Doxa Church Sermons

Preacher: Chris Ritter Big Idea: Whatever your lot in life, seek to please your Master in heaven.  1. Understand it: Slaves, obey and serve your earthly master from the heart. (3:22) Apply it: Christian, do your work from a sincere heart to honor the Lord. 2. Understand it: Slaves, remember your work is ultimately for Christ, from whom you will receive an eternal inheritance. (3:23-25) Apply it: W...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: Living in light of who I am in Christ transforms life in the home. 1. Wives- submit to your husbands (v. 18)      2. Husbands- love your wives (v. 19) 3. Children- obey your parents (v. 20)  4. Fathers- don’t provoke your children (v. 21) 

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: Living in light of who I am in Christ means putting on Christ. 1. His Godliness (vv. 12-13) 2. His Love (v. 14) 3. His Peace (v. 15a) 4. His Thankfulness (v. 15b) 5. His Word (v. 16) 6. His Name (v. 17)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: Living in light of who I am in Christ means laying aside sin.   1. Slay what used to define you before Christ (vv. 5-7)  2. Strip what doesn’t accord with who are in Christ (vv. 8-11) 

Big Idea: Only when you grasp who you are in Christ will you live like it. 1. You have been raised with Christ in the past (3:1-2) 2. You are hidden with Christ in the present (3:3) 3. You will appear with Christ in the future (3:4)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: When secure in Christ:   1. You won’t fall for the idolatry of adding shadows to the substance (vv. 16-17) 2. You won’t fall for the insistence on superior spiritual experiences (vv. 18-19) 3. You won’t fall for the appearance of self-made religion (vv. 20-23)

Big Idea: The best remedy against false teaching’s captivity is to be captivated by Christ. 1. See to it that you’re captivated by the fullness in Christ (vv. 8-10)  2. See to it that you’re captivated by the fellowship in Christ (vv. 11-12) 3. See to it that you’re captivated by the forgiveness in Christ (vv. 13-15)

Big Idea: Movement towards maturity is gained in and on the basis of Jesus Christ alone.  1. Confidence from a corporate knowledge of Christ (vv. 1-3) 2. Constancy in our convictions about Christ (vv. 4-5)     3. Commitment to keep walking in Christ (vv. 6-7) 

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: The aim of gospel ministry is to present everyone mature in Jesus Christ.  1. The suffering inherent in gospel ministry (v. 24)   2. The stewardship entrusted to gospel ministers (vv. 25-28) 3. The strength supplied for gospel ministry (v. 29)

Preacher: Chris Ritter Big Idea: What are the benefits of being reconciled to God? 1. The assurance that your past no longer defines you (v. 21) 2. The promise of being presented holy before God, by God (v. 22) 3. The enabling power to continue in the faith (v. 23)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: Exodus 21 argues the unborn are just as worthy of protection as any other human being.   1. The interpretation to justify abortion  2. The explanation from rightly dividing the word   3. The application for the church a. Pray  b. Partner c. Proclaim

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: Living a life pleasing to God depends on our grasping the glory of who Jesus is and what He’s done. 1. Christ’s supremacy over creation (vv. 15-17) a. The image of God b. Creator c. Sustainer 2. Christ’s supremacy over the new creation (vv. 18-20) a. Head of the church b. Founder of the new creation c. Because He is God incarnate d. Through His reconciling wo...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: That you might be filled with His will to live a life fully pleasing to Him.   1. A life fully pleasing to God bears fruit (v. 10b) 2. A life fully pleasing to God increases in knowledge of Him (v. 10c) 3. A life fully pleasing to God endures by His strength (v. 11) 4. A life fully pleasing to God gives thanks regularly for Gospel grace (vv. 12-14)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: God’s work in your life is directly connected to the Gospel’s work in your life.   1. Gospel grace (vv. 1-2) 2. Gospel gratitude (v. 3)  3. Gospel glory (vv. 4-5)  4. Gospel growth (vv. 6-8)

Big Idea: The command ‘don’t be anxious’ is God’s call to make one of His great kingdom realities yours.     When I worry... 1. I underestimate God’s provision (v. 25) 2. I underestimate God’s care (vv. 26, 28-30) 3. I gain nothing by it (v. 27) 4. I underestimate God’s knowledge (vv. 31-32) 5. I’ve flipped my priorities (vv. 32-33) 6. I’m focusing on the future rather than living in the present (...

Big Idea: The Christian’s blood bought pathway out of fear… 1. What Keeps Us In Fear? a. Indulgence b. Immobilization c. Ignorance d. Improper means 2. Call Down Reinforcements a. Call out for for mercy (vv. 1-2, 9) b. Express your complaints to God (v. 1b, 2, 5, 6)  c. Call for enemies to be cast down (v. 7)  d. Consider God’s remembrance (v. 8) e. Have confidence when you call (v. 9) 3. Exercise...

Preacher: Issac Van Epps Big Idea: God knows our anxious and sinful hearts in this broken world and will restore both. 1. What is Fear? a. Two types of fear: - "Fear of God"-- reverence and Awe, that lead to drawing near - "Terror or Dread"-- is a loss of courage, in face of an unpleasant or dangerous situation, that leads to drawing away.  2. Perfect Fear by Design a. Seeds of...

Preacher: Chris Ritter Big Idea: All that God has done, is doing, and will do in eternity is for the praise of His glory. 1. God’s Creation Word and Written Word exhibit the glory of God - Psalm 19 | 2 Peter 1:16-21  2. Grace puts God’s glory on display – Ephesians 1:3-14  3. Faith magnifies God’s glory – Philippians 3 | Hebrews 11  4. Christ is the radiance of the glory of God – Hebrews 1:3 , Joh...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: Salvation is grounded exclusively and sufficiently in Jesus Christ alone. 1. The exclusivity of the person of Christ  2. The sufficiency of the work of Christ  3. The application of Solus Christus a. Look to Christ b. Love Christ c. Live for Christ

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: Justification is by faith alone in Jesus Christ.  1. What is justification? 2. What is faith? 3. Alone in what sense?

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: Salvation is a work of God’s grace alone from beginning to end. 1. The biblical basis   2. The historical battlefields    3. The practical by-products: a. Focuses all praise on God b. Focuses on the message, not the medium c. Anchors our assurance   d. Engages in the means of grace

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: Sola Scriptura is the assertion that Scripture, because it is God’s Word, is our final, sole infallible authority for faith and practice.   1. What sola Scriptura is 2. What sola Scriptura implies 3. How sola Scriptura applies  a. Scripture and the church b. Scripture and you c. Scripture and the world

Preacher: Maxwell Monaghan Big Idea: In 2 Samuel 24, we need to see beyond the imperfect King David to the four instances of God’s mercy and the four foreshadowings of the perfect King Jesus. 1. The King Wielded by God (vv. 1–9) a. God’s Mercy in the Retribution 2. The King Wounded by God (vv. 10–14) a. God’s Mercy in the Recourses 3. The King Who Intercedes (vv. 15–17) a. God’s Mercy in the Relen...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: There’s a coming King whose righteous rule over mankind is sure and whose faithful followers are also recorded in his book.   1. The certainty of the coming King  (vv. 1-7)    2. The chronicles of the coming King’s faithful followers (vv. 8-39)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: David’s song stands as a memorial that all praise for the saving work of God for His kingdom’s sake belongs to Him.   1. His support in suffering (vv. 2-20)               2. His rewarding righteousness (vv. 21-31)   3. His empowering His promises (vv. 32-51)