Emmanuel Community Church Sermons

In the second half the Magnificat, Mary moves to general reasons for magnifying God that not only apply to Mary but to the generations who see themselves as lowly like the mother of our Lord. So today, we transition our eyes from the Lord of Mary to the Lord of many. In this sermon, pastor Keith considers once again how God alone is worthy to be magnified, looking at how God resists the proud, rev...

For the Advent season in 2022 we are looking the songs sung by Mary, Zechariah, and the Angels which accompanied the birth of Christ. In this sermon pastor Keith considers Mary's song, traditionally known as the Magnificat, and the personal reasons Mary had for rejoicing in God. What we will see is that God alone is worthy to be magnified for the great things he has done and that this news is caus...

In this sermon, pastor Matt reminds us that God is to be praised for his wisdom and power revealed in the good news of Jesus. Doxology is not only how Paul concludes his letter explaining the gospel of God; doxology is to be the response of all those who hear the gospel and behold the glorious Christ.

From Paul’s final exhortations we learn something about what a healthy Christian community looks like. We learn that a healthy church is one that strives to remain faithful to and united in the gospel. And in order to help the church remain united and obedient to the truth, Paul gives the church: a warning about false teachers, a promise of victory, and a prayer for grace

In this sermon, instead of spending time on conjecture about this list of names, pastor Matt helps us see that the manifold wisdom and saving power of God is made known through the church of Christ. More than just providing a portrait of the church at Rome, Paul's greetings reveal what God has done through the gospel of his Son in Rome, and what he continues to do in the world today.

In this sermon, pastor Matt explains that the church is where the blessing of Christ is known and where the glory of God is made known. This happens as the saints experience the peace of God, encourage one another in the faith, and contend together for the sake of the gospel.

In this sermon, pastor Matt helps us see that the gospel claims the whole world for Christ that all nations might be glad in him. And Paul’s goal in life, as a minister of God’s gospel, should be our aim as well: that the glory of the risen Christ, the King of kings, might be the glory of the nations.

In this sermon, pastor Keith reminds us that our God is glorified when we welcome one another in Christ, just as we have been welcomed by him.

As chapter 15 begins, Paul continues his discussion of the strong and weak reminding the strong to bear with the weak and not please themselves. Just like our Lord Jesus, we must use our strength to serve others and not ourselves. In this sermon pastor Joel helps us see that humbly serving others, in accord with Christ, harmonizes our lives and voices to glorify God, and that our Triune God works...

In this sermon, pastor Matt continues to teach how Christians are to enjoy their gospel freedoms in a way that keeps their fellow kingdom citizens from stumbling. To do this, we must not only consider the cross of Christ and the kingdom of God, but the goal of edification and the conduct of faith.

In this sermon, pastor Matt helps us see that Christians are to enjoy their gospel freedoms in a way that keeps their fellow kingdom citizens from stumbling. For true Christian liberty means the freedom to lay our rights and preferences aside in loving service to Christ and his blood-bought church.

This week, pastor Matt reminds us again that that Christians are to love and accept all those whom God has accepted at the Lord’s table. For in the end, it is our Lord Jesus to whom we all belong in life and in death, and he is the one to whom we all must give account.

In this sermon, pastor Matt begins to show us that Christians are to love and accept all those whom God has accepted at the Lord’s table. For when our view of those who belong to Christ is based on God’s view of them, the result is a church characterized not by worldly strife but joy and peace.

Since Romans 12, Paul has been giving the church general instructions for a whole new way of life “in view of God’s mercies." Now in Romans 13:11-14, he brings this section to close. But instead of telling the church to look at the present in light of the past (what God has done in Christ), he now tells them to consider the present in light of their future (what God will surely do in Christ). Paul...

Since Romans 12 we have been looking at the various relationships the church has in light of the gospel and our new identity as citizens of God's kingdom. We considered the church's relationship to God, to each other, to the world, and to the state. In this sermon, pastor Keith looks at our relationship to neighbors, reminding us of our unending obligation to love and how our love for neighbor ful...

In this sermon, pastor Matt reminds us that the posture of a citizen of heaven towards rulers and authorities is one of submission unto the Lord. For we recognize that they are God’s appointed servants, under the rule of his Christ, authorized to punish what is evil and to promote what is good

After all that Paul has said about the Christian’s relationship to the church, we come to what is arguably the most radical command in all Scripture. We saw it briefly in verse 14, but in verses 17-21 Paul now focuses on our relationship to the world, and the Christian’s display of non-retaliating love. In this sermon pastor Matt reminds us once more how love is the indispensable mark of the new h...

Having just taught that Christians are members of Christ's body, and encouraging the church to use their grace-gifts in humble service, Paul shows them "a still more excellent way" (1 Cor. 12:31). In this sermon, Pastor shows how love is the indispensable mark of the new humanity created in Christ Jesus. For the love of God revealed in the gospel of his Son has also been poured into our hearts by...

A renewed mind keeps God’s mercies central and takes delights in God’s will. But it not only makes true worship possible when it comes to our relationship to God, but it also makes humble service possible when it comes to our relationship to the church. In this sermon, pastor Matt teaches that a mind renewed […]

With this sermon we begin the final section of Paul’s letter to the church at Rome. In chapters 1-4 we saw how the gospel of Jesus reveals the righteousness of God in the justification of sinners. In chapters 5-8 Paul showed how the gospel provides the hope of salvation for all those united to Christ. […]

As the book of Jonah comes to a close, God teaches Jonah a lesson about anger and compassion, a lesson that the church must still be taught. In this sermon, pastor Joel reminds us once again of God's sovereign and scandalous mercy, available to all who call on the name of the Lord.

In this sermon, pastor Mitch reminds us of the profound truth this familiar story teaches us: that God is rich in mercy for all who turn from their sin and take him at his word. Here we find the irrefutable proof that God does not desire the death of the wicked but that all should repent and believe his word.

After being hurled into the raging sea, God mercifully preserves Jonah's life by sovereingly appointing a great sea creature to swallow him. From the belly of the fish, Jonah offers a prayer of thanksgiving to the Lord from the belly of the fish, acknowledging that he had been spared from a death he deserved. In this sermon on Jonah's psalm of salvation, pastor Keith reminds us that God is the one...

In this sermon, pastor Joel shows us the absolute sovereignty of God over all things and the futility of our attempts to outrun, outwit, or ignore him. But we not only see God’s sovereignty over nature in the story of Jonah but also unstoppable mercy. Despite Jonah’s disobedience and attempts to frustrate God’s plan, God’s […]

In this sermon, pastor Joel introduces us to the main characters in the story of Jonah and the historical setting of the book. As we consider Jonah's commission and his resistance to God's word, we are reminded of the futility of running from the Lord and encouraged to consider what our own response is to his word.