Christ Church NC

This sermon demonstrates the necessity of Old Testament background to New Testament understanding. Why does Jesus curse a fig tree? What does it mean that the Apostles’ faith can move a mountain into the sea? What is the vineyard in the parable that follows, and who are the tenants? The Old Testament gives us the answer.

Matthew 21:1-17 mixes seemingly contradictory Old Testament images. Images of peace and images of violence come together in this chapter in order to instruct us about how peace is achieved, and where threats to peace actually come from.

In Matthew 20:23, Jesus tells James and John that they will drink the cup that He is going to drink. But isn’t that the cup of God’s wrath for sin?! How could they possibly drink that cup? This messages seeks to answer the question raised by Matthew 20:23.

Themes from this include, works vs grace, Israel vs the Church, and our work vs Christ’s work.

This sermon on Jesus’ interaction with the “Rich Young Ruler” seeks to provide some historical context to help us understand the conundrum that Jesus’ command to sell off his goods presented. The message discusses wealth and he kingdom of Heaven.

This sermon explores Jesus’ seemingly strange and off topic discourse on eunuchs in Matthew chapter 19. What is a eunuch? What does the Bible say about them? How can you be one for the Kingdom of Heaven? What is the cultural significance of all of this for us?

This sermon explores the issue of divorce as it relates to the picture of God’s faithfulness that our marriages are intended to paint.

This sermon explains the significance of Jesus’ call to forgive 70 times 7 times and celebrates the inequality that exists between God’s justice and His mercy.

This sermon connects the dots between Jesus’ call to humility at the beginning of chapter 18 and His call to confrontation of sin further down. We have a tendency to think that confrontation is fueled by arrogance, but Jesus identifies it as a function of humility.

This sermon talks about how Jesus’ teaching on humility is to be applied to our relationships with other believer.

This sermon explores the purpose of the transfiguration of Christ, the inability of the disciples to exercise a demon, and God’s plan for the world.

Did Jesus say that His return would be before the death of the apostles? What does Jesus’ shining face in Matthew 17 have to do with you and me in 2023? Is John the Baptist Elijah? These, and other interesting points come together in this sermon to send us out into faithful obedience to Christ.

This sermon explores the Bible’s use of the words “death,” and “satan,” and teaches us to stop avoiding the death that we’re called to die because to do so is to delay the resurrection life that we’re meant to live.

In this message you’ll learn about the implications of Jesus using Peter as one of the foundation stones of the Church, how the building of the Church is related to the growth of God’s kingdom, and what Jesus’ title “Son of Man” means.

This sermon applies the feeding of the 5,000 to our every day Christian lives and shows the hope and consolation this account provides for Jesus’ people.

This sermon on Matt. 14:1-12 deals with slavery to sin, how we sin specifically as men and as women, and how our children are implicated and impacted by our sin.

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