Christmas Matthew Psalms 

“Break the Arm of the Wicked!”

Psalm 10:1-18; Matthew 2:16-23 December 31, 2017 • Download this sermon (PDF) Beloved Congregation of Christ: Now that Christmas festivities are over, are you experiencing post-Christmas blues? One day, you’re exchanging presents and enjoying cheesecake with your kids and grandkids, the next day, you’re all alone in the house. This feeling is not merely something we read on the Internet or hear from friends, but is real. It happens to all of us. The Christmas narrative seems to end in a similar letdown. There was exceeding joy when the angels…

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Christmas Luke Psalms Sermons 

“Joy to the World!”

  Psalm 98:1-9; Luke 2:8-14 December 24, 2017 • Download this sermon (PDF) Beloved Congregation of Christ: “Merry Christmas!” “Happy Holidays!” “Are you ready for Christmas?” These are a few greetings that we usually hear every Christmas season. Today is one of the most important days of the year for Americans. All of us long to be “home for Christmas” or “home for the holidays,” so we can gather together with our families. And we also love to sing and listen to our favorite Christmas carols. Speaking of Christmas carols,…

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Christmas Luke Psalms Sermons 

“Blessed is He Whose Hope is in the LORD”

Psalm 146:1-10; Luke 1:46-55 December 10, 2017 • Download this sermon (PDF) Beloved Congregation of Christ: Daily, we are faced with many choices, and one of the most important choices is whom to trust: other people (including ourselves), or God. Most of the time, even Christians choose the first, whether consciously or unconsciously. It’s our hearts over our minds. We know that the Bible commands us to trust the LORD rather than other people. In the past, we used to trust politicians who run our nation. For the most part,…

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Christmas Psalms Sermons 

“Remember Your Congregation”

  Psalm 74:1-23; Luke 1:67-80December 3, 2017 • Download this sermon (PDF) Beloved Congregation of Christ: Do you remember seeing images of Muslims in the Middle East celebrating the destruction of the Twin Towers in New York on 9/11? In addition to that, there were reports, not televised, in New Jersey of a few Muslims who also celebrated the terrorist attacks. Our text today is a psalm of lament by Israel after the Babylonians invaded their land and destroyed their cities and their fields. They also destroyed their capital city…

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Psalms Romans Sermons 

“His Steadfast Love Endures Forever”

  Psalm 116:1-19; Romans 12:1-2 November 26, 2017 • Download this sermon (PDF) Beloved Congregation of Christ: We often hear people exclaiming, “Hallelujah!” when they are so happy that something that they had been waiting for has come. For most people today, this word is nothing more than “Hooray!” or “Yippee!” For the Beatles, hallelujah is merely a praise word for their Hindu God Krishna in their song “My Sweet Lord.” In the movie Shrek, “Hallelujah” became the most popular song. But in this song, the Jewish writer, Leonard Cohen,…

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Psalms Romans Sermons 

A Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving

  Psalm 116:1-19; Romans 12:1-2 November 19, 2017 • Download this sermon (PDF) Beloved Congregation of Christ: This Thanksgiving Day, what are you most thankful for? But on Thursday, most Americans will be focused on turkey, football and alcohol. Last year’s celebrity tweets were good examples of this focus. Singer Bruno Mars posted on Twitter a picture of himself soaking in a bathtub with champagne in his hand and wrote, “If this don’t look thankful I don’t know what does.” Ellen Degeneres sent a picture of her and her two…

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Hebrews Joshua Psalms Sermons 

“Sanctuary Cities”

  Joshua 20:1-9; Hebrews 6:17-20 September 10, 2017 ● Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Do you know what Machiavellianism is? The word comes from the Italian Renaissance diplomat and writer Niccolò Machiavelli, born in 1469, who wrote the popular book The Prince. In this book, Machiavelli proposed that all actions, whether good or evil, the state exercises to achieve and preserve its power are justified. In time, his proposition was summarized as, “the end justifies the means.” Individually, one can deceive, lie, steal, even commit murder, to achieve…

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Joshua Psalms Sermons 

“Divide This Land for an Inheritance”

  Joshua 13:1-14:15; 2 Corinthians 1:20-22 August 20, 2017 ● Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Near the beginning of our study of the Book of Joshua, we learned that after crossing the Jordan River on dry ground, the Israelites were commanded by God to set up a memorial of 12 stones, each stone representing a tribe of Israel. The memorial was built so that the following generations of Israelites would know that their forefathers crossed the river after the LORD dried it up. Then they would fear the…

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Joshua Psalms Sermons 

The LORD’s Northern Campaign

Joshua 11:1-23; 12:1, 7-8; John 6:38-40 August 13, 2017 ● Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: In recent days, there has been much saber-rattling between the United States and North Korea. North Korea threatens to send a few missiles to the waters near Guam, and the United States has threatened retaliation “with fire and fury like the world has never seen.” Both are flexing their nuclear muscles, but the whole world knows that the United States can destroy the whole world many times over with its weapons. Both countries…

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Hebrews Psalms Sermons 

Jesus Our Great High Priest

  Psalm 110:1-7; Hebrews 4:14-5:14 January 29, 2017 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: In many mainline churches such as Presbyterian, Lutheran and Methodist churches, the pastor wears a robe or pulpit gown. Why do these pastors wear a robe? Are they imitating the priests of the Romand Catholic or Eastern Orthodox churches, with their expensive, elaborate and ornate vestments? They aren’t, because the robe they wear is inexpensive, simple and usually black or white, with a stole over it. Also, wearing a pulpit gown is not of…

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