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Synopsis: John does not want merely to instruct but to visit and rejoice with his fellow Christians. This incarnational ministry is a means of expressing our shared joy and affection in Christ. a. The Necessity of face-to-face fellowship (v. 12a) b. Full expression of Joy (v.12b) c. An affectionate Family (v.13) Sermon Text: 2 John 12-13
Synopsis: As the Church matures in its interpretation of the bible and development of doctrine, she must avoid innovation and innovators who go beyond Jesus' teaching and Jesus' example. Our reception of one another is bounded by gospel faithfulness. a. Warning against innovation (v. 9a) b. To abide in Christ's teaching is to abide in Christ. (v. 9b) c. Do not welcome or greet innovators (vv.10-11) Sermon Text: 2 John 9-11
Sermon Text "John 16:16-26"May 11, 2025Preacher: Pastor Luke UlrichVisit us at mtolivelutheran.org
Synopsis: John is overjoyed by the faithful witness of his fellow churchmen who he holds up as an example for true Christian living. But John is also concerned they preserver unto external life by a proper understanding of Christ. a. John's Joy (v. 4) b. John's Command; Live by Love (vv. 5-6) c. John's Concern (vv. 7-8) i. Incarnation ii. Works Sermon Text: 2 John 4-8
Sermon Text: 1 John 3:1-3 Sermon Title: “Our Hope for Home” Sermon Slides: SLIDE 1 – Sermon Title Slide SLIDE 2 – Today's Big Idea: Our Hope for Home … Comes to Us from the Love of God. This Hope … Will Purify Our Life Now and Glorify Our Body Soon. SLIDE 3 – Point 1: Our Hope for Home … Comes to Us from the Love of God. (v. 1) SLIDE 4 – John Stott (1921-2011): “The Father's love is so unearthly, so foreign to this world, that Apostle John wonders from what country it may come.” SLIDE 5 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon SLIDE 6 – John 10:17-18 – “For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.” SLIDE 7 – 1st Principle (from v. 1): “This love produces real hope in us, because if God loved us that much then, He'll love us all the way home.” SLIDE 8 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon SLIDE 9 – John 14:1, 16-18 – “In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you … And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper … I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.” SLIDE 10 – 2nd Principle (from v. 1): “The Hope our Father foretold eternally, the Son revealed publicly, and now the Spirit implants intimately into us.” SLIDE 11 – Conclusion: “Resurrected children long to be with their Resurrected God in their Resurrected home. This resurrection hope in us springs forth from God's redeeming love to us.” SLIDE 12 – Point 2: This Hope in Us … Will Purify Our Life Now and Glorify Our Body Soon. (vv. 2-3) SLIDE 13 – Principle (from v. 3): “Hope promotes purity of life, not laxity or license to sin. Hope always produces holiness.” SLIDE 14 – Insert a Copy of Point #2 of Sermon SLIDE 15 – Conclusion: “When we finally see Christ, who is our Hope, we will no longer image Christ partially … but image Christ exactly. And our Hope in Christ will have finally led us Home to God.” SLIDE 16 – Sermon Uses for Life: Two this Morning. SLIDE 17 – If You're an Unbeliever: Without Christ … There is No Hope. SLIDE 18 – If You're a Believer: Your Hope in Christ … Won't Disappoint!
Sermon Text - 1 Corinthians 15.51-57 - by Pastor Dan Frey
Synopsis: John writes to assure the Saints of the truth that establishes their Agape community--the Love of the Triune God flows into and transforms Christ's followers by the Holy Spirit. a. Elder to the Elect Lady and her Children (v. 1a) b. Love in the Truth (v.1b), c. Being and Becoming (vv. 2-3). Sermon Text: 2 John 1-3
Sermon Text: 2 Peter 1:1-15 Daniel Ralph 03/30/2025
Sermon Text: 2 Corinthians 3:1-18 Daniel Ralph 03/23/2025
Transfiguration Sunday, March 2, 2025 Our Sunday Lenten Series: Open Door Policies: God's surprising strategies for getting sinners back home.. Our Theme for Today: One stands; Everyone else sits. This week we see one man, Jesus Christ, stand against Satan. Christ fought the battle against Satan as one of us and he won that battle for all of us.First Reading: 1 Samuel 17: 4-11, 32-40, 45-49.Second Reading: Hebrews 4:14-16.Gospel: Luke 4:1-13.Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 17: 4-11, 32-40, 45-49. The Battle Belongs to the LORD.Pastor Nate Kassulke
Sermon Text - by Pastor Phil Hirsch
Sermon Text - 2 Samuel 12.1-13 - by Pastor Dan Frey
Sermon Text: 2 Samuel 7:1-17 Andrew Zabel 02/23/2025
Sermon Text - 2 Corinthians 12.7-10 - by Pastor Dan Frey
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 13:8-15a Andrew Zabel 02/09/2025
The Sixth Sunday after Epiphany, February 16, 2025 Our Epiphany Series: Epiphany is the season we celebrate when Jesus revealed his reason for coming. Today's focus: Blessings Are Cursed; Curses Are Blessed..First Reading: Jeremiah 17:5-8.Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10.Gospel: Luke 6:17-26 Sermon Text: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10. God's Grace is Enough.Pastor Ron Koehler
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Andrew Zabel 02/16/2025
Pastor Dan share the entire content of his sermon notes in this special episode establishing the foundation for his new series, "The Unseen Realm."
Sermon Text: 2 Timothy 3:16-17 For more information on Buncombe Street Methodist Church in Greenville, SC, visit our website at www.buncombestreet.com
Sermon Text: 46:1-13 Teacher: Al Kenitz Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 51:41-44
Sermon Text - 1 Kings 10.1-9 - by Pastor Dan Frey
The Epiphany of our Lord, January 5, 2025 Our Christmas Series: The Gift of God. This service: The gift of God is for all people.First Reading: 1 Kings 10:1-9.Second Reading: Acts 13:46-49.Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12.Sermon Text: 1 Kings 10: 1-9. See How the LORD loves IsraelPastor Nate Kassulke
Sermon Text: 2 Peter 3:17-18Preacher: Tony DoppkeSeries: Standalonecbcelgin.org
Sermon Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 For more information on Buncombe Street Methodist Church in Greenville, SC, visit our website at www.buncombestreet.com
Sermon Text: 9:1-7 Daniel Ralph Dec 1st 2024
In this sermon, Pastor Chan wraps up our teaching series through the book of 1 John.Today's Sermon Text: 1 John 5Main Idea: John closes his first letter focusing on the things we can know in this life. The chapter emphasizes that belief in Jesus as the Son of God brings victory over the world and eternal life. It highlights the connection between loving God and obeying His commandments. John highlights the triple testimony we find in the Spirit, water, and blood, affirming Jesus' divine nature. John assures believers that they can know they have eternal life if they trust in Jesus Christ – the Son of God. Thanks for listening in to The Ridge's Sunday Audio podcast! Although we hope you are greatly blessed by listening to this message, we also believe it's important to belong to a local body of believers. If you live in our area, we would love to worship with you on Sunday mornings at 8:00a, 9:30a, or 11:15a!
Sermon Text: 1 Corinthians 12:12-20 Sermon Title: “Why Church Membership?” Sermon Slides: SLIDE 1 – Sermon Title Slide SLIDE 2 – Today's Big Idea: When We Have a Higher View of the Church … We Will Have a Healthier View of Church Membership. SLIDE 3 – Point 1: Why Membership? It Joins Us Into the Church's True Nature. (1 Cor. 12:12-20) SLIDE 4 – Ephesians 4:15-16 – “We are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped … makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.” SLIDE 5 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon SLIDE 6 – 1 Corinthians 11:23-27 – “For .. on the night when he [Jesus] was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, ‘This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.' In the same way also he took the cup … saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this … in remembrance of me' … Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord.” SLIDE 7 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon SLIDE 8 – Point 2: Why Membership? It Connects Us To the Church's Whole Mission.(Gen. 1:28; Matt. 28:19) SLIDE 9 – Genesis 1:26-28 – “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea … the birds of the heavens … the livestock and over all the earth …' So God created man in his own image … male and female he created them … And God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.'” SLIDE 10 – Matthew 28:18-20 – “And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.'” SLIDE 11 – Insert a Copy of Point #2 of Sermon SLIDE 12 – Four Uses of This Sermon for Our Church and Lives. SLIDE 13 – Before Becoming a Church Member, You Must Become a ‘Christ Member'. SLIDE 14 – “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” SLIDE 15 – Three Godly Benefits of Church Membership: SLIDE 16 – Church Membership Provides Us … A Better Testimony to the World. SLIDE 17 – Church Membership Provides Us … A Better Identity in Jesus Christ. SLIDE 18 – Church Membership Provides Us … A Better Maturity in the Holy Spirit.
Get Up! (Sermon Text) St. Columba's Episcopal Church is a welcoming Christian community of all ages that encourages spiritual curiosity, celebrates children and youth, and embraces the world in the spirit of God's justice and love. L EA R N M O R E AT COLUMBA.ORG
In this sermon, Pastor Chan teaches through the various evidences that we have as believers as to whether our faith is genuine.Today's Sermon Text: 1 John 3:1-24Main Idea: 1 John 3 emphasizes the love of God and the importance of living as His children. The chapter highlights God's great love, and the importance of living in purity. The passage warns against sin and contrasts those who live righteously with those who do not. John urges believers to show genuine love for one another in actions, not just words, as love is the defining mark of God's children. The evidence of faith is to keep God's commands, abide in God, and live through the Holy Spirit. Thanks for listening in to The Ridge's Sunday Audio podcast! Although we hope you are greatly blessed by listening to this message, we also believe it's important to belong to a local body of believers. If you live in our area, we would love to worship with you on Sunday mornings at 8:00a, 9:30a, or 11:15a!
11/10 Sunday Sermon with Sermon Text: 2 Corinthians 4:13-18
Sunday Evening, October 20, 2024Given by Joel May | Pastor of Youth MinistryChrist Covenant ChurchAre Y'all Having a Good Time Out There Tonight?!Sermon Text: 1 Timothy 4:1-5Watch on YouTubeDownload our mobile app
Twenty Second Sunday After Pentecost, October 20, 2024 THE NEED FOR FOLLOWERSHIP: In this series, we ask Christ to empower us with his Spirit so that we might better follow his lead. Our theme for this Sunday: : Followers of Christ Make Selfless Sacrifices.First Reading: Isaiah 53:10-12.Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 9:7-12, 19-23.Gospel: Mark 10:32-45.Sermon Text: 1 Corinthians 9:7-12, 19-23. Do You Share Paul's Wining Attitude? Pastor Ron Koehler
Sermon Text: 1 Corinthians 13:13 For more information on Buncombe Street Methodist Church in Greenville, SC, visit our website at www.buncombestreet.com
10/6 Sunday Sermon with Sermon Text: 2 Corinthians 5:12-21
Festival of St. Michael and All Angels, September 29, 2024 THE NEED FOR FOLLOWERSHIP: In this series, we ask Christ to empower us with his Spirit so that we might better follow his lead. Our theme for this Sunday: : Followers of Christ Have Powerful Allies.First Reading: 2 Kings 6:8-17.Second Reading: Revelation 12:7-12.Gospel: Luke 10:17-20.Sermon Text: 2 Kings 6:8-17 LORD, Open Our Eyes! To the Dangers that Surround UsTo the Angels that Protect UsPastor Ron Koehler
9/22 Sunday Sermon with Sermon Text: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10
Who Do You Say that I Am? (Sermon Text) St. Columba's Episcopal Church is a welcoming Christian community of all ages that encourages spiritual curiosity, celebrates children and youth, and embraces the world in the spirit of God's justice and love. L EA R N M O R E AT COLUMBA.ORG
Sermon Text: 2 TimothyPreacher: Scott BallanceSeries: Standalonecbcelgin.org
08.25.24 You have a calling and a purpose in your life! Come and explore more of God's calling over you today! Sermon Text: 1 Corinthians 12: 6-11 Sermon Title: Reason for God: God's Word is True, Pt4 https://linktr.ee/ImagoChurch
Sermon Text: 1 Timothy 6:11-16 For more information on Buncombe Street Methodist Church in Greenville, SC, visit our website at www.buncombestreet.com
08.18.24 You have a calling and a purpose in your life! Come and explore more of God's calling over you today! Sermon Text: 1 Corinthians 12:6-11, 1 Corintios 12:6-7 Sermon Title: Reason for God: God's Word is True, Pt3 https://linktr.ee/ImagoChurch
Sermon Text: 2 Corinthians 7:2-16Preacher: Tony DoppkeSeries: Turning Back To God: The Doctrine of Repentancecbcelgin.org
Sermon Text: 2 Thessalonians 1:5-9 For more information on Buncombe Street Methodist Church in Greenville, SC, visit our website at www.buncombestreet.com
Sermon Text: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Teacher: Josh Armstrong Scripture Reading: Philippians 1:3-8
Sermon Text: 2 Samuel 6 We wrapped up a week of VBS by asking the question we asked the kids all week: What is at the core of YOUR faith? For so many of us, it's really fear. But the Bible says, "Fear not." In Christ, we can know a joy deeper than our circumstances. Joy is not a requirement of discipleship, but is rather the by-product of it. We experience that joy as we walk in the way of Christ. Follow St. Mary's: www.facebook.com/stmarysunitedchurchofchrist/ www.instagram.com/stmarysucc/ Want to support the work of St. Mary's? https://www.eservicepayments.com/cgi-...
Sermon Text: 2 Timothy 4:1–8Preacher: Jeremy DeckThree Grounds for Faithfulness…1) The Requirement (vv. 1-2) — Preach the Word…2) The Reason (vv. 3-5) — …for the good of the world…3) The Result (vv. 6-8) — …to the glory of God.To learn more about Gospel Life Church visit https://www.gospellifemn.org.
Sermon Text: 1 Corinthians 9:19–23Preacher: Jeremy Deck3 Parts of Paul's Answer…1) The Summary Statement (v. 19)2) The Way it Works (vv. 20–22a)3) The Primary Point (v. 22b–23)To learn more about Gospel Life Church visit https://www.gospellifemn.org.
Sermon Text: 1 Corinthians 1:18–2:5Preacher: Jeremy DeckThree Parts of Paul's Argument…1) The Foundation (1:18–25): The Word of the Cross, Wisdom, and Folly.2) The Frame (1:26–31): The Way God Displays His Power3) The Focal Point (2:1–5): The Mission of the ChurchTo learn more about Gospel Life Church visit https://www.gospellifemn.org.
Sermon Text: 2 Kings 6:24-7:20
Sunday Evening, May 26, 2024Given by Dr. Kevin DeYoung | Senior PastorChrist Covenant ChurchQuestions from Revelation: What Will Heaven Be Like?Sermon Text: Watch on YouTubeDownload our mobile app