Listen to sermons from Scio Community Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan (Christian & Missionary Alliance). Updated weekly.
It is through the resurrection that Christ is accredited by God as the Savior of the World!
God directs every detail of the burial of Jesus by His providence.
How did the events of the Triumphal Entry verify that Jesus was, indeed, the Messiah?
It's not good enough to just know abut all the resources we have in Christ. We need to put them to use!
What are our resources in Christ? How many are there and how can we avail ourselves of them?
Today we close the first letter of John with the 3 final basic certainties that we, as believers, must know that we can stand firm on.
We look at two certainties (of five) upon which we can stand.
Wouldn't it be something if we could hear God Himself testify about Jesus? Here we have His amazing testimony!
Faith, Love, and Obedience. Tests as to whether one is an overcomer or not. But what promises lay ahead of us!!!
The Apostle John tells us that we are "overcomes." How can we tell?
What is Perfect Love? Six reasons we are to love one another.
What is Perfect Love? Are we to have that love and if so, why should we love one another?
Jahn tell us that we are supposed to test every spirit...to discern. How in the world are we to do that. He says,"This is how..."
In a time when everybody seems to have "their own truth," John calls us to discernment...to discern between the truth from the Holy Spirit vs. from other spirits.
The child is the manger was far more than a baby we celebrate at Christmas. So, what child, really, is this?
In Eternity Past, God the Father promised Jesus the Son a special gift...the first Christmas gift.
God wants us to be sure of our salvation. Is that possible, and how?
Who is a Christian to love and how are we to love? What does that prove?
What in the world does John mean when John says that as a believer we don't sin. That doesn't sound like most of our experiences.
What's the thing about "The Rapture" all about? Paul says we are to encourage one another with this.
If we're going to see God do something, we need to take faith filled risks. What's that all about?
Why do believers have the hope that they have. What are we expecting that makes it worth it all?
What is the truth that we need to believe, and how important is it?
People want to be able to love everything because "God is love." But there is a love that He hates.
God so loved the world that He is sending His workers to the hard places.
What's new about the old command to love, and what does God expect from me?
Are you sure you're saved? How do you know?
God found a solution to "The wages of sin is death." God must be absolutely just but He found a way to be merciful as well.
John draws a distinct line between those who claim they are believers and those who actually are. There are both types in many churches and John want us to be distinguishing.
In a day and age when even Bible believing Christians are being swayed away from the truth of the Bible, John wants to bring us back to what is true and certain.
In a world which no longer likes certainties, the letter of 1 John reminds us that God's Word is certain and absolute.
How do the various aspects of Noah's Ark related to what Jesus has done for us in Himself?
What does Jesus see in you? He can transform you by His power like He transformed Peter.
Jesus, with His compassion and power, brings a new perspective to death as he raises a young girl to life.
What do we see in Jesus's compassion, for Him to stop and heal?
Do we believe God can do the impossible? Do our prayers reflect that?
God wants to bless His people, but we need to understand how serious God is about sin in the camp.
We never think of Jesus as weak...He is God after all. Yet, He actually received power from the same source that is available to us.
Samson's strength was his weakness and God had to break him to use him to his full capacity.
In our weakness, God will strengthen us and display His power at work.
What is our part in seeing God power at work an what is God's part?
As we submit to God's will, the church will become a dangerous church used by God to pierce the darkness.
It's easy to believe, intellectually, in the power of God, but do we exercise that belief. How can we rely on God to use His power for us today?
God wants to do amazing things in our lives, but how do we experience that?
A sanctified life must effect our speech in four different ways, and Paul tells us how.
If our hearts and lives are truly sanctified, that will also be expressed by what and how we speak.
Sanctification needs to work out of our personal life to the relationships in the family, then out to the rest of the world.
God has provided a way for husbands and wives to have a blessed marriage if they would understand the relationship between Christ and His church.
How does Sanctification play out in our relationships at home...and what in the world is 'submission' all about?
When the earth went dark for 3 hours, where was God? Did He really forsake His beloved Son? What happened in the dark?