Sermon Archives

Colossians 1:13-14  Part II of “Live Like You Know You Belong.” We can live in a manner worthy of the Lord because of God’s great work of salvation in us.

Colossians 1:9-14  God calls us to “walk worthy” of Him. This seems impossible until we really know all God has done in “qualifying” us to belong in Christ’s kingdom.

Colossians 1:3-8  The gospel is the good news of Jesus dying and rising again for sinners who trust in Him. This message of grace and truth should be central to the church and to our lives.

Colossians 1:1-2  First century Colossae was a town on the decline. The young church was faced with false teachings that offered a higher spiritual life than one based simply on the gospel. Under house arrest for preaching the good news of Jesus, Paul writes to these new believers reminding them that they are complete in [...]

1 Peter 2:21-25  That Jesus suffered “for us” means that His death counted as ours. As far as God is concerned, by faith in Christ, we have received the just punishment our sins deserved. What love! What grace!

Hebrews 1:1-3  Jesus is the Prophet, Sovereign God, Great High Priest, and King of kings.

Acts 4:32-37  God’s grace filled the first church, enabling them to share their possessions with each other and the gospel with the world.

Acts 4:23-31 “All their preaching and teaching must henceforth be done in open violation of the highest legal power and authority of their nation” (Lenski).

Acts 4:13-22  Untrained and unskilled, the boldness and power of the disciples could not be denied, so the authorities threatened them to stop preaching.