Sermons by Jeff Cottone (Page 18)
Resurrection & Life – 1 Corinthians 15; John 11
There’s nothing more tragic than when Christians don’t live with a yearning for the hope of heaven. Many Christians I think not only don’t live with a yearning for heaven but have an expectation of heaven that’s characterized at best by boredom and at worst by dread. In the Bible and especially in the NT, the hope of heaven is a real, full, life-giving joy-producing endurance-strengthening hope. In modern-day terms the word “hope” is kind of an empty wish –…
The Forgiveness of Sins – Psalm 130; Matthew 18:21-35; Colossians 3:13
If I came to you and said, “You’re free!”, that may or may not be good news to you. For most of us, it wouldn’t be really news at all – you might say, “OK… I didn’t know I needed freeing.” It would only be good news if there was a few inches of glass between us and I was delivering that news to the telephone – and even then only if I was relaying the news of the judge…
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…