ARCC Sermons

Since we are created in the image of God, to image God in various ways, our understanding of the human experience must be able to be defined by the vastness of God's word. We are created in the image of God as thinking, desiring, and doing beings. The scope of sin's devastation affects each of these categories of the human heart, but the scope of Christ's redemption triumphs over sin in the life o...

Jesus gives a vision for the mission of advancing His Kingdom. Through the sending out of the disciples we know that Jesus was looking for laborers to be messengers of peace.

Jesus addresses the hearts of His disciples while giving them a true picture for what it means to follow Him.

We don’t really know what to do with this idea of greatness. In a culture set up to answer the question of who is the greatest Jesus comes along and gives good news to a people longing to reach an arbitrary standard.

The disciples who watched Jesus transfigure in glory on the mountain were also the ones who watched him agonize in sorrow in the garden when he was delivered into the hands of men. What does it mean for us that our Lord calls us to behold glory and suffering?

Jesus is saying and teaching us so much when He tells the disciples that He “must suffer many things.” The cross of Christ was so much more than just a fix to a major problem.

In this story Jesus shows His disciples what it means to be on His mission with Him. In a very real sense we come to realize that to be on mission with Him should be our mission.

There comes a point where knowing is not going to be enough. Jesus, in his sovereign goodness, is making us ready to believe.

If discipleship could be simplified down to one question it could be this one. As disciples of Jesus, this is the question we must learn how to ask in love and answer with honesty.

In all His wisdom, Jesus is telling a parable that simultaneously describes the expansion of the Kingdom while expanding the Kingdom.

The command to love God is not because God needs it, but because we desperately need our love to be centered upon Him.

The Psalmist outlines the fruit of waiting on the Lord. Many times it is a new and fresh perspective on the Glory and the Greatness of our God resulting in a renewed peace and trust rather than a completely new circumstance.

David in his distress cries out to God for mercy asking for blessing in the midst of trouble and betrayal. He shows us the importance of considering the poor among us, and even more, shows us how we as poor have been considered greatly.

God, in His mercy, can take us from great resolve towards good things to a deeper brokenness and reliance upon Him.

There are many wonderful pieces of wisdom handed down to us from the Creator God who loves us. However, all of that combined will never be a sufficient substitute for His willingness to physically come near to us.

God's eternal promises for the righteous and the wicked are clear throughout the Psalms. Though it may not always seem that believers will be saved or that unbelievers will be punished, in the end, all His promises will stand.

The Psalmist, inspired by the Spirit of God, puts forth many commands. The command to delight in the Lord is one of the most helpful in distinguishing the Christian world-view specifically faith from non-faith…true righteousness from self-righteousness…the blessing from the curse.

The Psalmist talks about the steadfast love and mercy of God in the context of the evidence for God Himself. Without the fear of God there is no chance to find our way to love or truth or life.

Sometimes in the midst of trouble and hardship, it seems like God is distant. But the truth is that He never wastes a moment of suffering in conforming us to the image of Jesus.

One of the great things about scripture is that many times as much as the words themselves it is the posture in which they were written that makes them so compelling. It is a powerful reality that we know the very imperfect stories of the writers themselves.

If God wanted you to know that He was for you, what would it look like? The greatest way for God to work for us is to remove us from the center so that He alone will be feared and worshiped.

This text speaks of all that flows from the forgiveness and right relationship accomplished by Christ. Our life begins by believing that we are so blessed by faith in Jesus.

Jesus' last words before he dies on the cross are quoted from this Psalm of David. When he finally yields up his spirit, the Son gives us the ultimate example of what it looks like to take refuge in the Father.

Jesus is going to describe this generation as childish and then proceed to tell us what maturity is truly like. Discipleship is so much more than gaining and passing along knowledge. Can we reconcile the world that God has ordained?

Jesus completely flips the script on greatness while giving a vivid articulation of the Kingdom.