Chardon church of Christ

John 1:1-5 INTRO: Good morning church. Today we will start taking a look at the Gospel of John which is a gospel unlike the other three. This gospel is not a narrative, even though there are narrative stories within it. None of the gospel writers had the intention to write a complete description of the life of Christ according to human principles. Yet, the three first Gospel-writers describe in br...

FOR THE BIRDS GENESIS 8:1 – 17 OPEN: I am told that an Indiana cemetery has a tombstone that is over 100 years old which bears the following epitaph: "Pause, stranger, when you pass me by. As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so you will be. So prepare for death and follow me." An unknown passerby read those words and underneath scratched this reply: "To follow you I'm not content, until I...

BE GREAT BY FAITH JOHN 1:12-14 A preacher was on a radio program where the interviewer was an atheist. The atheist demanded that the preacher NOT quote any scripture during the interview. “I don’t want to hear any Bible on my airways. You got that? No Bible on my airwaves.” So, then the interviewer started the program by saying: “I submit that you Christians are not respectful of my opinion. I bel...

By Jerad Allen Good morning. If you'd like to, turn to Matthew 6. That's where the majority of our lesson will be today. I feel like I say this a lot before my sermons, but as most of you know, I'm attending Bowling Green State University right now. As a student I take a lot of tests. I'm in college. I don't know how long it's been since some of you have taken an academic test. For a few, I can im...

Acts 9:1-19 By Jerad Allen Good morning. I want to say I got a sense of de-ja-vu, but I've made that joke the last couple times I was here. It’s getting a little old. I made that same joke back at Jerusalem and my granny said I was running out of material. To get started I want to ask you a question. How often do you sin? How many sins do you think you've committed? How great are the acts you have...

Mark 12:1-12 INTRO: Good morning church. For our text this morning open your Bibles to Mark chapter 12. I’m going to read a fairly lengthy section of scripture. It’s a familiar section and I beg your indulgence as I read this. We’ll begin with verse one. Mark 12:1-12 – “1. Then He began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a place for the wine vat...

Mark 1:15 About 10 years ago, there was a 67-year-old Belgian woman named Sabine Moreau. She had left home to travel about 1 ½ hours to Brussels (the capital city of Belgium). TWO DAYS LATER, after having crossed five international borders, she found herself in Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia, nearly 900 miles from her home. It was probably at that point that she suddenly realized that she mig...

By Jerad Allen Good morning. How's everybody's day been? I can understand the snow. It's been a bit much. As some of you may know, I go to Bowling Green State University. I'm there as an education major. Right now I'm on Thanksgiving break, so I'm home for now. As an education major, we're being taught how to properly educate our youth. I'm specifically a middle childhood major. I'll be teaching m...

Matthew 5:20-48 A man was telling about being a student at the University of Southern California, and he and his friends worked hard to earn their PhDs, because they wanted to be allowed to hold the coveted title of “doctor”. Then, one day one of their professors told about a friend of his who’d called his home and asked if the “doctor” was in. The professor’s 10-year-old answered the phone &...

1st Corinthians 1:21-24 INTRO: Good morning church. Every year many people celebrate an event they call the Holy Week and Easter. The focus of this event is on the last days of Jesus on earth and culminates with Easter Sunday, the cross and the resurrection. To some it is an obligation from the religious community to which they belong. They go to church because they feel they have to put in an app...

Acts 5:42 INTRO: Good morning church. We continue our look at the cross today with Acts 5:42 – “And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.” This tells us that the apostles preached Jesus "daily in the temple, and in every house". Last time we read of the healing of the lame man at the Gate called Beautiful at the temple. Peter has de...

Acts 3:1-15 INTRO: Good morning church. Last week we looked at Acts chapter 2 and the first sermon that was preached after the resurrection. Today we are going to read a portion of text which describes what happened because of an incident which occurred in the temple. Christians for a time after Pentecost continued to frequent the temple, especially at the hours of prayer, not merely for the purpo...

Acts 2:22-24 INTRO: Good morning church! As we drew to a close last week we read in Matthew 28:19-20 that Jesus gave the apostles instructions to “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, "teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age....

Matthew 28:19-20 INTRO: Good morning church! As we continue our look at the cross today we will be starting with Matthew 28:19-20 – “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.” [NKJV]...

He Arose Luke 23:55 – Luke 24:1-7 INTRO: Good morning church! As we continue our look at the cross today we will be starting with Luke 23:55-56 – “And the women who had come with Him from Galilee followed after, and they observed the tomb and how His body was laid. Then they returned and prepared spices and fragrant oils. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.” Continue with...

Luke 23:33 - Matthew 27:33 INTRO: Good morning church! The trials, such as they were, have been completed. Pilate has tried numerous times to find a way to release Jesus from His captivity, but political pressure was too strong. He yielded to the demands of the enemies of Jesus knowing full well that Jesus was not guilty of any crime worthy of what they had planned. The words “wanting to gratify t...

John 18:37-19:15 Luke 23:1-16 INTRO: Good morning church. For our reference this morning I’m going to read John 18:39-40 – “"But you have a custom that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Do you therefore want me to release to you the King of the Jews?'' Then they all cried again, saying, "Not this Man, but Barabbas!'' Now Barabbas was a robber.”[NKJV] What I want to look at this morn...

I have a sermon this morning that I have entitled simply, Prayer. We know as God's children, prayer is a very serious privilege that has been bestowed upon us. I believe the disciples only asked the Lord to teach them one thing and that was prayer. As we find in Luke 11:1-2, “…Lord, teach us to pray…”. The question may arise, what is prayer? Some may think that the attempt to define prayer is some...

Luke 22:7-13 INTRO: Good morning church. Our text today is Luke 22:7-13 – “7. Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be killed. 8. And He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.'' 9. So they said to Him, "Where do You want us to prepare?'' 10. And He said to them, "Behold, when you have entered the city, a man will meet you carrying...

Matthew 21:1-11 INTRO: Good morning church. Our text today is taken from Matthew 21:1-11. The time is growing short. Jesus has been on the way to Jerusalem and the cross, and it is now time for Him to “be received up”. We left off with Luke 9:51 last time where we read, – “Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem,”....

Luke 9:51, John 12:34 INTRO: Good morning church. Our text today is taken from Luke 9:51 and John 12:34. Let’s first look at Luke 9:51 – “Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem,” [NKJV]. Next in John 12:34 we read, “The people answered Him, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever; and how can Yo...

Into The World – Philippi Dr. Rob Sidwell 8/16/2024 Good evening once again. It’s good to see everyone out this evening. I have more to say after we're done with our invitation song. I'd like to thank you all once again for the opportunity you've given to me and the great kindness and generosity you've shown to me and the encouragement that you've given to me this week. It means a lot to me. I'll...

Revelation 22:17 One day in college, the teacher had stapled answer sheets to the back of every test by mistake. A few minutes after passing the tests around, his phone rang and he stepped out. Everyone had noticed the answer sheet, and the class decided that they would all use it and then tear it off after completing their test. Hopefully he would never notice. So, after finishing his test, one o...

Into The World – Samaria Dr. Rob Sidwell 8/15/2024 Well, good evening, again. It's good to see everyone out this evening. It's good to see that people are willing to give of their time to God. God loves the people who give praise. We have a song, Glorify His Name. When we hear of someone that as a child had a drug problem because his mother drug him to church services, we laugh. That's not the rig...

2nd Corinthians 5:21 INTRO: Good morning church. Our text today is taken from 2nd Corinthians 5:21 where we read, – “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”[NKJV] Why is the cross so important? Why did Jesus have to die?… In a word, “sacrifice”. I have no doubt that our modern, western minds probably struggle at times with the idea o...