Sermons
Often our faith doesn't need new information, rather we need to be reminded of the story to which we belong if we are in Christ. God's word helps us to stand firm, recognize false teaching, and trust in God's promises.
To hear the word of grace, the word of God, tacitly believe in it, then to walk away chasing competing voices is no better than a dog who returns to their vomit. Our task is to listen to God's word understanding that Christ is the center of reality and the only voice that matters. All others are false.
Rejecting the wisdom of God and his word makes us more foolish than a donkey. Our confidence comes only in obedience and trust in God; therefore, we need to fight to hear God's voice over all the competing voices.
God is both a rescuer and judge, and it depends on what you believe about him and his truth that reveals which one he is for you.
The call to salvation and the call to follow Jesus are the same call. Therefore, the christian life is a life on the move. It is not static. It is a dynamic life always moving toward Christ.
As we continue our Confident in Chaos series, Thomas Walters reminds us that we make every effort for spiritual growth because it is God's power that works in us.
We begin our 2 Peter series, "Confident in Chaos," with a sermon entitled "Granted All Things." We have everything we need to have confidence in this world.
Christ is the the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End who holds the keys of death, and he is alive right now. This truth means that we, as Christians, can fully embrace his admonish to "fear not."
Giving is a pathway to freedom, but that pathway is only to freedom when Christ is held in His proper place in you life. When Christ is in the proper place in our lives our giving will produce fruit, joy, and blessing.
In these verses Paul makes it clear that joy is not something that just happens. Joy can be purposely pursued and its source is never bound. In Christ, we can truly have joy, always.