Doxa Church Sermons

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead “If you find yourself with a desire that no experience in this world can satisfy, then the most probably explanation is that you were made for another world.” — C.S. Lewis  Big Idea: Unparalleled satisfaction is found in all that God is for you in Jesus. 1. The satisfying shepherd (vv.1-4) 1a. In relationship  - (v.1) -- "1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not wan...

Preacher: Jim Doyle "Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring fort...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: Spiritual depression…its cause and its cure 1. The Cause 1a. Internally (vv.1-2) -- "As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night." 1b. Externally (v.3b) -- "while they say to me all the day lon...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 4 marks of repentance: 1. Prayerful plea for mercy (vv.1-2) 2. Biblical confession of sin - What is Biblical confession of sin? 1a. I’m fully responsible (v.3) 1b. 4 ways we fake it: 1c. Worldly sorrow 2c. Deflecting 3c. Blameshifting 4c. Minimizing 2a. Sin is fully vertical (v.4) 3a. Sin is fully pervasive (v.5) 4a. Only You can heal my heart (v.6) 3. Radical redirect...

Preacher: Chris Ritter Big Idea: God’s name is majestic in all the earth 4 Ways that majesty is revealed: 1. The Majesty of God in creation - v.1 and v.3 - LORD = YHWH, or Yahweh, the personal name of God. “I am who I am” - Lord = Adonai - King, Master, Almighty Ruler 2. The Majesty of God in human weakness - v. 2 - David gives us a theology of God’s humble means… He uses what is weak in the world...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: Our God speaks… listen. 1. General Revelation: God speaks through the sky (vv.1-6) a. What’s he telling us? God exists. 1 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. b. How is He telling us? Through a wordless message (a message you have to see) (vv.2-4a) — "Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals know...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 1. God knows all there is about you (vv.1-6) a. Every detail of your routine (vv.1-2a,3,5) b. Every unspoken thought (vv.2b,4,6) 2. God’s sees everything you go through (vv.7-12) a. Every moment, He sees (vv.7-9) b. Every circumstance, He’s sovereign over (vv.10-12) 3. God pays careful attention to every detail of you (vv.13-18) a. Every part of you planned (vv.13-15)...

Preacher: Chris Ritter 4 angles of worship:  1. Worship’s issue 2. Worship’s formula 3. Worship’s power 4. Worship’s goal 1. Worship’s issue: sin - Romans 1:23-25 -- “And exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their heart to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among them...

Preacher: Chris Ritter Big Idea: The devil’s roar is no match for God’s power. In light of this… 1. Be alert for the devil’s attacks (v.8) -- "Be sober minded, be watchful…” - Who is the Devil? A real, personal, created being, an angel of God who rebelled against God. He led a kind of insurrection against God, with other angels, and was cast out of heaven. Revelation 12:9 -- "And the gre...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: the Christian is free in Christ to enjoy the grace of humility by casting their anxieties on God. 1. Humility toward elders (v.5a) -- "Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders” 1 Thessalonians 5:13 -- “We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you.” 2. Humility towards people (v.5b...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: Elders-- Shepherd the flock entrusted to your care faithfully. Flock-- Submit yourself to a church where there are elders who shepherd the flock entrusted to their care faithfully. 1. A word from elder to elders -- "So I exhort the elders among you,” (v.1a) 1a. A fellow elder-- "as a fellow elder” (v1.b) 2a. A fellow witness-- "and a witness of...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: 6 reasons to keep rejoicing in suffering for Jesus. Suffering… 1. Refines us (v.12) -- "Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you." - Resist the surprise factor 2. Unites us with Jesus (v.13) -- "But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: The essential elements of a God glorifying life are prayer, love, and service. 1. Fact: Jesus is coming back soon (v.7a) -- "The end of all things is at hand” 2. Response: Live every day like He’s coming back a. Be focused in your PRAYERS (v.7b) -- "therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers” 2. Be stretched in your L...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: The battle for the Christian is won and lost in the mind. Therefore, ARM YOUR MIND FOR BATTLE. 4 truths to arm your mind: 1. Sin’s too destructive not to live in victory over its power (vv.1-2) -- "Since therefore Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin so as...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big idea: Jesus wins and those who are in Him win too! - When you lose sight of hope in suffering, look to Jesus to remind you of your victory… 1. Victory over sin and death (v.18a) -- "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he may bring us to God,” Interpretive decisions: a. Respect contextual constraints b. Allow Scriptur...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: How to have hope when suffering for righteousness 1a. Consider the blessing God brings through righteous suffering (vv.13-14) -- "Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed.” 2a. Consume your heart with fear-conquering worship - Worldly fear: Have no fear of...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Introduction: As recipients of the grace of the gospel and missionaries to our unbelieving culture, Peter calls us to a life that would match and strengthen our proclamation of Jesus Christ. 2:11-3:7 is about how to live as a missionary for Jesus before the government, the workplace, and in the home. And in vv.8-12, he concludes with a summary of Gospel qualities that...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: Joyfully submit and fulfill God’s design for husbands 1. Know your wife intimately "Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way," 1. Be someone your wife wants to submit to 2. Study your wife-- ask good questions. Pursue her. Woo her. Here’s a gauge: is she increasingly becoming your best friend? 3. Regularly assess your role as...

Preacher: Chris Ritter What Peter has said is true of all Christians so far: a. We’re all born again by God’s mercy to a living hope (1:3) b. We all have an inheritance waiting for us in heaven (1:4) c. Your salvation is one that the prophets of old longed to know more about (1:10-11) d. Your salvation makes angels full of wonder (1:12) e. You’re called to holiness of life, totally given to God (1...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 3 new things Jesus wanted to give you so bad he rose from death to do it: 1. A new start (vv.15-17) -- "and he died for all, that those who live might not longer live for themselves, but for Him who for their sake died and was raised. From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we reg...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: How to live as a missionary in your workplace? 1a. Submit (v.18a) -- "Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect,” “The call to follow the crucified Messiah was, in the long run, much more effective in changing the unjust political, economic, and familial structures than exhortations to revolutionize them would ever have been. For an allegianc...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: You’re here to live like the people of God on mission for Jesus to the glory of God. Adopt your missional lifestyle: "Beloved…strangers and exiles.” (v.11)  1. Abstain from the flesh "I urge you to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.” (v.11) - Win the internal battle of passions. - What are the "passions of...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: You’re here to be the people of God on mission for Jesus to the glory of God. God’s blueprint for this reconstruction: the plan, the people, the purpose. 1. The Plan a. Abide in Christ-- "As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious” (v.4)\ b. Be built into God’s building-- "you yourselves like livin...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead The Basis for the Inerrancy Summit 1. The Scripture is attacked and we are called to defend it. 2. The Scripture is authoritative and we are called to declare it. 3. The Scripture is accurate and we are to demonstrate it. 4. The Scripture is active through the power of the Spirit and we are called to deploy it. Big Idea: How do you maintain and sustain your corporate r...

Preacher: Seth Kleeberger Main Thought: I am only self-sufficient, when I don’t believe He is truly sufficient. Three truths for those who are living in, or tempted by self sufficiency: 1. When I am self-sufficient, I am foolish. (vv.13-14) 2. When I am self-sufficient, I ignore the obvious. (v.15) 3. When I am self-sufficient, I am a sinner. (vv.16-17)