Sermons from April 2015
Suffering and Missions
What does suffering have to do with missions? The Bible has much to say on this topic. Suffering is the cost of building the church, it’s the price of making others bold, it enforces the call to go, and it shows the supremacy of God as we suffer with joy for his sake and the gospel knowing our treasure is in heaven. We are forced to look at ourselves as we see the call of Jesus to “come and die.”…
If God, Why Evil?
What we see is that denying God or attributing evil to man’s free will is unsatisfactory experientially and unsatisfactory according to the Bible. Rather God has ordained evil and suffering to display his glory. We see this primarily in the death of Jesus Christ that was planned as a sacrifice for sin before the foundation of the world (Rev 13:8; Eph 1:3-11; 2 Tim 1:8-9; Acts 2:22-23; 4:27-28; 1 Pet 1:18-20). This means that, incredibly, sin was part of God’s…
People Without a King
This sermon goes over what may be the most vile event recorded in the pages of Scripture. It’s recorded to reveal to us the human heart apart from submission to a righteous King. It points us forward to our need of rescue by the flawless King Jesus. It’s a disturbing read, but in many ways, describes the times we live in so well.
Raised for Our Justification
What does it mean that Christ was raised for our justification? Can an extraordinary claim like resurrection be sustained by the historical evidence? This sermon looks into those questions and also what our response to the resurrection of Jesus should be.
Delivered Up for Our Trespasses
In an act of loving mercy, God handed over his Son to death because of our trespasses. As we reflect on this verse, we must acknowledge our sin that put Jesus on the cross and praise God for his mercy and forgiveness through the death of Christ.