Sermons from October 2023

The Princess Bride: Adventure, pirates, princesses, giants, miracles, sword fighting, revenge, and true love. Our text this morning is a lot like that… It has so many wonderful truths contained within its few verses.  Within 7 verses we find: Salvation, Baptism, Revival, Corporate Worship, Preaching, Fellowship, Potlucks, Prayer, Miracles, Sacrifice, Finances, Generosity, Worship, Evangelism, Small Groups, Gratitude.  This is like the princess bride of Passages.   I am really excited for it, but as you can imagine, we don’t have a…

Introduction Try to imagine that you were a bystander, an eyewitness, to the events that transpired in Jerusalem when God opened the heavens and poured out the Spirit on His church.  Where God, through the Holy Spirit, enabled the Apostles to speak in languages in which they were unskilled, so that people from all over the world could hear their proclamation in their native tongue. Acts 2:14-41 Context/Story first recorded sermon from one of the disciples.  Never before have they…

This morning we are going to look at one of the 3 most important moments in the history of the world.   Creation. John Calvin – “God created the world to function as a  theater of His glory in the drama of redemption.” Death and Resurrection of Christ – Implications throughout all of human history. Both before AND after the event. Pentecost – Pentecost was that moment in redemptive history when God unlocked the power of the Holy Spirit and gave…

Introduction If you have been a Christian for any serious amount of time, you perhaps have considered leadership within the church.  Whether Pastoral Ministry, Missionary, Eldership,  Deacon, Ministry leader, Some may have dismissed the idea without much thought, while others may have felt such a calling to something greater for many years.  Regardless, all of us must consider leadership seriously.  We must know what makes a good leader.  Not only for ourselves but for others whom we choose to place…

  Acts 1:6-11 Starting a new series in the book of Acts! (week 2) Luke – In the secular, scholarly world, Luke has been esteemed as the most accurate historian of the ancient world. He enjoys a higher reputation than Heroditus, Tacitus, Pliny, Josephus, or any of the rest. His work has been checked more carefully than anybody else’s. Last week…  Jesus is back on the scene giving marching orders to the disciples and His fledgling church. We talked about…