Sermons About World
Salty Salt and Shimmering Light
How does Jesus call the church to be an influence to those around us? Dr. Jerry Sheveland is president of Converge Worldwide.
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Growth
We admit it. We have an agenda: we want you to join the church. All believers in Jesus in every time and place are members of the universal church, but committing to a local church is a vital part of the spiritual life for every Christ-follower. In our teaching series, CHURCH 101, we are taking several weeks to describe the foundational commitments of church membership. Our members are those who have accepted the mission of helping others become passionate followers of Jesus through the ministry and community of this church. Over the next few weeks, we will discuss what that means as we explore practically how we can live for Jesus as a part of His church.
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Jesus Is Part 1
The Seven "I Am" Statements of Jesus. I am the Bread of Life and the Light of the World.
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Family Within the Family
The nuclear family is the most foundational institutional block in the building of a healthy church.
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God's Gifts at Christmas Part 2: God's Gift Exchange
God’s Gifts at Christmas Part 2: God’s Gift Exchange . . . he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. Isaiah 61:3 (NLT) I. When we give God our WORRY, God gives us his PEACE “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.†Matthew 6:34 (NIV) “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.†1 Peter 5:7 (NIV) “I am leaving you with a gift - peace of mind and heart! And the peace I give isn’t fragile like the peace the world gives. So don’t be troubled or afraid.†John 14:27 (TLB) How? Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV) II. When we give God our HURTS, God gives us his HEALING “From a sea of troubles I call out to You, Lord.†Psalm 130:1 (CEV) “He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted.†Isaiah 61:1 (NKJV) “The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in Him.†Nahum 1:7 (NIV) (Mary said) “He cares for me, His humble servant.†Luke 1:48 (CEV) How? “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.†2 Corinthians 1:4 (NIV) III. When we give God our GRIEF, God gives us his JOY “You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy.†Psalm 30:11 (NLT) “. . . weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning..†Psalm 30:5 (NIV) “You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.†John 16:20b (NIV) How? “But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is Christ the Lord.’†Luke 2:10-11 (NIV) “. . . he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair.†Isaiah 61:3 (NLT)
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Slaves and Money
In 1 Timothy 6 Paul addresses issues that really have to do with applying the gospel to our lives. Are we living for Eternity and God or are we living for this world and ourselves?
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City Church, World Christians
If you win the battle of worldview you take the city; and if you win the city you take the culture.
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House Rules Part 3
If you are even a casual student of scripture, you will find that there are just some verses and commands in the Bible that just seem...well...hard. There are just some verses that seem practically impossible to obey and some almost don't even make sense. We look at them and think, "Well God, you will just have to do that in me if you want me to do that because I don't see that happening. For example: - Luke 14:26 "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. o Are you kidding me? Why would I hate my parents? - Matthew 5:39 But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. o We devise elaborate explanations about why we don't to obey this one. - Philippians 2:3 Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. o We hear that and think, "Yeah, but there are few people that I know I am better than." There are always good, practical theological explanations for these verses, but when it comes down to it, obeying them is just flat out hard Here is thing. When we hear those verses and we think, "God is just going to have to do that if He wants me to obey," we are actually thinking correctly. We often fall into the mistake of thinking all the other verses in the Bible are easily within our grasp. If that was the case, Jesus surely didn't need to die. I Corinthians 15 makes it clear that Jesus' death on the cross was for the payment of our sin and His resurrection was for our new life. The only reason you and I can obey with a desire to glorify God is because Jesus' enables us to now. Otherwise we would be the dead men we've always been. You know there is an old hymn that sings, "I was sinking deep in sin/far from the peaceful shore." That hymn though sweet is completely wrong. We aren't sinking deep in sin; we are dead in our sin. The hymn really should sing, "I was lying dead in sin on the bottom of the ocean floor." If we are going to obey any verse, hard or not, it is because the Spirit helps us to obey. We don't discount the hard work obedience is, but as soon as we get away from dependence on God for that obedience, we have become lazy in our walk with Christ despite the contrary. Well this week in the book of 1 John, we are going look at one of these hard, nearly impossible passages of scripture. We want to pursue it well and understand its application for us, and then we want to ask our God to help us to obey.
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Loving like Jesus
As we move toward Christmas, our eyes are turned toward Jesus. The Christmas story centers on His birth and introduces us to God's plan to win us back to Himself. We speak of the "incarnation" of Jesus - the act of His "taking on flesh" so that he might walk among us, love us, and ultimately give His life for us. "Incarnational" has become a very popular word in evangelical writings in the past 5-10 years - and more than being just the current "buzz-word" I believe it relates very well to the series of messages we've just completed, as well as putting feet to our mission of "loving people, following Jesus, and serving the world." In Christ, God took on flesh, so that He might relate to us. We in turn are called to step into the lives of others - to literally be "Jesus with skin on" to a world that needs to see and know the love of God.
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