Sermons About Doctrine
Titus 1:10-16
This sermons explores the importance of doctrinally qualified Elders—namely, the presence of false teaching both inside and outside the church. Elder are to silence and reject false teaching within the church.
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Titus 1:5-9
This sermon explores the qualifications for Elders. These men are to be spiritually, morally, and doctrinally solid men.
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Ideas Have Consequences #4 Essentials of the Christian Faith
Dr. Norman Geisler was the first person I'd heard teach that the Christian Faith has 14 non-negotiable, essential doctrines that provide for us the Gospel of Salvation. These are built on the presuppositions that there is a doctrine of salvation that declares, "I am saved, I am being saved, I will be saved." The Doctrine of Justification declares I am free from the penalty of sin; the Doctrine of Sanctification declares I am free from the power of sin; and the Doctrine of Glorification declares I will be free from the presence of sin.
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Ideas Have Consequences #3 Why Doctrine Matters
Doctrine is ignored or not valued. We find that doctrine matters, especially the non-negotiable, essential doctrines of the Christian faith.
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A Reformed-Charismatic Approach to Our Bible
<p>This is the first message in a series of messages on what it means to be both reformed and charismatic. These are Christian distinctives that you don't often find in combination. Each has its own particular stereotypes and its own unique tendencies, strengths and weaknesses; we believe that at their best, both positions are biblical, and our goal will be to capture and embrace the strengths of both as we see them in Scripture.</p> <p>In the way that reformed believers approach Scripture, one of their particular strengths is to emphasize the truth, authority, infallibility, sufficiency, and God-breathed nature of scripture. Scripture is God's word to us and it is our source of truth and it is our authority in all matters of life and death. Scripture is to serve as the one objective measure by which we judge all other subjective matters of experience.</p> <p>In the way that charismatic believers approach Scripture, one of their particular strengths is to emphasize the effect that Scripture is to have on us, and the proper response that we are to have. In our reading of scripture God is communicating not <i>merely</i> truth to us, but also encouragement, comfort and hope, as well as warnings and admonition. Scripture is to cause us to grow in joy, contentment, peace, humility. It is to change us, bring wisdom to our foolishness, and speak to every area of our lives.</p> <p>Fortunately, we do not have to choose between these two! We are to eagerly study Scripture as our source of truth, and we are to hungrily apply that truth to our lives as we grow in faith and affection for God, resulting in worship toward him.</p>
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