Recent Sermons
True Love
Romans 12:9 Main Point: Love truly by hating all evil and holding fast to all good. I. Love truly by hating all that is evil. “True love is not a directionless emotion or something that can only be felt but not expressed. Love is not genuine when it leads a person to...
Saved to Serve
Romans 12:4-8 Main Point: Strive to be a humble servant that embraces both the unity and the diversity of the body of Christ. You were saved to serve. I. Embrace the Unity of the One Body of Christ - vv. 4-5. II. Embrace the Diversity of the One Body of Christ - vv....
Right Thinking
Romans 12:3 Main Point: Think rightly by putting off pride and putting on biblical humility. I. Beware of Pride - v. 3a “There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,...
Grace and Duty
Romans 12:1-2 Main Point: On the basis of God’s mercy to us in Christ, our duty is to offer ourselves as a living sacrifice to God. I. Christ’s Call to Discipleship - v. 1. 2 Cor. 5:14-15 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that...
Amazed By Grace
Romans 11:33-36 Main Point: God’s amazing grace causes us to look back on our redemption with a humble awe that gives all of the glory to God. I. The Wow of Redemption - v. 33. Eph 2:1-3. Eph. 2:4-9. Eph. 2:10 Eph. 2:19-22 II. The Humility of Redemption - vv....
Marks of a Healthy (and Faithful) Church Evangelism and Discipleship
This sermon is in a series on Marks of a Healthy Church, inspired by Mark Dever's book, 9 Marks of a Healthy Church. Main Point: Based upon his authority as the exalted Christ, the Lord Jesus commissions his church to evangelize and disciple the nations, promising his...
Saved from What and How? Converted to What?
This sermon is in a series on Marks of a Healthy Church, inspired by Mark Dever's book, 9 Marks of a Healthy Church. Main Point: Turn from sin to Christ and live a new life for which man was originally created. I. Wake up to your danger and to why Christ came...
God’s View of Church Membership and Discipline
This sermon is in a series on Marks of a Healthy Church, inspired by Mark Dever's book, 9 Marks of a Healthy Church. Believers are called to be members of a local church and under the spiritual protection of Elders/Pastors. I. Understanding What a Church Is II....
Expository Preaching
This sermon is in a series on Marks of a Healthy Church, inspired by Mark Dever's book, 9 Marks of a Healthy Church. Main Point: The 1st Mark of a Healthy Church is a commitment to Expositional Preaching I. What is Expositional Preaching?“Preaching that takes for the...
The Mercy for the Disobedient
Romans 11:28-32 God is faithful to His promises to be merciful to a disobedient people from both the Jews and the Gentiles.
The Mystery of Salvation
Romans 11:25-27 Embrace the mystery of election and know that God will save all of His people from both the Gentiles and Israel.
Pride & Grace
Romans 11:17-24 Cultivate humility by embracing both justice and grace. Tremble and trust in Christ alone. “The excision, of which he speaks, could not apply to individuals, whose election is unchangeable, based on the eternal purpose of God.” – John Calvin “Paul...
Holy Root & Holy Branches
Romans 11:16-18 If you are connected to God’s holy root, then you are holy in His sight.
Making Israel Jealous
Romans 11:11-15 God will make Israel jealous in order to restore them through the gospel. “The salvation of ‘all Israel’ will be the climax of this age and will be followed by the resurrection.” – Thomas Schreiner “At the climax of this age, her (Israel) hardening...
Hardened by God
Romans 11:7-10 Main Point: God mercifully grants faith and justly hardens a sinful, unbelieving heart! I. The Elect Obtain Right Standing with God - v. 7a. Romans 10:3 For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not...