Sermons by Jeff Cottone (Page 29)

With this sermon we begin looking at the “creation ordinances” – the commands given to humanity at their creation. Made as image-bearers of God, they are told to then fill the earth with image-bearers of God. Before the fall, this was accomplished solely through procreation (being fruitful and multiplying). After the fall, this required the redemptive work of Christ to restore the image of God in fallen humanity. Sermon Text

“The irony of being human, is that people in the same time and place can have such contradictory views of themselves.” But the word of God doesn’t leave us wondering, lost, confused, about who we are. It tells us, we are made by God in his image. In this sermon we look at what 1) the Identity of the image of God, 2) the Mission of image-bearers of God, and 3) the Renewal of the image of God. Sermon Text

John Calvin wrote: “God daily discloses himself in the whole workmanship of the universe. As a consequence, humanity cannot open their eyes without being compelled to see God”. God reveals himself through the world around us. This sermon considers how the following questions of existence point us to God’s reality and our need to seek, know, and worship him: 1) Why is there something instead of nothing? 2) Why is there order instead of chaos? 3) Why do we live in an inescapable moral…

This sermon looks at the literary structure of Genesis 1, and considers some principles which help us navigate its relationship to modern science. Sermon Text

Genesis 1 through 3 is like an overture of the Bible.  It’s like an overture of an opera or a musical.  It comes at the beginning, and is distinct and unique in itself, but it introduces the musical themes that you will hear throughout the rest of the composition.  Genesis 1 is similar to that, in that it is unique and distinct in itself.  There is no other part of the Bible that is quite like it.  And of course,…