Sermons by Bryan Crotts (Page 69)
The Blessing of Being Forgiven By God
Psalm 32 Let’s turn to Psalm 32, and we’ll read the 11 verses of it. This psalm is connected to Psalm 51 also. It’s one of the handful of penitential psalms in the Bible, and I think we’ll find many rich things in it. It says, Psalm 32 of Mascael of David. Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered, Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, in whose spirit there is…
Why Our Church Must Be Merciful
James 2 Our scripture reading is from James chapter two, the entire chapter, although our focus will just be on chapter two, verse 17. We’ll read James chapter two in its entirety. Today, we are in the fourth part of our little sermon series on why our church must, and the blank is always one of the five areas of ministry, why our church must worship, why our church must make disciples, why our church must fellowship today, why our…
God is My Refuge
Psalm 31 All right, let’s begin by reading Psalm 31, verses one through five. It says, in you, O Lord, do I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame. In your righteousness, deliver me. Incline your ear to me and rescue me speedily. Be a rock of refuge for me and a strong fortress to save me. For you are my rock and my fortress. For your namesake, lead me and guide me. You take me out of…
Why Our Church Must Fellowship
Acts 2:42 Please turn in your copy of God’s holy scriptures to the book of Acts to chapter two. Our scripture reading is Acts chapter two, verse 42. The last couple of weeks and for the next two weeks, including today, we have been considering the five areas of ministry that we believe are dear to God’s heart and should be dear to our hearts. And these are the five areas of ministry that if we consider our church, is…
Down For the Count and Up Again!
Psalm 30 This is Psalm 30, beginning at verse one. I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up. You have not let my foes rejoice over me. O Lord, my God, I cry to you for help, and you have healed me. O Lord, you have brought up my soul from shield. You have restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit. Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints,…
Why Our Church Must Make Disciples
Matthew 28 Reading from Matthew chapter 28, verse one, we hear these words. Now, after the Sabbath toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to the tomb and behold, there was a great earthquake for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him,…
Why Our Church Must Worship
Romans 1 These are the Apostle Paul’s words as he writes to the Romans. Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus. called to be an apostle set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures concerning his son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the son of God in power, according to the spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead Jesus Christ,…
Giving God Glory
Psalm 29 Reading from Psalm 29 verse 1, it says, a Psalm of David. Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord the glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name. Worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness. The voice of the Lord is over the waters. The voice of glory thunders the Lord over many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful. The voice of the Lord is full…
A Good Old Age
Genesis 25:7-8 In our denomination as well as across the evangelical church in America, the sanctity of human life Sunday is something we observe yearly. It’s usually around the anniversary of the Roe versus Wade decision. And as you think about the issues of human life, we often focus on babies. We often focus on the abortion issue. I had the privilege in seminary to sit under the great theologian Harold O.J. Brown, who was a great ethicist. He worked…
Looking to God for Help
Psalm 28 Our reading is Psalm 28, verses one through nine. This is a Psalm of King David, and he says, to you, O Lord, I call. My rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit. Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy. When I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands towards your most holy sanctuary, Do not drag…
What Church Members Owe Their Leaders
Hebrews 13:17-25 Please turn in your copy of the scriptures to the last chapter, the last verses of the book of Hebrews. Hebrews chapter 13. We’ll be reading verses 17 through 25 today. We’ll be considering 17 through 19 and then 22 to 25. We covered a couple weeks back verses 20 and 21, the great benediction. This is the end of our study of the series of Hebrews. It’s fitting that we finish it today as we install our…
Lessons for Advent: The Fall of Man Into Sin and Misery
Genesis 2:15-17; Genesis 3 Please turn in your copy of the Scriptures to the Old Testament to the book of Genesis. We’ve been making our way through some of the early portions of the Scripture that set up the whole story of redemption that we read in the Bible. So our reading from Scripture today is from Genesis chapter 2 verses 15 through 17 and then chapter 3 verses 1 through 24. In previous weeks, we have considered God creating…