Gardendale Nazarene Sermons

Center and Presence 1 Kings 5:1-5, 8:1-13 1 Samuel 16:7   1 Kings 2:1-4 1 Kings 5:1-5 1 King Hiram of Tyre sent his emissaries to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place, for Hiram had always been friends with David. 2 Solomon sent this message to Hiram: 3 “You know my father David was not able to build a temple for the name of the Lord his God. This was because...

Isn’t There One More? 1 Samuel 16:1-13 1 Samuel 3:19-20  19 Samuel grew. The Lord was with him, and he fulfilled everything Samuel prophesied. 20 All Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was a confirmed prophet of the Lord. 21 The Lord continued to appear in Shiloh, because there he revealed himself to Samuel by his word. 1 Samuel 8:19-22 19 The people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!”...

This morning, we hear from Pastor James

Exodus 4-15 Moses returns to Egypt.  Moses confronts Pharaoh  Ten Plagues The People are Released The Crossing of the Red Sea Bitter Water Made Sweet Exodus 16:1-18 1 The entire Israelite community departed from Elim and came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt. 2 The entire Israelite community gr...

The Fight of His Life Genesis 27:1-4, 15-23; 28:10-17 Genesis 25:24-26 Genesis 25:27-34 Genesis 27:14-24 14 So he went and got the goats and brought them to his mother, and his mother made the delicious food his father loved. 15 Then Rebekah took the best clothes of her older son Esau, which were in the house, and had her younger son Jacob wear them. 16 She put the skins of the young goats on his...

The Lord Will Provide Genesis 21:1-3; 22:1-14 Genesis 12:1-3 1 The Lord said to Abram: Go from your land,your relatives,and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 I will make you into a great nation,I will bless you,I will make your name great,and you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you,I will curse anyone who treats you with contempt,and all the peoples on eart...

Creation by the Word Genesis 1:1—2:4a Genesis 1:1-2:3 Creator creates creation. Genesis 1:1-2 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. tohu- formless, without structure, chaotic bohu- void, empty The song of creation sings of...

One Hope 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. We look… This is a statement about posture. Romans 8:18-19 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God’s sons to be reveal...

One Baptism Colossians 2:8-15 We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. Ephesians 4:1-6 1 Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit throug...

One Body 1 Corinthians 12:12-26 1 Corinthians 1:10-13 1 Corinthians 3:1-3 1 Corinthians 12:11  One and the same Spirit is active in all these, distributing to each person as he wills. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through the prophets. We believe in one...

One Spirit John 6:60-69 Andrew Root story from  Faith Formation in a Secular Age : "We talked about faith absent any language of transcendence or divine action. Here we were talking about “faith,” and yet we had made no assertions about faith having anything to do with a realm beyond us, with a God who comes to us in death and resurrection, Spirit and transformation." “Good, because the...

One Eternal Kingdom 2 Peter 1:3-11 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 9 for they themselves report what kind of reception we had from you: how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath. For us men and for our salvation, he came down from heaven; by the power of the Holy Spirit h...

The One Seated Ephesians 4:7-10 For us men and for our salvation, he came down from heaven; by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the scriptures; he ascended into Heaven and is seated at the right hand of the F...

One for Our Sins 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 For us men and for our salvation, he came down from heaven; by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. Why? Why did Christ come? What was the goal of the incarnation?  telos (τέλος)-  usually translated as goal/end, whole, perf...

One Being with the Father John 14:6-11, 15-21 We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father, through him all things were made. 1 Samuel 9:15-17 1 Samuel 9:16 “At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him ruler ov...

One Saving King Colossians 1:15-17 The Next Three Stanzas of the Nicene Creed: • Divinity of Christ • Humanity of Christ: Incarnation • Humanity of Christ: Passion & Return Matthew 1:1  An account of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham: γένεσις-  genesis - the beginning, genealogy Where did Jesus come from? John 1:1-5  1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Wo...

This morning we are joined by our dear friend, Rev. Randy Jasper.

One Lord Exodus 20:2-5 Definitions:  Orthodox-  right belief  Catholic-  fully encompassing  “To believe the creed is not merely to assent to its truthfulness, but to enter it, even, in a sense, to become it. Creeds have consequences. Christ’s story becomes our story, and our story is folded into his.”  –Michael J. Gorman We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth,...

We Believe in 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Galatians 1:6-9 6 I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from him who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are troubling you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we ha...

Clothed With Christ  Galatians 3:1-9 4 Groups in Early Church Communities: • Jewish Christ-followers observing the Torah • Jewish Christ-followers  not  observing the Torah • Gentile Christ-followers  not  observing the Torah • Gentile Christ-followers who might observe the Torah Galatians 1:1-4 CSB Galatians 1:4-5 The Message We know the meaning of those words because Jesus Christ rescued us from...

This morning, we are joined by our youth pastor, James Dolinger.

Hearts Cleansed by Faith Acts 15:1-8 4 Groups in Early Church Communities: • Jewish Christ-followers observing the Torah • Jewish Christ-followers  not  observing the Torah • Gentile Christ-followers  not  observing the Torah • Gentile Christ-followers who might observe the Torah Galatians 2:1-5 1 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also. 2 I we...

Guiding in the Truth Acts 8:26-39 Acts 8:1-3 1 Saul agreed with putting him to death. On that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the land of Judea and Samaria. 2 Devout men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him. 3 Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and wom...

The Temple and Presence Acts 6:1-7:2a, 44-60 "You were running well. What happened?" Galatians 5:7 What prevents you from running well? Galatians 5:13-14 Acts 6:1-7 Acts 6:8-15 Acts 7:44-60 Acts 6:5, 8, 10 "...Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit..." "...Stephen, full of grace and power..." "...they were unable to stand up against his wisdom and the S...

Lost Hope Luke 24:13-35 Luke 24:13-35 13  Now that same day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.  14  Together they were discussing everything that had taken place.  15  And while they were discussing and arguing, Jesus himself came near and began to walk along with them.  16  But they were prevented from recognizing him.  17  Then h...