“The Tree is Known by Its Fruit”
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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreGenesis 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…
Read MoreJeremiah 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…
Read MoreJeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 8:1-13 (text) February 19, 2017 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Let me read a quote from a recent article by a well-known seminary professor: before [Israel’s] monarchy, the historical nature of the biblical accounts is either utterly unclear or in direct tension with the general outline of history that has come to light in the past century or so. Historically speaking, we really don’t know where the Israelites came from, and the exodus and conquest stories, which are so central to the biblical…
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