"church" Tagged Sermons (Page 3)
What Is The Church
handout During this time of “social isolation,” when we as a body of believers are unable to assemble in person at a specific physical location, it is important for us to understand what the “church” is and is not. So, in today’s lesson, we are going to examine what Jesus was referring to when He said, “I will build My church” in Matthew 16:18. Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do…
A STRANGE DYNAMIC IN THE CHURCH
Do you ever feel out of place? Do you ever feel like you are different? Do you ever feel like you are a stranger? As Christians, we are supposed to feel this way because, according to 1 Peter 2:11, we are “aliens and strangers” in this world. But what does such an identity entail? The book of 1 Peter is a “how to” guide for strangeness, and, so, we turn to it to discover how we are to be odd…
DEVOTED TO EVANGELISM
Sermon Handout Scriptures indicates that there is a pattern to be followed in the church that pertains to certain teachings and practices. Such a pattern is reveled in a brief description of the church that Luke provides for us (Acts 2:42-47). In these 6 narrative verses we discover 8 different practices or activities to which the early church “devoted themselves” and/or emphasized, providing for us a pattern to be followed. 42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the…
DEVOTED TO BENEVOLENCE
Sermon Handout Scriptures indicates that there is a pattern to be followed in the church that pertains to certain teachings and practices. Such a pattern is reveled in a brief description of the church that Luke provides for us (Acts 2:42-47). In these 6 narrative verses we discover 8 different practices or activities to which the early church “devoted themselves” and/or emphasized, providing for us a pattern to be followed. 42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the…