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Advent 2018 Recap

December 31, 2018 by Phil Auxier

As we turn our attention to the New Year, I wanted to do a post to wrap up what we studied as a church in the most recent Advent season.  Beginning November 25, I did a short series looking at Luke 1-2.  The theme was Possible With God.  Here are links to all the sermons:

November 25 – Humility: Possible with God

December 2 – Maturity: Possible with God

December 9 – Jesus’ Birth: Possible with God

December 16 – Forever King: Possible with God

December 23 – Good News: Possible with God

 

On Decmeber 30, I did a sermon Reviewing 2018, which summarized all the sermons I’ve done in 2018.   I hope you enjoy these sermons and they help kindle a desire to pursue God in 2019.  Blessings.

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How Great Thou Art – Christmas Edition

December 27, 2018 by Phil Auxier

Many of us love the hymn How Great Thou Art.  For this year’s advent season, I wrote an additional verse to include.  I’ll include it where I think it would fit best in the original…

O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the *worlds thy hands have made,
I see the stars, I hear the *rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed:

Refrain:

Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee:
How great thou art! How great thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee:
How great thou art! How great thou art!

When through the woods and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees,
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze:

My addional verse:

Consider this: that God the Son eternal,
Came down to earth, becoming man for all,
Angels announced and shepherds marveled greatly,
Our God with us, good news of peace entralls.

And when I think that God, his Son not sparing,
Sent him to die, I scarce can take it in,
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin.

When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!
Then *I shall bow in humble adoration,
And there proclaim, My God, how great thou art!


I hope you enjoy and are helped to magnify our Great God with this addition.

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Weekend Recap – Forever King

December 17, 2018 by Phil Auxier

I had a quick opportunity to wrap yesterday’s amazing children’s program at Crestview.  In this short talk, entitled Forever King: Possible with God, I tried to show how the storyline of the Bible points to Jesus being a King forever.  It’s only 7 minutes long, but I hope it helps you make sense of how your Bible fits together.

But, the real highlight was our 2018 Children’s Program.  Here’s the livestream for you to enjoy.

 

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Weekend Recap – Maturity and Jesus’ Birth

December 9, 2018 by Phil Auxier

My 12/9/18AM sermon, Jesus’ Birth: Possible with God from Luke 2:1-7, is now online.  The Advent series is With God All Things Are Possible.  This series is digging into Luke 1-2.  (By the way, I didn’t post last week’s sermon — Maturity: Possible with God, which looked at Zechariah’s maturity from Luke 1.  Feel free to check that sermon out, as well.)   We tend to easily forget that God made Jesus’ birth possible.  In this sermon, I’m hoping to provoke belief and worship through this familiar story.  I hope it encourages you.

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Weekend Recap – New Series, Humility

November 26, 2018 by Phil Auxier

You may well know that I love Christmas over all other holidays.  Most of my year is buiding in excitement for Advent being here.  On Sunday, November 25, we launched a new series at Crestview Bible Church.  For Advent this year, I’m plowing through Luke 1-2 and considering all the events that were possible with God.

The first sermon from Luke 1:36-56 was Humility: Possible with God.  We looked at Mary’s visiting her cousin Elizabeth and her song of praise (popularly known as The Magnificat).  I hope this sermon and this series encourages you.

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Wrap of Ecclesiastes 2018 Series

November 19, 2018 by Phil Auxier

This past Sunday, 11/18, I wrapped up a short 6 week series on the book of Ecclesiastes:

10/7 – Our Toil Under the Sun – Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

10/14 – Investigating Your Toil – Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:26

10/21 – God’s Wisdom for Time and Life – Ecclesiastes 3:1-4:16

10/28 – God’s Sovereignty and Life Under the Sun – Ecclesiastes 5:1-7:29

11/11 – Fearing God With Joy – Ecclesiastes 8:1-9:18

11/18 – The End of the Matter – Ecclesiastes 10:1-12:14

Many spoke of how this series affected them.  It was quite a challenge to condense the content to this short of a time frame, but it was enjoyable  I hope you were able to take advantage of these sermons.

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Weekend Recap – Fearing God With Joy

November 12, 2018 by Phil Auxier

We’re nearing the end of our short 2018 series on Ecclesiastes at Crestview Bible Church.  This series has been challenging to preach.  Digesting 12 chapters of Biblical truth into 6 sermons is challenging.  But, it’s been a fruitful study for our body.  My sermon from 11/11/18 Fear God with Joy (Ecclesiastes 8:1-9:18) is now online.  This sermon offered up some incentives to live life fearing God with joy.  I hope it encourages you.

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H2Go Weekend with Matthew Ellison

November 5, 2018 by Phil Auxier

This weekend, our church had a focused engagement with Matthew Ellison from Sixteen:Fifteen.  He preached Sunday from Acts 13-14 on An Audacious Mission for An Audacious Church.  On Saturday, he met with Crestview’s Leadership Pipeline and H2Go Team as we thought about engaging globally.  You can follow CBCH2Go on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.  Be in prayer, too, for God’s global plans through us as a people.  I hope it was an encouraging weekend for our body.

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Weekend Recap – God’s Sovereignty and Life Under the Sun

October 29, 2018 by Phil Auxier

My 10/28/18AM sermon, God’s Sovereignty and Life Under the Sun (Ecclesiastes 5:1-7:29), is now online.  Dealing with this large of a chunk of Scripture was challenging to prepare for, but it was a fruitful labor to engage in.  I think the way the Preacher drives down deep to help us be drawn out to fear God is very moving.  I hope you agree.  Have a great week.

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Ecclesiastes Sermons Oct 7 – 21

October 22, 2018 by Phil Auxier

We are rolling at Crestview Bible Church in our Ecclesiastes.  There are lots of things happening in life right now, so I haven’t posted here lately.  So far, I’ve completed 3 sermons in the book of Ecclesiastes:

Our Toil Under the Sun – Introduction and Ecclesiastes 1:1-8 (10/7/18)

Investigating Your Toil – Ecclesiastes 1:9-2:26 (10/14/18)

God’s Wisdom for Time and Life – Ecclesiastes 3:1-4:16 (10/21/18)

What a challenging book?  I hope it’s bearing fruit in the lives of our people.  These are challenging sermons to prepare as I’m trying to move pretty quickly through this book.  I’m hoping you benefit as well.

 

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