Sermons Page 28

Acts 21:17-26

Acts

For the Sake of Unity

Unity rooted in common faith in Jesus matters more than personal preferences. Paul's willingness to accommodate Jewish practices while maintaining gospel integrity demonstrates how believers with diverse personalities and convictions can remain unified through patience, compassion, and mutual care.

Ephesians 3:1-13

Ephesians

God's Purpose for the Church

The church's purpose is to reveal God's wisdom to the spiritual realm by embodying unity across all human divisions. This happens when believers ground their identity in Christ's cross rather than political or cultural preferences.

Ephesians 6:1-9

Ephesians

Household

Paul instructs children to obey their parents and fathers to nurture their children in the Lord's ways, grounding family relationships in Christ rather than worldly authority.

Ephesians 4:1-16 · John 17

Ephesians

How to Keep Unity

While the Spirit establishes unity in the church, believers must actively maintain it through humility, gentleness, patience, and love—recognizing that all members are equally valued and saved by Christ's blood.

Hebrews 2:5-18 · Hebrews 3:1

Hebrews

Jesus Understands

Jesus, superior to angels, entered human experience to accomplish salvation: he died to bring us to glory, made us holy through his suffering, destroyed death's power through his resurrection, and understands our temptations with merciful compassion. Believers are called to daily confess Jesus as Savior and Brother.

Acts 16:16-40 · Psalm 107

Acts

Joy at Midnight

This sermon examines Paul and Silas singing in jail, revealing that joy comes through confidence in God's control rather than circumstances. Even difficult experiences serve God's redemptive purposes for those around us.

Ephesians 2:1-10

Ephesians

Life

God's generosity raises us from spiritual death to new life in Christ, giving us true identity, purpose, and freedom from sin through his grace—not through the empty promises of the world.

Acts 4:36-5:11

Acts

Loyalty

This sermon examines how true loyalty to God requires authentic commitment demonstrated through action, not merely words or appearances. Ananias and Sapphira's deception reveals that divided loyalty is disloyalty, calling believers to holiness and undivided devotion.

Daniel 1 · Isaiah 39:6

Daniel

Making a Stand

Daniel and his companions maintain their faith and values despite pressure to conform to Babylonian culture. Knowing God is sovereign produces the courage to make a stand for conviction.

Hebrews 7 · Genesis 14:18-20

Hebrews

Once and For All

Jesus is the perfect, eternal high priest who has offered the final sacrifice for sin. Through his indestructible life and continual intercession, believers are completely and permanently forgiven.

Acts 1:1-11

Acts

Purpose Announced

Jesus' final words to the disciples establish their purpose: to be witnesses of him in Jerusalem, Samaria, and the ends of the earth. When identity and purpose are rooted in God rather than circumstance, every job and relationship becomes an opportunity to reveal God's goodness.

Hebrews 10:19-39

Hebrews

Responses to the Finished Work of Jesus

This sermon examines four proper responses to Jesus's finished work: drawing near to God with confidence, holding fast to hope, gathering in community, and meeting together regularly. Perseverance through suffering requires adjusting our view of time and remembering our identity as believers.

Hebrews 12:1-13 · Hebrews 12:4

Hebrews

Running and Discipline

This sermon examines faith as a disciplined race requiring focus on Jesus and a reframed perspective on hardship as divine training toward holiness rather than divine failure.

Acts 11:19-30 · Acts 8

Acts

See Grace

God's mission advances through unnamed believers who share grace boldly with their communities. Seeing and sharing grace brings gladness and reveals Jesus to a world in need.

Ephesians 5:21-33 · Ezekiel 16:8-14

Ephesians

Submission and Love

This sermon examines how the marriage relationship between husbands and wives reflects the spiritual intimacy of Christ and the Church, calling believers to mutual submission and sacrificial love as signs of being filled with the Spirit.

Acts 8:26-40 · Isaiah 53:1-12

Acts

Teachers Needed

Philip exemplifies how God uses believers to share the gospel, teaching an Ethiopian official about Jesus through Isaiah. The sermon challenges listeners to be witnesses in their own spheres and to accept Christ's personal invitation into full relationship with God.

Acts 20:7-12

Acts

The Fortunate One

Through the story of Eutychus's resurrection at Troas, believers are reminded of their identity in Christ and purpose in gathering to break bread—celebrating the God who gives life and sustains hope beyond death.

Acts 17:16-34

The Leaf

God is near and must be actively sought. Believers are called to pursue him with the same intentionality they pursue other important things, finding in him the confidence to point others toward the Creator.

Acts 3:1-26

Acts

The Message of Change

Peter uses the healing of a lame beggar to call the Jewish people to repent and turn toward Jesus, demonstrating that genuine change requires acknowledging sin and accepting God's forgiveness through Christ.

Acts 18:24-19:10

Acts

Truth Matters

Complete truth about Jesus and baptism matters more than preference or partial understanding. Believers willing to listen and act on truth distinguish themselves from those who refuse it.

Acts 13:4-12 · Acts 9:15-16

Acts

What Is Our Mission?

God calls all Christians to a mission field where they are. Like Paul and Barnabas commissioned to preach to the Gentiles, believers are called to witness in their neighborhoods, workplaces, and communities rather than waiting for a distant calling.

Exodus 19:1-25 · Joshua 24:2

Exodus

Commitment

This sermon examines how God's grace toward Israel at Sinai calls forth commitment as a grateful response. True commitment to God flows from recognizing his undeserved favor and choosing to follow him completely, despite hardship.

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Hebrews

Confidence

Jesus perfectly understands human temptation and suffering, making him a compassionate high priest who invites us to approach God's throne with confidence, receiving grace and mercy rather than judgment.

Exodus 5:1-6:12 · Ephesians 3:14-21

Exodus

Disillusioned with God

Unmet expectations of God often drive discouragement, but disappointment with God signals faith seeking to deepen. God's plans are larger than we imagine, and trusting him means growing to be like Jesus rather than seeking ease.