Engaging the Culture without Compromising the Gospel (Part 3)
Sermon Series: The Gospel & Persecution. Sermon Text: Romans 1:18-32 (ESV) For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been…
The Three-Letter S- word
1 John 3:4-10 (ESV) Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is…
Engaging the Culture without Compromising the Gospel
Sermon Series: Persecution. Sermon Text: Romans 1:18-25 (ESV) For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they…
The Gospel and Persecution
Sermon Series: Persecution Sermon Text: 2 Timothy 3:1-17 (ESV) But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. 6 For among them are…
The Spirit of Hospitality
Sermon Series: The Invitational Life: Understanding Biblical Hospitality. Sermon Text: Acts 10 and assorted.
The Gospel of Hospitality
Sermon Series: “The Invitational Life: Understanding Biblical Hospitality” Sermon Text: 1 Peter 4:1-11 (ESV) Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. 3 For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living…
The One Who Shows Mercy
Sermon Series: The Invitational Life: Understanding Biblical Hospitality. Sermon Text: Luke 10:25-37 (ESV) And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” 27 And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and…
What’s Love Got to Do with It?
Sermon Series: The Invitational Life: Understanding Biblical Hospitality. Sermon Text: Assorted.
See what kind of love the Father has given us
1 John 2:28 – 3:10 (ESV) And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. 29 If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him. 3 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the…
A Hungry, Thirsty, Naked, Sick and Imprisoned Stranger
Sermon Series: The Invitational Life: Understanding Biblical Hospitality Sermon Text: Matthew 25:34-46 (ESV) Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you…