Sermons by Bryan Crotts (Page 8)
Singing Off the Same Songsheet
1 Corinthians 1:10-17 Amen. Please take out your copy of the scriptures and turn to 1 Corinthians 1 verses 10 through 17. Remember the apostle Paul wrote four letters to the Corinthian church. He wrote one that we don’t have, but he refers to it in this letter. It’s generally called Corinthians A, something like that. And then in our Bibles, we have 1 Corinthians and he wrote another letter often referred to as Corinthian B. don’t have that one.…
The Graces of God
1 Corinthians 1:4-9 You may be seated. Turn in your copy of the scriptures to 1 Corinthians chapter 1. Today we’ll be looking at verses 4 through 9. 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verses 4 through 9. So in typical fashion, the Apostle Paul writing a letter to a church has named them. looked at that opening last week. Today he gives a thanksgiving in the Roman context that thanksgiving would have been given to whichever Roman gods out of the…
Pay Attention, Pilgrims
Isaiah 51:1-52:12 Amen. Turn to Isaiah 51, Isaiah 51 1 through 52 12, kind of a chapter and a half will be our passage for tonight. So last week we looked at servant song number three and next week when we get into 52 verse 13 and into chapter 53, you’ll see Servant Song number four, the one you are probably most familiar with. And then we are, believe it or not, getting in the homestretch, the backstretch of Isaiah.…
Servant of the Lord
Isaiah 50:4-11 Let’s hear God’s word together. Isaiah 50, beginning at verse four. The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens. He awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught. The Lord God has opened my ear and I was not rebellious. I turned, not backward. I gave my back to those who strike…
Correcting the Corinthians
1 Corinthians 1:1-3 You can be seated. Turn in your copy of the scriptures to First Corinthians. Today, our passage will be verses one to three. Several years back, we made it through Luke’s account of the work, the life and ministry of Jesus, our Savior. And then we followed after that with Luke’s account of the early church, the Acts of the Apostles, and Luke’s account in Acts, both written to Theophilus. that he may have an orderly account…
It’s Our Own Fault
Isaiah 50:1-3 This is the book of Isaiah chapter 50 verses 1 to 3. Thus says the Lord, or Yahweh, where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away, or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you were sold, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away. Why, when I came, was there no man? Why, when I called, was there no one to answer?…
The Lord Be With You
2 Thessalonians 3:16-18 Before we read, let’s look to God in prayer. Lord, we come into your house with all kinds of things on our minds, in our hearts, and we come from a world that has made it next to impossible to pay attention, to listen. And so we need your help, not only spiritually. We don’t want to be dull of heart or hard-hearted, but we also need your help to settle our minds and our hearts so…
Overwhelmed But Not Perplexed
Isaiah 49:14-26 Isaiah 49, 14 to 27 is our passage. And you’re probably wondering where in the world we are in Isaiah. So I’ll explain a little bit of that in a few moments. But let’s hear God’s word together. Isaiah 49, beginning at 14. So Zion, that would be the kind of the church in Jerusalem. Zion said, the Lord has forsaken me. My Lord has forgotten me. Can a woman forget her nursing child? that she should have…
Resurrection & Life
John 11 Please be seated. Turn in your copy of the scriptures to the book of John. In John’s gospel chapter 11, we’ll be reading together about the death of Lazarus and Jesus coming to Mary and Martha’s aid and raising his good friend Lazarus from the dead. So make your way to John chapter 11. 57 verses in John 11. It’s going to be a little bit of a lengthy one, but we’ll persevere. God’s Word never returns void.…
Work & Idleness
2 Thessalonians 3:6-15 Now turn in your copy of the scriptures to 2 Thessalonians 3, 5 through 15. This is a marathon passage that jumps us right ahead to the end of our book. We’ll look in the next week or so at the very end of Thessalonians, and the plan is to move into 1 and 2 Corinthians. Several years ago, we went through Luke’s gospel account of the life and ministry of Jesus. Then afterwards, we went through…
God is Not Forgetful
Isaiah 49:7-26 Amen. Turn to Isaiah 49 and we are going to look at verse seven and then eight through 13. I know it says through 26, but I’ve chickened out. So Isaiah 49, seven through 13, seven or seven stands alone in a sense. Remember, um, we’re in the second servant song last week. The servant gave a little fuss. I’ve labored in vain. I’ve spent my strength for nothing in vanity. My right is with the Lord and…
Pray for Us!
2 Thessalonians 3:1-5 Lord, we give you thanks that by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, holy men of old set these things down for our instruction, for our growth in grace. We pray that we would receive the word as it is, not the word of men, but the very word of God. May it be at work in each of us. May it convince and convert sinners unto salvation and comfort and build up saints in our most…