Are you prepared to suffer for Christ? For most of us, the answer is no. For most of the Christians […]
Text: 1 Peter 3:13-17If Christ has really been born, why is the world so messed up? Why aren’t things better by now?
Text: Matthew 11:3I have three things on my mind that I want to talk to you about. These are really three different […]
Text: 1 Peter 1:22-25(This particular sermon was a “tag team” effort where I preached the first part, and Pastor Bob Boerman preached the […]
Text: VariousThe resurrection of the body means that when God saves us, he saves the whole person—body, soul and spirit. It also means that we will see again our loved ones who died in the Lord.
Text: I Corinthians 15“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and […]
Text: Hebrews 12:1Jesus said, “I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18 ESV). […]
Text: Matthew 16:18“On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, ‘If anyone is […]
Text: John 7:37-39This is one of the most remarkable statements in the Apostles’ Creed and it is also one of the most […]
Text: VariousThis 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