Christ Church Sermons

Sermon on Matthew 5:1-12 by Joseph Bayly on Sunday, October 11, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction to the Beatitudes and Scripture Reading (00:03:06) - The Shocking Nature of the Beatitudes (00:04:28) - The Peacemaker Revolver and True Meaning of Peacemaking (00:07:19) - Peacemaking Flows from Purity of Heart (00:09:08) - God as the True Peacemaker and Sons of God (00:11:45) - Jesus as Peacem...

Sermon on Matthew 5:7 by Joseph Bayly on Sunday, October 4, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction to Blessed Are the Pure in Heart (00:02:01) - Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:1-12 (00:03:42) - Understanding Blessedness in Context (00:06:26) - What Pure in Heart Really Means (00:08:39) - Psalm 15 and Old Testament Parallels (00:10:43) - Pure Heart vs Ceremonial Purity (00:14:14) - Integrity and Sin...

Sermon on Acts 12:1-17 by Joseph Bayly on Sunday, September 27, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction: The Early Church and Persecution (00:03:19) - Scripture Reading: Acts 12:1-17 (00:07:01) - Herod's Persecution and James's Martyrdom (00:10:59) - Herod Arrests Peter for Political Gain (00:12:49) - The Church Gathers to Pray (00:14:47) - Praying Fervently: What It Means (00:18:10) - What the Ch...

Sermon on Matthew 5:1-12 by Joseph Bayly on Sunday, September 20, 2026 Chapters (00:00:01) - Introduction: The Beatitudes as a Progression (00:02:51) - Reading the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12) (00:04:18) - Character Traits, Not Just Actions (00:08:01) - Kneeling in Confession: Body and Heart (00:11:17) - True Mercy vs. Hypocritical Actions (00:13:42) - The Progression: Poor in Spirit to Merciful (0...

Sermon on 1 Peter 3:15 by Alex McNeilly on Sunday, September 13, 2026 Chapters (00:00:01) - Introduction: Why Preach on Personal Testimony (00:00:41) - Fear of Confronting Children's Faith (00:02:20) - Testimony and the Lord's Table; Call to Evangelism (00:03:24) - Personal Testimony Is Biblical (00:04:59) - Defining Personal Testimony of Faith (00:08:05) - The Gospel Must Be Central to Testimony...

Sermon on Matthew 5:1-12 by Joseph Bayly on Sunday, September 6, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction to the Beatitudes (00:01:23) - The Shocking Nature of Jesus' Words (00:04:56) - Progression in the Beatitudes (00:06:38) - Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:1-12 (00:08:15) - Blessed Are Those Who Mourn (00:13:01) - Two Kinds of Mourning: Repentance vs. Despair (00:16:02) - Mourning Over Death and E...

Sermon on Matthew 5:1-12 by Joseph Bayly on Sunday, August 30, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit (00:01:25) - The Beginning of Jesus' Public Ministry (00:13:27) - The Rich Young Ruler and the Poor in Spirit (00:20:24) - Are the Rich Church Happy? Are They Poor in Spirit? (00:31:52) - The Gospel is preached to the poor (00:39:05) - The kingdom of God

Sermon on Matthew 5:44-6:9 by Joseph Bayly on Sunday, August 23, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - Prayer for the Poor (00:04:44) - God the Father (00:16:20) - Praying With Meaningful Repetition (00:23:18) - What Does It Mean to Have God as Your Father? (00:31:54) - Many who Refuse to Call God Father

Sermon on 2 Corinthians 2:5-11 by Joseph Bayly on Sunday, August 16, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - Excommunication of the Unrepentant (00:03:27) - Paul on Sacrifices (5) (00:12:48) - Forgiveness and Comfort in the Church (00:21:56) - The danger of lack of church discipline (00:28:49) - Paul on Discipline and Forgiving the Sinners (00:33:51) - The Oneness of the Church

Sermon on 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 by Alex McNeilly on Sunday, August 9, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - How to Get Out Of Hating Running (00:01:03) - Race in God's Word (00:04:55) - Olympians: Exercising Self-Control in All Things (00:10:24) - The Ancient Olympic Crowns (00:21:33) - Paul's Use of Food for the Kingdom of God (00:25:06) - Self-Control in the Kingdom

Sermon on Acts 16:27-34 by Joseph Bayly on Sunday, August 2, 2026 Chapters (00:00:01) - What Must I Do to Be Saved? (00:12:26) - Paul's conversation with the jailer (00:14:16) - Importance of evangelism for non Christians (00:26:06) - Living a Christian Life (00:28:17) - Philippian Jailer (00:34:50) - The Challenge of Evangelism

Sermon on Acts 9:17–22 by Joseph Bayly on Sunday, July 26, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - What Is It Like to Be Blind? (00:09:05) - The Blind Apostle (00:13:07) - What if You Are Blind? (00:22:47) - Jesus Christ

Sermon on Mark 9:1–9 by Alex McNeilly on Sunday, July 19, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - The Transfiguration (00:00:58) - Why we should not neglect the Transfiguration (00:04:50) - The Transfiguration (00:11:15) - The Gospel Account of the Transfiguration (00:17:59) - Who Will Be With Jesus on the Mountain? (00:25:07) - The Transfiguration (00:33:31) - Jesus' Glory on the Mountain (00:40:22) - The tes...

Sermon on Acts 17: 2-3 & 10-12 by Joseph Bayly on Sunday, July 12, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - What Do You Want To Do When You Get a Strange Message? (00:02:01) - The Scriptural importance of the Bible for Christians (00:13:06) - All Scripture is True and Implyible (00:22:23) - Biblical Boundness (00:29:31) - Searching the Scriptures

Sermon on Acts 5:17-25 by Joseph Bayly on Sunday, July 5, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - Peter and John Were Arrested for Jealousy (00:09:16) - Jealousy of Other People (00:22:43) - Why He Free the Apostles (00:30:19) - The Whole Message of This Life (00:37:18) - Reclaiming the Gospel under Persecution

Sermon on Psalm 55 by Joseph Bayly on Sunday, June 28, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - Psalm 107 (00:03:33) - The Structure of the Psalm (00:12:12) - Psalm 9: Complaining and Mumbling (00:18:56) - Don't Whine to One Another (00:25:53) - David's imprecations in the Psalm (00:37:44) - Psalm 9: If We Cast Our Burden on the Lord

Sermon on Psalm 34 by Alex McNeilly on Sunday, June 21, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - A Time of Weakness and Vulnerability (00:01:16) - Psalm 34 (00:08:31) - Psalm 3: I Will Bless the Lord At All Times (00:12:31) - Psalm 107: The Nature of True Praise (00:19:21) - Poor Man Crys to God (00:22:41) - He Saved Israel (00:25:15) - God Saved David From All His Fears (00:30:38) - Psalm 34: Salvation from Si...

Sermon on Matthew 6:9-15 by Joseph Bayly on Sunday, June 14, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - Forgive Us Our debts (00:10:36) - Jeremiah and the Imprecatory Psalms (00:18:56) - Forgive Us Our Sins As We Ask for Their forgiveness (00:30:37) - The Parable of Forgiven S sins (00:40:26) - What Does Forgiving Others Achieve?

Sermon on Jude 1:17-25 by Alex McNeilly on Sunday, June 7, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - Jude the Baptist (00:00:21) - Jude's Letter to the Romans (00:07:57) - Jude: Certain Persons Have Creeped In Unnoticed (00:13:44) - Why God Allows a Mix of True and False Sons Among His People (00:22:54) - The suffering of false disciples in Jude (00:25:41) - Building Yourself Up on Your Most Holy Faith (00:28:02...

Sermon on Hebrews 13:5 by Joseph Bayly on Sunday, May 31, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - Hebrews 13: Love of Money and God (00:02:53) - Love of Money and The Expecting More (00:11:04) - God's Commandment for Not Store Up for Yourself Treasures (00:12:40) - Money will be in Competition with God for your heart (00:18:11) - All the Reasons Why We Should Not Be Rich (00:26:33) - Love of Money and the Sin...

Sermon on John 14:16–31 by Joseph Bayly on Sunday, May 24, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - The Greatest Promise Ever Made (00:03:49) - The Mission of the Holy Spirit (00:19:20) - The Challenge of Resting in His Spirit (00:28:26) - The Fruit of the Holy Spirit (00:39:00) - Paul on the Fruit of the Spirit (00:40:15) - How to Ask for the Holy Spirit

Sermon on Nahum 1:1–8 by Alex McNeilly on Sunday, May 17, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - Preaching From The Book of Nahum (00:00:37) - The Problem with Jonah's (00:06:11) - The Prophecy of Nahum (00:16:24) - The Message of Nahum the Book of Israel (00:24:23) - Preparing for the Wrath of God

Sermon on Proverbs 31 by Joseph Bayly on Sunday, May 10, 2026 Chapters (00:00:03) - Proverbs 31: A Woman's Life (00:04:18) - Proverbs 31: An Excellent Wife (00:14:29) - What is the Hard Work of Her Hands? (00:24:49) - Strength in the Women (00:37:24) - Proverbs 31: Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain

Sermon on Proverbs 31 by Joseph Bayly on Sunday, May 10, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - Proverbs 31: A Woman's Life (00:04:15) - Proverbs 31: An Excellent Wife (00:14:12) - What is the Hard Work That She Does? (00:22:39) - Women's strength in the Scriptures (00:33:52) - Proverbs 31: Being Frugal and Productive (My

Sermon on Psalm 54 by Joseph Bayly on Sunday, May 3, 2026 Chapters (00:00:00) - Psalm 54 (00:07:35) - The Power of David's Cry in the Psalm (00:23:52) - The Character of God (00:34:07) - David's Prayer in the Psalms (00:44:10) - David Prayer: Destroy them in Your Faithfulness