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Dordt ChapelBehold Your God: The Burden Bearer (Isaiah 46:1-7)
Isaiah 46 gives us a striking contrast: Babylon's idols have to be loaded onto weary animals and carried away, but the living God tells His people, "I have…
Dordt ChapelBehold Your God: The True Servant (Isaiah 42: 1-9)
Isaiah describes God’s people as servants who have become blind through idolatry. But into their failure God says, “Behold my servant.” This message shows…
Dordt ChapelBehold Your God: The Weary Ones (Isaiah 40:18-31)
Isaiah 40 speaks into our weariness with a reminder that God has not forgotten us. This message explores the God who never grows weary and faithfully carries…
Dordt ChapelBehold Your God: The Good News (Isaiah 40:1-11)
Isaiah 40 speaks into the aftermath of devastation with a surprising first word: comfort. God's people have lived through judgement, exile, and loss, but God…
Dordt ChapelBehold Your God: The Test (Isaiah 36)
“In whom do you trust?” In Isaiah 36-37, Judah faces a moment of crisis as the Assyrian empire surrounds Jerusalem and asks that decisive question. Hezekiah…
Dordt ChapelBehold Your God: The Way (Isaiah 35)
In Isaiah 35, the wilderness blooms, weak hands are strengthened, fearful hearts are encouraged, and a highway called the Way of Holiness leads God's redeemed…
Dordt ChapelBehold Your God: The Feast(Isaiah 25:6-9)
Will our story end in a funeral or a feast? Isaiah looks directly at death, the shadow hanging over every person and every civilization, and announces…
Dordt ChapelBehold Your God: The Trees (Isa 7:1-14)
When the future feels uncertain, we are tempted either to despair or to grasp for control. Isaiah gives us another way: stand firm in faith and trust the God…
Dordt ChapelBehold Your God: The Throne (Isaiah 6: 1-8)
Isaiah sees the Lord high and lifted up and comes completely undone. But the fire he expects to consume him instead cleanses him, and grace sets him free to…
Dordt ChapelBehold Your God: The Mountain (Isaiah 2:1-5)
We often imagine life as a mountain to climb—a place to prove ourselves and build an identity. Isaiah invites us instead to behold the mountain of the Lord…
Dordt ChapelCommissioning Chapel: Wisdom for the Road (Romans 12:1-2)
What do you do with your ordinary, everyday life as you go out into the world? In this chapel service, President Hoekstra charges graduating seniors to take…
Dordt ChapelLonging for Love: The Pain of Love (Song of Songs 5-8)
The Song of Songs does show us a perfect romance, but also longing, absence, and pain. In this message, we explore how love exposes us to vulnerability…
Dordt ChapelLonging for Love: The power of Love (Song of Songs 3-4)
The Song of Songs reveals that love is powerful , beautiful, and not to be taken lightly. In this message, we explore why Scripture warns us not to awaken love…
Dordt ChapelLonging for Love: That Loving Feeling (Song of Songs 1-2)
The Song of Songs invites us to see the world through the eyes of love. In this message, we explore how love changes the way we see others, not as objects to…
Dordt ChapelFacing the Fog: The End (Ecclesiastes 12: 1-14)
Ecclesiastes 12 brings Qoheleth’s hard wisdom to its final conclusion: remember your Creator before the days grow dark and your strength fail. In this Holy…
Dordt ChapelFacing the Fog: The Unknown (Ecclesiastes 11:1-10)
Ecclesiastes 11 reminds us of a simple but unsettling truth: we do not know what the future holds. And yet, the Teacher calls us to boldness. In this message…
Dordt ChapelFacing the Fog: Contentment (Ecclesiastes 6:1-12) - Dr. Kyle Dieleman
Ecclesiastes 6 confronts one of life’s most unsettling questions: What is the point? Wealth, success, long life, and even family cannot ultimately satisfy if…
Dordt ChapelFacing the Fog: Time(Ecclesiastes 3:1-15)
Ecclesiastes 3 reminds us that we are creatures of time, living in seasons we do not choose and rhythms we did not write. There is a time to be born and a time…
Dordt ChapelFacing the Fog: Futility (Ecclesiastes 1:1-14)
Ecclesiastes begins with a startling diagnosis: life “under the sun” can feel like smoke: fleeting, frustrating, and impossible to hold. In this Ash Wednesday…
Dordt ChapelSongs from the Struggle: All that has Breath (Psalm 150)
Psalm 150 brings the book of Psalms to a climactic close with a call for every living thing to praise the Lord. The message explores why singing and praise are…
Dordt ChapelSong from the Struggle: Andrew Peterson
Today we continue our Psalms series, Songs from the Struggle. In this service, we are joined by songwriter and storyteller Andrew Peterson, who will help shed…
Dordt ChapelSongs from the Struggle: All I have to give (Psalm 126)
Psalm 126 is a song for people who remember joy but are living in the middle of tears. It invites us into a costly hope, the kind that keeps planting seeds…
Dordt ChapelSong from the Struggle: All That Is Within Me(Psalm 103)
Psalm 103 calls us to bless the Lord with all that isa within us. In a world shaped by divided attention and partial devotion, this psalm invites us into a…
Dordt ChapelSongs from the Struggle - All our Days Psalm 90 - Justin Bailey
What do we do with the weight of time, loss, and uncertainty? Psalm 90 is a prayer written for moments when life feels fragile and overwhelming. In this…
Dordt ChapelSongs From the Struggle: How Lovely (Psalm 84)
Psalm 84 is a song of longing: longing for home, for God's presence, and for the household where even the sparrow finds a place to rest. This message explores…
Dordt ChapelSongs from the Struggle: How Can This Be (Psalm 73)
Why do the wicked prosper while the faithful suffer? Psalm 73 begins with envy and ends with worship. This message explores what to do when God doesn’t meet…
Dordt ChapelSongs from the Struggle: How Wide (Psalm 67)
What is blessing for? Psalm 67 shows us that God blesses his people not as a reward, but as a gift meant to flow outward in praise and service to the nations…
Dordt ChapelSongs from the Struggle: How Could I (Psalm 51)
This week, Dordt University’s Chief of Staff, Aaron Bart, continues this semester’s chapel series, “The Way of Wisdom” with a message on Psalm 51.
Dordt ChapelSongs from the Struggle: How Deep (Psalm 42)
What do we do when our souls feel cast down and God feels distant? In Psalm 42, the psalmist describes both thirsting for God and drowning in sorrow, feeling…
Dordt ChapelSongs from the Struggle: How Good? (Psalm 34)
Deliverance leads to devotion. God does not love us because we are good, but because He is. And yet, experiencing God’s goodness leads us to participate in it…
Dordt ChapelSongs from the Struggle: How Near (Psalm 23)
In a world that is not altogether safe, God is near: he goes before us to lead, walks beside us through the valley, and chases behind us with goodness and…
Dordt ChapelSongs from the Struggle: How Long (Psalms 15)
When God feels absent and the wait feels endless, Psalm 13 trains us to move from protest to petition to praise. We name our “how long,” ask for the light in…
Dordt ChapelSongs from the Struggle : How Many (Psalm 3)
As we start a new series, “Songs from the Struggle,” we see how worship reorients us when we feel overwhelmed. When the “many” voices and fears pile up, Psalm…
Dordt ChapelThe Search for Wisdom (Prov. 30)
Where can wisdom be found? Proverbs 30 answers: in humble, loving attention to the created world and creative humans, to eagles and ships, ants and lizards…
Dordt ChapelThe Service of Wisdom: Dr Kyle Dieleman (Proverbs 22:17- 23:18)
This week Dr. Kyle Dieleman reminds us that wisdom is more than following rules—it’s about living in a way that loves God and loves our neighbors. True wisdom…
Dordt ChapelThe Struggle of Wisdom (Proverbs 6:9-11, 13:4, 26:15-16, 22:13, 21:25-26, 24:30-34)
Proverbs exposes “the sluggard” not just as doing nothing, but as avoiding love: refusing to start, to finish, and to face what loyal love requires. This…
Dordt ChapelThe Sound of Wisdom (Proverbs 9:1-6, 13-18)
The book of Proverbs places two voices before us, Wisdom and Folly, both calling for our attention. Wisdom builds and prepares a feast that leads to life…
Dordt ChapelThe Shape of Wisdom (Proverbs 1:1-10)
As a new semester begins, the book of Proverbs speaks like “letters from home,” a father’s counsel to a son. We’re invited to choose wisdom in a world of real…
Dordt ChapelConvocation 2025
Join us for the 2025 Dordt University Convocation service in the B.J. Haan Auditorium.
Dordt ChapelJames - Final Week
Join us for the last Chapel of the semester, as Pr. Aaron Baart concludes our series on the book of James.

Dordt ChapelJames - Week 12
Join us this week in chapel as Pastor Aaron Baart continues our series on the book of James.
Dordt ChapelJames- Week 11
This week, Dr. Gayle Doornbos, a professor of theology at Dordt, continues this semester's chapel series.
Dordt ChapelJames - Week 10
Join us this week in chapel as Pastor Aaron Baart continues our series on the book of James.
Dordt ChapelJames - Week 8
Join us this week as Sam Ashmore continues our sermon series on the book of James.
Dordt ChapelJames- Week 9
This week, Dr. Justin Bailey, a professor of theology at Dordt, continues this semester's chapel series.
Dordt ChapelJames- Week 7
This week, Dordt's Dean of Chapel and Chief of Staff, Aaron Bart, continues this semester's chapel series.
Dordt ChapelJames Week 6
Join us this week as Dr. Kyle Dielman continues this semester’s chapel series on the book of James.
Dordt ChapelJames Week 5
This Week, Sam Ashmore, Dordt's Campus Pastor, continues this semester's chapel series on James.
Dordt ChapelJames Week 4
This week, Dr. Gayle Doornbos, continues this semester’s chapel series on the book of James.
Dordt ChapelJames Week 3
This week, Dr. Justin Bailey, a professor of theology at Dordt, continues this semester’s chapel series.
Dordt ChapelJames Week 2
This week, Aaron Bart, Dordt’s Dean of Chapel, continues this semester’s chapel series in James. We look at the dangers of wealth accumulation and our…
Dordt ChapelJames Week 1
This week, Aaron Bart, Dordt’s Dean of Chapel, continues this semester’s chapel series.

Dordt ChapelThe Lowest Seat
This week, Sam Ashmore, Dordt’s Campus Pastor, continues this semester’s chapel series with a message on “The Lowest Seat.”
Dordt ChapelThe Parable of The Two Builders
This week, Dr. Justin Bailey, a professor of theology at Dordt, continues this semester’s chapel series with a message on “The Two Builders.”
Dordt ChapelThe Pharisee and the Tax Collector
This week, Dr. Kyle Dieleman, a professor of theology and history at Dordt, continues this semester’s chapel series with a message on “The Pharisee and the Tax…
Dordt ChapelThe Compassionate Vineyard Owner
This week Sam Ashmore continues this semester’s chapel series with a message on “The Compassionate Vineyard Owner and His Son.”
Dordt ChapelThe Ten Bridesmaids
This week, Dr. Gayle Doornbos, a professor of theology at Dordt, continues this semester’s chapel series with a message on “The Ten Bridesmaids.”
Dordt ChapelThe Laborers in the Vineyard
This week, Justin Bailey reflects on the parable of the “Laborers in the Vineyard.”