Anderson Sermons

What comes to your mind when you hear the word “priest”? Would it surprise you to know that the Bible says that if you know Jesus, you are a priest? We, the Church, are a new priesthood, established by the work of our great High Priest, Jesus Christ. And because we are priests, we have been appointed to worship Jesus, to bear witness for Jesus, to live like Jesus and to one day...

Our adoption by God changes everything! We are now the family of God. We are sons and daughters of our loving heavenly Father, brothers and sisters with one another, and God's family representatives to a world desperately in need of His love.

Satan delights in destruction. That's the bad news. The good news is that he can be defeated through humble dependence on God and active resistance to his schemes.

We, like Joshua, are called to an overwhelming task, but we serve an incomparably great God. Will you pick up the mantle of spiritual leadership and courageously follow God's calling on your life?

How do we deal with the reality that some people have greater opportunity to hear the gospel than other people? What about babies, or those who are incapable of understanding the gospel? Can we trust that God always does what is right? As we examine these issues, we will learn that we worship a faithful, just, and infinitely gracious God.

The concept of hell is probably the most unpopular doctrine in all of Christianity. And yet Jesus talked about hell quite a bit. What does the Scripture say about hell? Who goes there, and why? What is it like? And how can it be avoided?

From time to time, we cannot help but think to ourselves, “This world is deeply broken…and so am I.” That ache, that frustration, that sense of dissatisfaction with the present order of things is really a longing for heaven. The good news is that Jesus will someday bring heaven to earth and we will experience perfection in His presence forever. In the meantime, we pl...

When we encounter a seemingly unbelievable story like the resurrection of Jesus, doubt is a normal response. Thomas wasn't the only disciple who doubted whether it was true. After all, people don't rise from the dead every day. But doubt doesn't have to be fatal to our faith. Jesus loves doubters, and He can even use our doubts to strengthen our faith. When we acknowledge our questions and sincere...

Our attitudes toward money and our use of our money reveals a lot about our values, priorities and passions. In fact, money is one of the most direct indicators of who or what we worship. When we learn to share our wealth generously, we grow in our worship of God. When we give, we're responding to the fact that God has been infinitely generous toward us, and given us an opportunity to use our worl...

Who is in charge of the church? Jesus. That's always a good answer, of course. Jesus established the church and He is its ruler. But He has also delegated authority to human beings, elders, who are called to serve and to lead the church with the same humility and courage that Jesus modeled for us. And those of us who worship and serve alongside of our elders are called to humbly submit to them as...

Water baptism is a physical symbol of a spiritual reality. Baptism is a celebration of our salvation. It is a powerful, visible opportunity for each of us to publicly proclaim that we are identified with Jesus Christ in His death, burial and resurrection, and we belong to one another.

This past year has reminded us that we are not in control of life's circumstances! We find ourselves much like Paul in Acts 27, tossed and beaten by a storm he did not choose and could not control. And though we cannot control life's storms, God can. And as we learn to trust Him in the midst of the storms, He provides us with courage and the ability to encourage others, even when life feels out of...

When God's people sing together we strengthen our community and bring joy to the heart of God. Music is a gift from God to us, and singing together in praise and worship is a gift we give back to our Creator and Redeemer.

Is the Church only relevant to those who belong, or do we matter to the world? God's Word says that we matter to the world because we have the message of eternal life and the world is filled with dying people. So Church, by the power of His Holy Spirit, let's live out our eternally meaningful calling with passion and conviction.

In the midst of the current chaos, confusion, strife and division, does the Church even matter? Are we still relevant? Do we have anything to significant to say? God's word answers those questions with a resounding “Yes!” We have the answer and we embody the solution as the unified Bride of Christ. Jesus intends us to live as a preview, a foreshadowing, of His coming, perfect r...

We all hunger. We all, at least from time to time, attempt to satiate that hunger with many things that can never satisfy. But our hunger is actually a gift from God. Our hunger is a reminder that what we really hunger for is God, who alone can give us the true food that can satisfy our deepest needs and longings forever.

Throughout Galatians, Paul has warned us that we cannot find eternal life through obeying the Law. Nor can we find it through following the desires of our flesh. Instead, he urges us to walk in step with the Holy Spirit, because only the Spirit can make us truly alive. But who is the Holy Spirit? What does He do, and how can we relate to Him? How can we pursue the life that God promises to us, thr...

Every moment of every day we have to make a choice: will we be guided by the Holy Spirit or give in to the desires of our flesh? Following the flesh always leads to brokenness within and alienation in our relationships. But following the Spirit leads to maturity and a life that reflects the character of Jesus. Choose wisely today…and tomorrow…and the next day….

There are only two ways to live your life – relying on yourself or relying on the Spirit. If you rely on yourself, you will become a slave to your pride or a slave to your passions. But if you rely on the Spirit, He will set you free! You will become free from yourself, free from the power of sin, and free to fully love God and to love others.

We live in a world that is dominated by anger, hatred and division. But we, followers of Christ, are one in Christ! That statement is true whether we believe it or not, and it is true whether we behave like it or not! But when we believe we are one, and when we begin live as one, we fulfill our calling to help people find and follow Jesus by reflecting the nature and character of our Creator and R...

Who are you? Do you find your identity in your job, your marital or family status, your race, your gender, your political party, your abilities, or something else? All of those labels have meaning, but the Scripture tells us that the first thing that comes to our minds when we think of ourselves should be, “Child of God.” We who have trusted in Jesus for eternal life are first...

We are not good at keeping our promises – we make them and then we break them! But God always keeps His promises. Because of this we can have absolute confidence that our sins are completely forgiven and we are in right relationship with God both now and forever. Praise God that our hope is in the faithfulness of Father, Son and Spirit and not in ourselves!

How can you know whether or not you are right with God? Does God approve of you based on how well you follow a certain list of rules? And what happens if you fail to obey the rules perfectly? Galatians tells us that God declares us to be in right relationship with Him, now and forever, on the basis of what Jesus has done rather than on the basis of what we do, and that only the power of Jesus, not...

For the past 55 years, Grace Bible Church has been helping people find and follow Jesus, both in Bryan/College Station and around the world. Throughout our history we have remained deeply committed to the Word of God, the gospel of grace, the power of students and families worshiping together, and the call to make disciples among the nations. For the past two years, our Every Knee initiative has a...

Do you expect God to do big things, genuinely supernatural things, in your life and in the lives of others? Paul's own life serves as a perfect example of the power of God's grace as revealed in His gospel to reach the hardest of hearts, to transform the worst of sinners, and to commission the most unlikely of servants.