“I believe in Jesus Christ — who suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.” The Apostles’ Creed […]
Text: Leviticus 16When 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 9-10He said to the Israelites, “In the future when your descendants ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones mean?’ tell […]
Text: Joshua 4This has been a week unlike any other in my lifetime. Last Wednesday the new movie by Mel Gibson, “The […]
Text: Isaiah 53The Virgin Birth reminds us that we all need a Savior. Today we may want a teacher or a leader or we may look to a pastor to guide us. But a day will come when only a Savior will do.
Text: Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38“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 2:9-11“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists […]
Text: Hebrews 11:6This 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 1:16Let us instead be encouraged by the opportunities of this hour. Our task to is to go “Back to Basics” so we will truly know what we believe.
Text: Jude 20In a classic comic, Calvin and Hobbes are talking about the New Year when Calvin says, “I’m getting disillusioned with […]
Text: Matthew 5:1-2