Chardon church of Christ

2 Samuel 12: 1 – 14 In 2013, a 19 year old Austrian skier named Teresa Stadlober became the 1st Austrian skier to take the gold and silver medals in the Junior Skiathlon (in the Czech Republic).Ever since that time she’d been training for the Olympics, and in 2018 (at the age of 25) she was at the Olympic Winter games in South Korea. As the race was being run… it was obvious Stadlober was a shoe-i...

Mark 6:1-6 INTRO: Good morning church. In past lessons we have taken a look at faith, the faith of others in scripture and our own faith. The New Testament words for faith are the noun pistos and the verb pisteuo. Which we said were used to denote: a. trust; b. trustworthiness, c. what is believed, the contents of belief; d. assurance, a ground for belief. e. a pledge of fidelity. We also said tha...

Hearing God’s Word Properly Romans 10:11-17 INTRO: Good morning church. For our text this morning let's turn to Romans 10:11-17. Whenever I sing or hear that song, Break Thou the Bread of Life, I imagine what it must have been like to be on the shore of the Sea of Galilee and listen to Jesus speak the word of God. What a blessing that would have been. We can't go back in time to be in that locatio...

2nd Timothy 1:8-9 INTRO: Good morning church. I'd like for us to begin by imagining the following. Imagine you're on a ship in the ocean and a severe storm comes up. You're out on deck. You're trying to get to safety, but a strong gust of wind, a very strong gust of wind blows you off into the water. A man on board sees you and throws you a life preserver. You grab it and swim back to the ship and...

Genesis 29:16-31 A lady was walking down the street on her way to work & saw a parrot in a pet store. She went in to admire the bird, and suddenly the parrot spoke to her, “Hey lady. You’re ugly.” Well, the woman was deeply offended, and she stormed out of the store. But on her way home, she thought she’d been a bit rash, and so she stopped into the store again. But the same parrot saw her and...

Wisdom Is the Principle Thing Proverbs 4:7   INTRO:  Good morning church.   A familiar story from the Old Testament is the story of Solomon asking God for great wisdom.  In 1st Kings 4:29, we read “And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore.”   Then in verse 32, it says of Solomon, “He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his...

2 Timothy 2:15  INTRO:  Good morning church.  Today’s subject is one that we need to remind ourselves of from time to time.  We have talked about this in the past, and it's something that needs to be brought up occasionally, and that is the subject of the Bible, why we need to study it, and even how to study the Bible. This is not an easy topic to address, at least in a very short time.  We could...

Text 1 Kings 16:30 – 17:15 Imagine you're standing on the edge of a deep, dark gorge, peering down into its mysterious depths. You can feel the cold air swirling around you, and the sound of eerie echoes fills your ears. Now, imagine someone handing you a fragile, rickety wooden bridge, assuring you that it will safely carry you across to the other side. But as you examine the bridge, you notice t...

1st John 2:18-23 INTRO: Good morning church. I’m going to deviate from the lesson I had planned because something came up that reminded me of a lesson several years back and I realized this would be a good time to look at the topic again. Incidentally, it us gives an entry point to what I am going to speak on eventually. I was reading 1st John and came across this portion which started me thinking...

Mark 10:17-31 Have you ever left home and had a funny feeling you have forgotten something? You don’t know what it was, but you just had this nagging feeling. A man said every time his family drove off for a vacation, his mom would say, “Honey, we’ve got to go back home, I think I left the iron turned on. I don’t want the house to burn down.” His dad would turn around and they would go back and ch...

1 John 2:15-17 A father told the story of taking his 5-year-old to Disney-world. It was all the little boy could talk about for weeks and now they were finally there and the boy loved the idea that he’d get to see Goofy and Mickey and Minnie and the gang. He was so hyped. They parked the car and could see the castle and the rides in the distance. They made their way to the ticket sales and then en...

Luke 16:19-31 Intro: Good morning church. In Luke chapter 15, we find one of the most beloved chapters of the Word of God. It is an account of what was probably a single discourse of Jesus Christ, the whole theme of which was "The Lost." We are shown four ways to become lost. The sheep was lost by wandering away from the flock. The coin was lost through no fault of its own but through the careless...

Matthew 25: 1 - 10 and John 14 : 1 – 3 A Bible study group was discussing the unforeseen possibility of their sudden death. The leader of the discussion said, ” We will all die some day, and none of us really know when, but if we did we would all do a better job of preparing ourselves for that inevitable event.” “Everybody shook their heads in agreement with this comment.” Then the leader said to...

John 1:14-18 Intro: Good morning church. Last time we looked at Jesus’ selection of the Apostles, twelve men charged with an awesome responsibility. Mindful of His selection of the Apostles, let’s take little look at John’s gospel today. The gospel of John is a unique gospel. His writing is a bit different from the other three Gospels. John's Gospel was written after the other biographies of Jesus...

Luke 17:11-19 One day, a man was driving on a mountain road when his car suddenly broke down. He got out of the car and tried to fix it, but to no avail. Feeling frustrated, he looked up at the sky and said, "God, please help me out of this mess!" Just then, a tow truck pulled up behind him. The driver got out and said, "Hey, looks like you're having some car trouble. Need a tow?" The man looked u...

Mark 3:13-19 Intro: Good morning church. Scott Foster, a 36-year-old accountant, hadn’t played a hockey game in over a decade, but because of his background as a goalie for Western Michigan University, he’d been designated as an “emergency goalie” for the Chicago Blackhawks, an honor that usually just results in free food in the press box. At a game in 2018, the goalie, Anton Forsburg was injured,...

John 20:24-29 “Explanation Of God ” (Written by an 8 year old) "One of God's main jobs is making people. He makes them to replace the ones that die, so there will be enough people to take care of things on earth. He doesn't make grown-ups, just babies. I think because they are smaller and easier to make. That way He doesn't have to take up His valuable time teaching them to talk and walk. He can j...

INTRO:  Good morning. Imagine going into a bank, innocently filling out a withdrawal slip, and within minutes being arrested by the police. When Ron Schatz filled out a withdrawal slip in an American bank, he had no idea that handcuffs would soon be placed upon him. It took a while to straighten out the story. The teller had had pressed the silent alarm button after turning the withdrawal slip ove...

1 John 2:18-19 INTRO: Good morning church. I’m going to start today with some excerpts from something that I read on-line. I don’t know if any of you are familiar with the waters of Prince William Sound in Alaska but it has very beautiful scenery. The mountains are high, the water is lovely and there are miles and miles of coastline with many inlets and channels. There is excellent sailing also… m...

Isaiah 12:1-3   This morning I have entitled the sermon: Dig Your Well Before You Are Thirsty. Those who are successful in life are usually those who prepare ahead of time. There are some who may excel later in school who did not apply themselves when they were much younger, but I would suspect that the majority of those who excel later on in their schooling or college are those who prepared thems...

1 Corinthians 15:1-8 What does living by faith mean today? It means deciding what is the controlling principle in our lives. Is it luck or chance? A man had just parked his car at the office when a lady came up to him and said, "That’s a nice car but I wouldn’t want to drive it!" He was rather puzzled and asked "Why not?" "Well" she said, "it’s green, and what’s more the registration number adds u...

Evidence of Jesus Mark 15:33-39   A couple of weeks ago, in the last sermon I gave, I was trying to look at CSI’s view of evidence. Today I like to continue with that theme. I'd like to present evidence that Jesus did exist, evidence that there were factual incidences and even events that took place. There are many that try to disprove the Bible. They try to disprove that there's a God. They try t...

Acts 19:1-7 INTRO: Good morning church. In Acts 18 we find the record of Paul’s second missionary journey and near the end of the chapter after some time at Antioch in Syria, he begins his third journey. Luke next records some background material on the work at Ephesus relating to the preaching of Apollos and the further instruction given him by Priscilla and Aquila. We learn that Apollos was a ma...

Revelation 2:10 INTRO: Good morning church. Please turn in your Bible to the Book of Revelation. I would like us to read Revelation 2:10 to introduce today’s lesson. “Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you...

Luke 24:1-35 I have always been intrigued by how investigators look for all evidence at a crime scene to prove who is guilty. This morning I would like to ask each of us to consider being a crime scene investigator. The following story is true. And while it is somewhat morbid it serves to illustrate what I want to say this morning. Several years ago there was an TV news account of the arrest and t...