Christmas Sermons 

“I AM the Light of the World”

  Isaiah 9:1-7; John 1:1-9; 8:12 (text) December 6, 2015 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Why is Christmas traditionally a season of lights? Many want to outdo one another in lighting up their homes, malls and other buildings with multi-colored lights and decorations. We’re all amazed at the creativity of those who surround their homes with all kinds of lighted decorations. Most people in the northern hemisphere say that it’s because they want to brighten long, dark winter nights. But even in tropical countries where it is not…

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True Food and True Drink from Heaven

  Numbers 11:4-13; John 1:14; 6:51-59 (text) November 29, 2015 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Today, we start the season of Advent this year 2015. Advent is a time of remembering and giving thanks to God for his most precious gift: Jesus his only-begotten who was born a true human baby to save his people from their sin. Advent and Christmas are two of the most cherised and beautiful Christian traditions. However, every Advent season, there are naysayers, many coming from Reformed circles, that Christmas, or any…

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How to celebrate Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday on the same day

  Today, hordes of turkey-stuffed shoppers in America will flood the stores in the early morning hours of what’s commonly called “Black Friday.” How did this day come to be known as “Black Friday?” History Channel’s story about its origin makes the most sense. Back in the 1950s, police in the city of Philadelphia used the term to describe the chaos that ensued on the day after Thanksgiving, when hordes of suburban shoppers and tourists flooded into the city in advance of the big Army-Navy football game held on that…

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Psalms Sermons 

A Thanksgiving for God’s Goodness

  Psalm 65 (text); 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 November 22, 2015  • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Today, we take a break from our study of the Gospel of John, as we look forward to a great Christian tradition in America, Thanksgiving Day. Many people think of Thanksgiving Day only in terms of family get-together, or turkey, or football, or just an opportunity for relaxing on a four-day weekend. But as Christians, how should we celebrate Thanksgiving Day? Its origins date back to the first settlers in the New…

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Gospel of John Sermons 

Believing Because of Signs and Because of the Word

  Malachi 1:11; John 4:7-30; 39-42 (text) November 15, 2015 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Nothing has changed in 2,000 years since our Lord Jesus Christ first appeared preaching and teaching in Palestine. In the Gospel of John, Jesus performed so many signs, or miracles as we call them today, that John says, “Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written” (John 21:25). Today, many people still look for all sorts of signs…

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“Brother, Are You Born Again?”

  Ezekiel 36:24-29a; John 3:1-8 (text) November 8, 2015 (BSCC) • Download this sermon (PDF) R. C. Sproul tells of an incident in his life when he was walking on the campus of Temple University in Philadelphia. He was alone on the way to the School of Theology, when suddenly a man stood in front of him blocking his way. Then, the man asked him, “Brother, are you saved?” Sproul, probably annoyed and offended, snapped back, “Saved from what?” The man, not knowing how to answer, hurriedly left him, probably thinking…

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Gospel of John Sermons 

Sermon Series on the Gospel of John

Beginning October 11, 2015, I preached a series on the Gospel of John. Some of the sermons listed below were not preached in the current series, but were preached previously. Date Title Scripture Readings October 11, 2015 “The Word Became Flesh… In Him Was Life” Gen 1:1-5; John 1:1-18 (text) October 18, 2015 The Baptizer’s Testimony About Jesus Isa 11:1-5; John 1:19-34 (text) October 25, 2015 The Wedding at Cana: Much More Than a Miracle Exodus 40:34-38; Ezekiel 10:18-19; John 2:1-11 (text) November 1, 2015 Rebuilding and Reforming God’s Temple…

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Rebuilding and Reforming God’s Temple

  Psalm 69:8-9; Isaiah 56:6-7; Jeremiah 7:8-11; John 2:13-25 (text) November 1, 2015 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: Yesterday, many people celebrated a most unbiblical event, Halloween. It’s not only unbiblical, but God calls it an abomination, since it glorifies evil spirits and demons. He forbids us from all kinds of divination, “Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them” (Lev 19:31; Acts 16:16). But for most Reformed Christians, October 31 is better known as…

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The Wedding at Cana: Much More Than a Miracle

  Exodus 40:34-38; Ezekiel 10:18-19; John 2:1-11 (text) October 25, 2015 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: In the introduction to the Gospel of John, I mentioned that the Apostle John arranged his book not chronologically. He usually followed up an event in Jewish life, particularly their ceremonial feasts, with Jesus’ teaching concerning himself as the fulfillment of those feasts and institutions such as the temple. This is what John does in the story about the wedding at Cana where Jesus turned water into wine. Although this…

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Gospel of John Sermons 

The Baptizer’s Testimony About Jesus

Isaiah 11:1-5; John 1:19-42 (text) October 18, 2015 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Last Sunday, in our study of the Prologue of the Gospel of John, “the disciple that Jesus loved” introduced John the Baptizer’s role in the coming of Christ: “There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light” (John 1:6-8). Our study today…

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