After a six-week break, we are returning to our study of I Peter. I want to begin by reminding you […]
Text: 1 Peter 1:17-21(This particular sermon was a “tag team” effort where I preached the first part, and Pastor Bob Boerman preached the […]
Text: Various“Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with […]
Text: 1 Peter 1:10-12“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us […]
Text: 1 Peter 1:3-5If you know Jesus, you have “life everlasting” here and now. It begins the moment you believe, and it continues right on through your death, and it carries you all the way home to heaven.
Text: 2 Corinthians 5:8But whether we are on earth today or in heaven tomorrow, we are still part of the church of Jesus Christ.
Text: Hebrews 12:1Because of the ascension, we may rest assured that the religion of Christ is true. God has accepted him, and because God accepted him, he will accept all those who trust in him. Because he is safe in heaven, we will someday be safe in heaven. We will be where he now is.
Text: VariousWe all die sooner or later, but Christ has transformed death for the believer.
Text: I Peter 3:18-19“I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord.” This is the Jesus of the Bible. This is the Christ we worship today.
Text: Philippians 2:9-11This sermon gives the history of how the Apostles’ Creed came about and explains the importance it has in the Christian church throughout history as well as in our individual lives. The Apostles’ Creed is a declaration of faith recognized by all branches of true Christianity. For 2,000 years the Apostles’ Creed has served as a succinct statement of the irreducible minimum of the Christian faith. It is the common heritage of the true Christian church. It offers a broad survey of Christian doctrine, that focuses all on God as the object of the faith, and what he has done for believers. In this declaration of beliefs, the God of the Christian church is sharply distinguished from the gods of other religions by what he has done for his believers. The authority of these statements of belief embodied in the Apostles’ Creed lies entirely on the Word, that is the Bible, and not on any personal or private interpretations. It follows then that a person who professes to be a Christian must therefore subscribe or believe in everything stated in this creed, at the very least, as a start of what the Christian must believe. The Creed reminds us that truth is not optional. There are boundaries to the Christian faith. Not everything is negotiable. Some things must be believed if you are to call yourself a Christian. You can choose to live outside those boundaries, but if you do, you aren’t a Christian and you shouldn’t call yourself one.
Text: Romans 1:16