Sermons from November 2022
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…
Ministry Conflict
Acts 15:36-41 Please turn in your copy of God’s Word to Acts chapter 15. Acts chapter 15, verses 36 through 41. This passage will be our last in the Book of Acts, probably until maybe January 8th or so. We’ll look next Sunday at a Thanksgiving psalm, and then after the 20th, the 27th, I believe, through Christmas, we’ll be looking at some of the major characters of Christmas and look for insight from God’s Word on how we can…
Jerusalem Council
Acts 15:1-35 Amen, you can be seated. Turn in your Bibles to Acts chapter 15. Today we’ll be reading and considering verses one to 35. This is perhaps one of the most important chapters in the book of Acts. You could say in one way that the early church is making it up as they go. They have good folks like Paul who know the Old Testament backwards and forwards. They have apostles and prophets and evangelists and teachers. And…
New Creation Living
James 1:2-18 In our study of the book of James, I’m trying to decide whether to go fast or go slow, and I think I’m gonna pick up the pace a little bit. So in your bulletin, it says James 1, 2-4, but we’re actually gonna zip on through 2-18. And I think the faster we go through this, I think it may benefit us more instead of getting bogged down. So turn there, if you will, to James 1,…