Sermons
The Extra Mile
| Matthew 5:38-48 |
What does it really mean to ‘go the extra mile’ for someone? In this message, we hear how this saying from Jesus doesn’t match up with what we might think the saying means. (Due to a power outage this sermon was taken from our live stream.) Outline Going the extra mile. (Mat. 5:41) How to live in the second mile. Going the extra mile by turning the other cheek. (Mat. 5:39) Going the extra mile by giving more than required. (Mat. 5:40) Going the extra mile by living generously. (Mat. 5:42) Why we live in the second mile? It keeps us from taking justice into our own hands. (Rom 13:1-5) Going the extra mile in love is a better strategy. (Rom. 12:19-21) Jesus went the extra mile… all the way to the cross. (1 Peter 2:21-24)
What does it really mean to ‘go the extra mile’ for someone? In this message, we hear how this saying from Jesus doesn’t match up with what we might think the saying means. (Due to a power outage this sermon was taken from our live stream.) Outline Going the extra mile. (Mat. 5:41) How to live in the second mile. Going the extra mile by turning the other cheek. (Mat. 5:39) Going the extra mile by giving more than required. (Mat. 5:40) Going the extra mile by living generously. (Mat. 5:42) Why we live in the second mile? It keeps us from taking justice into our own hands. (Rom 13:1-5) Going the extra mile in love is a better strategy. (Rom. 12:19-21) Jesus went the extra mile… all the way to the cross. (1 Peter 2:21-24)
Promise Keeper
| Galatians 3:15-29 |
The good news of Jesus calls us to trust in him, but can God be trusted? In this message we see how God’s promises never change and answers why God gave a law through Moses after making his covenant with Abraham. Outline God keeps his promises (3:15-18) Why the Law? (3:19-25) All one in Christ (3:26-29) Trusting in God’s Promises
The good news of Jesus calls us to trust in him, but can God be trusted? In this message we see how God’s promises never change and answers why God gave a law through Moses after making his covenant with Abraham. Outline God keeps his promises (3:15-18) Why the Law? (3:19-25) All one in Christ (3:26-29) Trusting in God’s Promises
Blessed
| Galatians 3:1-14 |
What does it mean to be blessed? How do we receive God’s blessing? In this message from Galatians 3 we hear the good news that God graciously pours out his promised blessing of the Spirit and righteousness through faith, not works. Outline Fooled! (v1) The blessing of the Spirit (vv2-5) Blessed with Abraham (vv6-9) Redeemed from the Curse (vv10-14) Being blessed by God
What does it mean to be blessed? How do we receive God’s blessing? In this message from Galatians 3 we hear the good news that God graciously pours out his promised blessing of the Spirit and righteousness through faith, not works. Outline Fooled! (v1) The blessing of the Spirit (vv2-5) Blessed with Abraham (vv6-9) Redeemed from the Curse (vv10-14) Being blessed by God
Drawing a Line
| Galatians 2:11-21 |
Legalism is out of line with the gospel. Legalism is about what you have to do to get in line with God. But the gospel proclaims what Jesus has done to justify sinners. Outline Out of line (vv11-14) Because… Faith in Jesus, not Law (vv15-16) Faith in Jesus doesn’t make sinners (vv17-18) Faith unites to Christ (vv19-20) Because we need Jesus’ death! (v21) Keeping in line with the gospel
Legalism is out of line with the gospel. Legalism is about what you have to do to get in line with God. But the gospel proclaims what Jesus has done to justify sinners. Outline Out of line (vv11-14) Because… Faith in Jesus, not Law (vv15-16) Faith in Jesus doesn’t make sinners (vv17-18) Faith unites to Christ (vv19-20) Because we need Jesus’ death! (v21) Keeping in line with the gospel
I AM the Bread of Life
| John 6:30-59 |
A sermon on who Jesus is, his divinity and eternity, from John 6.
A sermon on who Jesus is, his divinity and eternity, from John 6.
God’s Good News of Freedom
| Galatians 1:11-2:10 |
How do we know if the gospel we hear is the true gospel? Outline The gospel (good news) is God’s (1:11-24) The gospel is for freedom (2:1-5) The gospel is for the world (2:6-10) Paul’s Biography In this passage, Paul retells a section of his life story which intersects with what we read in Acts. The table below shows how Galatians and Acts fits together: Event Acts reference Galatians reference Conversion Acts 9:1-19 Galatians 1:15-16 Three years in Arabia after Acts 9:25 Galatians 1:17 First Jerusalem visit Acts 9:26-31 Galatians 1:18-19 Second Jerusalem visit Acts 11:27-30; 12:25 Galatians 2:1-10
How do we know if the gospel we hear is the true gospel? Outline The gospel (good news) is God’s (1:11-24) The gospel is for freedom (2:1-5) The gospel is for the world (2:6-10) Paul’s Biography In this passage, Paul retells a section of his life story which intersects with what we read in Acts. The table below shows how Galatians and Acts fits together: Event Acts reference Galatians reference Conversion Acts 9:1-19 Galatians 1:15-16 Three years in Arabia after Acts 9:25 Galatians 1:17 First Jerusalem visit Acts 9:26-31 Galatians 1:18-19 Second Jerusalem visit Acts 11:27-30; 12:25 Galatians 2:1-10
Seek to Become a Mature Christian
| James 5:7-20 |
A message from James 5 about how God makes his people mature. Outline Be Patient in Suffering Make no frivolous oaths Pray for physical and spiritual healing Help restore the rebellious believer (There is a significant change in audio quality after the first 12 minutes.)
A message from James 5 about how God makes his people mature. Outline Be Patient in Suffering Make no frivolous oaths Pray for physical and spiritual healing Help restore the rebellious believer (There is a significant change in audio quality after the first 12 minutes.)
Living with the Success of the Wicked
| Psalm 37 |
We live in a world where it often seems that unjust, wicked people succeed. How does this fit with the Bible’s claim that God is a loving and powerful Father? In Psalm 37 we hear the ‘A-Z’ of how to not fret by instead trusting in God’s goodness, trusting in his just judgment, and patiently waiting upon him.
We live in a world where it often seems that unjust, wicked people succeed. How does this fit with the Bible’s claim that God is a loving and powerful Father? In Psalm 37 we hear the ‘A-Z’ of how to not fret by instead trusting in God’s goodness, trusting in his just judgment, and patiently waiting upon him.
No Other Gospel
| Galatians 1:1-10 |
The best way to spot a fake is to know the real thing through and through. The best way to spot a non-gospel is to know the true gospel (good news) of Jesus. Outline A letter to Galatia (vv1-5) Another gospel (vv6-10) No other gospel
The best way to spot a fake is to know the real thing through and through. The best way to spot a non-gospel is to know the true gospel (good news) of Jesus. Outline A letter to Galatia (vv1-5) Another gospel (vv6-10) No other gospel
Christ Alone
| Acts 15:1-35 |
When you add something to faith in Jesus it’s really subtraction. In this final message from this series in Acts, we see how the earliest churches respond when the good news of faith alone is under threat from legalistic false teachings. Outline Christ Plus… (vv1-5) Remembering what God’s done and promised (vv6-18) Christ Alone (vv19-35)
When you add something to faith in Jesus it’s really subtraction. In this final message from this series in Acts, we see how the earliest churches respond when the good news of faith alone is under threat from legalistic false teachings. Outline Christ Plus… (vv1-5) Remembering what God’s done and promised (vv6-18) Christ Alone (vv19-35)
