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Seeing Jesus In Our Suffering

February 10, 2025 by Phil Auxier

I’ve been preaching our experiences of suffering since the start of the year. Each of the sermons has zeroed in on a Gospel account of Jesus in the boat with His disciples. Yesterday’s sermon, Seeing Jesus in our Suffering, took us to John 6:16-21, where Jesus came near the disciples walking on water. The outline related to Jesus’s “bigness” coming near (as Jesus said, “It is I, don’t be afraid). I hope the sermon is an encouragement.

I also tried to wrap up those four sermons with some particular applications at the end. We all want to be helpful to others when they’re hurting. Unfortunately, the church sometimes doesn’t do well in caring for others. I hope my applications prove insightful as we try to navigate this well.

Filed Under: Weekend Recap

Jesus Calms The Storms

February 3, 2025 by Phil Auxier

I’ve been preaching a short series at Crestview based on the narratives of Jesus calming the storm to encourage those who are facing suffering. I haven’t updated this site in a couple of weeks, but here are the links to the past two weeks:

1/26/25 – Following Jesus in the Storm (Matthew 8:23-27) – The context of Matthew’s Gospel combined with this narrative emphasizes following Jesus and how this informs suffering.

2/2/25 – Hearing Jesus and the Danger of Suffering (Luke 8:22-25) – Luke makes a big deal about hearing Jesus, so they do it when Jesus tells His disciples to get in the boat. This sermon connected this reality to the suffering we face.

Obviously, there is so much more that could be said about our experience of suffering, but I hope this helps move people closer to Jesus.

Filed Under: Suffering, Weekend Recap

Weekend Recap – God’s Care for Sufferers

January 20, 2025 by Phil Auxier

My 1/19/25 sermon, Questioning God’s Care (Mark 4:35-41), kicked off a new series at Crestview. Like every week, you can find a transcript, audio, video, and notes on that link. This series will be a series of sermons on Jesus calming the storm with His disciples. We began with Mark’s narrative. It was striking to me that this comes on the heels of many teachings from Jesus about the effectiveness of His Word. So, the fact that questions pop up should be very encouraging for people like us who find themselves suffering. I hope this sermon encourages you.

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Weekend Recap – Week of Prayer 2025 Launch

January 13, 2025 by Phil Auxier

My 1/12/25 sermon at Crestview, Trust and Pray, unpacked Isaiah 36-37. In that passage, Sennacherib, King of Assyria, was bearing down on Judah, and Hezekiah went to God for help. God communicates through the prophet that because Hezekiah prayed, He would answer. The passage also dug into how trust is at the root of our prayer. So, I hope this sermon encourages you. And, jump into our 2025 Week of Prayer, where we’re praying for God’s glory to be seen in our life together. Have a great week.

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Weekend Recap – Advent Love

December 23, 2024 by Phil Auxier

My 12/22/24 sermon, Roped into God’s Love (Isaiah 55:1-5), continued exploring the four themes of Advent by focusing on God’s love. God invites us to come to Him, incentivizes it, and even promises to make good on it forever. Christmas tells us a story that God has come to us. And His nearness means that we are affected in profound ways. I hope you have a great week relating to others out of the love of God Himself. Oh, I also closed with this illustration from Frosty the Snowman. I hope it helps you marvel at the grace shown to you by God.

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Weekend Recap – God’s Mission Advancement Plan

November 25, 2024 by Phil Auxier

My 11/24/24 sermon, God’s Mission Advancement Plan (Ephesians 6:10-24), wrapped up a quick series we did at Crestview through Ephesians. This short 7-week series oriented our hearts around our God, who always moves and plans with intention. The residue this book left on me is a big pushback against the “rugged individualism” we are consistently pointed toward. As this series wrapped, one application was that the spiritual armor isn’t so much waking up and putting on the armor every day. It’s a way of life we experience in the church where we root each other’s identity in the good news of what Jesus has done for us. This sermon concluded with an appeal for our church to go deeper. I tried to do this with courage and gentleness. I hope the sermon encourages you.

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Weekend Recap – God’s Life Plan

November 18, 2024 by Phil Auxier

My 11/17/24 sermon at Crestview, God’s Life Plan (Ephesians 5:22-6:9), is online. If you know your Bible, you probably recognize this section as instructions related to the household code: how marriages, families, and even work realms function. And as this relates to our broader context, this sermon unpacked how God’s work to affect His people is filled with applications in the day-to-day life of His people. I hope it encourages you, especially those for whom this text might have been weaponized for dishonorable behaviors.

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Weekend Recap – God’s Distinct Plan

November 11, 2024 by Phil Auxier

Luke and I have been preaching through Ephesians to show God’s plan through His people, the church. My 11/10/24 sermon, God’s Sanctification Plan (Ephesians 4:17-5:21) is online. This sermon dug into how God has called His people to distinctly walk in their corporate life together. This sermon series is clipping along at a quick pace, but I hope you’re starting to see how loving Jesus means loving His bride, the church.

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Weekend Recap – God’s Purposeful Plan

October 21, 2024 by Phil Auxier

My 10/20/24 sermon, God’s Purposeful Plan (Ephesians 1:15-2:10), is online. I posted the architectural blueprints above because that’s what we’re getting a picture of in the passage today: what God intends to do through His rescue plan for His people. His plan is purposeful, working out in our lives to affect how we view our life together and how we walk (or live) in life together. I hope the sermon encourages you.

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Weekend Recap – New Series in Ephesians

October 14, 2024 by Phil Auxier

My 10/13/24 sermon, God’s Rescue Plan (Ephesians 1:1-14), is now online. This launched a new series for us at Crestview, where we’re considering God’s plan for His people in the local church. We began with God’s planning and intentions to save people. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit unite to work for the good of people, decisively changing them and propelling them into new life. I hope this encourages you.

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From One Degree To Another?

Yeah, that's right. My one, consuming passion is Jesus Christ, my Lord. I'm totally gripped by one message: the Gospel - the good news that God came after me when I was far from Him. So, the life I live, I live by faith in Him: He loved me and gave Himself for me.

From One Degree To Another is the change that He's accomplishing in me by grace. Growing downward in humility, upward into Him, outward toward others, and inward with renewal characterize my existence.

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