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Saving Grace
This sermon deals with three errors people make about Saving Grace. Are we saved by grace alone, through faith alone or in Christ alone? Learn the ABC plan for salvation.
Brandon Capuano-Gospel Centered Change
As the New Year hits, so do commitments and resolutions. But all of this desire for change is a bankrupt desire for change if it is not centered on the Gospel. Heavily influenced by the book "How People Change" by Timothy Lane and Paul David Tripp, we take a look at what change looks like based on Gospel thinking. If we rely upon ourselves to change, we are going to put ourselves up on a spiritual treadmill: we will run and run and run but go nowhere at all. But if we rely on the work of Jesus Christ to lead us in our change, we will truly become conformed to His image. We must seek to repent of the idols of our hearts, pursuing what we desire until we destroy ourselves, and instead pursue Christ.
The Righteousness of God through Faith
We are all sinners, rightly deserving God's wrath. But instead of wrath, we find justification in Christ's death and resurrection. The righteousness of God comes through faith by grace.
Ecclesiastes - Advent 2
As we continue to bring our study in Ecclesiastes to a close, we are contrasting Solomon's cynicism with true Biblical faith in light of Advent, the coming of Jesus. Solomon's assessment of the human situation is that we are full of evil and delusional, a view that Paul also teaches in Romans 1.18-25, where he says we have not honored or given thanks to God (we are evil) and instead worship idols (we are delusional). How does the coming of Jesus rescue and heal idol worshippers?
Ecclesiastes - Advent 2
As we continue to bring our study in Ecclesiastes to a close, we are contrasting Solomon's cynicism with true Biblical faith in light of Advent, the coming of Jesus. Solomon's assessment of the human situation is that we are full of evil and delusional, a view that Paul also teaches in Romans 1.18-25, where he says we have not honored or given thanks to God (we are evil) and instead worship idols (we are delusional). How does the coming of Jesus rescue and heal idol worshippers?
We Study Because We Want to Be...Left Behind
[This is part two of a sermon which began on 11/22] If we are honest with ourselves, there are a lot of things in the Bible from which we shy away. Sadly talking about the return of Jesus is one of those areas. I suppose this happens because there is so much confusion about it (i.e., differing views). Therefore, quite often the return of Jesus is left to the realm of opinion. After all, “We can’t know all the details…” This is very true. Yet not being able to know all the details is not the same as saying we can know nothing…nor does it rule out the need to discern what we hear and discard what is not biblical. Passages should not be forced to say what they could not have meant.
We Study Because We Want to Be...
[This is really part one...part two will take place, Lord willing, on 12/6] Why are some passages in the Bible a point of so much controversy and disagreement? Could it be because we focus on the wrong things? It is humbling to see how, far too often, we focus on the wrong things in life - albeit with good intentions. It is also humbling to see how much "baggage" we can bring to the biblical text. Is there a solution? Are we to merely agree to disagree?
Advent Conspiracy: Consumerism vs. Contentment
A new way of shifting our thoughts of what we have to what we can give.
Declaration of (in) Dependence Part 25
Coping with problems ultimately comes down to our perspective. Granted, if someone has no hope in Jesus Christ and their only hope rests in their own strengths and abilities, despair seems pretty appropriate. But knowing the promises of God and the fulfillment of those promises in Jesus Christ, despair for the believer is a matter of perspective. With Christ, all things are possible. With Christ, all hope is gone. When we lose that perspective (all hope because of Christ), we fall into despair – a state in which many people are living in at this moment. Francis Chan in his book “Crazy/Love” does a good job of helping us find that perspective. Imagine that you are an extra in a movie. There is a crowded scene where you stand with about a hundred other folks, and once your day day of shooting is done, the back of your head accounts for about 2 seconds of screen time. Now, this is not a huge debut for your movie career, but the back of your head makes 2 seconds of screen time among another 100 folks, so I guess you are in showbiz. So in light of your debut, you rent out a local movie theater and invite all of your friends and family. You tell them that they are invited to see the movie made about your life. Of course everyone shows up excited, but once they realize that the back of your head makes up about two seconds of screen time and you have billed the movie as the movie of your life, they all think your crazy. Obviously your perspective is skewed at the least and you are crazy at the worst. Unfortunately, as Chan notes, this perspective most of us take before God. In the grand scheme of God’s work and the unfurling of His plan and character, we make up about 2 seconds of head time, yet we yell and scream that this world and this life is about us. We shake our fists and God and yell, “How dare you do this!” We yell, “Why have you done this to me? I’ve been faithful.” Most folks lose perspective that this world is the unfurling of God’s eternal plan to bring glory to Himself and not to cater to our whims. The hope though in the midst of that is that God is pledged Himself to you in love so much so that He gave His only son, Jesus Christ, so that you might be with Him both now and in eternity. So in light of that, our perspective should change. Yes, God cares about you and is about your well-being, but it is His plan at work, it is His glory, and His movie if you will. Finding our selves in it instead of trying to make God fit into ours corrects our perspective. When it comes down to it, God is only going to meet His expectations and not going to conform to yours, mine, or anyone else’s. The question is, can you worship that God? Big Picture Question: How is a God who meets His own expectations more worthy of praise than a god that meets your expectations?
