Sermons About Sunday
Consistently Christian: The Marks of a Jesus-centered Church
This morning I’m here to tell you that church doesn’t have to be like that, and Colossians 3:15-17 is a great text to remind us about what a Jesus-centered church looks like. What are the marks of a consistently Christian church? Now that is an important question and one worth answering.
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Why Man-Made Rules Don't Work
The power of legalism. It has a deceptive and destructive power, and our passage today (Colossians 2:23) is one of the most important in the New Testament regarding this subject. Christ-centered thinking requires that we realize that man made rules don’t work.
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Don't Be Afraid of Shadows
Insecurity. Being accepted. People thinking well of you. Reputation. Popularity. Fear of man. Peer pressure. These are strong words that evoke powerful emotions, don’t they? Sometimes we think that these emotions are only a part of adolescence, but I’m sure you discovered what I have: insecurity, peer pressure, and the fear of man don’t go away when you become an adult.
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Spending Sabbath as a Family
Once Jesus Christ becomes the Lord of our lives, he demands to be number one in our priorities. He insists to be the first in line ahead of everybody and everything else in our lives. When we put Christ in His proper place, He promises to bless us and transform us so that other aspects of our lives will work for us. And this is true, not only for us as individuals, but also as families. In the context of Christian families, we must also learn to prioritize the things which matters to God if we desire His blessings upon us. Christian parents bear the responsibility of instilling the attitude of faithfulness in the lives of their children.
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Believing the Trinity as if your life depended on it
Today is Trinity Sunday. Churches around the world are celebrating that the one true God is a tri-unity, a tri-personal being. If that sounds hard to fully grasp, that’s because it is. If that sounds academic, irrelevant or unnecessary, it is not. Today in the Word we will look at the importance of believing in and submitting your life to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We will also be receiving new members today. In New Testament times, when people made a commitment to Christ, they also made a solid commitment to His church. A churchless Christian was unimaginable. Often the means of admitting members into the young church was baptism. Being committed to a local fellowship meant putting your life on the line, since Christianity was illegal. Today we have a much greater freedom. If someone is already baptized, then we receive them into membership with a class and elder interviews, but not with baptism.
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Pleasing God
"Discovering God's Will - When God is not Welcome." If we want to fulfill God's will, we must be sure that our attitudes and actions do not push God out. We must welcome Him if we are to fulfill His will.
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