Doxa Church Sermons

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: Where discipleship is pursued, healthy churches and ministries multiply. 1. The purpose of small group multiplication-- glorify God by making disciples 2. The priority of small group multiplication-- raise up leaders 3. The process of small group multiplication-- build a culture of invitation

Preacher: Chris Ritter Big Idea: Sharing your faith in community will lead to your greatest spiritual growth. - A shared faith produces deeper spiritual knowledge - A shared faith is a refreshing faith 4 ways to live a shared faith at Harvest: 1. Fully invest by becoming a member 2. Get in a small group 3. In small groups, pray for full knowledge of all that is ours in Christ 4. Be a person who se...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 5 elements of a healthy small group: 1. Discuss God's Word 2. Genuine care 3. Authentic Accountability 4. Meaningful prayer 5. Intentional reaching out

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Because God calls us to be… 1. Devoted to God's Word 2. Devoted to fellowship 3. … Resulting in God's glory and your joy

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 3 barriers to your growth: 1. Your devotion to gospel works 2. Your understanding of the gospel 3. Your gospel root isn't leading to gospel fruit

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead I resolve to influence the world around me because I remember my past accurately and live out of my Gospel identity. 1. Remember what life should look like now… 2. ...because you remember your past accurately… 3. ...and live out of your Gospel identity

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 5 ways God's grace trains you to live out His purpose: God's grace trains you… 1. To say no 2. To say yes 3. To change now 4. To think of then 5. To lean on Him

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: Christians, in their various age, gender, and socioeconomic groups, are called to live out God’s purpose for them in response to their faith in Christ. 1. Gospel informed life for an older man 2. Gospel informed life for an older woman 3. Gospel informed life for a younger woman 4. Gospel informed life for a younger man 5. Gospel informed life for a working r...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: Church leaders need to protect the flock by dealing directly and sternly with false teaching. How do we deal with false teaching? 1. Identify the person 2. Establish the plan 3. Execute the procedure 4. Understand the problem Faith to life: 1. Watch out for false teaching 2. Be a critical/active listener 3. Stand behind the elders as they preserve the faith

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: God leads His local churches through a plurality of qualified men. 1. Do you manage your household well? 2. Do you live an exemplary life for others to follow? 3. Do you study, teach, and defend the faith?

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: True belief in the true Gospel leads to a changed life. 3 aspects of a changed life: 1. Start with a true faith in Jesus 2. Learn God's truth and live it 3. Set your hope on the promise of eternal life

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead God loves saving sinners! 1. God's pleasing plan brings you full forgiveness. 2. God's success brings Himself full joy. 3. God's affirmation of Christ assures you full access to His promises.

Preacher: Chris Ritter Big Idea: Seeing Jesus accurately requires corrected vision. - Bad theology begins with bad vision - “Vision” = seeing things as they really are - False religion claims to have correct vision - Believing you have correct vision leads you to condemn others  - Brief application: personal testimony about Jesus’ work in your life is one of the most effective ways to share your f...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Rest in Jesus' good works!

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 1. Confess your wrong thinking 2. Confess your wrong doing 3. Confess your warped nature

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Roots of Unbelief: 1. Jesus isn't who you want Him to be 2. You judge by appearance of perceived value and not truth 3. You underestimate sin and Jesus' needing to come

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 1. The Successful Servant: Take comfort in Him 2. The Suffering Servant: Stand amazed by Him 3. The Stunning Servant: Tell the world about Him

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead A word to the believer, the seeker, and the skeptic from John 20.

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead "O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer… ” (What a Friend We Have in Jesus) - Prayer can’t just be part of our life… prayer is our life. - Self-sufficiency doesn’t glorify God— it glorifies us. God is glorified when He is the source and supplier of everything we need.  - A superhuman bat...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly plac...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead "Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: Marriages need God’s grace. Marriage is meant to be a picture of the Gospel.

Preacher: Guest Speaker "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” — Ephesians 6:1-4

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her, that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that He might present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead "Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, His body, and is Himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.” — Ephesians 5:22–24