Sermons About Paul
Sacred Joy: Philippians 2.12-18
What is our responsibility as a believer in becoming more like Christ? What is God’s part in such a work? The New Testament says things like work out, fight, run, press on, put on, and put off when speaking to the Christian. Today we will see in Paul’s letter to the church at Philippi that we are to diligently work together with Christ in this work of becoming more like Jesus.
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Ready to Give Reason and Be a Witness
Got hope? Do you have a real hope within you? Can you articulate your hope? I am always amazed at how many Christ-followers can’t. They freeze, they shrink back, or they punt to someone else. Pastors are called to be ready to preach “in season and out of season”; believers should be ready to “give reason for the hope that is within you” at any time. Today in the word we will be looking at Paul’s three successive trials and three defenses towards the end of Acts as he makes his way towards Rome. We will look at these with a goal of becoming more effective witnesses ourselves, and better able to articulate why we have hope.
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Foundations: Ministry
Third in our series on Colossians, looking at Paul's ministry and what we can learn from it in our own ministry
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We Study Because We Love Jesus
People who love Jesus love the Church because 'she' is His body. As we all know, churches (i.e., local congregations) are made up of imperfect people...so relationships are difficult. Yet we are called to be at peace with one another. That command (it is not a suggestion but a command) raises a slew of questions. One question is, "How can someone be at peace with others if they are not at peace within their own person?"
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An Unusually Wonderful Day
As followers of Christ, God wants for us to join Him in the mission of "reconciling the world to himself", and entrusts to us the ministry of reconciliation. When we partner with God in this great venture, we are promised to experience some unusually wonderful days of both sowing seed and participating in the harvest. One of the evidences of the gospel at work in our lives is seen in our intentionality to share the gospel with others because, as Paul says, "the love of Christ controls us."
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Sacred Joy: Philippians 2.1-4
Last week in Philippians, Paul began his plea for unity in his letter to the church at Philippi. He called for them with one spirit and one mind to strive together for the faith of the gospel. He continues this week with this central plea, longing for them to be of the same mind. This week we will see Paul explain this unity. We will see the why, what and how of unity. Unity is a work of God and the church needs this great work.
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Titus Session #1
This is the audio from Session #1 of our Rooted event on November 6th, 2009. This session covers the first chapter of Titus.
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The Church of Thyratira: Revelation 2:18-28
In America, most of us have not been physically threatened for our faith. However, like the church at Thyratira, I would argue that most of our greatest temptations to compromise stem from either economic or social pressures. The church today is radically tempted to compromise by valuing the same things that the culture around us values. We serve a God who calls us to consider everything rubbish in order that we might gain Christ and be found in him. We cannot cling to the values of this world and still hold fast to the righteousness of our savior. Jesus offers us himself. Jesus calls us live lives of repentance, constantly letting go of our sin and clinging to his blood, shed on the cross for our sin, to forgive us and give us his perfect righteousness.
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