Text: Colossians 2:1-7 Title: Paul’s Concern for the Church Theme of the book of Colossians: Jesus Christ: The preeminent and all-sufficient Savior Theme of Text: Don’t be deceived by false teachers, Christ should be the center of your life! Proposition: Make Christ the center of your life! Introduction…

Introduction How many of you have ever gone through the ordeal of teaching your teenage child how to drive? It’s nerve wracking isn’t it? Well, let’s be clear about it… it’s not only nerve wracking for the parent, it’s nerve wracking for the teen as well. [am I right?] I can recall being scared to death…

Introducción ¿Cuántos de ustedes han pasado por la terrible experiencia de enseñarle a conducir a su hijo adolescente? Es estresante, ¿no es así? Bueno, seamos claros al respecto ... no es solo una angustia para los padres, sino también una angustia para los adolescentes. Recuerdo que me sentí muerto…

Philippians 2: 1-18 Matt 5:13 reads as follows: “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. At a meeting some young people were discussing this text,…

Review In John 6 we saw crowds seeking out Jesus because of the miracles He performed, and the way He fed the crowd of 5000 men, plus women and children, from just two fish and five small barley loaves. The people were amazed and sought Him out the next day, because they wanted Jesus to keep providing…

Introduction A group of children were comparing home situations. The banker’s son said proudly, “My father gives me a dollar each week for being good.” The lawyer’s son said he received fifty cents. The widow’s son complained that he only got twenty-five cents. Then the preacher’s son spoke up. “My father’s…

We are looking at what it takes to be a true follower, a true disciple of Jesus. What is shocking is that When Jesus was teaching, we find that many of his disciples turned away. From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. As we consider this, I believe those “disciples”…

The world’s expectation is that we exalt ourselves, but Jesus leads the way in humility.

For years while I was growing up, America was described as a Christian Nation. We are responsible for most missionary work all over the world. American missionaries have built hospitals, orphanages, schools and more all over the world. In the years after WW II, soldiers came back from war with a compassion…

Sermon Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing…

As the Church fulfills its responsibility to serve and encourage one another, God gives spiritual growth to the church. Through the two roles in the church, God gives two responsibilities, which when we are faithful yield two results for the edification of the body.

“We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”[1] What is the…

Philip. 3:1 “Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.” (KJV) It is natural for most people to rejoice when good things happen to them, but the book of Philippians is full of other occasions for praise. For instance,…

Many studies today are finding that people are less religious than they used to be. Now why is that? It is possible that many people are losing their faith, but I believe that the reason people are less “religious” is that they were probably not truly religious to begin with. We attend VBS, we memorize…