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“The Tree is Known by Its Fruit”

January 16, 2019September 25, 2019 BigSpringsbearing fruits, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, Jeremiah 7, Jesus' mother and brothers, Matthew 12, unpardonable sin

The unpardonable sin is accusing Jesus as an agent of Satan in persistent, knowing, deliberate unbelief and hate; that the works of the Spirit done through him are the works of Satan.

Isaiah Matthew Sermons

Which Soil are You?

January 15, 2019September 25, 2019 BigSpringsevangelism, good soil, hard soil, Isaiah 6, Matthew 13, Parable of the Sower, rocky soil, thorny soil

Four kinds of soil: Deaf and Dead; Shallow and Skin-Deep; Depraved and Decadent; Fertile and Fruitful. The good soil will bear fruit in an honest and good heart, but it will be a struggle so that they have to be steadfast in what they have heard. But with patience through the choking thorns of our earthly life, God has promised that we will surely bear fruit.

Advent Christmas Sermons

Advent 2018 Sermon Series on Christmas Hymns

January 1, 2019September 25, 2019 BigSprings

This year, I chose to preach an Advent Series based on four of the most beautiful, theologically-sound hymns of Christmas. You can read the sermons and sing-along here.

Genesis Jeremiah Matthew Sermons

Mothers Weeping, Children Rejoicing

December 31, 2018September 25, 2019 BigSpringsBabylonian exile, Genesis 35, Herod, Jeremiah 31, massacre of the innocents, Matthew 2, Rachel weeping, wise men from the east

Genesis 35:16-20; Jeremiah 31:10-17; Matthew 2:13-18 December 30, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: Here’s a Christmas Day tweet from a self-styled ultra-liberal socialist U.S. Representative-elect: “Joy to the World! Merry Christmas everyone – here’s to a holiday filled with happiness, family, and love for all people. (Including refugee babies in mangers + their parents.).” She was comparing the migrant caravans trying to cross into the U.S. illegally, to Joseph and the pregnant Mary going to Bethlehem to register according to the order of Caesar Augustus…

Christmas John Luke Psalms Sermons

“Of the Father’s Love Begotten”

December 25, 2018September 25, 2019 BigSpringsAdvent, Christmas, John 1, Luke 1, Luke 2, Of the Father's Love Begotten, only-begotten, Psalm 2, Son of God

In the New Testament, the Son of God begets sons of God – children of God – when they believe in his name (John 1:12, 14). And when Christ returns, God would have accomplished what he had planned from creation: perfect communion between him and his adopted children in a new heaven and new earth where his people will dwell with him “evermore and evermore!”

Christmas Isaiah Luke Sermons

“What Child is This?”

December 19, 2018September 25, 2019 BigSpringsAdvent, Christmas, Isaiah 9, Luke 2, Prince of Peace, What Child is This

Scripture Readings: Isaiah 9:6-7; Luke 2:8-14 December 16, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Today is the third Sunday of the Advent season. This season, the month of December, I’m preaching on the beautiful songs of Christmas, and how they refer to the Bible. In the last two Sundays, we studied the hymns, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” and “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming.” Today, we will study the beautiful Christmas hymn, “What Child is This?” This is one of the more Biblical modern Christmas hymns. It came from…

Christmas Christmas Hymns Isaiah Philippians Sermons Song of Solomon

“Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming”

December 11, 2018September 25, 2019 BigSpringsIsaiah 11, Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming, Philippians 2, Rose of Sharon, Song of Songs 2

How can one man’s atoning sacrifice cover these multitudes of sins of multitudes of people? Because Jesus Christ is also infinite God, so his sacrifice has infinite and eternal value (John 1:29; Hebrews 10:14).

Christmas Isaiah Matthew Revelation Sermons

“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”

December 3, 2018September 25, 2019 BigSpringsChristmas, God with us, Immanuel, Isaiah 7, John 1, Matthew 1, O Come O Come Emmanuel, Revelation 21, tabernacle, virgin Mary

Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:18-23; Revelation 21:1-4 December 2, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: Today, the first Sunday of Advent 2018, we will begin a series of studies on the Scriptural basis for four of the most beautiful Christmas songs churches sing. Most Christmas songs that are popularly sung in churches are narratives like “Once in Royal David’s City,” sentimental like “Silent Night,” and childish folksiness like “Away in a Manger.” But with “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” there is hardly any narrative, and no…

Jeremiah Matthew Sermons

Doubting, Rejecting, and Resting in Jesus

November 11, 2018September 25, 2019 BigSpringsassurance of salvation, doubting Jesus, Jeremiah 6, Matthew 11, resting in Jesus

Jeremiah 6:16; Matthew 11:1-30 November 11, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ, in all of human history, most people always had doubted and rejected God and his Word, the Bible. Abraham doubted God’s promise that he would have a covenant son after 25 years of waiting on God. Gideon doubted God’s promise of victory over Israel’s enemies and asked for a sign from God twice. And we all know how the idiom “Doubting Thomas” was coined. Today, there are even more people who doubt and even…

Ephesians Proverbs Sermons

“Speak the Truth in Love”

October 22, 2018September 25, 2019 BigSpringscage-stage Calvinists, doctrines of grace, Ephesians 4, five points of Calvinism, law and gospel, proverbs, social media, speak the truth in love, three uses of the law, Tulip

Proverbs 10:19; 15:1; Ephesians 4:11-16 October 21, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: Guess how many things are posted by people from all over the world on Facebook daily: 293,000 statuses, 510,000 comments, and 136,000 photos. This means that people around the world will have written 422 million posts by the end of this year. How many tweets do people publish? 350,000 every minute, or 500 million per day. And to top it all off, there are over 350 million blogs on the Internet. Everyone wants…