Sermons from 2022
Christmas Characters: Shepherds
Luke 2:8-21 You can be seated. Our reading from God’s word today is from Luke chapter two, verses eight through 21. Over the last several weeks, we have looked at the different characters of Christmas. I believe we looked at Zachariah and Elizabeth, the parents of John the Baptist. We looked at Mary and Joseph. We’ve looked at the angels and we looked last week at Herod. Last evening, we took a look at Jesus. the Savior, the Christ child.…
Wisdom From Above
James 3:13-17 Let’s give our attention to God’s word, James chapter three, beginning at verse 13. And James asked a question to begin. He says, who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct, let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly,…
Christmas Characters: Herod
Matthew 2 Amen, you can be seated. Turn in your copy of God’s word to Matthew chapter two. Today, we look at another Christmas character, maybe not one that we would pick, but nevertheless, one that’s important, and that’s Herod. Herod, the king over the region of the promised land, the region of God’s people. There’s a handful of Herods. This would have been one of the first Herods. Reigned for about 40 years. In our study of the book…
Taming the Tongue
James 3:1-12 Let’s do give attention to God’s word. This is James chapter three verses one through 12. Brother of our Lord Jesus Christ says this, not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways, and if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man able also to bridle his whole body. If we put…
Christmas Characters: Angels
Matthew 1:18-25 Please turn in your copy of God’s word to the book of Matthew. Matthew chapter one verses 18 through 25 will be our passage for today. Here you’ll find the account of the birth of Jesus Christ, the visitation of the angel. This is the story of Joseph. And we want to think today on Christmas characters. I want to think about the angels and their ministry in general in the life of the history of God’s people,…
Christmas Characters: Mary & Joseph
Matthew 1:1-17 Amen. You can be seated. Turn in, if you will, in your copy of God’s word to the book of Matthew. Matthew chapter 1 verses 1 through 17 will be our passage for today. We’re making our way through the Christmas season, the characters of Christmas. Last week, we looked at Zechariah and Elizabeth, the parents of John the Baptist. Today, Mary and Joseph. Then we’ll carry on with the angels. The shepherds, the wise men, and then…
Christmas Lessons & Carols
Good evening. It’s good to see y’all out on a crisp, cold night. I think this is one of our favorite events of the year because we get to read through and sing through the stories of the Bible that tell us of God coming to redeem us from our sin. And so we get the whole, expanse in one night of the Bible stories and the Christmas songs. And so this is a great time to be together and…
Prove Yourself!
James 2:14-26 Amen. Turn in your copy of God’s word to James chapter two. We’ll carry on through the end of the year and into the new year in the book of James. James chapter two verses 14 through 26 will be our reading tonight. Some of you are aware that James was one of the books that had trouble getting into the canon, at least from a human perspective. It was already part of the Bible in God’s mind,…
Christmas Characters: Elizabeth & Zachariah
Luke 1 Amen. You can be seated. Turn in your copy of God’s word to Luke chapter one. Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the characters of Christmas today. We want to think about Zechariah and Elizabeth, the parents of John the Baptist. We’ll think of Mary and Joseph, the shepherds, the angels. We’ll think of. several along the way and into the first Sunday of the new year and then at some point back into the…
Partial to Impariality
James 2:1-13 You can be seated. Our passage tonight is James chapter two, verses one to 13. So make your way there. One of the things we want to think about as we make our way through James is every passage we study is not isolated one from the other, but part of the whole. Remember the epistle of James, the letter of James would have been taken around the early church, read in their Sunday gatherings, and it would…
Taste & See
Psalm 34 Amen. You can be seated and turn your Bibles to Psalm 34. With Thanksgiving this week, we want to think on what the Bible teaches us from Psalm 34 about being thankful to God when he delivers us from hardship. In the weeks to come after this Sunday, we’ll be looking at some of the characters of Christmas. We’ll be looking at Mary and Joseph, the wise men, the shepherds. We’ll be looking at Simeon. We’ll be looking…
A Word-Centered Life
James 1:19-27 Amen. Turn in your copy of God’s word to the book of James. Uh, tonight we’ll be looking at James one 19 to 27 though. You’ll want to keep your eye on a verse 18 as well. That was our last verse from last week. I’ve been torn, uh, in my mind on whether to move through James faster, slow, and I keep, finding myself inclined to move through it quickly. Um, but that made for a long…