Brownsburg Church of Christ

This is a sermon about the most popular religious group in the Bible,  how the good go bad,  and the heart of Jesus. Scripture: Matthew 23.1-12 (Additional Reading: Matthew 23.13-39; Deuteronomy 27.15-26; Leviticus 26; Numbers 25.1-18; Acts 15.5, 23.6; Numbers 15.38-39) are we reading the right tone? what was a Pharisee? where did they go wrong? “There are seven kinds of Pharisees: the "shoulder"...

In this sermon we consider not just that baptism is important but why baptism is important (at least some of the reasons why). The sermon is rooted in Matthew 28 and we go from there.

This is a sermon about The Great Interruption, why secularism has made us the most unprepared society in history, and how we can face death. Scripture: Psalm 90 (Additional Reading: Psalm 89.46-49; Hebrews 2.14-15; Romans 8.1; 1 Corinthians 15.55; Exodus 32.32) memento mori allergic to death Moses’s prayer “Death used to be an executioner, but the Gospel makes him just a gardener.” - George Herber...

In this sermon we explore the famous story of the feeding of the 5,000. And here we discover teaching at the heart of the theology of Luke-Acts and at the heart of the whole Bible story.

a sermon about desire, the voice of God, and the difference between man and beast. Scripture: Genesis 3.1-11 (Additional Reading: Genesis 2.15-25, 3.12-24; Proverbs 3.18; Exodus 25.18-20; Deuteronomy 30.15-20) meditation literature in the Bible what’s this story really about? which voice? “You know God walked down in the cool of the day And called Adam by his name And he refused to answer 'Cause h...

a daily measure contemplating prayer Scripture: Luke 11.1-13 (Additional Reading: Matthew 6.9-15; Exodus 16.4; Matthew 6.34; Proverbs 30.8) the problem of burn out praying the “daily” need providing the “daily” need “Maybe prayer is like garbage. I regard taking out the garbage as part of the daily tedium of life, and it is something I leave, whenever possible, for other household members to do. O...

This is a sort of sequel to the previous sermon. We consider why we gather, what it means to be a disciple and church, and explore how we can nurture a learning culture. A learning culture is a question culture.

In this sermon we explore the scriptures to better understand the purpose for our weekly gatherings (i.e. "worship services"). As a bonus, we learn a lesson on handling the scriptures well. :-)

Do Not Be Afraid fear culture and the church Scripture: Matthew 25.14-30 (Additional Reading: Isaiah 8.11-14; Exodus 14.13; Deuteronomy 3.22; Joshua 10.8; Luke 12.32; Acts 18.26, 15.39; 2 John 9; Ephesians 6.1; 1 John 4.17-18) when fear goes wrong: hiding in the sand what is the most frequent command in the Bible? but what is “fear of the Lord”? on the “sublime” “For God has not given us a spirit...

In this sermon we explore the scriptures and see the value of work and how integral it is to being human (i.e. made in the image of God).

In this sermon we walk through Isaiah 25:6-9 (one of Mike's favorite visions of hope), and consider how this hope can transform our life now.

What can a story about Jesus raising a man from the dead teach us about the pattern of life, about living with hope and breathing new life into all the places where the world is in pain?

In this sermon we continue our exploration of 1 John to consider John's teaching on love. For John, love is the ultimate test of who is a true teacher of Jesus and who's not, for who is a true follower of Jesus and who's not. This passage is full of so much important truth.

Why is Martha mad, and what does this story mean? As we seek to discover the significance of this story unique to Luke's gospel, we will experiment in "turning the gem" of the passage to understand the different ways it might speak to us today. “Let your house be a meeting place for the rabbis, and cover yourself in the dust of their feet, and drink in their words thirstily.” - Yose Ben Yoezer - S...

If Ecclesiastes were a painting, it would be a Jackson Pollock drip piece. On the surface, we're caught up in a nihilistic mind-scape, but truthfully the book of Ecclesiastes is a master course, intended for mature audiences, on finding meaning in life. It does this with a bait-and-switch at the end that brings everything into perspective (with little nuggets of wisdom scattered throughout). In a...

1 John was written so that we would have confidence in our relationship with God -- so that we "who believe in the name of the Son of God would know that we have eternal life." As we'll see our confidence is not in ourselves, but in Jesus.

Help Wanted: responsible interpreters of the Bible. Sadly, as long as there has been church history, there has been bad interpretation - and it's not so benign at times. What does it mean to take up the call of God to wrestle with the text and interpret well? What kind of obstacles lie in our way? Is this really that necessary? “The Bible is mankind's greatest privilege. It is so far off and so di...

In this sermon we explore the psalms and our own lives to consider how God is our safe place.

We're excited to invited you on this journey our church is taking for 2023, in interceding for the needs of our brothers and sisters in the community. But what is prayer really? As we look to a story about Solomon's prayer in 1 Kings3, we learn quite a bit about the biblical perspective on prayer. Despite what it seems on the surface, prayer is not about wish fulfillment, about rubbing the magic l...

In this sermon we walk through a parable of Jesus to help us see God's love and be changed by it.

Per a request to discuss the beliefs of universalists, Thailer addresses some of the biblical basis behind such concepts as the reconciliation of all people to God. On our way to understanding the desire for all to be saved, we might discover different ways in which our own vision of salvation falls drastically short. This discovery comes by analyzing Paul's longest sentence and one of his rarest...

Here we listen to the voice of Jesus as he describes his relationship with God grounded in mutual trust and devotion. Here Jesus entrusts himself to God in the fullest way, in the midst of violent acts of shame and accusation. From this we consider how we can learn to trust God's love and overcome the shaming voices in our own lives.