Chardon church of Christ

The Faith of Noah Hebrews 11:7 INTRO: Good morning church. As we studied the Book of Hebrews in class we have found much to think about, and it has led us to some very fruitful discussions where we gained greater understanding of the Lord’s word. I would like to continue a bit in that book this morning and discuss some things about the faith shown by Noah. Please turn to Hebrews 11:7 and I will re...

Thanking Your Way To A Strong Family Text Colossians 3:12 – 17 OPEN: Back in the 70’s, a woman wrote an article I found interesting. She said that her cousin had invited them to “Come for a thanksgiving dinner on Saturday, March 20th.” She stated that: “She was not celebrating an early Thanksgiving. She was saying that all was well with her husband, who had finished a battery of hospital tests. “I...

STAND FIRM 2Thessalonians 2:15 – 17 OPEN: The story is told of a man who was on his way to a costume ball on a Sunday evening. He’d rented a fairly realistic Satan Costume. It was a red suit with a tail and a skintight mask with horns. It was a quality outfit, and … he kind of looked like Satan. In order to get to the party, he had to walk a fair distance, and was caught in a sudden rainstorm, so...

The Faith of Caleb Joshua 14:6-15 INTRO: Good morning church. In our Bible class we have been studying from the book of Hebrews and lately from chapter 11, the great chapter on faith. One of the things we notice about that chapter is the frequent reference to the Old Testament for examples. We understand that we don't live under the Old Testament, under the Old Covenant, but we read the Old Testam...

Tradition Mark 7:1-13 INTRO: Good morning church. I would like you to open your bibles to the seventh chapter of the gospel of Mark. Our lesson text for this morning is going to be a consideration of verses 1-13. I’m not going to read through these verses at the start because I would like to read it as we go through our lesson today. I consider this section of scripture to be a very important and...

New Years - A Change For the Better Philippians 3:10-14 Years ago, a man hired an experienced guide to lead him on a hike into the Swiss Alps. After some hours of climbing they came to a high mountain pass. To the man’s dismay, he saw the path had almost been washed away. What could he do? On the left was a sheer rock cliff, to his right, a precipice that dropped nearly 1000 feet. Looking down, he...

Isaiah 8:11 – 9:7 The year was 1809. The world was in an upheaval. Napoleon was sweeping through Austria and soldiers from many countries were dying on the battlefield. The fate of entire kingdoms and nations hung in the balance and the world seemed on the very edge of collapse It was 1809... And in that same year several significant people were born. In Britain, there was William Gladstone - dest...

Hebrews 11:31 INTRO: Good morning church. In Bible class we have been studying the book of Hebrews and recently chapter 11. In this chapter the writer uses examples of faithful people to help his readers understand faith. Two women are mentioned by name in the list of the faithful. The ladies class is studying the Women of the Bible and there are many more then two. I wondered how these two happen...

"Am I One Of These?” Amos 5:21-24 , Mark 4:15-19 There is a story told about a mother who was sick in bed with the flu. Her little daughter wanted so badly to be a good nurse to her. She fluffed the pillows & brought a magazine for her to read. Then she even surprised her mother with a cup of tea. "You're such a sweetheart," the mother said as she drank the tea. "I didn't even know you knew how to...

Buried Treasure Matthew 13:44 Several decades ago, there was something called the "Iron Curtain." It was an imaginary border between the Communist Soviet Union and the rest of the "Free World." It was an iron curtain in the respect that those on the Soviet side had extreme difficulty passing from their region into the Free World. Communism was a vicious and powerful force in the lives controlled b...

Give Me That Old Time Religion Jeremiah 6:16 INTRO: Good morning church. Working on our Face Book page I noticed our page is listed as a “Religious Organization”. Then I recalled a song I’m sure many of you have heard over the years; “Give me that old time religion.” No worries, I'm not going to sing it, but I did think it might be interesting to take a look at “Old Time Religion”. I suspect most...

THE ROOM OF DEATH Hebrews 2:14 – 15 In the early 1900s there was a famous psychiatrist by the name of Dr. Carl Jung. He developed an intriguing test that psychiatrists/Psychologists will sometimes use to help their patients deal with a specific fear everyone seems to have. They tell their patients to imagine being in a white room, filled with white furniture. The walls are white, your clothes are...

Learning About The Church Ephesians 1:1-2 INTRO: Good morning church. In my last few lessons we looked at God’s Grace, our Faith, Works and God’s Law. In this lesson I would like to take a look at us as a group, Christians as the body of Christ and learn a little about that. For our text please turn with me to the book of Ephesians and let’s read Ephesians 1:1-2 – “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ...

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF MY LIFE? TEXT: Nehemiah 1:1-10 , 6:1-2 ; Ecclesiastes 3:11 It was 1940, & a time of great crisis in Europe. The German armies had already conquered most of Eastern Europe. And now the blitzkrieg was sweeping across Western Europe toward England. In less than a week, Netherlands, Luxembourg, & Belgium had fallen, & France was next. Adolph Hitler was boasting that within 2 mon...

God's Grace is Sufficient Second Corinthians 12:7-12 INTRO: Good morning. We covered in recent lessons - God’s Grace, our faith, works and God’s Law. We said that God's Grace represents everything He did to make salvation available for mankind. Today I would like to examine some more aspects of God’s grace. Please turn in your bibles to 2 Corinthians the 12th chapter and I will read beginning in v...

Faith, Grace and Law Part 2 Romans 2:5-13 INTRO: Good morning. Previously we have examined the role of God's grace and our faith. Then we looked at God's law for us. We saw that God's grace is His role in the redemption plan of mankind and includes everything that He did to accomplish our salvation. We saw there has to be a response from man for God's grace to be of any value. If no response was r...

Faith, Grace and Law Hebrews 8:8-13 INTRO: Good morning. In my last few lessons we examined the role of God's grace, our faith, and works in our salvation. We said that God's grace is His role in the redemption plan and includes everything He did to accomplish our salvation. Obviously there must be a response from man in order for God's grace to work. If everything God did to save man required no...

I Peter 1:23-2:3 After a few of the usual Sunday evening hymns, the church's minister once again slowly stood up, walked over to the pulpit, and gave a very brief introduction of his childhood friend. With that, an elderly man stepped up to the pulpit to speak. "A father, his son, and a friend of his son were sailing off the Pacific Coast," he began, "when a fast approaching storm blocked any atte...

Faith and Works James 2:14 INTRO: This lesson that we're going to have today is related to the lesson that we had on God's grace and our faith. The reason that I want to expand our look in scripture, is that there are some objections to the idea of faith being an active faith. One of the main arguments brought to bear against it, is that we're not saved by works. In my last lesson, we saw that gra...

John 5:1-14 As we look at our world today, we realize that many people carry incredible burdens. Hearts are broken from disappointments and betrayal. Stress, loneliness, and anxiety are rampant. Addiction to alcohol and drugs is at an all-time high. Something is desperately wrong, and the term that comes to mind when I try to describe it is "dis-ease." Not disease, but "dis-ease," meaning "without...

God’s Grace and Our Faith Ephesians 2:8 INTRO: As you travel this road of life you will meet a lot of people who claim Jesus Christ as their savior. If you engage them in conversation about their beliefs, they have a notion that grace and faith are the tickets to heaven, and in a sense they are right. Their understanding of just what grace and faith are, as comprehensive Biblical terms, is not alw...

Hebrews 11:8-19 God …our Father …has made all things depend on faith so that whoever has faith will have everything, and whoever does not have faith will have nothing. OPEN: A man once told a story about his 84 year old grandmother. Apparently, she fiercely maintained her independence and lived alone in the old family home. Her 4 children lived in the same town, but she rarely called them except i...

Hebrews 11:32 – 12:3 There is a bumper sticker that sums up life on earth like this: “Many who seek God at the 11th hour of their life… Die at 10:30!” We often hear the question… “Was It Worth It?” We can ask Adam & Eve as we read Genesis 2: 8 – 9 8 Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 9 The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of...

What is Faith? Hebrews 10:38 INTRO: There is something we need, it is talked about many times in scripture, we have probably all heard short definitions about it and yet it continues to be misunderstood by many who consider themselves Christians. That something is Faith. Let’s start this morning by looking at this very necessary aspect in our salvation. I do not expect we will exhaust this topic i...

An Attitude of Gratitude Luke 15: 25 – 32 A friend of mine tells a story of when he was about 6 or 7 yrs old and wanted to go exploring in his neighborhood one summer afternoon. He walked to the school playground which was about 4 blocks from his house. While playing on the school playground he noticed woods beyond the school and decided to go on a hike to discover what was in and beyond those woo...