Doxa Church Sermons

Preacher: Chris Ritter Big Idea:  How can we use the Law rightly? 1. Fire bad Law-teachers (v. 7) 2. Know why the Law is good (v. 8) 3. Know for whom the Law is laid down (v. 9-10) 4. Connect the Law to the Gospel (v. 11)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: False teachers must be charged to cease and desist because... 1. It’s false (v. 3)  2. It’s fruitless (v. 4)  3. It’s faithless (v. 4b)  4. It’s loveless (vv. 5-6)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: 1 Timothy was written to teach the proper ordering and conduct in the church, to reveal the mystery of Christ in the Gospel most accurately, effectively, and beautifully.  A church as it should be... 1. Receives God’s design for the church authoritatively  2. Rallies behind legitimate leadership       3. Relies on God’s abundant assistance 

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: An open-ended conclusion prompts us to evaluate our own compassion. Where am I like Jonah? Object lessons reveal... 1. Actions inconsistent with my attitude (vv. 5-6) 2. A taste of my own theology (vv. 7-8) 3. A care for plants over people (vv. 9-11)

Preacher: Chris Ritter Big Idea: Your ability to change is directly tied to understanding, identifying and repenting of your heart idolatry.  1. Understanding cultural idolatry: The best framework for discerning the times 2. What is an idol?  Anything or anyone that takes the place of God and is worshiped, served, and honored as if it were God 3. Understanding heart idolatry: Idols, idols, everywh...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead When you find yourself angry at God, ask... 1. What does my heart want? (v. 1)   2. What of my old self has re-emerged? (v. 2)    3. What have I put in God’s place? (v. 3)   4. What is my justification? (v. 4)   

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: God awakens sinners in an extraordinary way through His ordinary means of grace. 1. Divinely attended preaching (vv. 3b-5a) 2. Divinely enabled repentance (vv. 5b-9) 3. Divinely granted relenting (v. 10)  

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: God’s at work even in our sinful failures to reform reluctant servants unto readiness for Kingdom responsibility.   1. A new opportunity (grace) (v. 1) 2. A new occupation (obedience) (v. 2) 3. A new orientation (onward) (v. 3a)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: God saves by means of mercy to make us merciful. 1. God’s delivery vehicle magnifies His deliverance (v. 17) 2. God's answer magnifies His sovereign mercy (2:1-9)         3. God's salvation mobilizes us to go (v. 10)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: God, in His merciful providence, pursues prodigals by means of sovereign storms.    1. God sends a sovereign storm to...stimulate the spiritual senses (vv. 4-6)     2. God sends a sovereign storm to...surface the source of sin (vv. 7-10)    3. God sends a sovereign storm to...show sin’s seriousness (vv. 11-16) 

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: I am prone to wander from the call of a gracious God. 1. Depart from Divine revelation (vv. 1-2) 2. Defy God's presence (v. 3)

Preacher: Chris Ritter Big Idea: Want an awesome prayer life? You need an awesome High Priest. 1. Jesus is the unsurpassably Great High Priest… So we hold fast our confession in Him. 2. Jesus is a compassionate High Priest... So we approach Him with confidence. 3. Jesus is the High Priest who sits on the throne of grace... So we receive mercy and grace for our need.

Preacher: Justin Schroeder Big Idea: When Christ rules & reigns in your heart - you will eagerly speak of Him. 1. Be Ruled by Christ's Peace (v.15) 2. Be Grateful Because of Christ's Work (v.15c) 3. Be Filled with Christ's Word (v.16)

Preacher: Michael Pagan Big Idea: Christians have a duty to welcome and provide for fellow believers, because Christ has welcomed and provided for them. 1. The Command: Be Hospitable 2. The Recipients: Fellow Christians 3. The Attitude: Without Grumbling

Preacher: Zak Graves 1. Restoration Work: In the Spirit you have been commanded & equipped (v.1) 2. Burden Bearing (Part 1): Specific to restoration work, but not limited to it (v.2) 3. Burden Bearing (Part 2): Service does not free you from personal responsibility (v.3-5) Application: Small Groups are a prime context for Burden Bearing

Preacher: Chris Ritter Big Idea: Why love one another as Christians? 1. The command to love is rooted in the character of God (v. 7-8) 2. The character of God's love is seen in the Gospel (v. 9-10) 3. The Gospel results in Christians loving one another (v. 11) 4. The love Christians have is proof God abides in us by the Spirit (v. 12-13)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 1. Divine design- embrace don’t erase        2. Divine distinction- rooted in creation not culture     3. Divine duty- fleshed out in fitting ways  

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 1. Recognize your role 2. Reject what provokes   3. Raise them up in the Lord

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: Evil exists to magnify the glory of God through redemption in Christ. 1. Evil exists. 2. God wills evil to exist. 3. God wills evil to exist for a glorious purpose.

Preacher: Dave Harvey The Audacious Claim of The Gospel is... 1. Go Forth... Uncertain 2. Prepare for... Difficulty 3. Value the Gospel ... Above All!

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: You would if you could but you can’t so you won’t. 1. If you lose it, you never had it. 2. If you have it, you’ll never lose it.

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 1. Grasping our depravity 2. Grappling with the positions   3. Glorying in God’s grace... a. to marvel at the glory of God’s grace b. to mobilize us for evangelism c. to marinate in God’s comfort d. to move us to humility  e. to manifest in courage f. to make us like Jesus

Preacher: Chris Ritter 1. Romans 1:25 and the The Lie 2. The Worldview of The Lie 3. The Worldview of The Truth 4. How to live faithfully today

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: Motherhood is whole body, whole day, whole life worship.  1. Motivation for motherhood: mercies 2. Manifestation of mercy-motivated motherhood: sacrifice  3. Mobilization toward sacrificial motherhood: a. Resists conformity b. Pursues transformation

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 1. The Command- be subject to the governing authorities (v. 1) 2. The Authority- delegated by God (v. 2) 3. The Purpose- punish evil and reward good (vv. 3-4) 4. The Summary- be subject to God’s ministers (vv. 5-7)