Sermons from 2015 (Page 2)

Opportunities at Work

This week ranges through the ways that the Gospel transforms our aim with work. We will look at our sense of calling and vocation, our understanding of how all work joins with God’s work, the sense of common grace, and how we can live out our faith in word and deed in our different types of work. Key passage: Colossians 3:23-24. SERMON OUTLINE “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human…

Love at Work

This week explores the need to reorient our lives around Christ and to submit everything to him, including our work. We will specifically explore topics of the way in which we do our work and how Jesus shows us the way to work. This includes ethics, the way we treat others, and learning to appropriately love our coworkers. Key passage: Mark 12:28-34. SERMON OUTLINE “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all…

Difficulties at Work

This week focuses on the difficulties we develop with work, including fruitlessness, selfishness, meaninglessness, and idolatry from Genesis 3, Ecclesiastes, Genesis 11, and Exodus 34. SERMON OUTLINE Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.” (John 5:17) The Fall: Unclothed (Genesis 3:7, 17-19) Jesus: The Messiah Who Works (Luke 22:39-23:49) Yielded to God in work (Luke 22:39-46) Disappointed by others at work (Luke 22:47-62) Accused by others at work…

God at Work

This week explores work from the perspective of God’s plan from creation for work (Genesis 1-3; 1 Corinthians 7:17). It will address God’s overall intent in work, the dignity of work, then work as dominion and cultivation and service. SERMON OUTLINE “God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves…

Deep | Wide | Multiplied

Vision Weekend, 2015. Key passage: Psalm 1. SERMON OUTLINE “That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither – whatever they do prospers.” (Psalm 1:3) The Good and Happy Life Deep: Growing in Christ Wide: Reaching People Multiplied: Reproducing Disciples DISCUSSION QUESTIONS What are you looking forward to most in your life as you move from Summer into Fall? This weekend we are focusing our attention…

Real Wisdom

Key passages: James 1:1-6; 3:13-18 SERMON OUTLINE But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. (James 3:17) The Need for Wisdom (James 1:1-6) Difficulty Situations Difficult Decisions Wisdom defined Wisdom Lessons (James 3:13-18) Solomon Jesus (Matthew 12:42) Real Wisdom _______________________________ Differing Examples of Wisdom (James 3:13-18) Wisdom from the Earth Wisdom from Above Self-Evaluation How do you relate to people? How do you…

Sex and Marriage

Key passages: Genesis 2:20-25; Song of Songs 8:4-14; Proverbs 5:1-23; Ephesians 5:1-2, 21-33 SERMON OUTLINE “Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one’s house for love, it would be utterly scorned.” (Song of Songs 8:7) Sexuality and the Covenant of Marriage (Genesis 2:20-25) Powerful partners in the world Covenant relationship and sexuality The Joy of Married Sexuality (Song of Songs 8:4-14) Timeliness Verbal intimacy Physical intimacy Emotional intimacy…

Sex and the Single Christian

This week we will talk through what it means to be single – young or old – and live as a follower of Jesus in a sexualized society out of 1 Peter 2, 1 Corinthians 6, and 1 Peter 1. SERMON OUTLINE “Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your…

Out of a Far Country

This week we will hear Christopher Yuan and his parents share their family testimony in services, then have a Sunday evening session with Christopher Yuan more specifically addressing homosexuality..

God’s View of Sexuality

This week we will explore the essential nature of our sexuality as created by God, and how that fits into our understanding of discipleship and being human before God in a broken world. SERMON OUTLINE “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them.” (Genesis 1:27) 4 Failures of the Church: _________________________: failure to speak adequately on these issues _________________________: failure to move beyond the “Culture War” mentality _________________________________: failure to convey a…