Date | Sermon Title | Scripture | Sermon Series | Comments |
2013/12/08 December 8th, 2013 |
Out of Egypt (29:58 min.) |
Matthew 2:13-23 |
Advent |
Think Humble Beginnings Nathanael replied to Philip, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" --------------- |
2013/12/01 December 1st, 2013 |
The Gift of the Magi (36:14 min.) |
Matthew 2:1-12 |
Advent |
Misunderstanding Jesus Isn't it interesting, though, that Herod misunderstood the Messiah just as much as the Sadduccees and Pharisees would some thirty years later. --------------- Scripture reading: Vicki W -- Jeremiah 23:1-6 |
2013/11/10 November 10th, 2013 |
Through the Holy Spirit (36:23 min.) |
Romans 5:5 |
The Love of God |
An Attribute of God God's love dwells within us through the Holy Spirit. It doesn't surround us like water to a fish, it's in our hearts. --------------- |
2013/08/25 August 25th, 2013 |
Atonement (34:27 min.) |
Leviticus 1:4 |
Summer Potpourri |
It's a Serious Business What I'm suggesting is that sometimes we need a lens to look through so that books like Leviticus make more sense to us. --------------- Scripture reading: Don M -- 2 Chronicles 29:20-24 |
2013/08/18 August 18th, 2013 |
The Burning Bush Experience (27:29 min.) |
Exodus 3-4 |
Summer Potpourri |
C-I-N-O God's calling brings our personal integrity and responsibility into play. Each calling is unique to who we are. --------------- Scripture reading: Joshua 5:13-6:5 |
2013/08/04 August 4th, 2013 |
Sin is Crouching (30:57 min.) |
Genesis 4:7 |
Summer Potpourri |
Sin in Our Lives Even before she touched the fruit of the tree, Eve had already tried on the sin for size, she had already committed that sin in her head. --------------- Scripture reading: Genesis 3:1-7 |
2013/07/28 July 28th, 2013 |
Real Faith (30:27 min.) |
Matthew 10:38 |
Summer Potpourri |
Stephen in Jerusalem This is actually pretty huge, how often do we think more of our own lives and day to day concerns and less about eternity? --------------- Scripture reading: Acts 7:54-60 |
2013/07/21 July 21st, 2013 |
For By Your Words (34:07 min.) |
Matthew 12:37 |
Summer Potpourri |
Faith That Saves We can study God's Word, we can attend church every Sunday, and we can go home and lead the life that we've always led and think that that is faith. --------------- Scripture reading: 2 Thessalonians 2:8-12 |
2013/07/07 July 7th, 2013 |
old self - new self (31:43 min.) |
Colossians 3:1-11 |
old self / new self |
Know Distinctions - No Distinctions There's a distinction between those who are unsaved and those who are saved in what they seek. --------------- Scripture reading: Damon L -- Romans 12:1-5 |
2013/06/30 June 30th, 2013 |
When I Am Weak (30:40 min.) |
2 Corinthians 12:7-10 |
old self / new self |
No Other Options This isn't pride, this is complete and total humility before the Lord, knowing that He has your back. Whatever happens is according to His will and not your own. When we reach My grace is sufficient for you there are no other options! --------------- Scripture reading: Romans 5:1-5 |
2013/06/23 June 23rd, 2013 |
That I Would Boast (29:32 min.) |
Galatians 6:12-15 |
old self / new self |
Focus of Faith This is something that I hear more often than I like, it goes to the effect of, "I don't need to go to church to believe in God." Our faith is in community. This is a very dangerous statement because it's just another form of walking away from God. --------------- Scripture reading: Galatians 6:1-10 |
2013/06/16 June 16th, 2013 |
What Was Right (30:27 min.) |
Judges 17:6 |
old self / new self |
Wisdom There were all kinds of warnings in advance. This would be like when Balaam's donkey sat down on the job and told him what an a.. he was. He argued with her thereby validating her point. --------------- Scripture reading: Deuteronomy 12:3-9 |
2013/06/09 June 9th, 2013 |
In Conformity With His Glory (26:18 min.) |
Philippians 3:15-21 |
old self / new self |
An Act of Free Will We see the old self / new self idea as an intentional act of will in which we continually choose to get close to God and Jesus Christ by putting our old sinful self back behind us. --------------- Scripture reading: Philippians 3:7-11 |
2013/06/02 June 2nd, 2013 |
Do Not Lose Heart (31:01 min.) |
2 Corinthians 4:16 |
old self / new self |
Faith is Binary If you're worried enough about your salvation to proclaim Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, then you're saved. No where in the Bible does it say that you have to be good enough for God before you can be saved. --------------- Scripture reading: Sharon L -- Colossians 3:1-11 |
2013/05/26 May 26th, 2013 |
Fear and Trembling (26:47 min.) |
Philippians 2:12-13 |
old self / new self |
Faith is Active You're saved, now do something about it. And how we see this play out in the Bible is that your heart knowledge, that deep knowledge that you have of God, of Jesus Christ, impels you to get busy and walk according to God's will. --------------- Scripture reading: Damon L -- Ephesians 6:5-9 |
2013/05/19 May 19th, 2013 |
Died to Sin (26:30 min.) |
Romans 6:1-7 |
old self / new self |
Get Your Priorities Right Salvation is like being the end kid in crack-the-whip. You're just along for the ride, all the energy comes from somewhere else. And the idea is to hold on as tightly as you can. --------------- Scripture reading: Don M -- Isaiah 61:1-3 |
2013/05/12 May 12th, 2013 |
Has Christ Been Divided? (28:18 min.) |
1 Corinthians 1:13 |
Signs of the Times |
Divisiveness in the Church When the world strives for every new thing and struggles just to make sense of life, we have this footing beneath us that gives life ultimate meaning. --------------- Scripture reading: Ann T -- 1 Corinthians 1:2-9 |
2013/05/05 May 5th, 2013 |
Love the Alien (27:09 min.) |
Leviticus 19:34 |
Signs of the Times |
Politics of the Right vs. Left If God has something to say on the subject, then maybe we should back away from the political rhetoric and embrace His Word instead. --------------- Scripture reading: Doris B -- Luke 10:25-37 |
2013/04/21 April 21st, 2013 |
You Wove Me (28:43 min.) |
Psalm 139:13 |
Signs of the Times |
Integrity If we are honest and faithful in our love for Jesus Christ, then we should try to bring our Christian faith into all parts of our lives. --------------- Scripture reading: Don M -- Psalm 86:6-13 |
2013/04/14 April 14th, 2013 |
Gave Them Over (34:16 min.) |
Romans 1:24 |
Signs of the Times |
The Zaccheus Effect on LGBT My concern is that, when we use the end-of-the-world doom and gloom stuff too much then we stop being effective Christians. The point of all this is that the church, we who are individuals, and we together as a body of believers, the church has to figure out how to deal with this tidal wave of sin. --------------- Scripture reading: Carol J -- Ephesians 4:17-24 |
2013/04/07 April 7th, 2013 |
Be Obedient (27:53 min.) |
Titus 3:1-10 |
Signs of the Times |
Subject to Authority Paul says in v.3, "... spending our life in malice and envy." Spending our life! This is the kind of "money" that we can't afford to spend! Because once you've spent it it's gone forever. When we revel in division, when we strive after jealousy, when we lift up hatred, all in the name of politics, then we have traveled down the wrong path as Christians. --------------- Scripture reading: Heather E -- Philippians 4:4-9 |
2013/03/31b March 31st, 2013 |
The Resurrection (26:03 min.) |
John 11:25-26 |
Easter 10:00 a.m. |
God is Glorified! Our faith is based upon reality, not upon metaphor. God is glorified when we look at something and realize that only God could make it happen, and we give Him the credit for it, no one else. We have to understand that there is a "wow factor" in much of what Jesus did. And it's a huge sign that God will do what He says He will do. God is always glorified on His own terms. --------------- Scripture reading: John 1:1-5 |
2013/03/31a March 31st, 2013 |
The Empty Tomb (25:34 min.) |
Luke 24:1-12 |
Easter 07:30 a.m. |
Jesus Triumphs Over Death! You understand, don't you, that there really was no necessity to remove the stone for Jesus to get out? The stone was a sign that people would believe. The empty tomb was a sign to push the skeptic amongst us in the right direction. --------------- Scripture reading: Jim L -- 1 Corinthians 1:17-21 |
2013/03/24 March 24th, 2013 |
Betrayal (27:50 min.) |
John 13:21-32 |
Lent/Easter |
Iscariot Okay, let's cut to the chase. When we walk away from God it doesn't matter our reasoning. It doesn't matter that we may be right (at least in our own minds). It doesn't matter that our childhood, or our bad marriage, or our terrible job, or a fight with someone at church made us walk away. When we walk away from God we open up an avenue for Satan to enter in and take over. --------------- Scripture reading: Elaine F -- 1 Peter 4:7-11 |
2013/03/03 March 3rd, 2013 |
God Will Supply All Your Needs (23:19 min.) |
Philippians 4:10-20 |
Missions |
God's Blessings for Missions Typically we think about God the other way 'round, we go to God with our problems, when we even think about God we tend to think that it is God who will supply all our needs, and that is all there is to the relationship. |
2013/02/24 February 24th, 2013 |
Faith With Works (28:09 min.) |
James 2:14-17 |
Missions |
Set Our House in Order And so the first thing in any missionary endeavor that we have to think about is; how good are we at paying attention to the basic tenets, the basic teachings of our faith? --------------- Scripture reading: Don M -- 2 Corinthians 9:6-12 |
2013/02/17 February 17th, 2013 |
The Father Will Send (26:51 min.) |
John 14:26 |
Spirit Filled |
Purposes of God's Holy Spirit We see that God provides His Holy Spirit as a Helper. And this sets the pattern for the rest of the New Testament. He abides in you. He immerses you. He pours over you. The Biblical metaphors are varied. |
2013/02/10 February 10th, 2013 |
Holy Spirit Fell Upon Them (26:12 min.) |
Acts 10:44 |
Spirit Filled |
The Truth of Our Faith We have choices at times like these. We can either praise God and glorify Him for finally beginning to answer our prayers, or we can pull a long face and put on a poor me because He has put us through yet another trial. --------------- Scripture reading: Jim L -- Acts 10:23-33 |
2013/02/03 February 3rd, 2013 |
We Are One Body (27:52 min.) |
Romans 12:5 |
Spirit Filled |
He Gifts the Called In past years we have been taught what the Holy Spirit is all about and so now we have a vested interest in keeping Him there. If we were taught that the sign gifts have ceased then we have a vested interest in making sure they really have ceased. The converse is true, too. --------------- Scripture reading: Ephesians 1:18-23 |
2013/01/27 January 27th, 2013 |
Not You Who Speak (27:31 min.) |
Mark 13:11 |
Spirit Filled |
With the Spirit's Help God did not call us to be safe, He called us to be saved! And part of being saved is proclaiming the gospel message when it needs to be proclaimed! --------------- Scripture reading: Carol J -- Luke 12:4-12 |
2013/01/20 January 20th, 2013 |
Tongues as of Fire (30:47 min.) |
Acts 2 |
Spirit Filled |
Legitimate Sign Gifts I would pray that we receive tongues as of fire. Think about it. Suppose we were immersed in tongues as of fire right now? My first action would be to rush out into the street, stop traffic, and start preaching. We could expect the police. Maybe the SWAT team. Certainly the six o'clock news. And the video would go viral on YouTube. --------------- Scripture reading: Ed T -- Acts 6:1-6 |
2013/01/13 January 13th, 2013 |
Spirit Filled (29:32 min.) |
Luke 24:49 |
Spirit Filled |
Misunderstanding God When it comes to God's Holy Spirit, we do tend to ignore Him, and to leave Him off in the back of the sanctuary somewhere. Mostly because we don't know Him very well. This would be your basic misunderstanding. --------------- Scripture reading: Bill B -- 2 Corinthians 6:1-10 |
2013/01/06 January 6th, 2013 |
Promise of the Spirit (30:49 min.) |
Galatians 3:14 |
New Year |
Prosperity Gospel is False! There is a persistent thread of thought going through North America today. And it is that God wants us to be comfortable. This is a dangerous doctrine! --------------- Scripture reading: Mark 4:1-9 |