Teaching on Sunday Morning (Page 3)
Our Sunday Morning teaching is the primary exposition of the Word of God, led by our pastors with an occasional guest. Our church obeys the scripture’s direction to “not neglect meeting together” (Hebrews 10:25) and uses Sunday morning as a time of worship through song and study of the scriptures of God.
The Model of Paul’s Ministry
Colossians 1:24-29 Well, we return to Colossians this morning, and I invite you to turn in your Bibles to Colossians 1:24. Colossians 1:24 starts this amazing section on Christ’s gift of Paul as the apostle to the Gentiles. And that makes Paul our apostle. And as our apostle, he has a lot to teach us about having joy in Christ even amidst trials and suffering. A lot to teach us about how to live a faithful life for God’s glory…
Filling Up Christ’s Afflictions
Colossians 1:24 Well, we return to our study of Colossians and come to a, a deeply encouraging portion of the letter and the ministry of the Apostle Paul. You can turn in your Bibles to Colossians 1 verse 24 and we will read the section that we’re going to be in for a next couple of weeks. After opening this letter with thanksgiving and prayer, Paul sets forth to put Christ to the Colossians, to set him forth before the…
Resurrection Hope Today
Matthew 17:1-8 Well, as we come to our time in God’s Word this morning, I’d like to return to Matthew’s Gospel, if you have your Bibles, you can take them and turn to an earlier scene in Matthew’s Gospel. Remarkable, very special event, occasion in Matthew known as the Transfiguration, which you’ll find in Matthew chapter 17, Matthew 17, the transfiguration is really a preview of resurrection glory. And now from the vantage point of hindsight, hindsight is 2020. We…
Experiencing God
Psalm 84:1-12 Good morning everyone. I’m so glad to be able to bring the word of God to you this morning. If you want to turn there, we’re going to be in Psalm 84 and when I was a youngster, I can say that now that I’m in the fifth decade of life a long, long time ago, at least it feels like that to me. One of the things that had a significant impact on my soul as a…
The Purpose Driven Life
1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Well, it was a joy to be able to open the Word of God with you all this morning. We’re going to be in the book of 1 Corinthians, so if you want to turn there now, please do so. But by way of introduction, I want to start just with a little bit of cultural context. We all, as Americans and really as most the citizens of the world, we’re familiar with the Olympic Games. Many…
Every Christian’s Testimony
Colossians 1:21-23 Please turn in your Bibles to Colossians chapter 1 as we come to verses 21 to 23, which is a text that really tells every Christian’s origin story. And also, this text predicts every Christian’s happy ending. So we might call this every Christian’s testimony. This is every Christian’s testimony, Colossians 1, verses 21 to 23. We have been in the classroom the last few weeks with the Apostle Paul learning in Paul’s three-week course on Christology in…
All Things Reconciled
Colossians 1:19-20 Well, turn to Colossians 1 in your Bibles, and we are studying the doctrine of Christ from Colossians 1:15-20 as Paul is portraying Christ in his unparalleled and universal supremacy. And as we are going to be looking today at the final two verses of this high and magnificent Christology, we need to stop at this point and ask why is Paul saying all of this about Christ? What’s the point? Paul has a point, an important point…
The Pinnacle of Christ’s Supremacy
Colossians 1:17-18 Well, you can open your Bibles to Colossians chapter 1, as it is our great privilege and joy to study in Colossians 1:15-20, this crystal clear teaching on the true nature of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Before we look at our text, I want to pose a question to you, give you something to think about as we consider the verses that we’re going to look at today. And here’s the question: What narrative has the…
The Divine Agent of Creation
Colossians 1:15-16 Well, you can open your Bibles to Paul’s letter to the Colossians, and we’re coming into what is the defining passage of Colossians, what Colossians is known for. It’s the most comprehensive and yet condensed teaching on Christology really in all the New Testament, which is Colossians 1:15 through 20. We’re just going to get into the first couple of verses for our exposition this morning, but I can tell you it’s going to be theologically deep, christologically…
God’s Will to Save Us
Colossians 1:12-14 Well, we are in the opening chapter of Paul’s letter to the Colossians, and I invite you to turn there. Open, there, in your Bibles as we consider just a few verses this morning along this same theme of redemption. Colossians 1:12 to 14 will be our text and that will prepare our hearts to celebrate the Lord’s table. The theme this morning is redemption, or we could say gratitude for our redemption, just as we heard in…