Intro “Some years ago, the distinguished publishing house of Grosset & Dunlap brought together a panel of 28 educators and historians and asked them to select the hundred most significant events of history, then list those events in order of importance. After months of labor, the panel reported that…

Intro Well, I guess all good things must come to an end (except eternal life). Our yearlong series, “Back to the Basics: Knowing why you believe what you believe,” going over our doctrinal statement, will end today. Hope it was a fruitful journey for you as it has been for me, to consider the basics…

Embracing our poverties leads to the richness of our union with Christ

WHAT CHRISTIANS BELIEVE REV. JOHN OLIVER EVANS 1. ABOUT GOD Background Passages: Genesis 1, Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 139, Revelation 4:1-11. Introduction: "I believe in God" is a common enough statement. But what kind of God - a God of our own making, devising, imagining or wishful thinking (our "idol", in…

Glorifying God by Making Disciples of the Resurrected Lord - Matthew 28 Preached by Pastor Phil Layton at Gold Country Baptist Church on March 23, 2008 When the Protestant Reformation swept across Catholic Europe nearly 500 years ago, there were five distinct truths in particular that summarized their…

The Significance of the Resurrection by Robert Deffinbaugh deffinbaugh@bible.org Introduction This week I found it necessary to do some of my research and preparation for this Easter message in a nearby dime store. I went there to learn how the average person attempts to celebrate Easter. That’s right,…

The Christ who shone brighter than the sun, the Christ who banished Beelzebub in the desert, the Christ who opened blind eyes and raised Lazarus from the dead…that Christ Scripture forces us to see today prepared for burial, betrayed, bushwhacked, butchered, buried. Only when he is dead, and then only…

“From Weakness to Glory” If we were God and we were going to save the world, we would likely not write the same story that we know and read in the Bible. You may or not be familiar with how the story goes. In a nutshell, God creates a universe that is magnificent and perfect, and creatures that are perfect.…

the resurrection of Jesus has secured victory for all who believe in him.

Who do you say that I am?

From the Cross to the Grave and Beyond.

4/8/07 Easter 1 Cor 15:12-28 PrBC A month or so ago, there was a very short-lived controversy, instigated by a Hollywood director, who claimed in a documentary that a coffin bearing the bones of Jesus Christ had been found. For as many headlines as the program generated, it ended up running the path…

Sermon audio available here. 1. INTRODUCTION – THE GOSPEL TRUTH DEFENDED a. Gospel grounded 1 Corinthians 15 is the Apostle Paul’s response to a church embroiled in doctrinal and moral error. Throughout the letter we see that the church has been led astray by competing factions (‘I follow Paul or I follow…

Introduction To celebrate Easter this morning we will be reading from . Now you may ask why I’m not reading from one of the gospel accounts of the resurrection in order to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. I’m reading from this passage for three reasons: One gives us one of the most beautiful accounts…