ARCC Sermons

The soul care of prayer. When praying for others benefits you and results in the glory of God.

If the Law of Moses only had a shadow of good things, then what has the true form? If sins weren’t removed by the blood of bulls and goats, what were they removed by? If God didn’t take pleasure in sacrifices and offerings, what does he take pleasure in?

Waiting is not as much of a call to action as it is a call to a particular posture of life. This week we will spend time considering the posture of one who is eagerly waiting for His triumphant return.

The blood, and all that surrounds it, forces us to think deeply about what was needed and what was accomplished at the cross. In this sermon we will consider the implications of the reality that forgiveness isn’t the purpose but only the necessary means to the Father’s plan.

The great irony of redemption is played out as those dead in their sins boast of being free and those who are redeemed by Christ boast of being slaves.

The writer begins to make the case for Christ by considering how the tabernacle and all it represented points to Christ. All of this coincides with the holiness of God helping us understand the insufficiency of the earthly priests and their ceremonies.

We celebrate the resurrection for many great reasons. Because He lives we have salvation. In this passage Jesus shows us what it looks like to live out a resurrection theology right here and now. What does it mean for us today that we celebrate a risen Savior?

The new covenant brought on by the blood of Christ is superior to the old because it was enacted on better promises. How does it effect the way we think about Christianity and salvation when we think about it through the lens of God’s resolve to make a certain people “His people”?

In order to have a great appreciation of the New Covenant under which we reside we will look at the covenant that God made with Moses on Mt. Sinai. In the process we will see that God has always been in gracious, merciful pursuit of relationship with His people.

There are things that are true and then there is the truth about things. Jesus gives us a category for the truth that genuinely sets free and a frame of reference for walking through this broken world of half truths and illusions of grandeur.

What does it mean to draw near to God? There is a reason why the good news isn’t good to everyone. In fact, in and of ourselves we don’t know what to do with actual goodness. When confronted with Jesus we will respond fully aware of our wretchedness. The question is: How will we respond?

Hebrews continues to help us understand how Jesus is the substance behind the shadow. He has a better priesthood, an eternal one, that descended not from the sin-stained Levitical Priesthood, but from a fatherless line in the order of Melchizedek.

“The exalted Christ is like a person who stands before the sun and casts a shadow upon earth. Those who look at the shadow can discern in it the contours of the one who made it. Similarly, Hebrews considers Melchizedek to be an earthly shadow that the risen Christ casts back on the page of OT Scripture, and the author will speak about Melchizedek in order to bear witness to the Son of God whom he...

The writer concludes this discourse with incredible gentleness, care, and concern. There is no greater way to follow such sobering warnings than with the beauty and majesty of our God who makes and keeps His promises. We will see what it takes to have “full assurance of hope until the end.”

The writer to the Hebrews continues His wake up call by reminding them of the reality that there are those who try to fake Christianity while continuing to fall back into Judaism. We, too, must beware lest we fall prey to the counterfeit gospels of our time.

The writer to the Hebrews continues His wake up call by reminding them of the reality that there are those who try to fake Christianity while continuing to fall back into Judaism. We, too, must beware lest we fall prey to the counterfeit gospels of our time.

We all know that it is possible to hear something without really hearing it. We know that scripture teaches that it is significant that we would have “ears to hear” the message of Jesus. The writer of Hebrews gives us a sharp rebuke for our dull hearing as well as significant motivation to perk up and pay closer attention.

Jesus is better. Like the very first reader of this letter, we live in a world that simply does not believe that to be true. Although the context may be different the writer knows that in order to dwell in a world like this we must know God and our place in His story. The writer of Hebrews leaves us with a Christianity that is constantly in pursuit of Christ and what it looks like to believe that...

As believers we come to the realization that God has created us for work. Work is not a result of sin. Unsatisfying work is a result. None the less, we as Christians, have the ability to see the glorious work beneath the labors that we walk in every day. Work is a blessing from God that affords us the opportunity to fill the earth with His glory.

Money is one of the main tools that scripture uses to reveal the hearts of men. If the standard is to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength then one of the quickest ways for us to know the truth about this is to look at how we view and handle money. In this sermon we will see how grace puts all of this into its rightful place.

If God desires for His glory to fill the earth then written into His vision for marriage and singleness is our joy and flourishing. To trust God for my marriage IS to trust God for my joy. There is joy and rest simply in resolving to believe this.

We are taking a look at one of life’s most foundational aspects reminding ourselves that “Family” belongs to God. If this is true how are we freed to function within our families to His glory and our good?

As we near the end of another year, it’s important to reflect on the all that has transpired these previous 12 months. For most of us, 2018 has held times of sorrow and times of joy, yet none of it has gone wasted before God. Before we jump head first into the year, let us consider that the Lord may not be calling us to a New Year’s resolution, per se, but to a new or renewed affection-namely Jesu...

A time of worship on Christmas Eve with song, story readings, and communion.

Are you the gift, or are you the recipient of the gift? There is grace when God allows us to get to the end of ourselves such that we would gladly trade any inane glory for real, powerful grace. In this grace we have the ability to reclaim the joy that comes from the hand of God.