Where do I fit in the grand scheme of God’s kingdom. In the grand purpose of the Church, what is my role? This week we begin an examination of God’s organization plan for the “work of the ministry,” and how God intends us to find and fill needed jobs in the Kingdom. Bonus introduction about moms on Mother’s day!
(This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on May 8, 2016.)
Having established the importance and prevalence of social media in the life of today’s Christian, we now must ask: how can we beneficially use these platforms? What sorts of problems will we face? How might we lead people closer to God, or become a stumbling block to them?
(This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on April 24, 2016.)
Social media has permeated every area of our lives. As it becomes a bigger part of the American experience, the question is apt: does God’s word have any guidance for us as we engage with this technology? And does it even matter?
(This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on April 17, 2016. For more interesting reading, see the current findings from the Pew Research Center.)
Adoption is a wonderful thing. It takes a great deal of love and dedication to adopt, and can be a wonderful blessing to the adopted children. It is perhaps no surprise then, that our relationship with God should be compared with adoption. How and why are we adopted by God, and what does that mean for us?
(This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on February 14, 2016.)
The church in Laodicea was somewhat unique among the churches in Asia. Their problem was not external, either persecution or lack of prosperity; their problem was almost entirely internal. They had it too easy. What did this ease do to the Christians there, and how did Jesus address it?
(This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on January 31, 2016.)
Jesus has no condemnation for the church in Philadelphia, only praise. What was the church doing that Jesus loved so much? How can we emulate that congregation in the midst of a world that tries to drag us from Jesus?
(This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on January 24, 2016.)
What is the difference between perception and reality? What makes our perception of something closer or farther from the way it really is? And how do these questions impact our relationships with the Father? As we examine Jesus’ letter to the church in Sardis, these questions form a helpful frame for the discussion.
(This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on Janurary 10, 2016.)
It is easy to complain about all the things that are wrong with the church because fundamentally, we are really complaining about people. But what about the amazing things Christ established the church for? I am certain that if you simply looked around, you would see truly wonderful things taking place where you are, things that can truly inspire thanksgiving.
(This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on January 17, 2016.)
We hate intolerance, yet in Jesus’ letter to the church in Thyatira, tolerance is the sin he condemns them for. The New Testament presents us with an interesting double standard approach to tolerating sin, ending with this denunciation of the church in Thyatira. What about their tolerance was so wrong?
(This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on January 3, 2016.)
Why would someone defy persecution and hold to Christ in the face of death, yet refuse to follow the teachings of Christ? This is just one aspect of an inconsistent faith that Christ addresses in his letters to the seven churches. In this letter, he tells the church in Pergamum exactly what he thinks of this inconsistency.
(This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on December 27, 2015.)
Watts in the Word 