Passage: Mark 1:1-8 This morning we begin a new sermon series through the Gospel of Mark entitled Following Jesus by look ing at the preparatory ministry of John the Baptist. After 400 years of silence, God finally spoke again to his people through an anointed prophet. While John is a fascinating character, the real focus […]
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Our Ministry of Reconciliation
Passage: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 We finished our Advent series last week with a look at Jesus as our mediator and the resulting gift of reconciliation with God. As we enter the New Year, the leadership of our church desires that we begin with a laser focus on being a Great Commission church. We have been […]
The Gift of Reconciliation: Our Mediator
Passage: 1 Timothy 2:5-7 This morning, we finish our brief Advent sermon series on the greatest Christmas gift, that of the Lord Jesus Christ. We have looked at various aspects of the saving ministry of Christ which necessitated the incarnation. We have seen Him as the Redeemer who frees us, the Substitute who obtains our […]
The Gift of Victory: Our Conqueror
Passage: 1 John 3:7-10 We continue this morning in our Advent sermon series entitled The Gift where we are looking at the reasons for and the meaning of the Incarnation. As western Christians, we tend to be a little leery when speaking of the devil, afraid that we will be thought of as old-fashioned, closed-minded, […]
The Gift of Forgiveness: Our Substitute
Passage: Romans 3:21-26 Propitiation. That is not a word you hear many people use anymore. In fact, many theologians have become a bit embarrassed by the word, even though it is clearly a biblical concept. Perhaps the problem is that many have confused the biblical idea with pagan variations, where a local god is appeased […]
The Gift of Freedom: Our Redeemer
Passage: Hebrews 9:11-14 In our contemporary culture, Christmas is nearly synonymous with gift-giving. Our nation’s economy is heavily dependent upon significant spending during this time of year, as evidenced by the commercials run on television with large bows on top of expensive cars. And yet, there is no amount of money that can match the […]
The Church Being the Church
Passage: Ephesians 6:21-24 Fifty sermons and more than a year later, we complete our journey through the book of Ephesians this morning. There is no other book in scripture that has such a high view of the church and so it is appropriate that we conclude our study by looking at two examples of faithful […]
Prayerful Diplomacy
Passage: Ephesians 6:18-20 This morning, as we are approaching the end of our study in the book of Ephesians, we actually conclude our look at the spiritual armor of God. Although not technically a piece of the armor, there is no doubt that prayer is absolutely essential for the Christian to stand firm against the […]
The Sword of the Spirit
Passage: Ephesians 6:17b After a lengthy consideration of the defensive armor of the Christian, Paul now moves to the weapon that has both an offensive and defensive use, the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. As Christians, we cannot overestimate the importance of being equipped with God’s Word to stand firm […]
The Helmet of Salvation
Passage: Ephesians 6:17a Christians typically speak of salvation almost exclusively in the past tense: I was saved when…; Have you been saved?…etc. The truth is that Scripture speaks of salvation in three different tenses. We have been saved from the penalty of sin. We are being saved from the power of sin. We will be […]