Sermons from 2023 (Page 2)

Sermons from 2023 (Page 2)

Know Your Calling

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…

To The End of the Earth

  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…
The Book of Acts: For You You are going to love this book. This book is for you if… If you are not a Jew:  Luke and Acts are our only writings from a Gentile (a non-Jew, just like you and me) in the whole Bible. It is the story of how Christianity spread beyond the Jews to the entire world. To people from every nation, tribe and tongue.  Without the events in this book, you and I wouldn’t be…

 Welcome to Celebration in the Park!

The Armor of God Ephesians 6:10-24 Context/Story In the last two chapters Paul teaches us how to act in the church, how to act towards other believers and how to act in the family. Now he comes to how to act towards the evil influences and satanic forces in the world.  And I think we can pull from our text 4 types of soldiers that Paul is warning us not to become.   The Distracted Soldier  The Distracted Soldier gets caught…

Submission and Authority

Submission and Authority This is a Bible, We like the Bible, right? We believe the Bible, right? How many of you have read the Bible and hit certain points where you think, “I have no idea what to do with that. I know it’s true, but that is a tough one for me. I don’t know what I’m supposed to do with that part of the Bible”? Have you ever had that?   Today we are talking about Submission and Authority…

The Purpose of Marriage

The Purpose of Marriage Bright eyed New couple, Excited to take on the world together.  The future is full of possibilities! 5 Years, Passion for the future has turned to passionate arguments against one another You have realized that you both have very different ideas of what life should or could look like. 10 years, weighed down by the burdens of life (begin to eat at one another) Resentment grows, Thoughts are invading your head, they are not pulling their…

Be Imitators of God

Be Imitators of God Introduction The first 3 chapters – Doctrine, The last 3 chapters – Duty.    Antinomianism – those who preach sex, drugs, and rock and roll—what you find in the book of Corinthians – Christ came, God forgive all sin, The spirit has sealed us. We are secure in Jesus.  So now we can live as a prodigal. We should never forget that God’s ultimate goal for us is holiness. (1:4 – chose us before the foundation of…

Family Traditions

Ephesians 4:25-32 Today we are going to be looking at Ephesians 4:25-32, as we continue our walk through the application portion of Ephesians. Important to keep in mind what we are applying, what we are applying is the doctrine that we learned in the first three chapters of Ephesians. That’s a big deal! The way we are called to live isn’t arbitrary, but the response to true doctrine as given to us in scripture. Through the doctrine we have learned…

A New Self

A New Self Here is the big idea this morning – Your identity dictates your actions.  When you change your identity, it changes how you live.  Ephesians 4:17-24 Context/Story The larger narrative lands us in a passage that is focusing on the unity and maturity of believers. Chapters 1-3 Our identity, Chapters 4-6 our actions.  Salvation cannot be earned.  But there are some things we are called to live out as believers.  How do we do that? By putting off our…

Building Up The Body of Christ

Building Up The Body of Christ Introduction This will be my 3rd time preaching this text on a Sunday Morning.  My 2nd time preaching it here at Celebration.  Despite this being my third go at this sermon, I guarantee you that we will not have time to adequately cover all that is contained within.   Ephesians 4:1-16 Application!!!! walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called.  This has built upon the calling we have been…

Far More Abundantly

Far More Abundantly Introduction Youth ministry – Hundreds of people made decisions for Christ – almost a third of those who attended. (Salvation, Baptism, Pastor, Missionary) Truly amazed, what causes us to be so surprised by these things happening?   We serve a big God, and because of that, we should be shooting for big targets! Our text this morning tells us exactly that!  “God is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think!” Ephesians 3:14-21…