Grace Church Waco Sermons

Hebrews 3:1-6 // There are many faithful earthly leaders, but only the faithful leadership of Christ can satisfy our longings for a lasting leader of a lasting kingdom. As the one who brings us to God, who rules over his house, and who calls us into his home, Jesus is shown to be greater than Moses, and greater than any leader, as the apostle, intercessor, builder, and son of an eternal heavenly k...

Hebrews 2:5-18 // Besides the temptation to "de-deify" Jesus, we also suffer from the tendency to dehumanize him. The humanity of Jesus is amazingly good news because through Jesus, we can be truly human again: fulfilling our greatest purpose, facing our greatest enemy, and throwing off our greatest shame.

Hebrews 2:1-5 // The drift away from the gospel and the glory of Christ is real, and it's consequences are incredibly dangerous. The solution to our tendency to drift is the surety of Christ himself, because Jesus is the very glory of the gospel.

Hebrews 1:5-14 // In contrast to angels or any other spiritual authority we can drum up, the only thing that will spiritually satisfy is to bow before the Son and cling to the Son.

Hebrews 1:1-4 // The book of Hebrews calls us to consider the finality of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Jesus has the final word, the final authority, and the final action in all of time and reality.

Colossians 1:24-29 // The riches of Christ in the gospel enable the church to live out Kingdom-multiplying mission through proclaiming the message of the gospel to all people and suffering for sake of the gospel, and for those who have yet to hear.

2 Samuel 9 // What is Christ-Centered Community? It is a community of mutual need, a community of honor in the gospel, and a community bound together by covenant.

1 Timothy 1:3-7 // In this text, we hear two charges related to Biblical, Historic, Christianity: 1) guard the gospel; 2) guard your love.

Song of Songs 8:1-14 // In the face of time, death, and sin, the love of Jesus Christ is an everlasting love.

Song of Songs 6:4-12 // In our repentance, God will always assure us with his holistic, reminding, and unique love in Christ.

Song of Songs 5:2-6:3 // There are times when Jesus comes knocking, ready to meet us and show us the joy of his love… and we just aren’t in the mood. When that happens, we are taught by example to meditate on his matchless worth and fall back on his covenant.

Psalm 67 // We are all created to image God as his missionaries on earth. Our purpose is to make Jesus known, our plan is to cover the earth with his praise, and our promise is that he will bless us.

Song of Songs 4:1-5:1 // How does God feel about me in Christ? Through the picture of the consummation of marriage, we hear his words: "you are altogether beautiful... you have have captivated my heart." What would change about our life if we could accept God's delight in us?

Song of Songs 3:1-11 // When we feel God is absent, we must pursue him, because He will bring us to Himself with joy.

Song of Songs 2:1-17 // You are made to powerfully desire the Beloved, the Beloved is calling you to save yourself for him, and the Beloved is coming soon to take you away as his.

Song of Songs 1:5-17 // True love is not blind. True love, which is God’s love in Christ, sees and answers your deepest insecurities, and opens up your heart to love back.

Song of Songs 1:1-4 // Through the lens of idealized human marriage, the Song of Songs pushes us to consider the perfection of the love of God in Christ. In this text, we long for the Beloved's exhilarating embrace, attractive anointing, and celebratory character.

Jonah 1-4 // God’s loving call is greater than the sins of the world, God’s loving mercy is greater than the disobedience of His servants, God’s loving plan is greater than our efforts and ability, and God's loving grace is greater than our anger.

Philemon 1:17-25 // There will be times that our new spiritual family members will let us down. But because of the gospel, we can have supernatural confidence and trust with one another, anticipating genuine love and concern from the church.

Philemon 8-17 // What are the attitudes and actions required to truly welcome and receive one another as Christ has received us? In Philemon 8-16, we get a picture. The relational activity of gospel welcome is 1) Compelling Deference; 2) Emotional Boldness; and 3) Eternal Perspective.

Isaiah 40:1-8 // The resurrection of Jesus is crying out to us: comfort is coming, you can't stop it, and it will have the last say!

Revelation 21:1-22:5 // When we follow Jesus, the King of Peace, out of the wilderness, we anticipate our arrival in the new heavens and earth and the new city Jerusalem—the place where God dwells with man and our faith becomes sight.

Matthew 4:1-11 // All the hurts, pains, needs, and suffering of the wilderness world you feel? Jesus felt it too. Not only that, but he shows us the way out.

Jeremiah 8:18-9:26 // Lament is a part of the Christian experience as we traverse the wilderness of this world. The goal of lament isn’t to dwell on our situation but to draw us close to God as we seek him to answer our prayers.

Exodus 16:1-36 // When we face need in the wilderness of life, we are prone to grumbling, where we forget God's faithful past, distort our true need, place the blame on others, and mistrust God's instructions. But through Christ, God provides by hearing us in our sin, meeting our daily need, teaching us to rest, and holding our future forever.