Sermons About Christian-living
Rising Above Your Circumstances
Have you ever been knocked down and overwhelmed by the circumstances that come into your life? If you answered yes, this message will empower you to rise above your circumstances and discover God's plan for living a victorious life!
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Ladies' Meeting: Growing in Serving One Another
Our pastors' wives discuss serving in our families and our church.
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James - Brother of Jesus
Even Jesus brothers didn't believe He was the Messiah early on in his ministry, but James, after seeing the works of his brother and witnessing His death and resurrection went on to become a pillar of the Christian church and wrote one of the most concise books on what it means to live a Christian life that pleases God.
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The Friendly, Yet Challenging Words of Philippians
Philippians 1:1-2 This sermon is the first in our series on Paul's letter to the Philippians. We open with an overview of the book highlighting its main themes and the context in which the letter was written.
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Resurrection Guaranteed (Romans 8:11)
Paul encourages us in three ways in this passage. First, he reminds us that the Holy Spirit -- God himself, in all his power -- indwells us, is near to us. Second, he points to Christ's resurrection to remind us just what power this Spirit has. Finally, Christ's own resurrection is promised to us -- both in our future resurrection and glorification, and also in power and strength and joy as we persevere in this life and daily encounter our mortality.
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Calvary Covenant: Being Disciples of Jesus Christ
We committ to: being disiciples of Jesus Christ. It's not about us, it's about Christ.
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God's Initiative in Justifying the Sinner (Romans 8:3-4)
God has made all those who are in Christ to be righteous. The law proclaims God's righteous standards and convicts us of our sin. However, as much as it demands righteousness, it cannot produce righteousness in us. But what the law could not do, God did! He put his son to death so that we could be declared righteous through his death, and made holy by giving us the Holy Spirit. Christians are those who walk according to the spirit.
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The Liberation of the Sinner (Romans 8:2)
Apart from the Spirit, our experience with the law is governed by our sin. Even though we may agree with the law in our minds, our slavery and bondage to sin causes us to disobey the law -- and in fact, sin allows itself to be incited by the law to greater disobedience, leading only to death. However, as those who are in Christ, we have the Holy Spirit at work in us, giving us life and empowering us to overcome sin. The Spirit sets us free from any power other than Christ that would rule over us. Unlike the unbeliever in Romans 7, the Christian is never said to be wretched; instead, the Christian is said to be a new creation, an overcomer, one who is free and victorious. As believers, the reason that we sin is not because we are still in bondage to sin; the reason we sin is because we refuse to walk in and find our strength in the Spirit. We will walk in victory as we walk in the Spirit.
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The Justification of Sinners (Romans 8:1)
Paul turns in Romans 8 to consider the amazing privileges of the justification that he has spelled out in the preceding chapters. The sinner's cry for deliverance at the end of Romans 7 is answered in this: in Christ there is no condemnation. We review the nature of our sin and guilt, the wonderful goodness of God in providing propitiation and reconciliation for us, and finally how this comes about -- through our union with Christ.
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