This is the hardest passage in the New Testament. That’s what my Greek professor said when we were studying I […]
Text: 1 Peter 3:18-22If Christ has really been born, why is the world so messed up? Why aren’t things better by now?
Text: Matthew 11:3“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us […]
Text: 1 Peter 1:3-5“I believe in the holy catholic church.” The Apostles’ Creed Let’s begin at the most basic point. What does […]
Text: Ephesians 4:1-6Jesus said, “I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18 ESV). […]
Text: Matthew 16:18What happened to Jesus between his death and resurrection? We know his body was buried, but what about his spirit? […]
Text: I Peter 3:18-19When Jesus died on the cross, he took our place, bore our punishment, and the paid the price for our sins so that we might be saved. Without his death, we could never be saved.
Text: Hebrews 9-10This 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 1:16Truly humble people are free from the burden of having to play God for other people.
Text: Romans 14:1-12The story of Noah and the Ark is more popular than ever before. Even people who don’t know the Bible […]
Text: Genesis 6:9-22