Sermon for Sunday, November 8, 2026 at Unionville Presbyterian Church (BPC) Old Testament Text [Isa 5:1-7 ESV] – 1 Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. 2 He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with
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There was a moonshine operation that was busted just outside of Unionville in 1930. It occurred at the “Armand Farm” on the south side of the “duck pond.” In 1930 the Armand Farm was sold to “L. Saunders” (named elsewhere as Al Saunders and Albert Sanders) of Paterson, N.J. who was said to be making
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Sermon for Sunday, November 1, 2026 at Unionville Presbyterian Church (BPC) Old Testament Text [2 Samuel 12:26-31 ESV] – 26 Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and took the royal city. 27 And Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah; moreover, I have taken the city of
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The Real Philosophy of Presbyterianism. By Douglas J. Douma [A speech given Oct 21, 2026 at the Presbyterian Scholars Conference, Harbor House, Wheaton College] What is the real philosophy of Presbyterianism? When we think of Presbyterianism and philosophy we might be led to discussions of Scottish Common Sense Realism, or of Francis Hutcheson’s
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Sermon for Sunday, October 11, 2026 at Unionville Presbyterian Church (BPC) Old Testament Text: [Jeremiah 32:16-27 ESV] – 16 “After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying: 17 ‘Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth
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Sermon for Sunday, October 4, 2026 at Unionville Presbyterian Church (BPC) Old Testament Text: [1 Chronicles 22:6-10 ESV] – 6 Then he called for Solomon his son and charged him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel. 7 David said to Solomon, “My son, I had it in my heart
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Sermon for Sunday, September 27, 2026 at Unionville Presbyterian Church (BPC) Old Testament Text: [Jeremiah 32:36-41 ESV] 36 “Now therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, ‘It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine, and by pestilence’: 37
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Sermon for Sunday, September 20, 2026 at Unionville Presbyterian Church (BPC) Old Testament Text: [Psalm 51:1-19 ESV] 1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant
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Sermon for Sunday, September 13, 2026 at Unionville Presbyterian Church (BPC) Old Testament Text: [Genesis 2:18-25 ESV] 18 Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19 Now out of the ground the LORD God had formed every
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Just the other day my Amish friend “John the Baptist” told me that he sang “How Great Thou Art” when he was thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. And that brought back memories because I too had sung that song on my thru-hike, and for the same reason; verse 2. The second verse of the hymn goes
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The Wawayanda Patent of March 5, 1703 brought more than 150,000 acres—including the lands of the present day village of Unionville and townships of Minisink, Greenville, and Wawayanda—into the ownership of the Colony of New York. The governor of New York and New Jersey at that time, Lord Cornbury, then granted the land to twelve
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