We started this year determined to study and grasp our values so that we could hold them rightly and so that God could use them to function for His glory and His purpose through our lives. For most of the first three months of the year we talked about God’s Word. We learned that we...
Category: <span>Sermons</span>
Luke 24:1-12 & Ephesians 3:14-19 “To Grasp the Love of the Resurrection”
The resurrection of Jesus is something that most of us know about and all of us in this room have heard about. We know the story and all of its details, for the most part we know its theological implications and its eternal outcome. Preaching on Easter is sometimes difficult because the resurrection of Jesus...
Luke 19:28-44 & Psalm 118 “The Song of the Triumphal Entry”
Today is Palm Sunday, the day that we as the church traditionally celebrate Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem, beginning the last week of His life before going to the cross and rising from the dead. All four of the gospels tell the story although some of the details vary from one account to the next. They...
Deuteronomy 29:29 We Read to Respond Part 4: Devotion to Obedience
Since the new year began we have been discussing how we value God’s Word and how God desires for His Word to function in our lives. We have seen that we read the Bible to build a relationship with God, that His Word is His revelation of His character, His heart, His ways and His...
Deuteronomy 3:28 “We Read to Respond Part 3: Courage in Obedience”
Today we look, yet again, at how we value God’s Word and how God desires for His Word to function in our lives. We read for relationship, we read to abide in that relationship and we read to respond within that relationship through obedience. Obedience is more than doing what we are told, obedience is...
Deuteronomy 3:23 “We Read to Respond Part 2: Obedience in Encouragement”
Today we will continue discussing how we value God’s Word and how God desires for His Word to function in our lives. God’s Word is how He chooses to reveal His heart, His character and His love; it is how He has chosen for us to come to know Him, trust Him and follow Him....
Deuteronomy 6:6-9 “We Read to Respond: Obedience in Coversation”
Over the last month we have been talking about the value and function of God’s Word. We have seen that we read the Scriptures for relationship, God’s Word is not about us it is for us, that the Bible is how God has chosen to reveal His character, His heart and His ways to His...
John 15:1-10 We Read to Abide, part 2
We have been talking about the value and the function of God’s Word. We have seen that the Scriptures are not about us they are for us, that God’s words are creative and sustaining, that the Word of God reveals the heart and character of God and that the Bible is, in and of itself...
“The Sin Bearing Servant”
Today I want us to set our hearts and minds on Jesus. Jesus is our gift and we are His inheritance. When I think about this gift that our Father bestowed upon us I am overwhelmed because it is a perfect gift, it is what everyone needs and longs for. There is a missing piece...
Our Value of God’s Word: We Read to Abide
Last week we began talking about the value and function of God’s Word. We started with this one statement, “The Word of God of is not about us, it is for us.” The Word of God is the character, heart, thoughts and ways of God written down for man so that we can know Him,...