Sermons by Bryan Crotts (Page 12)
Judgement and Redemption
Isaiah 34-35 Let’s give our attention to God’s word beginning, Isaiah 34, verse one. Draw near, O nations, to hear and give attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear and all that fills it, the world and all that comes from it. For the Lord is enraged against all the nations and furious against all their host. He has devoted them to destruction, has given them over for slaughter. Their slain shall be cast out and the stench of their…
Asking God to Do What Only God Can Do
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 1 Thessalonians 5, 23 and 24. The Apostle Paul says to the Thessalonian church, as he writes from Corinth, Amen. The word of the living God. I think a number of you are familiar with the ancient church father, St. Augustine. He was the Bishop of Hippo, a city in North Africa. Perhaps some of you in Western civilization have had to read the confessions of St. Augustine, basically his autobiography, his long writing of how he…
We Wait for God
Isaiah 33 Isaiah 33 is our passage for this evening. So make your way there and begin reading. It says, this is speaking of Assyria, all you destroyer. Who yourself have not been destroyed? You traitor, whom none has betrayed. When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, they will betray you. Oh Lord, be gracious to us. We wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of…
Pay Attention to Truth
1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 Amen. You can be seated. Please turn in your copy of the scriptures to 1 Thessalonians chapter 5, 19 through 22. 1 Thessalonians 5, 19 to 22. We’re just a couple verses away from ending and then we’ll make our way into 2 Thessalonians. The Thanksgiving break will give us time to think about a psalm, I think the third week or so, maybe a couple weeks from now. And then we’re gonna look at the theme…
Salvation in No Other Name
Isaiah 31-32 So Isaiah 31 verses 1 through 9 picks up on the theme we looked at last week about not going down to Egypt. So it’s a little continuation on that theme. But two themes pop up in chapter 32. One is a king and a period of righteousness. And then it kind of zeroes in on complacent women warned of disaster. They’re rather interesting. So let’s hear God’s word. This is Isaiah 31 and 32. Woe to those…
The Will of God
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 You can be seated. Please turn in your copy of the scriptures to 1 Thessalonians 5. Today, we’ll look at another set of Christian commands or ending exhortations, verses 16, 17, and 18. These are probably familiar commands to you. Remember, as we prepare to read God’s word, that often it is the case that the Apostle Paul speaks in the first half of his letters in the indicatives. This is who you are and what you…
Going Down to Egypt
Isaiah 30 Amen. Turn in your copy of the scriptures to Isaiah 30. I know the bulletin says 30 and 31, but I was ambitious last Monday. Then reality set in. So Isaiah chapter 30, and this is Isaiah, of course, God speaking, through him and he begins this way, all stubborn children declares Yahweh who carry out a plan but not mine. and who make an alliance, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin,…
What We Owe One Another
1 Thessalonians 5:14-15 First Thessalonians chapter five verses 14 and 15. This section of scripture we started last week and got maybe one or two more in it. Speaks of what we owe one another. Last week we looked at what we owe our spiritual leaders. We owe them esteem. Today we want to look at what we owe the weak, the weaker brothers and sisters in the church. And then in the next two weeks we’ll look at what…
Keeping Up Appearances
Isaiah 29 Let’s hear God’s word together, Isaiah 29. I think you’ll recognize a couple of the references in the latter half, references from Corinthians, references from Romans and references from the words of Christ. And so at the beginning of Psalm 29, when it mentions the name Ariel, that is a reference to God’s hearth or his altar at Jerusalem. Ah Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped, add year to year, let the feast run their round. Yet…
Pastor Appreciation
1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 Amen. You can be seated. Turn in your copy of the scriptures to 1 Thessalonians 5. 1 Thessalonians 5 verses 12 and 13 will be our passage for today. We are getting into the last sort of grab bag of verses in this letter. We’ll move next into 2 Thessalonians and today we’ll look at a couple verses on how the Christian community ought to live together in light of membership in church leadership. We’ll look at…
Work of the Word
Isaiah 28 Let’s hear God’s word together. This is Isaiah 28, beginning at verse one. So there’s a little back and forth conversation. So you got to figure out who’s talking and who’s talking about who. So Isaiah says, ah, the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim and the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley of those who overcome with wine. Behold, the Lord has one who is mighty and…
Keep Awake
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Amen. You can be seated. Please turn in your copy of the scriptures to 1 Thessalonians chapter 5. Today, we’ll be looking at chapter 5 verses 1 through 11. Last week, we looked at the end of chapter 4 and it pairs with the beginning of chapter 5 of our scripture for today. And it’s sort of the, what happens when I die passage, where are people who are dead in Christ? So that’s what we looked…