My 5/11/14AM sermon, Peace with God from Romans 5:1-11, is now online. The sermon sought to wrap up the big emphases of chapters 1-4, how we come under grace, and introduce chapters 5-8 with how we live in light of grace by helping everyone see some big implications of what being in a right relationship with God might mean for them. Specifically, I went after 4 implications for believers: 1) realities are affected, 2) God’s love is poured out in our lives, 3) we will be saved and 4) we’re full of joy. I hope it helps you and encourages you.
Weekend Recap – Promises, Faith and Romans
My 5/4/14AM sermon, Promises, Promises from Romans 4:13-25 is now online. The sermon is another in our series through the book of Romans. My understanding of the whole book fitting together is “the glory of God in a united church on mission under grace.” This week, I sought to encourage the firm footing we have under grace by connecting faith to God’s promises. While there was a lot in the sermon about God making promises and fulfilling them, the passage built to a crescendo in Romans 4:23-25 showing how this was for our benefit that we may be righteous by believing in Jesus, who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification. To put it simply, we can know a real relationship (characterized by reconciliation and peace like Romans 5:1-11 will show) by placing our faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ.
Easter Roundup 2014
My 4/20/14AM sermon, Resurrection Truths from the book of Romans, is online. This sermon sought to unpack how resurrection truth is presented in this book. From the assumption that Jesus did indeed rise from the dead, to the effect that it has upon our lives, to how we access this salvation message, Romans has it all. I hope the sermon was encouraging to you.
It was a great morning. We sang great songs. I’m thankful to Kathy and Whitney Lansdowne for singing Forever (We Sing Hallelujah). Here’s a video of this song if you liked it. This particular version also features a great spoken word:
Weekend Recap – God’s Righteousness
My 4/6/13AM sermon, God’s Righteousness from Romans 3:21-26 is now online. The sermon was about God and what He’s done to make sinners right with Himself. This section of Scripture is what many consider to be the most important verses in the Bible. I hope you’ll listen and see if you can feel the importance of these verses.
Weekend Recap – All Under Sin
My 3/30/14AM sermon, All Under Sin from Romans 3:9-20, is now online. This sermon was a hard one to preach (as a sinner) but one in which the good news of the Gospel shined so brightly that it brought great encouragement. Until sin is bitter, the Gospel doesn’t taste sweet. So, this sermon got at the reality of our sin and then drove us to a Christ-centered dependance. I hope it’s encouraging to you.
Weekend Recap – God, The Just
My 3/23/14AM sermon, God The Just from Romans 3:1-8, is now online. This sermon aimed, once again, at the heart of those with empty, faithless, religious practice, urging them to repent and rest in Christ alone as their right standing before God. I hope it’s an encouragement to you to rest in Christ as the only standard of your righteousness.
Weekend Recap – 3/16/14
My sermon from 3/16/14AM entitled True Heart Religion from Romans 2:12-29 is now online (or you can watch the entire service). The sermon got after religious people and our failure to trust in Jesus from the heart, resting instead in religious practice as a means of impressing God. My hope through the sermon is that people can to rest in the Gospel. I hope it proves edifying to you.
Weekend Recap – Impartial Judgment
My 3/2/14AM sermon, Impartial Judgment from Romans 2:1-11, is online. The sermon really went after God’s desire for us to be humble before Him, in light of our sin, fleeing our self-righteousness and hiding in Christ. I hope it’s an encouragement to you as you struggle to fight to honor God in the way think about sin, others and yourself.
This week also featured the launch of Crestview Live (live stream of our service). You can watch an archived video of that sermon on the Live page, starting around the 29:30 mark of the 3/2/14 AM Service.
Weekend Recap – Wrath Revealed
My 2/23/14AM Sermon, Wrath Revealed from Romans 1:18-32 is now online. The sermon unpacked how God’s wrath should drive us to be a people not defined by the sins we struggle with, but by our relationship to God in the Gospel. God is just to punish each and every sin. We are driven to be a Gospel people in light of this. I hope it was an encouraging sermon to you and hope you had a great Lord’s Day.
Weekend Recap – Gospel Power
My 2/16/14AM sermon, Gospel Power from Romans 1:16-17, is now online. In this sermon, I set out to awe my hearers with the amazing power of God coming into brilliant focus in the Gospel. The message was simply: The Gospel is powerful in its message of rescue, for all, who believe. I hope it encouraged those who heard it and I hope you have a great Sunday in these type of things.