Doxa Church Sermons

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead How do you watch your Christian walk?  Capitalize on opportunities for godliness, familiarize yourself with God's will, and maximize your consumption of Christ.

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead "Therefore do not become partners with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Love has been largely distorted in our culture. We want it so bad, we sin to get it and lose love entirely. Paul reminds us that if we are going to truly love others, then we must reflect the example of Jesus, renounce worldly counterfeits to love, renounce worldly speech, and resolve to live in agreement with your eternal destiny.

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Man-centered duty or Spirit-led delight?  In Ephesians 4:25-32, Paul shows us why Spirit-led delight ("Put off, put on, and the motivation") is the key to battling sin and pursuing holiness in the Christian life.

Preacher: Chris Ritter "Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of i...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead As we begin small groups, Ephesians 4:12-16 gives us a great glimpse of our purpose as a church. This message is a critical one for the life and direction of our church. In a culture with high church experience and low Biblical discernment, these words of Paul are never more timely to give up childish ways and press on towards maturity in Christ.

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead While God's church is meant to be united, those who make up the church have different gifts. God has strategically gifted each believer in a way that makes them uniquely valuable and indispensable to the body of Christ. More than that, spiritual gifts are of incredible value because they are costly. Find out why as we examine Ephesians 4:7-11.

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead What you think about yourself has a direct affect on how you live because your identity drives your lifestyle and mentality. Rather than spending your life striving for an identity (meaning or purpose), Paul urges us to spend our live living from our identity in Christ.

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead These two verses are called a doxology, which means an expression of praise to God; and the word “doxa” from doxology focuses on praising God for the brightness and radiance of His presence with us. In other words, He’s made the church the focus of His incredible grace, and He’s given us the power to live for Him. This is the culminating point of the first half of Ephe...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead It's time to invite the real Jesus back to His own birthday.

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Here’s the great news this holiday season. Jesus’ love is available to you today and is no more clearly visible than through the Cross. Jesus came because of His love for you to deal with the barrier that each of us have between us and God, namely sin. Jesus came to live without sin and die for sin on the Cross, so that He could be a substitute for you. Jesus’ death is...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead In Ephesians 3:7-13, Paul adds the Gospel application that the grace of God in your life ought to compel you to bring God's grace to others. Therefore, we would do well to put our faith to good use. As we look at Paul's life as a servant of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we can glean important insights into our lives as followers of Jesus Christ who are seeking...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead In Ephesians 3:1-6, Paul looks at what the Gospel achieves for us as Gentiles. Does your life show people that Jesus is worth living for? Have you come to know and see and savor the Gospel in your own life? When everything else pales in comparison to the Gospel, then you know you're understanding the fullness of the Gospel.

Preacher: Mark Retzlaff In Ephesians 2:19-22, Paul describes our new reality and identity as believers in Jesus Christ. Together, we are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Holy Spirit.

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead In Ephesians 2:11-18, Paul describes the hostile relationship between the Jews and Gentiles. This was a hostility brought about by years of misguided superiority by the Jews and a prideful heart from the Gentiles who were strangers to the presence of God and covenants of promise. In Christ, God creates a new access point to Him. Not through the Mosaic law, but through...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Ephesians 2:8-10 is a beautiful explanation of the Gospel.  "For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God; not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead In Ephesians 2:1-7, Paul reminds the Christian of his situation before becoming a Christian. It was a hopeless, helpless situation with no remedy. As a result of sin, we have violated the standard of God's holiness and separated ourselves from God. With no hope of ever being reconciled in and of ourselves, God stepped in to rescue us by sending Jesus to live a per...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead In Ephesians 1:15-23, Paul prays that believers might be given a greater depth of insight and knowledge into the greatness of our blessings in Christ.

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead We continue in our series titled, "The Right Foundation," through the book of Ephesians.  This week, Pastor Scott examines the work of the Holy Spirit in Ephesians 1:11-14. In it, we see our hope is secure, and we can be assured that we are God's.

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Christians have been given every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms. Not the least of which is redemption from our slavery and forgiveness for our sins.  Tune in as we trace the spiritual richness of our God through His gracious gift of redemption in Christ.

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Ephesians 1:3-6 in our series titled "The Right Foundation".