4:1 Description: You belong to Christ. Not in part. Not in theory. Not on Sundays. But entirely. And that allegiance reshapes everything — even the places where authority, work, and power intersect. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/01/2026 Preacher: David Teves, deacon Series: Galatians Key Text: Galatians 1:11-24 Description: The gospel. Not from man. Nor explained by man. It was a revelation. From the risen Christ Himself. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Deacon David Teves continues our study in the book of Galatians, where the Apostle Paul defends […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/25/2026 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: Colossians Key Text: Colossians 3:18-21 Description: You have died with Christ. You have been raised with Christ. And now, your life is hidden in Christ. A reality that reaches into every part of your life. And nowhere is it more revealing than at home. Today on […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/18/2026 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs Key Text: Proverbs 4:20-27 Description: Even when we know what’s right… why is it so hard to change? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao takes us to the book of Proverbs as we continue our […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/11/2026 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs Key Text: Psalm 116 Description: When the pain is real… when the cry is desperate… and when life feels closer to the end than the beginning… What kind of God listens? Today on the Scandia Bible Church Podcast, […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/04/2026 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: Colossians Key Text: Colossians 3:12-17 Description: You are chosen. You are holy. You are dearly loved. So now — live like it. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues our study in the book of Colossians, where Paul calls the church to intentionally […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/28/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs Key Text: Psalm 118 Description: Disappointment. Loss. Questions… unanswered. 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 […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/21/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs Key Text: Psalm 32 Description: 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 […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/14/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs Key Text: Psalm 91 Description: Fear presses in… uncertainty surrounds… and the world feels anything but safe. Where do you turn when danger feels real and protection, fragile? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, in our Wisdom and […]
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 […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/30/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs Key Text: Psalm 15 Description: What kind of person is truly worthy to live in the presence of God? No one. Unless… he is perfectly righteous. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao takes us to […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/23/2025 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: Colossians Key Text: Colossians 3:5-11 Description: “Thou shalt not kill.” We all know the commandment. But in Colossians 3, Paul throws us a curveball: When it comes to your old self — YOU MUST KILL. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues our […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/16/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs Key Text: Proverbs 28:13 Description: When our sin feels too heavy to face, we all have places we run. We cover. We excuse. We delay. We bury what we hope will simply disappear in the dark. But concealed […]
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. […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/02/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs Key Text: Psalm 11 Description: The wicked rise, justice fails, and chaos reigns. What do you do when the foundations of life collapse? David — the very shepherd-warrior who would one day be king — tells us in […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/26/2025 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: Colossians Key Text: Colossians 3:1-4 Description: What if the most practical way to live with what’s in front… begins by looking up? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow returns to our study in the book of Colossians — where Paul moves from theology […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/19/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs Key Text: Proverbs 3:1-12 Description: It’s not a spiritual formula — it’s a covenant call. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our Wisdom and Worship Study by taking us to Proverbs 3 — one […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/12/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs Key Text: Psalm 73 Description: The wicked prosper… The righteous suffer… And God seems silent. What do you do?? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao embarks upon a new study of Wisdom and Worship as […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/05/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 14:12-21 Description: What if the final word in redemptive history isn’t destruction — but holiness? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao brings our study in the book of Zechariah to a close in which the prophet reveals graphic images […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/28/2025 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Key Text: Lamentations 3:19-24 Description: Life is not always smooth. In fact, suffering is almost guaranteed. …So when you do suffer, is your reflex to dwell on your circumstances… or on Christ — the One who bears you up? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/21/2025 Preacher: David Teves, deacon Series: Galatians Key Text: Galatians 1:6-10 Description: It’s natural for us to want to help— to feel as though we must do something. …The desire to share in a sense of accomplishment by adding to our salvation — even validating it — is real. Today on Scandia […]
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 […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/07/2025 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: Colossians Key Text: Colossians 2:16-23 Description: It’s tempting to think that adding more makes things better… but sometimes adding only leads to loss. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues our study in the book of Colossians, where Paul warns us against the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/31/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 13:7-9 Description: What kind of love leads a Shepherd to take the sword? …even for sheep He knows will scatter? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues in the book of Zechariah, where we see God summon the sword […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/24/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 13:1-6 Description: Grace. What if this very thing the Lord uses to forgive… is the same thing He uses to transform? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues in our study of the book of Zechariah — where we […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/17/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 12:10-14 Description: “I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him as one […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/10/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 12:1-9 Description: The church is a stone. And in the face of opposition — no matter the generation — it cannot be moved. The hands that try will be broken. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues in the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/03/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 11:1-17 Description: Throw away. Cast off. Forsake. Reject. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in the book of Zechariah, where we’re confronted with rejection— and a sobering question: What happens when people reject the Shepherd God […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/27/2025 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: Colossians Key Text: Colossians 2:13-15 Description: Imagine trying to pay off a debt… with bad checks. And not just any debt — an infinite one. Because no matter how many checks you write — or plan to write — they bounce. Today on Scandia Bible Church […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/20/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 10:6-12 Description: Like a shepherd calls his sheep, so does God. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in the book of Zechariah, where we’re reminded that God is not only a Savior — but also a […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/13/2025 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: Colossians Key Text: Colossians 2:8-12 Description: [Infomercial Mashup: BUT WAIT, There’s More!] They say we need more… But with Christ — we already have everything. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues our study in the book of Colossians, reminding us to beware […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/06/2025 Preacher: David Teves, deacon Series: Galatians Key Text: Galatians 1:1-5 Description: It’s a problem Christians have struggled with throughout the ages: The burden they feel when striving to live a life they can never attain. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Deacon David Teves brings us a new study from the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/29/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 10:1-5 Description: When answers run dry and leaders fail… where do you turn? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in the book of Zechariah, where we are called to reject the voices that offer false comfort […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/22/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 9:9-17 Description: What kind of King rides in on a donkey…?? —And then wins by dying?? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Zechariah, where we’re called to behold a different kind […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/15/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 9:1-8 Description: —The HEADLINES of Today — What if they didn’t drive your fears? … because you already knew the end of the story. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Zechariah […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/08/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 8:18-23 Description: Pain with purpose drives us to God. What if your worst days — your days of grief and judgment — weren’t just in your past, but were being transformed into something glorious? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/01/2025 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: Colossians Key Text: Colossians 2:6-7 Description: Duty or delight? What is your motivation for obeying God? Is it duty — the daily grind — or delight? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues with our study in the book of Colossians in which […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/25/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 8:1-17 Description: We all know that consequences are real — that our past defines our future… or so it seems. But what if that’s not the case, at least not entirely? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/18/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 7:1-14 Description: What if your prayers… your giving… your fasting — and all of your religious habits and routines — weren’t really for God? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in the book of Zechariah in […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/11/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 6:9-15 Description: It wasn’t tradition. It wasn’t politics. It was prophecy. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Zechariah in which we see God giving His people a striking sign: a priest […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/04/2025 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: Colossians Key Text: Colossians 2:1-5 Description: You’re not alone…. You’re not alone if you feel overwhelmed by all the opposition to Christianity. And you’re not alone if it seems like there’s just too much to learn — too many arguments to master — just to defend […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/27/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 6:1-8 Description: The headlines scream chaos. Injustice seems to go unchecked. And it’s easy to wonder if God sees… or is really in control. That’s the world we live in. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/20/2025, Easter Sunday Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Key Text: Jonah 1–2; Matthew 12:40-41 Description: Lilies. Life. Light. Words we often associate with Easter. But what if the story doesn’t start there? What if resurrection begins in the dark— with rebellion, a storm, and a prophet sinking into the sea? Today, on Scandia Bible […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/20/2025, Easter Sunday, Sunrise Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Key Text: John 2:13-22 Description: “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” — a statement by Jesus, that a first didn’t make any sense… until the empty tomb. His resurrection is the proof. The proof that He is who […]
Service Notes Date: 04/18/2025, Good Friday Description: On this Good Friday evening in 2025, join our little country church as we gather in solemn reflection to behold the suffering of Christ through the prophetic Servant Songs of Isaiah and the Gospel accounts of His Passion. Through Scripture, song, and short reflections, we follow the path […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/13/2025, Palm Sunday Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 5:1-11 Description: What if everything you’ve ever done, everything you’ve ever thought, or everything you’ve ever intended — every hidden sin — was written down and made visible? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/06/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 4:11-14 Description: What do two olive trees in a vision 2,500 years ago have to do with your life today? …More than you might think. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/30/2025 Preacher: David Teves, deacon Key Text: 2 Corinthians 5:10-15 Description: Our lives matter and have eternal consequences. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Deacon David Teves takes us to 2 Corinthians where we see Paul reminding believers of the coming judgement of Christ — and is therefore motivated to persuade others to […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/23/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 4:6-10 Description: Have you ever questioned whether your quiet acts of faithfulness really make a difference? …Maybe it’s setting up chairs, praying for someone year after year, or simply striving to remain steady in the daily grind — it can all feel […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/16/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 4:1-6 Description: They had returned from exile, faced opposition, and were struggling to rebuild the temple. The task seemed impossible. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our series in the book of Zechariah, and causes us to […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/09/2025 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: Colossians Key Text: Colossians 1:24-29 Description: It’s both a privilege and a struggle… yet every moment of hardship is infused with purpose. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues our study in the book of Colossians, where Paul presents a powerful vision of […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/02/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 3:6-10 Description: We REJOICE because of our salvation! We REJOICE because His grace abounds and saves! But, just why is it that we rejoice?? …Is it because we’ve escaped judgment? (Of course!) …But is there something more?? Today on Scandia Bible Church […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/23/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 3:1-5 Description: [Courtroom Vignette] Like a BRAND plucked from FIRE…. Have you ever felt the weight of guilt or the sting of accusation? Have you ever wondered if you could truly be accepted before a holy God? Today on Scandia Bible Church […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/16/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 2:6-13 Description: Where is your true home? Have you settled too comfortably in a world that is passing away? Or are you living as a citizen of Zion, rejoicing in the presence of your King? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor […]
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 […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/02/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 2:1-5 Description: Have you ever felt like you were in ruins? — needing to rebuild… but not even knowing how to piece life back together? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/26/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 1:16-21 Description: Have you ever felt like your life is too broken to fix?? …like no matter what you do, you just can’t make things right? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/19/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 1:7-17 Description: SBC Host: And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah… “I saw at night, and behold, a man was riding on a red horse, and he was standing among the myrtle trees which were in the ravine, with red, sorrel and white […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/12/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Zechariah Key Text: Zechariah 1:1-6 Description: When life feels broken… plans in ruins… and hope out of reach — What do you do?? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, we learn from Pastor Monty Simao that that is exactly what God’s people were up against when […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/05/2025 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Advent Key Text: Isaiah 9:1-7; Zechariah (selected texts) Description: Over 700 years before Christ, the prophet Isaiah spoke of a Great Light breaking into the darkness — a Child that would bring peace, justice, and restoration to a world weighed down by darkness and despair. […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/29/2024 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: Colossians Key Text: Colossians 1:15-20 Description: “For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.” — Colossians 1:16 Heaven and earth. […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/22/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Advent Key Text: Timothy 1:12-17 Description: If we can just get beyond the lights, gifts, and celebrations… What is the true meaning of Christmas?? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, on this Sunday before Christmas, Pastor Monty Simao turns to the book of 1 Timothy […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/15/2024 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: Colossians Key Text: Colossians 1:9-14 Description: [Automated Crosswalk Voice]: Walk-sign. On. Follow Christ. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues with our study in the book of Colossians in which we learn that the more we learn about Christ… the more we can […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/08/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 16:25-27 Description: What’s the greatest mystery YOU’ve ever uncovered? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao brings our Romans study to its conclusion in which we see Paul — in its final verses — celebrating the greatest mystery HE’s ever uncovered… the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/01/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 16:17-20 Description: In a world full of division and deception, how do we protect the unity of the church? Cling. Avoid. Trust. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao reaches the next to last sermon in the book of Romans […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/24/2024 Preacher: David Teves, deacon Key Text: John 1:1-18 Description: Careful… where you put your hope. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Deacon David Teves reminds us — though the noise of this world may clamor otherwise — we have no hope in leaders, politicians, or even pastors. Our only hope is […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/17/2024 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: Colossians Key Text: Colossians 1:3-8 Description: Avg Guy: With Thanksgiving coming up, I have so many things to be thankful for! I’m thankful for my food, my family, my health, my dog, my car…. SBC Host: What about the transformative power of the Gospel? Today on […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/10/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 16:1-16, 21-23 Description: Every single person, every single act of service, matters deeply to God. This includes you. — That’s the heart of Paul’s message. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao nears the end of our study in the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/03/2024 Preacher: David Teves, deacon Key Text: John 11:1-16 Description: Jesus cried out in a loud voice: “LAZARUS, COME FORTH!” …And then, out of the tomb walked a man wrapped from head to toe in burial clothing… a man who — without a doubt — was once dead, but now — for […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/27/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 15:22-33 Description: Avg Guy: I have plans! I have things I want to do — places I want to go… SBC Host: …And let me guess… those “plans” — at least for right now — aren’t God’s plans… are they? Avg Guy: […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/20/2024 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: Colossians Key Text: Colossians 1:1-2 Description: To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. Imagine penning such a greeting from prison. Because that’s what Paul did. What’s more, he didn’t even know them — but he loved […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/13/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 15:14-21 Description: “They who had no news of Him shall see, And they who have not heard shall understand.” What drives a person to dedicate their life to sharing the gospel in places where Christ has never been named?? Today on Scandia […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/06/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Key Text: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 Description: “Life feels overwhelming… and my struggles seem to never end.” When this seems to be our reality, how do we keep going? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao brings us to 2 Corinthians as our church continues […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/29/2024 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Key Text: Lamentations 3:19-24 Description: The suffering, intense. The pain and sorrow, all-consuming. The struggle, real. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow turns to the book of Lamentations as our congregation continues to struggle in this very real way. In our passage we read […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/22/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Key Text: Job 18-19 Description: What do you do when everything falls apart and it feels like even God has turned away? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao presses pause on our Romans study and turns to Job, as our church mourns the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/15/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 15:1-13 Description: Christian unity. How do we build a church community that truly reflects the love and unity of Christ? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans in which we’re […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/08/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 14:13-23 Description: Avg Guy: My Life. My Freedom! SBC Host: Hold up a minute. True Christian freedom is not just about exercising your right… It’s also about doing what’s right. For an action that frees you… may enslave another. Avg Guy: […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/01/2024 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: 1 Peter Key Text: 1 Peter 5:6-14 Description: [For] I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it! Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow concludes our study in 1 Peter as […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/25/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 14:1-12 Description: It was so trivial. … But there you were, at odds with another brother or sister in Christ over something like a food choice or a holiday tradition. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/18/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 13:8-14 Description: Debt: the state of owing and an obligation to repay. …But, what if there was ONE debt we should never repay? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/11/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 13:3-4 | Matthew 22:17-22 Description: And then Jesus said, “Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.” Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/04/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 13:1-7 | Revelation 13:1-10 Description: Romans 13. Revelation 13. — Two chapters of the Bible containing two powerful, yet seemingly contrasting passages: Divine Order and Beastly Rule. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/28/2024 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: 1 Peter Key Text: 1 Peter 5:1-5 Description: Humility. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues with our study in the book of 1 Peter in which we learn that humility is the key which church leaders are to ground themselves… …if they […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/21/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 13:6-7 and Genesis 9:1-7 Description: Covenance and Governance …we’re instructed to live under both. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans in which he begins a wide-angle exploration on the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/14/2024 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: 1 Peter Key Text: 1 Peter 4:12-19 Description: For doing evil… or for doing good: Two different reasons one can suffer. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues with our study in the book of 1 Peter in which believers are urged to […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/07/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Key Text: 1 Timothy 3:8-13 Description: Integrity. Dignity. And a deep faith that guides both personal conduct and ministry. This is what Paul penned to Timothy nearly 2000 years ago as to what to look for in a deacon. But that was a long time ago! […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/30/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 13:3-5 Description: Avg Guy: Okay… I think I’m getting this. The first two verses in Romans 13 tell us that the reason we submit to authority is because God put them there. SBC Host: You’re getting it. Avg Guy: And and […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/23/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 13:1-2 Description: Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/16/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 12:17-21 Description: Repay no one evil for evil; and as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Leave vengeance in God’s hands. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/09/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 12:9-16 Description: Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, contributing to the needs of […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/02/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 12:3-8 Description: “A body isn’t really a body, unless there is more than one part.” Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans in which we see Paul use the human […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/26/2024 Preacher: David Teves, deacon Key Text: Matthew 7:21-29 Description: Sand or Rock? …two types of foundations on which to build your house. BUT ONLY ONE CAN WITHSTAND THE STORM. Which one will you choose?? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Deacon David Teves shares that there are only two types of […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/19/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 12:2 Description: “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans in which see […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/12/2024 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: 1 Peter Key Text: 1 Peter 4:7-11 Description: SBC Host: What would you do if you knew Christ was returning today? Avg Guy: Clean the house? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues with our study through 1 Peter in which we’re reminded […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/05/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 12:1 Description: One verse. One verse will challenge. It will challenge you to think deeply about what it means — in the most practical and profound way — to live out your faith. Today on Scandia Bible […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/28/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 11:25-36 Description: Paul has a secret. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans in which we see the Apostle Paul revealing a profound secret: A time of fullness will come […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/21/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 11:11-24 Description: It’s a call to humility and warning against arrogance. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans in which we encounter the olive tree — a vivid metaphor representing […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/14/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 11:1-10 Description: Avg Guy: It’s official! God has rejected His people, Israel, in favor of the Church. SBC Host: No. No He hasn’t. In fact, Paul is emphatic over the matter. As an Israelite himself, he is the perfect example of […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/07/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 10:14-21 Description: How can one believe in the One of whom they have not heard?? …And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?? Today on Scanida Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/31/2024, Easter Sunday Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Key Text: 2 Samuel 9 Description: What does a crippled man from Lo-debar have to do with Easter?? …More than we might initially think. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Resurrection Sunday 2024, Pastor Monty Simao opens the book of 2 Samuel to uncover the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/31/2024, Easter Sunday Preacher: David Teves, deacon Key Text: John 11:25-27 Description: I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this? … the words of our Lord and Savior, […]
Service Notes Date: 03/29/2024, Good Friday Description: GOOD FRIDAY — a mark in history that would forever affect eternity. And welcome to our Scandia Bible Church Good Friday Service for the year of our Lord, 2024. We invite you to pull of a virtual pew and join us as we reflect on the selfless words […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/23/2024, Palm Sunday Preacher: David Teves, deacon Key Text: John 12:12-19 Description: They hailed Him, King! …the king who had come to save them —the Jewish people— from the oppression of the Romans. But, instead (fulfilling Old Testament prophecy), Jesus —just five days before what would be Good Friday— humbly entered Jerusalem, […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/17/2024 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: 1 Peter Key Text: 1 Peter 4:1-6 Description: Are you armed to suffer for Christ? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues with our study in the book of 1 Peter in which see that though we must be prepared to suffer for […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/10/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 10:9-13 Description: How can something so profound… be so incredibly simple?? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans and shows us how the Apostle Paul — in just a few […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/03/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 10:5-8 Description: It’s closer than you think. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans in which we are confronted with a startling truth: When it comes to our spiritual needs, […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/25/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 9:30 — 10:4 Description: It’s not about what WE CAN DO… but about WHAT’S BEEN DONE. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans and invites us into a radical reimagining […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/18/2024 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: 1 Peter Key Text: 1 Peter 3:18-24 Description: VINDICATED and VICTORIOUS. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues with our study in the book of 1 Peter and shows us how Christ’s suffering unites us with His victory. Having been put to death […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/11/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 9:14-18 Description: SBC Host: The lump of clay doesn’t talk back to its potter. Lump: Hey what do you think you’re doing!? SBC Host: …especially when its potter is God. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/04/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 9:14-18 Description: SBC Host: God extends mercy to some but hardens the hearts of others. Avg Guy: That doesn’t seem fair! Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans in which […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/28/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 9:10-13 Description: How does God choose? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in the book of Romans in which the Apostle Paul confronts us with the profound mysteries of divine sovereignty through the narratives of […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/21/2024 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: 1 Peter Key Text: 1 Peter 3:13-17 Description: Always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you…. For it is better, if God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/14/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 9:1-9 Description: It’s a passage that will: CHALLENGE you COMFORT you, and CONFRONT you… …with the profound mysteries of God’s sovereignty and grace. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/07/2024 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 8:31-39 Description: Questions. Questions that comfort… while at the same time challenge the depths of our faith, and the breadth of our understanding of God’s love. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/31/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 8:29-30 Description: Foreknowledge — Predestination — Calling — Justification — Glorification …each a link in God’s “Golden Chain of Redemption.” Today on the Scania Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans in which […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/24/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Advent Key Text: Genesis 3:1-21 Description: Advent — a time of reflection and anticipation. Today, Christmas Eve morning, on the Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao delves into the story that changed the course of humanity: God’s perfect creation and the entrance of sin […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/17/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 8:28 Description: Life often unfolds like a tapestry, woven with threads of joy, pain, triumphs, and trials. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans and shows us that in the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/10/2023 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: 1 Peter Key Text: 1 Peter 3:8-12 Description: Apostle Peter (writing): To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit…. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues with our study in the book of 1 Peter in […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/03/2023 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: 1 Peter Key Text: 1 Peter 3:1-7 Description: Though the pendulum of cultural ideas may swing, God’s word and will do not. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues with our study in the book of 1 Peter and addresses a passage that, […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/26/2023 Preacher: David Teves, deacon Key Text: 1 John 3:16-18 Description: Love. It’s one of the marks of the Christian. …Or at least it’s supposed to be. For it’s one thing — and easy — to say we love one another with our words. But it’s quite another — and hard — […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/19/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 8:26-27 Description: What happens when we can’t pray? It’s not that we have forgotten HOW to pray, it’s just that we have no words… We’re weak. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/12/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 8:18-25 Description: Sometimes we find ourselves at the intersection of Suffering and Hope. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans in which we dig deeper into this profound intersection. For […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/05/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 8:12-17 Description: “For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, ‘Abba! […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/29/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 8:12-17 Description: Movie Trailer Voice-Over Guy: In a world brimming with obligations and expectations, what if our truest debt wasn’t to society or self… but to Spirit? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/22/2023 Preacher: David Teves, deacon Key Text: Psalm 43 Description: Let’s face it. Life can be tough. Everyone has trials and difficulties… but how should we deal with them? When our situation feels hopeless, is it simply a matter of pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps? Or is there something else?? Today […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/15/2023 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Series: 1 Peter Key Text: 1 Peter 2:21-25 Description: He was pierced through our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed. — Isaiah 53:5 Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/08/2023 Preacher: Colton Bennett, guest preacher Key Text: Luke 13:1-9 (KJV) Description: What would it be like to open the newspaper and read the headlines with Jesus? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, we welcome back Colton Bennett… a young man who is now not only Pastor Simao’s son-in-law, but someone who […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/01/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 8:5-11 Description: What you set your mind on matters. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans and preaches that when you go at it on your own — apart from […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/24/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 8:1-4 Description: Failures. Failures we all too easily relate to. Today on Scanida Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans and points out that with Paul describing his ongoing battle with sin in […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/17/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 7:13-25 Description: The BATTLE is REAL. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans in which Paul addresses, in chapter 7, the very real internal struggle that Christian believers experience everyday: […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/10/2023 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Key Text: 1 Peter 2:13-20 Description: [sfx: police siren] What motivates you to respect authority? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow returns to our study in the book of 1 Peter in which we learn that because God has liberated us from the power […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/03/2023 Preacher: David Teves, deacon Key Text: Hebrews 10:19-25 Description: Isolation. More than ever, today’s world makes it easy for us to be isolated from others. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Deacon David Teves fills in at the pulpit and shares that with the current advancements in technology you could literally […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/27/2023 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Key Text: 1 Peter 2:11-12 Description: STAND APART because you STAND OUT. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues with our study in the book of 1 Peter and shows us that as God’s people we must abstain from sin and pursue righteousness. For […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/20/2023 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Key Text: 1 Peter 2:4-10 Description: The cornerstone. The set stone. The critical foundational stone that sets the course for the rest of a building. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues with our study in the book of 1 Peter and shows us […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/13/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 7:7-13 Description: Like a sleeping dragon, sin reclines guarding its hoard. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans and explains that without the law, men lie at ease. Their consciences […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/06/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 7:1-6 Description: The Believer has experienced a change in relationship with the Law. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans in which we read, as Believers, how this change in […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/30/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 6:15-23 Description: Whom do you serve? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans and poses this question. Because while it’s not uncommon for an unbeliever to see themselves as living […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/23/2023 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Key Text: 1 Peter 2:1-3 Description: Malice. Deceit. Hypocrisy. Envy. Slander. … All roadblocks to love. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues with our study in the book of 1 Peter in which he shows us how Peter expands upon his call to […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/16/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 6:8-14 Description: LEGALISM. It’s attractive because it stresses obedience to the law. It’s weak because the law is unable to help us in our plight. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/09/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 6:1-7 Description: Avg Guy: I believe you could argue that sinning is ultimately good! SBC Host: That’s a pretty big statement. What do you mean? Avg Guy: Well, we are saved apart from our works, right? SBC Host: Right. Avg Guy: […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/02/2023 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Key Text: 1 Peter 1:22-25 Description: To love like Christ loves. It’s the identity marker of the church. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues with our study in the book of 1 Peter in which we learn that we are commanded to love […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/25/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 5:12-21 Description: Avg Guy: It’s so unfair… Adam ruined everything!! Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans and invites us to ponder a question that has remained with church history […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/18/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 5:6-11 Description: He’s reached the end of His grace! Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans asking: “Have you ever doubted God’s love for you?” Many sincere Christians have… wondering […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/11/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 5:1-5 Description: We have a great NEED — and, by His grace — a great SAVIOR. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans and points to this sobering and magnificent […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/04/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 4:13-25 Description: Faith does not create… rather, it receives. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans and shows us how with Abraham, Paul provides a case study concerning faith. Every […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/28/2023 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Key Text: 1 Peter 1:13-21 Description: You call God, Father?? …Then act like it. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow shows us that THIS is what Peter exhorts to his readers in our study of 1 Peter this week. “Do not be conformed to […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/21/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 4:1-12 Description: If there was ever any counterargument to the doctrine of Justification by Faith Alone, the Jews need only point to their forefather Abraham. After all, he was the first and great patriarch. He was even recognized as the “friend […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/14/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 3:27-31 Description: Now that we’re beginning to understand the truth of justification, what do we do with it?? How does it apply to our lives? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/07/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 3:21-26 Description: Avg Guy: When it comes to justification, I have so many questions! SBC Host: Okay. Avg Guy: Well, for starters, WHAT IS IT?? … Is it MORE than the removal of sin?… Are we simply pardoned by God? And […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/30/2023 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Key Text: 1 Peter 1:10-12 Description: Church Privilege. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues our study in the book of 1 Peter and talks about the “privilege” we are all afforded when we follow the cross. For as believers we possess a privilege […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/23/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 3:21-26 Description: It’s the “Heart of the Gospel.” Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans to share with us what some call the most important paragraph every written — words […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/16/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 3:9-20 Description: Avg Guy: Here’s my take: Man is good… basically. But sometimes there are exceptions where — either because of circumstances or people — he becomes evil. SBC Host: Interesting, but that’s NOT the Bible’s take. Today on Scandia Bible […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/09/2022, Easter Sunday Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Key Text: Matthew 27:1-26; John 3:16 Description: How can there be some much hatred for the one Man who has never sinned? This Easter Morning on the Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao focuses on HATE. And causes us to consider its polar opposite: […]
Easter Sunrise Service Sermon Notes Date: 04/09/2023, Easter Sunday Preacher: David Teves, guest preacher Key Text: 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Description: He is risen! … and indeed, He is risen! …But does it really even matter?? Happy Resurrection Sunday from Scandia Bible Church, 2023! We want to welcome you to our Sunrise Service Sermon, as our […]
Service Notes Date: 04/07/2023, Good Friday Description: Avg Guy: I’ve never understood why they call it GOOD Friday?! I mean, Jesus died on this day! It should be “BAD Friday,” right?? SBC Host: It was indeed a bad Friday. For Jesus — though He was innocent — was unfairly beaten, tortured, and […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/02/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 3:1-8 Description: Avg Guy: What’s the use of being a Jew?? SBC Host: Excuse me? Avg Guy: Well, so far in Romans we’re learning — whether Jew or Gentile — God is impartial and judges us on the law in light […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/26/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 2:17-29 Description: Be honest. Have you ever felt ELITE because you were affiliated or associated with a certain group? Perhaps it was a fraternity or sorority in college, an all-star sports team, or a select choir or drama club. Sometimes even […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/19/2023 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Key Text: 1 Peter 1:6-9 Description: Rejoicing while suffering?? …How is that even possible?! Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues with our study in the book of 1 Peter and shows us how for the recipients of this letter, persecution and suffering was […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/12/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 2:12-16 Description: SBC Host: Paul says that God is not partial. Avg Guy: How can that be fair?! I mean, don’t you think the Jews had an inside edge with Moses and all those prophets directing them? What advantage did the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/05/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 2:1-11 Description: The false gospel of moralism. It’s a perennial problem within the church. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans and shows us this problem has less to do […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/26/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 1:24-32 Description: To those who “abandon” Him, He “abandons” them… and gives them over to the consequences of their own sin. Today on the Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans and […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/19/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 1:18-23 Description: SBC Host: Have you every questioned what happens to the poor native who never hears the gospel, never meets a Christian, or never reads the Bible? Avg Guy: Yes! I’ve had that question for a long time. Will God […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/12/2023 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Key Text: 1 Peter 1:3-5 Description: Hope. …The sole possession of those who have trusted in Christ. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues with our study in the book of 1 Peter in which we see the apostle begin his letter with an […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/05/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Key Text: Acts 6:1-7; 1 Timothy 3:8-13 Description: When looking at the structure of the Church, you can’t help but come across the diaconate — deacons. But just what is a deacon? Why are they needed? And what do they do?? Today on Scandia Bible Church […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/22/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 1:16-17 Description: What is the Gospel? Ask a number of different Christians this question, and you’re likely to hear a number of different answers. But how many people would say that the gospel is the power of God unto salvation? Paul […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/22/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 1:8-15 Description: What if you could listen to the prayers of Paul? …What if you could look over his shoulder and peek at his itinerary and plans of all the things he wishes to accomplish? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/15/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 1:1-7 Description: Do you ever wonder about your standing before God? Do you wonder if God is angry with you when you are weak? …Or do you wonder if God compares you with other Christians who seem to have it all […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/08/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 1:1-7 Description: And [the jailer] called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas, and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They said, “Believe […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/01/2023 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Romans Key Text: Romans 1:1-7 Description: [scribing vignette] Apostle Paul: Tertius, my amanuensis, grab pen and ink… I must write to the church in Rome. Tertius of Iconium: At the ready Paul. Apostle Paul: [dictating] Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/25/2022 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Key Text: 1 Peter 1:1-2 Description: His greeting went way beyond “Hello.” Today, Christmas Morning, on the Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow presents us the gift of new a study in the book of 1 Peter — a book that encourages and equips the suffering, exiled […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/18/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Ecclesiastes Key Text: Ecclesiastes 12:9-14 Description: How do you sum up a book that seemingly is all about uncovering the vanity and meaninglessness of life??… life under the sun? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao brings us to the conclusion of our […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/11/2022 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Key Text: James 3:13-18 Description: SBC Host: Just what is WISDOM exactly? Avg Guy: Well, according to Wikipedia, WIDSOM (also know as sapience or sagacity) is the ability to contemplate and act using knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense, and insight. SBC Host: Fair enough. But there’s something […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/04/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Ecclesiastes Key Text: Ecclesiastes 11:7 – 12:8 Description: You’ve been given the opportunity to address today’s youth. What will your message be? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Ecclesiastes and presses us to consider […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/27/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Ecclesiastes Key Text: Ecclesiastes 11:1-6 Description: Some say the book of Ecclesiastes is more about the ethic of work than the ethic of life. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Ecclesiastes and shows us […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/20/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Ecclesiastes Key Text: Ecclesiastes 9:13 — 10:20 Description: While wisdom is necessary for proper living, it can be fragile… and like the proverbial “fly in the ointment,” all it takes is a little folly and wisdom loses its strength. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/13/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Ecclesiastes Key Text: Ecclesiastes 9:1-12 Description: Sometimes spiritual warfare doesn’t look like war and doesn’t seem very spiritual… and yet… Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Ecclesiastes and preaches that and yet in a […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/06/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Ecclesiastes Key Text: Ecclesiastes 8:1-17 Description: This world is fraught with danger. We need wisdom to safely navigate our way through life’s perils; but, wisdom doesn’t necessarily guarantee smooth sailing, nor does it answer every question. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/30/2022 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Key Text:1 Thessalonians 5:14-15 Description: In order for God’s Church to function as He intends, we have to CARE. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow brings us a message from Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians exhorting the congregation to CARE about each other’s walk […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/23/2022 Preacher: David Teves, guest preacher Series: Five Solas Key Text: selected texts Description: How can you be made righteous? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, David Teves fills in at the pulpit and finally puts a bow on the Five Sola Series he began preaching over 3 years ago. You see […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/28/2001 Preacher: James Allen, pastor Series: Mark Key Text: Mark 16:20 Description: Join us as we turn the back the clock to 2001 to listen to a Scandia Bible Church “Classic.” In this Classic Sermon Pastor James Allen concludes our study of the Gospel according to Mark. Listen Now Download Sermon (right click) theme […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/16/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Ecclesiastes Key Text: Ecclesiastes 7:15-29 Description: SBC Host: WARNING… Do not be excessively righteous or too wise. Avg Guy: Come again?? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Ecclesiastes and confirms that we too would […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/09/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Ecclesiastes Key Text: Ecclesiastes 6:10 — 7:14 Description: SBC Host: She made us eat our veggies… when dessert was what we— Boy: —REALLY WANTED! Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Ecclesiastes and reminds us […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/02/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Ecclesiastes Key Text: Ecclesiastes 5:8 — 6:9 Description: We think it will make us happy… and yet, he was in a unique position to tell us it won’t. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/25/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Ecclesiastes Key Text: Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 Description: One of the most important questions that any person or church could ask themselves is… “How is God to be approached in worship?” Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/18/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Ecclesiastes Key Text: Ecclesiastes 4:7-16 Description: As Solomon continues to observe ‘life under the sun,’ he sees another form of vanity: loneliness. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Ecclesiastes and shows us that as man […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/11/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Ecclesiastes Key Text: Ecclesiastes 4:1-6 Description: Last time on the Scandia Bible Church Podcast… Pastor Simao: “Solomon is giving us six things that he sees in life that are not beautiful… Six things that everyone agrees are not beautiful… Six things that ought to challenge […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/04/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Ecclesiastes Key Text: Ecclesiastes 3:16-22 Description: Avg Guy: Okay, riddle me this… If God is good and God is sovereign and rules over all things, then why do we find wickedness in surprising places? …such as places of law and worship? …Furthermore, as men, if […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/28/2022 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Key Text: Psalm 27 Description: Though a host encamp against me, My heart will not fear; Though war arise against me… I shall be confident. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow takes the pulpit to share a Psalm, a prayer, a very raw and vulnerable cry […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/21/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Ecclesiastes Key Text: Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 Description: SBC Host: It’s one of the first questions that a person learns in a new language— Avg Guy: Excuse me — guy with the microphone. What time is it? SBC Host: You’re absolutely right!! That’s the first question! Avg […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/14/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Ecclesiastes Key Text: Ecclesiastes 2:12-26 Description: Avg Guy: Why is it that so few people find any lasting enjoyment out of life? …If everyone is searching for fulfillment and satisfaction, then why do so few find them? Where are they hiding?? Who holds the key or possesses the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/07/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Ecclesiastes Key Text: Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 Description: What if you could make your most outlandish dreams come true? …a waterfront mansion, a garage full of exotic cars, unlimited travel to any destination where you could stay at the finest hotels. What if your life could be […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/31/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 Description: Avg Guy: Ecclesiastes is confusing. Isn’t wisdom a GOOD thing???… And shouldn’t we pursue it? SBC Host: Yes, wisdom is a good thing, and it ought to be pursued; however, there is false wisdom that doesn’t make you wise […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/24/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 Description: Some of the greatest thinkers have ended their pondering by taking their own lives. Why?? Perhaps it is because they have realized the futility of all human labor. After all, what is the point??? Is mankind any better off, […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/17/2022 Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor Key Text: 1 Peter 1:3-5 Description: I could not have begun to love thee hadst thou not first loved me, or been willing unless thou hadst first made me so. O that such a crown should fit the head of such a sinner! …And so goes […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/10/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 13:20-25 Description: SBC Host: Have you ever fought— Avg Guy: —to get the last word in a discussion? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao reaches our LAST sermon for the book of Hebrews— Avg Guy: —Imagine a discussion […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/03/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 13:15-19 Description: Avg Guy: Are sacrifices that we see in the Bible still required? SBC Host: What do you mean? Avg Guy: Well, because sacrifices were such a part of Old Testament worship, are there any sacrifices or offerings pleasing to […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/26/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 13:9-14 Description: SBC Host: No one wants to be on the “outside.” Avg Guy: It is on the INSIDE where we want to be! Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/19/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 13:8 Description: In the fifth century, the philosopher Heraclitus observed, “There is nothing permanent except change.” To be clear, he wasn’t rejoicing in new things but pessimistically concluding that all good things come to an end. Today on Scandia Bible Church […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/12/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 13:7, 17 Description: To be a pastor is, indeed, a high calling. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews and shows us how the Bible clearly lays out the duties […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/04/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 13:1-6 Description: Have you ever considered how much of your future is unknown? “What security do I have?” “What promises can I bank on?” “Which of my plans is foolproof?” The more you dwell upon what is unknown, the greater the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/29/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 12:25-29 Description: Depending where you sit, it will either be the BEST NEWS Imaginable… or the worst news ever. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews in which we learn […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/22/2022 Preacher: David Teves, guest preacher Series: Five Solas Key Text: John 1:1-18 Description: Alone. In Grace Alone. In Faith Alone. In Scripture Alone. In Glory to God Alone. And… In Christ Alone. Today on the Scandia Bible Church Podcast, David Teves returns to the pulpit to continue his Five Solas Series… […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/15/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 12:18-24 Description: Superior. The Bible presents a clear and superior contrast between Mount Sinai and, heavenly, Mount Zion… as well as between the “church in the wilderness” gathered under the mediator Moses and the “church of the firstborn” who are gathered […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/21/2001 Preacher: James Allen, pastor Series: Mark Key Text: Mark 16:19 Description: Join us as we turn the back the clock to 2001 to listen to a Scandia Bible Church “Classic.” In this Classic Sermon Pastor James Allen continues our study of the Gospel according to Mark. Listen Now Download Sermon (right click) theme […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/01/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 12:12-17 Description: God does not look at our holiness to determine if we are righteous enough for salvation. In fact, God does not even require holiness as a condition of our acceptance by Him. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/24/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 12:4-11 Description: “By affliction, He teaches us many precious lessons, which, without it we should never learn. By affliction, He shows us our emptiness and weakness, draws us to the throne of grace, purifies our affections, weans us from the world, […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/04/2021, Easter Sunday Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Key Text: Philippians 3:4-11 Description: Filth. Garbage. Pile of waste. Dung. That’s how Paul described all of his past accomplishments — his background, his accolades, even his religious fervor. He counted it all rubbish. Today on this Resurrection Sunday Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty […]
Service Notes Date: 04/15/2022, Good Friday Description: Stricken, smitten, and afflicted, see Him dying on the tree! ‘Tis the Christ, by man rejected; yes, my soul, ’tis He…. Good Friday… a day that would only be considered “good” 3 days later. But until then, it was the darkest day in all of […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/10/2022, Palm Sunday Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 12:1-3 Description: SBC Host: When you are suffering in the midst of life’s battles, where do you find your hope? Avg Guy: Jesus. SBC Host: Exactly. But what about when He was suffering? Have you ever stopped to wonder what […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/03/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 12:1-2a Description: Reading through chapter 11 of Hebrews — the Hall of Faith chapter — may seem like a history lesson, but that was not the intent of the writer. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/27/2022 Preacher: Josh Peglow, guest preacher Key Text: Jeremiah 17:5-8 Description: Thus says the Lord, Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind And makes flesh his strength, And whose heart turns away from the Lord. For he will be like a bush in the desert And will not see when prosperity comes, But will […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/20/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 11:39-40 Description: Avg Guy Sportscaster: [sport theme music] Welcome everybody to the Big Game! We’re in the Hall of Faith where the Old Covenant Saints will face the New Covenant Saints… Who will win?… It’s anybody’s call… should be pretty close. […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/13/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 11:30-38 Description: SBC Host: If you were going to put a list together of heroes of the faith —real examples of faith — would your list include Samson, Jephthah, and Rahab? Avg Guy: Are you kidding me?? Samson’s a womanizer. Jephthah […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/06/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 11:27-29 Description: Avg Guy: Faith prevents the difficulties of life, for a lack of it is sure to bring trials and tribulations. [sfx: buzzer] SBC Host: That’s not what the Bible teaches. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/27/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 11:23-26 Description: [Bible narration of John 15:18ff begins and then drops into the background]: If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/20/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 11:20-22 Description: What does faith look like when the promises of God collide with death? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our Hall of Faith study in the book of Hebrews in which we examine the final […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/13/2022 Preacher: Josh Peglow, guest preacher Key Text: Ephesians 5:7-14 Description: Like one beggar showing another where to find bread, that is who we are as Christians. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, brother in Christ Josh Peglow fills in at the pulpit to preach on our call to be Ambassadors of […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/06/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church: Communion Key Text: selected Description: BREAKING NEWS: For the first time in its 93 year history, Scandia Bible Church will break with its long-standing tradition of observing communion on the first Sunday of each month… and instead, will celebrate communion each and every week. […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/30/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 11:17-19 Description: He was commanded to perform an impossible task: sacrifice his son. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrew’s Hall of Faith in which the spotlight is, once again, for […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/23/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 11:11-16 Description: It not only guides the way in which we live and walk in this life, but it also desires and searches for a home that this fallen world cannot provide — the heart of faith. Today on Scandia Bible Church […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/16/2022 Preacher: Josh Peglow, guest preacher Key Text: Luke 10:38-42 Description: [Cell phone ringing] Avg Guy: I don’t have time to talk to anybody!… Quick! Answer this for me. SBC Host: Hello. Average Guy’s phone. [garbled phone voice] SBC Host: It’s Jesus. Avg Guy: Tell Him I’m too busy. Are you too […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/09/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 11:11-12; Genesis 18:1-15 Description: She’s wife to “The Father of all who believe,” but she doesn’t share the same stellar reputation. [sfx: laugh of unbelief] Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/02/2022 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Advent Key Text: Isaiah 9:1-7; Luke 1:26-38 Description: The angel, Gabriel, was God’s messenger. For God had a message that would not only break 400 years of His silence, but would announce the birth of two sons: John and Jesus — the Baptizer and the Christ. […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/19/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Advent Key Text: Luke 1:1-25 Description: God had not spoken to His people for over 400 years. It was a long time of silence and in that time, Israel had returned from exile, rebuilt the temple, survived Alexander the Great, and now was occupied by Rome. […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/12/2021 Preacher: Josh Peglow, guest preacher Key Text: 2 Corinthians 1:8-11 Description: [Writing Vignette] SBC Host: [writing] Dear family and friends. What a year it has been! Billy is growing up so fast. He started soccer and singing in the choir. Sally — not to be outdone — has taken up ballet, […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/05/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 11:8-10 Description: “The Father of All of Who Believe” — an incredible epitaph for an incredible, faith-filled man. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews and shows us that when it […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/28/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 11:7 Description: [Telephone Vignette] Store: Bob’s Lumber. Customer: Yes. Hello. I need 3.1 million board feet of gopher wood delivered out to my place tomorrow morning please. Store: Can I get a name on that order? Customer: Noah. Today on Scandia Bible […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/21/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 11:5-6 Description: [Voice Compilation] So all the days that Adam lived were… So all the days of Seth were… So all the days of Enosh were… So all the days of Kenan were… So all the days of Mahalalel were… So all […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/14/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 11:4 Description: Two brothers went before the Lord to offer a sacrifice. One was accepted…the other, rejected. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews in which we examine this perplexing situation. […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/07/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 11:1-3 Description: SBC Host: To live by faith — what does it mean?? Avg Guy: …It means, mustering the courage and taking a leaping step into the dark. Avg Gal: …It’s channeling the power that comes from positive thinking to bring about […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/31/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Reformation Sunday Key Text: Luke 24:13-27; John 2:13-22, 5:39-47 Description: “Christ-Centered.” It’s an adjective that has become more and more popular in recent years when describing any number of activities either in the church or in the lives of God’s people. And while this descriptor is […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/24/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 10:35-39 Description: What does it mean that the righteous shall live by faith? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews and explains that we often hear this phrase and immediately think […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/17/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 10:32-35 Description: Remember the “Good Ol’ Days”? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews and explains that when we encounter difficult times, it’s natural for us to remind ourselves of former […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/10/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 10:26-31 Description: WARNING: The only plan of salvation is hinged upon Jesus Christ. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews and reminds us that it is Christ’s perfect righteousness — and […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/03/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 10:19-25 Description: While the Gospel is good news about what Christ has done and not good news about what we have done, it does have ramifications on what we do. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/24/2000 Preacher: James Allen, pastor Series: Mark Key Text: Mark 16:1-8 Description: Join us as we turn the back the clock to 2000 to listen to a Scandia Bible Church “Classic.” In this Classic Sermon Pastor James Allen continues our study of the Gospel according to Mark. Listen Now Download Sermon (right click) theme […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/12/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 10:11-18 Description: GOD: “I REMEMBER YOUR SINS NO MORE.” SBC Host: You heard Him. The finality and decisiveness of the sacrifice of Jesus for our sins is such that God declares that, in Christ, our sins are as good as forgotten. Today […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/05/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 10:1-10 Description: SBC Host: Pretend you’re an Israelite, and I ask you to make a drawing of “the law,” what would you draw? …What image would best represent it? Avg Guy: I have no idea. SBC Host: Exactly. Today on Scandia Bible […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/29/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 9:23-28 Description: It’s a subject that most would rather ignore, but all agree is certain: DEATH. And inextricably linked to this inevitability is an even more avoided topic: JUDGEMENT. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/22/2021 Preacher: David Teves, guest preacher Series: Five Solas Key Text: Ephesians 2:1-10 Description: Avg Guy: I’m a pretty good person. I go to church, read my Bible, say nice things to people. I’m certainly not like HER. She’s the epitome of sex, drugs, and rockin’ roll!! SBC Host: Careful. Today on […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/15/2021 Preacher: Josh Peglow, guest preacher Key Text: 3 John 1:9-12 Description: Avg Guy: As Christians, we must choose carefully who we imitate. SBC Host: —Wait a minute… Are you trying to imitate ME?? Avg Guy: Well, ya. SBC Host: Okay. Try it with less whine, then. Like this: Today on Scandia Bible […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/08/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 9:15-22 Description: Forgiveness of sins and shedding of blood. The two are tied together in Scripture and cannot be separated. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews and shows us that […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/01/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 9:11-15 Description: Blood. Why does the Bible speak so often about it? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews in which he addresses the question about the Bible’s focus on blood… […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/25/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 9:1-10 Description: Avg Guy: If the new covenant is so much better, why is the old covenant still so attractive? I mean, why would the book of Hebrews even need to be written, convincing people not to go back to the shadows […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/18/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 8:7-13 Description: Avg Guy: There’s a NEW Covenant?? What was wrong with the Old? I wonder if it’s just an update — and is now better — or if it’s WAY different. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/11/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 8:1-6 Description: Tabernacle Building Vignette writer: We can stop pitching the tent, Eliakim, for the Lord has pitched the True Tent… our True Tabernacle of the Heavenly Realm! Eliakim: There you go again! You and your writings. writer: Eliakim, listen to me!…. […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/04/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 7:26-28 Description: SBC Host: What type of priest and sacrifice does God require to save men? Avg Guy: Bulls and goats, right?? SBC Host: It is true that some have thought that the sacrificial shadows of bulls and goats sufficed; but that […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/27/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 7:20-25 Description: SBC Host: Assurance of salvation — all Christians struggle with it… Avg Guy: You’re telling me. SBC Host: And yet, we understand that Jesus is able to save. Avg Guy: Exactly! Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/20/2021 Preacher: Josh Peglow, guest preacher Key Text: 1 Colossians 1:21-23 Description: Avg Guy: I’m a pretty good person. I’m not THAT BAD. SBC Host: Oh but, according to 1 Colossians 1:21, you ARE that bad. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Josh Peglow fills in at the Pulpit to give Pastor […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/13/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 7:11-19 Description: SBC Host: “Weak and useless”… God’s description of the Levitical Priesthood. The Levitical Priesthood had problems. Avg Guy: Wait a minute! What was wrong?? Why couldn’t something be done to fix it? SBC Host: There was. And He did. Today […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/06/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 7:4-10 Description: When it comes to Hebrew history and identity, how could anyone be greater than Abraham? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in the book of Hebrews and shows us how the author begins his […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/30/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 7:1-3 Description: Melchizedek. We know so little about him, and yet, he and his legacy loom so large. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews and attempts to shed some light […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/23/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 6:13-20 Description: The high priest of the Old Testament could only enter the Holy of Holies on the Day of Atonement. And while representing others, he could bring no others with him, nor prepare the way for others to follow, nor could […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/16/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 6:13-16; Genesis 12:1-3; 15; 22 Description: Courtroom Vignette Bailiff: Do You solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help You… YOU??? God: I DO …It wasn’t quite like that. But it was a promise, […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/09/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 6:9-12 Description: “But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation….” — Hebrews 6:9 Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in the book of Hebrews and shows us that amid the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/02/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 6:4-8 Description: Avg Guy: Can a Christian lose their salvation??? SBC Host: Some say yes, and they use Hebrews 6 to prove their point. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/25/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 6:1-3 Description: From milk to meat… Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews and explains that in order for believers to mature, they need to have a firm foundation on the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/18/2021 Preacher: Josh Peglow, guest preacher Key Text: 1 Samuel 5:1-12 Description: Avg Guy: There’s nothing we can we do! It’s hopeless. SBC Host: Well, you’re right about the first part. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, we welcome back our guest preacher, Josh Peglow, who reminds us that in times of […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/11/2021 Preacher: Josh Peglow, guest preacher Key Text: Philippians 1:9-11 Description: The Bible says that no one — only God — knows when Christ will return. So, if that’s the case, what should we occupy ourselves with in the meantime? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, brother in Christ, Josh Peglow fills […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/04/2021, Easter Sunday Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Key Text: John 20 Description: What can bring joy from the seeds of pain and sorrow? The immediate answer is The Resurrection, which means that the ultimate answer is Jesus Christ. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao explains that just as that first […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/28/2021, Palm Sunday Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 5:11-14 Description: If our physical bodies matched the maturity of our spiritual states, would church look more like a senior center or a day care? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/21/2021 Preacher: Keith Barker, elder Key Text: Numbers 12 Description: Do you have a critical spirit? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Elder Keith Barker pinch-hits for Pastor Monty and shares a message on murmuring from the book of Numbers that should give us all pause. If we’re honest, our critical spirit […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/14/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 5:5-10 Description: Avg Guy: Okay… I just read Hebrews chapter 5, versus 5-10, and I have questions. SBC Host: Let’s hear them. Avg Guy: All right… If Jesus is God and knows all things then how can He learn obedience? What does […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/07/2021 Preacher: Josh Peglow, guest preacher Key Text: Mark 2:1-12 Description: Mankind’s greatest need is forgiveness — the forgiveness that is made possible only in Christ Jesus. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, brother in Christ Josh Peglow fills in at the pulpit to show us that forgiveness was Jesus’ message and […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/28/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 5:1-6 Description: What does it mean that Christ is our Great High Priest? And how is His priesthood different from the priesthood of, say, Aaron? These and other questions must be answered in order for believers to have assurance of their acceptance […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/21/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 4:14-16 Description: We know that Jesus was tempted as we are tempted… and yet, He was without sin. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews and points out that Jesus’s temptation, […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/07/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 4:12-13 Description: God’s word reflects God’s nature. And because He is living and active, His word must also be. …It is purposeful. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews and shows […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/31/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 4:1-11 Description: Their wandering the desert floor for forty years not only provides us with a great WARNING, but a great PROMISE: the promise of rest. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in the book of Hebrews […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/24/2021 Preacher: Josh Peglow, guest preacher Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 1-13 Description: If podcasting is roughly defined as “time-shifted media,” and modern scholars believe that the book of Hebrews was actually a sermon instead of a text… then one could argue that the Bible’s “delivery” of the book of Hebrews is […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/17/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 3:12-19 Description: If he was known for anything, the Pharaoh of the Exodus was known for his hardened heart that was calloused to hear the word of the Lord. This hardened heart cost him his kingdom and his son… and finally his […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/10/2021 Preacher: Josh Peglow, guest preacher Key Text: James 3:13-18 Description: Avg Guy: Oh to be wise. Wisdom is such a good thing! SBC Host: It is… if the source is right. Avg Guy: Huh? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, brother in Christ, Josh Peglow, fills in at the pulpit and […]
Sermon Notes Date: 01/03/2021 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 3:7-11; Psalm 95; Exodus 17:1-7; Num 13:32 – 14:38 Description: The whole community was in an uproar, wailing all night long. All the People of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The entire community was in on it: “Why didn’t we die […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/27/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 3:1-6 Description: There is perhaps no one in the mind of the Jew who has as much distinction as Moses: He was miraculously saved as an infant, raised with royalty, sent to liberate his people, and spoke with God face to face […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/20/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews, Advent Season Key Text: Hebrews 2:9-18 Description: SBC Host: [Bible Reading, Hebrews 2:10] “For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the originator of their salvation through sufferings. […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/13/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 2:5-9 Description: God created man in His image. He created him with an intent and purpose. But, was God’s intent thwarted by sin? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews and explains […]
Sermon Notes Date: 12/06/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 2:1-4 Description: Avg Guy: Wow the book of Hebrews is amazing! SBC Host: How so? Avg Guy: Well for starters… the whole author and release details are shrouded in mystery. And then the book doesn’t waste any time and gets right to […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/29/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 1:4-14 Description: In the first section of the book of Hebrews the author labors a point: Christ is infinitely superior to the angels. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in the book of Hebrews and explains […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/22/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 1:3 Description: In the opening verses of Hebrews we read that Jesus Christ created the universe. …A surprising statement, even for most Christians! After all, didn’t God the Father create everything? And to make matters more confusing, we read that Christ also […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/15/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 1:2-3 Description: Meet the Agent of Creation: The Alpha and the Omega. The First and the Last. The Beginning and the End. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews and gives […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/08/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 1:2 Description: He’s the “Heir of all things.” Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews and points out this unique description of Christ that appears in the second verse of the […]
Sermon Notes Date: 11/01/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 1:1-2 Description: …penned the great Christian apologist and philosopher, Francis Schaeffer, concerning God. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our Hebrews study and shows us how in just the first paragraph, the book launches describing the fact that God […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/25/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Hebrews Key Text: Hebrews 1:1-2 Description: Gameshow Host: And welcome everybody to Bible Questions! …Contestant, here’s your first question: Who wrote the book of Hebrews? …I need an answer. Contestant: Um…We don’t know? Gameshow Host: Correct! …Here’s your next question: Who were the first recipients? Contestant: […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/18/2020 Preacher: Josh Peglow, guest preacher Key Text: Titus 2:11-14 Description: Driver: Hey Grace… How do I get to Christian Living? Grace GPS: Getting directions to Christian Living. … Starting from Salvation, with the grace of God, drive straight and continue on the narrow path for a lifetime with sobriety, righteousness, and […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/11/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church: Church Discipline Key Text: 1 Corinthians 4-5; Revelation 2:18-23; Matthew 18 Description: Bible Reader: “If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private—” Christian Brother: I OBJECT, Your Honor! [crowd rouses and is quickly tamped down by gavel banging] Judge: Order! […]
Sermon Notes Date: 10/04/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church: Church Discipline Key Text: Luke 9:23-26; John 13:34-35; 1 Cor 13:4-8; 1 Pe 4:8 Description: We know that sin — all sin — is bad, and that God hates all sin. But is every possible sin under the sun grounds for formal church discipline? […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/27/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church: Church Discipline Key Text: 1 Corinthians 5 Description: “Shouldn’t this person and his conduct be confronted and dealt with?…You pass it off as a small thing, but it’s anything but that. Yeast, too, is a ‘small thing,’ but it works its way through a […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/20/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church: Church Discipline Key Text: Matthew 18 Description: “If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is straying?” [Matthew 18:12] Today on […]
Sermon Notes Date: 09/06/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church: Church Discipline Key Text: Hebrews 12:1-3; Matthew 18:15-17 Description: SBC Host: How does the word “discipline” strike you? Avg Guy: Strike me? … Oh I get it! Striking happens with discipline. [laughs]… Hey you turned off my mic! SBC Host: Yeah, I meant to […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/30/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church: The Lord’s Prayer Key Text: Matthew 6:9-13; 1 Peter 3:15-22, Ephesians 1:18 – 2:7; Revelation 3:21; Acts 2:22-24; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 2 Corinthians 2:7-11, 16-18 Description: How do we as Christians practice hope in our lives? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/23/2020 Preacher: David Teves, guest preacher Series: Five Solas Key Text: Galatians 2:16 Description: Avg Guy: I’m confused. To be saved, Paul says I need faith…James says works. Who’s right?? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, brother in Christ, David Teves fills in at the pulpit to address this apparent contradiction surrounding […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/16/2020 Preacher: Josh Peglow, guest preacher Key Text: John 3:22-36 Description: “He who comes from above is above all…” Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, brother in Christ, Josh Peglow fills in at pulpit and reminds us that Christ must remain preeminent in our lives: He must increase, but [we] must decrease. […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/09/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church: The Lord’s Prayer Key Text: Matthew 6:9-13; 1 Peter 3:15-22, Ephesians 1:18 – 2:7; Revelation 3:21; Acts 2:22-24; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 2 Corinthians 2:7-11, 16-18 Description: SBC Host: Hope. How do we, as Christians, practice hope in our lives? Avg Guy: You can practice […]
Sermon Notes Date: 08/02/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church: The Lord’s Prayer, CoronaVirus Key Text: Matthew 6:13 Description: Temptation. The struggle is real. Today on Scandia Bible Church, as the Pandemic of 2020 continues, Pastor Monty Simao continues our series on The Church, wrapping our study on The Lord’s Prayer, in which we […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/26/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church: The Lord’s Prayer, CoronaVirus Key Text: Matthew 6:12 Description: SBC Host: What is man’s greatest need? Avg Guy: Oh, I know! Food, water, and shelter. SBC Host: Not a bad answer, and certainly all necessary for life… but not the GREATEST NEED. Today on […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/19/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church: The Lord’s Prayer, CoronaVirus Key Text: Matthew 6:11 Description: It’s the fourth petition of The Lord’s Prayer… but it’s the first aimed at our needs. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao welcomes us back once again under our church’s steeple, amidst […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/12/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church: The Lord’s Prayer, CoronaVirus Key Text: Matthew 6:10b Description: SBC Host: [narrating audio bible] …Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in ear— Avg Guy: [knocking on booth glass] Excuse me. SBC Host: I’m kind in the middle of recording […]
Sermon Notes Date: 07/05/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church: The Lord’s Prayer, CoronaVirus Key Text: Matthew 6:10a Description: Group: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. THY KINGDOM COME, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven… SBC Host: When we pray the Lord’s Prayer… what do we […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/28/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church: The Lord’s Prayer, CoronaVirus Key Text: Matthew 6:9 Description: We do it in private. We do it with our families. And we do it with our church. Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, as we move into the homestretch on our Pandemic Stay-Home Virtual […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/21/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church, CoronaVirus Key Text: Psalm 122 Description: Group: Road Trip!!! SBC Host: Ahh yes… who doesn’t enjoy a good road trip! And chances are you have favorite road trip music to sing to along the way. Group: [singing “Over the river and through the woods…”] […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/14/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church, CoronaVirus Key Text: Genesis 2:16-18; Malachi 3:13-15, 16-18; 1 Samuel 23:15-16; Galatians 6:1-2; Philippians 1:27; Deuteronomy 6:5-9; Lamentations 4:3; Job 39:13-16; 1 Peter 3:7; Ephesians 5:25-30 Description: Just as an athlete needs to train with physical discipline, the Christian needs to train with spiritual discipline. […]
Sermon Notes Date: 06/07/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church: Christian Living, CoronaVirus Key Text: Romans 1:18-23, 24-25, 26, 27; Colossians 3:1-2, 3-4, 5, 5-6, 7-10 Description: Do words matter? Of course they do. And yet, how often do we as Christians adjust our speech to coincide with the shifty, shady, ambiguous speech all […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/31/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church: Christian Living, CoronaVirus Key Text: James 1:21; Jame 3:13-14; Mark 6:10-13,14-16, 17-20, 21-23, 24-26; Hebrews 3:12-15, 16-19, 4:1-3a, 4:2, 2:1; James 1:21-22; Ephesians 4:4-6 Description: SBC Host: Who would of thought that listening could be such hard work? Avg Guy: What? Today on Scandia […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/24/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church: Christian Living, CoronaVirus Key Text: Luke 8:16-21; 1 Peter 4:10-11; 2 Corinthians 2:17; Deuteronomy 32:45-47a; 1 Peter 2:2-3; 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Description: SBC Host: How should you listen to a sermon? Avg Guy: From start to finish. SBC Host: Okay. But is it something you […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/17/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church: Christian Living, CoronaVirus Key Text: Matthew 5 Description: Do you ever think about the fullness of the Ten Commandments when making decisions in life? …Or do you fall into the trap like the rich young ruler who viewed the Commandments only in the letter […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/10/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church: Christian Living, CoronaVirus Key Text: Proverbs 23:6-8; John 8:31-32; 1 Chronicles 29:11-13; Isaiah 45:6-7; Job 42:1-6; Romans 8:29-30, 28, 31-36, 37-39; 1 Peter 1:3-6, 2:1-3, 4-5, 2:12-25 Description: Avg Guy: The Corona Crisis is Careening out of Control!!! The Constraints are Crazy! Those in Command […]
Sermon Notes Date: 05/03/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church, CoronaVirus Key Text: 2 Timothy 4:1-5; Romans 10:14-17; 1 Timothy 4:13, 2:1-3; Ephesians 5:18-21 Description: SBC Host: What do bullies, freedom, and worship have in common? Avg Guy: I have no idea. SBC Host: Well, the first is something that we hate, the second […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/26/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church, CoronaVirus Key Text: Genesis 2:1-3; Exodus 20:8-11, 3:1-5; Matthew 18:15-20; Deuteronomy 19:14-17; Acts 20:28; 1 Corinthians 5:1-5 Description: SBC Host: If Sunday worship were an intersection, would we be stopped at a red light waiting for a green?… Or would it be green lights […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/19/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church, CoronaVirus Key Text: Leviticus 9:22-24, 10:1-11; 1 Chronicles 13:1-13, 15:1-2, 11-15; Exodus 32:4, 39:1, 5, 7, 21, 26, 29, 39:31-32, 42-43, 40:23, 5; John 4:19-24; Deuteronomy 12:32 Description: Suppose you were planting a church: √ How would the worship service be organized? √ What […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/12/2020, Easter Sunday Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: CoronaVirus Key Text: Isaiah 25:1-9; Ephesians 2:1-10 Description: The prophet Isaiah painted a picture of the rebellion in the nations: a place of idolatry, injustice, and insurrection; a place where God is ignored and His followers mocked, as man sits in his citadels of […]
Sermon Notes Date: 04/05/2020, Palm Sunday Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: CoronaVirus Key Text: Psalm 46 Description: Imagine that The Plague has come to your city. People are sick and needing help… and yet, the only response from civil authorities is to tell everyone to run! What would YOU do? Today on Scandia Bible Church […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/29/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: CoronaVirus Key Text: Romans 13:11-14 Description: How are we to live during a crisis? How are we to walk when told to stay put? How are we to represent God’s kingdom — a kingdom of hope —when chaos is all around us? Today on Scandia Bible […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/22/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: CoronaVirus Key Text: Romans 13:1-10 Description: One of the most basic commands of the Christian life is the command to gather together with other believers… But how is this even possible in the midst of a global pandemic where civil authorities have mandated social distancing, gathering-caps, […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/15/2020 Preacher: Josh Peglow, guest preacher Key Text: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 Description: Average Guy: The Cross? The Cross is a joke! It’s for fools. It lacks any intellectual fortitude or logical reasoning. If I’m going to believe in such a fairy tale, I need some solid proof. Today on Scandia Bible Church […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/08/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church Key Text: 2 Timothy 1:8-2:2; Matthew 28:18-20 Description: Church: Mission Control, this is Church. Do you copy? Mission Control: This is Mission Control. We’re reading you loud and clear, Church. Continue with transmission. Church: Yeah… what are we supposed to do again?? ______________ Today […]
Sermon Notes Date: 03/01/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church Key Text: Ephesians 4:4-6 Description: “Here is the church. Here is the steeple. Open the doors and see all the people.” Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study on The Church, in which we take time consider how God […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/23/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: The Church Key Text: Ephesians 5:22-30; Romans 9:1-9; Galatians 3:26-29 Description: What is the church? Is the church somewhere you go? Is the church something you do? What makes you part of the church? Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao embarks on […]
Sermon Notes Date: 02/16/2020 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Revelation Key Text: Isaiah 2:2-4; 1 Corinthians 13:13,8; Ephesians 4:11-13 Description: “All good things must come to an end.” Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monthy Simao preaches his final sermon for our study in the book of Revelation, in which he points out the […]