Sermons
Who is Jesus: A Man (Part 2)
Jesus is the physical, tangible, touchable, presence of God among His people. He is also the place where the people meet God, and hear His Word - his full self-expression. Jesus is heaven itself, and he is the place where heaven touches earth. Jesus also has...
Who is Jesus: God (Part 1)
Who is Jesus in His nature and character? What does His existence mean? It’s odd that our society celebrates a holiday every year, with Jesus’ title in the name (Christ), yet most people that celebrate Christmas never answer this most basic question. ...
Everyone Who Calls – Romans, Week 14
Romans 9:30-10:21 Romans 9 and 10 have been the proof texts for the two biggest divisions in protestantism since the Reformation. And chapters 9-11 have been the center of the debate over God’s relationship with Israel for even longer. Chapter 9 will tell us that it...
God’s Sovereign Choice – Romans, Week 13
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Nothing Can Separate Us – Romans, Week 12
Romans 8:28-39 Last week, I showed you two reasons for hope in suffering: Our future glorification with Christ will outshine the darkness of any suffering in this life The Spirit strengthens us in our weakness, interceding for us in our place Here at the end of...
Present Hope, Future Glory – Romans, Week 11
Romans 8:17-27 We inherit all that Jesus inherits. It comes to us not so much through Christ as in Christ. Certainly, Paul at least means that we inherit the promises of God in the future. But it does not appear that this is all that Paul means. We not only inherit...
Awesome New Way of Living – Romans, Week 10
Romans 8:12-17 We do not owe the “old me apart from Christ” anything. Like the freed slave in Rom 6 and the wife whose husband died in Rom 7, we owe zero allegiance to the old master/husband. Our approach to God has been totally revolutionized. In who we were before...
Law and Life – Romans, Week 9
Romans 7:1-8:11 So far, we have learned that the OT law could not make us righteous. All it could do was reveal sin, and in a sense, increase sin. Through the cross and the resurrection, we are no under the law but under grace. Now Paul will turn to discussing the...
Slaves of Righteousness – Romans, Week 8
Romans 6:1-23 Paul has been emphasizing grace so heavily, that it creates a concern for many people. This is a radical kind of grace that was simply too far for some at the time, and to this day. But if we are saved by grace, through faith, not of any good works of...