“Created for Relationship” Gen 2:4-25 (Preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship church on 9/14/25) Intro: The greatest possible earthly joy: to be known and loved and to know and love another. The greatest possible joy: to know God and experience His love in your heart. -When we are alone—without friends/family/community/separated from God—we wither -When […]
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James 3:1-12 “The TONGUE” Intro: 16,000 Words; Insignificant/sig; Regret/glad; kind/harsh; patient/impatient; sad words/joyful words; clean/foul -Our words have great power—power to wound/heal and change people and situations for the better and worse -Something wrong in our talk: we don’t use our words that we ought to. -But, in the gospel, we can be made new […]
James 2:1-13 “Partiality, Prejudice, and the Gospel” (Preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville, Illinois on 7/6/25) Intro: Centennial Beach Discrimination (age, weight, income, race, background, education); Public outcry (media) -GOOD human longing for justice and equality in society (Christians and Non-Christians both want this!) -Evil of racism, sexism, agism, and prejudice against some […]
Hosea 6-7 “Repentance” Intro: Texting while Driving; Junk Food; Wreckless Spending –>Repentance Repentance=turning from one way of living/thinking/feeling to another way of living/thinking/feeling. -Christianity=Repentance is turning away from sin and unbelief and turn to God and His ways. -If we are to follow God, we must see both the goodness of repentance and our need […]
Hosea 4-5: “Knowledge of God” (Preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship on 5.11.25) INTRO: Atheists=God does not exist; Agnostics=God cannot be known. -Philosophical agnostics; Practical agnostics; Religious agnostics -God’s Word shows us the great error and evil of this position: It is possible, right, and good to know God. –Man’s great problem: they do not […]
Eph 6:10-13 “Armor of God” Part 1 Intro: Imagine you were born in France in the 1350—you were born into a war (100 years war [France/England]) -We too were born into a time of war—spiritual war. Conflict between the devil and God’s angels and people. -Jesus Christ is our victor, and won a decisive victory […]
Eph 5:22-24 “A Word to Christian Wives” Intro: Life is full submitting: traffic officer; doctor; employer. -Goodness of submission to legitimate authorities: protection, care, and benefit to self & others. –Today we consider the goodness of another kind of submission: wives to their own husbands. -This is an offensive idea to our culture and also […]
Matt 25:31-46 “Jesus, Lord of History Part 5” INTRO: Busy schedules. Playdates. Installing new windows in our home. Hoping for a promotion at our job. Striving for a work-life balance. Wondering if we’re doing enough for our children to help them succeed. Grocery shopping. Schoolwork. Seeing friends. Deadlines. Trying to exercise more. Keeping our homes […]
Matt 25:1-30: “Jesus, Lord of History: Part 4” INTRO: Today we continue our time in the gospel of Matthew. Matthew was one of Jesus’ apostles and this is historical account of Jesus’ life and ministry. It is called a gospel because it tells us the good news of Jesus’ person and work. Jesus is the […]
Matt 24:15-35 “Jesus, the Lord of History: Part 2” Intro: Is history moving in a particular direction? Is there a story to history? Is there a ‘meta-narrative,’ or a big story that all of history fits within? Theologian Michael Horton accurately describes how many around us answer this question today in our modern secular culture. […]
