“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”

Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:18-23; Revelation 21:1-4 December 2, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: Today, the first Sunday of Advent 2018, we will begin a series of studies on the Scriptural basis for four of the most beautiful Christmas songs churches sing. Most Christmas songs that are popularly sung in […]
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Dec, 03, 2018
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Doubting, Rejecting, and Resting in Jesus

Jeremiah 6:16; Matthew 11:1-30 November 11, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ, in all of human history, most people always had doubted and rejected God and his Word, the Bible. Abraham doubted God’s promise that he would have a covenant son after 25 years of waiting on God. Gideon doubted God’s […]
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Nov, 11, 2018
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“Speak the Truth in Love”

Proverbs 10:19; 15:1; Ephesians 4:11-16 October 21, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: Guess how many things are posted by people from all over the world on Facebook daily: 293,000 statuses, 510,000 comments, and 136,000 photos. This means that people around the world will have written 422 million posts by the […]
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- Posted in Ephesians, Proverbs, Sermons
Oct, 22, 2018
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True Discipleship

Matthew 10:1-42 October 14, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: We’ve been going through the Gospel of Matthew for a few months now. Chapters 1-4 tell us about Jesus: his miraculous birth by a virgin woman; his ordination by God at his baptism, and his temptation in the wilderness by […]
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Oct, 16, 2018
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Miracles, Faith and Service: Grumbling Against Jesus’ Divinity

Exodus 34:1-7; Matthew 8:23-27; 9:1-38 September 30, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: Last Sunday, in Matthew 8, we learned that Jesus performed miracles for several reasons. First, he announced that with his arrival, the kingdom of God has also arrived (Matt 10:7–8). A second purpose of the miracles is […]
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Oct, 03, 2018
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Only Two Ways to Live (Part 2)

Psalm 18:1-3; Matthew 7:21-29 September 16, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Christ was the Rock that followed Israel in the desert, giving them spiritual drink. Dear Congregation of Christ: Someone once said, “I believe in both a creative and personal God, a divinely ordered universe, that man has an innate moral sense, and […]
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Sep, 17, 2018
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Three Kingdom Laws: The “Golden Rule”

Deuteronomy 16:18-20; Matthew 7:1-12 September 2, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Jesus is not being a racist here. He is talking about the spiritual state of unbelievers –dogs and pigs – who stubbornly refuse to repent of their sins and reject him and his gospel. Dear Congregation of Christ: Do you know that the […]
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Sep, 04, 2018
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Jesus Our Psalm-Singing Worship Leader

Psalm 118:1-29; Matthew 26:30-32; Hebrews 2:10-12 August 26, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: Who among you are not familiar with the chorus, “This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” This short song is from Psalm 118 verse 24, one […]
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Aug, 28, 2018
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The Temple Destroyed, Then Raised Up

Christ, the Church, and every Christian is God’s temple Amos 9:1-15; Acts 15:12-17 August 19, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: Concerning the end times, someone wrote, “the Antichrist will allow the religious Jews to rebuild the Temple and to initiate daily sacrifices… Now the rebuilding of the Temple constitutes […]
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Aug, 26, 2018
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“Justice into Poison, Righteousness into Bitterness”

Amos 6:1-14; Ephesians 3:14-19 July 15, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: Once in a while, when listening to Pandora music, the 1960s song by the Rolling Stones, “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction!” plays. This song was banned at first, then later, some of the words were censored because of sexual […]
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Aug, 07, 2018
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