Sermons on Family
Embracing “Gladitude” in 2024
Philippians 2:1-4 Christ’s Example of Humility 2 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests…
The Five Solas / Getting it Right from the Start – week 5 – Soli Deo Gloria
Genesis 45:4-13 4 So Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” And they came near. And he said, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6 For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.…
Can I Get a Witness? – Acts – Week 50 – Blue Collared Salvation / Pt 3 Liberating Freedom
Acts 16:25-34 The Philippian Jailer Converted 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, 26 and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were unfastened. 27 When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had…
Titus – Lessons for the Church – Week 6 – Teach what is Good
Titus 2:1-5 Teach Sound Doctrine 2 But as for you, teach what accords with sound[a] doctrine. 2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. 3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands,…
Titus – Lessons for the Church – Week 2 – Family Man
Titus 1:5-9 Qualifications for Elders 5 This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— 6 if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,[a] and his children are believers[b] and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. 7 For an overseer,[c] as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or…
Proverbs / Wisdom for Life – Week 9 – God’s Design for Stewardship
Proverbs 3:5-8, 13 ESV5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart,and do not lean on your own understanding.6 In all your ways acknowledge him,and he will make straight your paths.7 Be not wise in your own eyes;fear the LORD, and turn away from evil.8 It will be healing to your fleshand refreshment to your bones. Blessed Is the One Who Finds Wisdom13 Blessed is the one who finds wisdom,and the one who gets understanding, Proverbs 16:4 ESV4 The LORD…
Proverbs / Wisdom for Life – Week 8 – God’s Design for Family/Parenting
Proverbs 3:5-8, 13 ESV5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart,and do not lean on your own understanding.6 In all your ways acknowledge him,and he will make straight your paths.7 Be not wise in your own eyes;fear the LORD, and turn away from evil.8 It will be healing to your fleshand refreshment to your bones.Blessed Is the One Who Finds Wisdom13 Blessed is the one who finds wisdom,and the one who gets understanding, Proverbs 22:6 ESV6 Train up a…
Proverbs / Wisdom for Life – Week 6 – God’s Design for Sex
Proverbs 3:5-8, 13 ESV5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart,and do not lean on your own understanding.6 In all your ways acknowledge him,and he will make straight your paths.7 Be not wise in your own eyes;fear the LORD, and turn away from evil.8 It will be healing to your fleshand refreshment to your bones. Blessed Is the One Who Finds Wisdom13 Blessed is the one who finds wisdom,and the one who gets understanding, Proverbs 2:16 ESV16 So you…
Prayer – Week 2 – Defining Marriage and Why It Matters
2 Thessalonians 1:11 11 To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, PDF – Paul and His View on Homosexuality: Looking for Clarity for the Modern Church by Pastor Jody May PDF – The Christian Doctrine of Marriage by Dr. J. Alan Branch PDF – HCC Bylaw Amendments
Light and Love, Week 4 – Discovering Your Status
1 John 2:12-14 Reasons for Writing 12 I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning.I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. 14 I write to you, dear children, because you know the Father.I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning.I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word…
Light and Love, Week 3 – Learning How to Love
1 John 2:3-11 Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers 3 We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. 4 Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. 5 But if anyone obeys his word, love for God[a] is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus…
lUKE, Week 89 – God’s Kingdom and His Children
Luke 18:15-17 Let the Children Come to Me 15 Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 17 Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”
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