“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us […]
Text: 1 Peter 1:3-5Today we are beginning a journey through I Peter. I encourage you to crease your Bible open to this little […]
Text: 1 Peter 1:1-2If 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 12:1I still believe in God’s church. What about you?
Text: Ephesians 4:1-6God has a big family—and if you know Jesus, if you have trusted him as your Lord and Savior—you are part of that family.
Text: Matthew 16:18This 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 20Recently I received an e-mail from a man who attended “Two from Galilee,” the Christmas program presented by our music […]
Text: Luke 2:11“And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And […]
Text: Luke 2:8-14