Sermons from June 2016

The Endurance of Love

This passage is typically a battleground for debating when the gift of tongues will cease. Will it be just after the apostolic age or will it be at the return of Christ. Dwelling on this battle can cause us to miss the important truth this passage teaches. We ought to long for love. Love will outlast any supernatural gift. Let us not be content with the appetizer of bread and butter but crave the main course–a face to face encounter…

Fathers, This Is Your Command

What does it mean to be a father and raise your children for the Lord? What does it mean not to provoke them to anger but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord? Is there practical ways to help? In this sermon, many practical suggestions are made on how we can fulfill this command. In all cases, we must never assume the gospel but keep it front and center as we bring up our children for…

Total Depravity

In this lesson we look at the doctrine of total depravity. It’s an exploration of what it means to inherit a sinful nature. After a clarification of what this doctrine is not, we explore what it is. While often denied and much maligned in today’s culture, this doctrine exalts the glory of God and the beauty of his salvation from first to last.

The Greatness of Love

Christian love is the highest of all virtues. Without, we have nothing. It should be desired above all other virtues or gifts. Considering this text should give us an earnest desire to love like our God loves.

The Origin of Sin

Where did sin come from? How could sin enter into God’s good creation? Didn’t God make everything good? If God doesn’t sin, does that mean that he permitted sin? Or did he plan it or ordain it? We explore these important questions and we seek to understand the beginnings of sin in God’s universe and the purpose sin has in God’s eternal, wise plan.

One Body, Many Members

The unity and diversity in the church is God’s ordained plan to see us all conformed into Christ-like character. This is not diversity in beliefs, it’s diversity in gifts, service, activities, ethnicities, gender, social status and so on. If you’re a Christian, you belong to the church and God has chosen to use you in the body of Christ to care for one another.