Sermons on Romans
The Saints – Acts 2:42-47, Romans 12:3-21, John 13:34-35
Origen (church leader in Egypt in 4th century): “Jesus is always being falsely accused… He is silent in the face of this and does not answer with his own voice. But he makes his defense in the lives of his genuine disciples, for their lives cry out the real facts and defeat all false charges.” I wonder if he would he say the same thing about the church today? What he’s saying is that the lives of Jesus’ disciples is…
On the Third Day, He Rose Again – Matthew 28 & Romans 1:1-4
How do we account for the strange phenomena of Christianity? quote: “either Jesus really rose from the dead, or this is the weirdest, most unlikely thing that ever happened in human history – that people on such a large scale, across time and place and ethnicity and culture and language would believe it, have their lives changed by it, and even give their lives for it.” If Jesus really rose from the dead, then the historical outworking of Christianity makes…
Died, Buried, Descended – Matthew 27:57-66; Hebrews 2:14-15; Romans 8:37-38
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary; he suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended into hell. The Apostles’ Creed wanted to make sure that an essential part of the Christian Faith, was that Jesus, the founder of our faith and the one we call Lord and God: died. When you think about it, it’s kind of odd. How…
Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord – Philippians 2:5-11, Romans 10:9-10
Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord Few people would deny that Jesus is pretty central to the Christian Faith. But sometimes, then, people want to reduce the Christian faith to a simplistic “I believe in Jesus” or “I love Jesus” or “I follow Jesus” – but, like we talked about in the initial sermon in this series – in order for those statements to have any meaning, then it’s pretty crucial to have a basic understand of who the…
God the Father Almighty – Matthew 6:25-34 & Romans 8:14-17
When we declare our faith in God the Father Almighty, there’s a few things we’re not doing: First: We’re not just declaring that we believe that there is a God; we’re declaring our faith – our trust and loyalty and allegiance to God. We discussed this last week – that our faith isn’t merely intellectual assent that there is a God; but our faith is a personal trust in God, and a personal commitment to God, and a personal loyalty…
