Only Two Ways to Live (Part 2)

  Psalm 18:1-3; Matthew 7:21-29 September 16, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Christ was the Rock that followed Israel in the desert, giving them spiritual drink. Dear Congregation of Christ: Someone once said, “I believe in both a creative and personal God, a divinely ordered universe, that man has an innate moral sense, and that Jesus was a great moral teacher, perhaps the greatest the world has witnessed… I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus.” Was this person who wrote…

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Matthew Sermons 

Three Kingdom Laws: The “Golden Rule”

Deuteronomy 16:18-20; Matthew 7:1-12 September 2, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Jesus is not being a racist here. He is talking about the spiritual state of unbelievers –dogs and pigs – who stubbornly refuse to repent of their sins and reject him and his gospel. Dear Congregation of Christ: Do you know that the saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover” was first written by George Eliot in an 1860 book called The Mill on the Floss? This familiar saying simply means that we shouldn’t judge something based…

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Ecclesiastes Sermons 

“When You Go to the House of God”

  Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 (text); Matthew 7:21-27 © November 2, 2014 • Download this sermon (PDF) Introduction Beloved brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus Christ: Many evangelicals have a very low regard for the Lord’s Day. Their priority is their own pleasure and convenience on the Lord’s Day. If there’s no get-together, no outing, no important sports event, then they remember to attend the worship service. If they didn’t stay late for a Saturday night party, then they come. A survey released last week by Ligonier Ministries says that 52…

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