We talk about the Resurrection and our call to be witnesses to the work of the living Christ in our lives. Sermon Scripture: Acts 5:17–32 But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy they arrested the apostles and put them…
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Sermons from April 2019
Before Christendom is our Sunday morning adult education series right now. We are studying the writings that were not considered Scripture but still were around in the early part of the Christian movement. Today we take a look at one heretical work (the Gospel of Judas) as well as two apologists (Clement of Alexandria and…
We celebrate Easter Sunday today talking about Jesus’ vocation of Prophet and how Christianity is a future oriented faith. Sermon Scripture: Luke 24:1–12 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,…
We talk about Jesus’ kingship and what it means for us to confess Him as our King. Sermon Scripture: Philippians 2:5–9 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself,…
“Before Christendom” is our Sunday morning Christian education topic currently. In it, we explore the writings of Christians (and opponents of Christianity) from 100 to 350 AD. This week we talked about three writings from around 170 AD: The Infancy Gospel of James, the heretical writing of Marcion, and the Acts of Peter.
We talk about risk. We are called by God to risk our lives because He risked His life (and lost it!) on us. Sermon Scripture: Luke 20:9–18 And he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long…
“Before Christendom” is a series of our Sunday morning education time. Today we talked about three people/writings from the mid 100’s AD: the Apocalypse of Peter, Polycarp, and Ignatius of Antioch.