Heritage Sermons

Colossians 4:2 | Fulness in Christ | Trent Hunter\ Colossians opened with thankful prayer (1:3) and it ends the same way. In one simple verse, Colossians 4:2, Paul instructs us in what he has modeled: steadfast, watchful, and thankful prayer.

Colossians 3:22-4:1 | Fulness in Christ | Trent Hunter In this sermon we come to a passage that raises all kinds of questions in our minds. Paul will address first century bondservants and masters about how fullness in Christ transforms their roles and relationship. What was this institution? How does it relate with the institution of slavery practiced in America’s history? How does it relate with...

Colossians 3:20-21 | Fulness in Christ | Trent Hunter In this sermon we return to Colossians and to the household code for the Christ-Filled home. This time we address children and their parents. How does Christ, with all of His benefits, come to bear on our roles as children and on our roles as parents? That's a question we want children to ask and to find an answer for in the Scriptures. In thes...

Colossians 3:18-19 | Fulness in Christ | Trent Hunter With this sermon things get even more practical in Paul’s letter to the Colossians. Common in the first century were household codes. In Colossians 3:18–4:1 Paul outlines a household code for the Christian home. He addresses wives, husbands, children, parents, bondservants, and masters. Over the next three weeks we’ll work through these three p...

Colossians 3:15-17 | Fulness in Christ | Trent Hunter There was a problem at Colossae in the form of false teachers promoting an externally oriented form of Christianity that denied the internal heart of Christianity, which is Christ. In this passage, Paul tells us how to put Christ in the middle of His church.

Colossians 3:12-14 | Fulness in Christ | Trent Hunter In this sermon we will also return to our series through the book of Colossians, Fulness in Christ. In Colossians 3:12–14 Paul tells us what to “put on” as those who are joined to Jesus Christ, citizens of a new creation through the resurrection from the dead.

Matthew 28:16-20 | Baptism | Trent Hunter What is baptism, who should be baptized, who baptizes, and what does baptism do?

Colossians 3:5-11 | Fulness in Christ | Trent Hunter We’ve been told to seek the things that are above where Christ is seated. We’re joined to Him, and the orientation of our hearts is set aright. What does that look like in everyday life? Colossians 3:5–11 is the first part of the answer to that question.

Colossians 3:1-4 | Fulness in Christ | Trent Hunter Listen in to hear the Word of God and how we are empowered by our union with Christ.

Colossians 2:20-23 | Fulness in Christ | Trent Hunter This Sermon brings us to the close of chapter 2 in the book of Colossians, and with it the conclusion of Paul’s energetic, labored, and often sarcastic words against what we’re calling “add-on Christianity.” In the case of verses 20–23 Paul address what we’ll call “Extra-Pure Christianity,” an attempt to regulate God’s people to holiness throug...

Colossians 2:18-19 | Fulness in Christ | Trent Hunter Here, Paul continues to address the subtle but dangerous problem of add-on Christianity. The kind he addresses here is that of false piety. The “super spirituality” of some can make us feel inferior, but has we hold fast to Christ Himself, and not the opinions of others, we have all we need for spiritual nourishment and growth.

Colossians 2:17-18 | Fulness in Christ | Trent Hunter That gospel is captured nicely in five statements: salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, through the word of God alone, and the glory of God alone. This sermon  will reflect this beautiful expression of our great salvation, the only gospel that saves.

Colossians 2:16-23 | Fulness in Christ | Trent Hunter Paul makes a turn in his letter to address a problem: the problem, as we sometimes call it, of legalism. If we have Christ, we have spiritual fullness in Him. And yet a spiritually litigious atmosphere can unsettle the firm faith of believers. It's important for us to know what legalism is and how to handle it.

Trent Hunter | Colossians 2:6-15 | Fulness in Christ We’re a full chapter into Paul’s letter to the Colossians at this point. What is Paul after? What does he really want? Why is he writing? We come to a paragraph that will answer this in a focused way. There’s something glorious that he wants, and there’s something dangerous he wards off.

Colossians 2:1-5 | Fulness in Christ | Trent Hunter We’re a full chapter into Paul’s letter to the Colossians at this point. What is Paul after? What does he really want? Why is he writing? We come to a paragraph that will answer this in a focused way. There’s something glorious that he wants, and there’s something dangerous he wards off.

Colossians 1:24-29 | Fulness in Christ | Trent Hunter Listen in to this sermon to hear what the very heart of Gospel ministry is about.

Colossians 1:21-23 | Fulness in Christ | Trent Hunter In the previous sermon we considered the sheer magnitude of the person and work of Jesus Christ. He is preeminent in all things, and He is reconciling all things to Himself. Where do you and I fit in the grand scheme of Jesus’ plans? This week we explore that question in a sermon titled, “The Total Package Gospel,” from Colossians 1:21–23, wher...

Colossians 1:15-20 | Fulness in Christ | Trent Hunter  Listen in hear as we exposit the great Christ Poem which declares the all-surpassing excellence and preeminence of Christ.

Colossians 1:9-14 | Fulness in Christ | Trent Hunter We don't have to read far into the book of Colossians to find ourselves in the middle of Paul’s pray for his readers, and a model prayer of our church. In this sermon, “Praying for What Makes God Happy,” we’ll meditate on Paul’s prayer in Colossians 1:9–14, the next stop in our series, Fullness in Christ: A Study in Colossians.

Colossians 1:3-8 | Fulness in Christ | Trent Hunter In this sermon we will excavate a paragraph of Paul’s thankfulness. Paul, from a prison floor, was deeply thankful to God. What for?

Colossians 1:1-2 | Fulness in Christ | Trent Hunter We’ll get off to what may feel like a slow start, focusing this sermon on the first two verses of Paul’s letter. Yet in these two verses are an entire worldview needed for reading the rest of the letter.

Revelation 21:12–22 | The Seven: Revelation Churches | Trent Hunter With this sermon we close out our series, The Seven: Jesus’ Words to His Churches in Revelation. But this won’t be another one of Jesus’ letters. This is the conclusion of Jesus’ entire vision to John, a symbolic experience of the new creation itself from Revelation 21 and 22. Our text is Revelation 21:1–8, but we’ll be working th...

Revelation 3:14–22 | The Seven: Revelation Churches | Trent Hunter You might recognize Jesus’ invitation: “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with Me.” That’s a promise held out by Christ in the text for this sermon, Revelation 3:14–22.

Revelation 3:7–13 | The Seven: Revelation Churches | Trent Hunter This sermon brings us to a refreshing text, Revelation 3:7–13. We’ll be hearing Jesus’ words to the church at Philadelphia, a church that was enduring persecution with a sturdy witness to Jesus Christ. Jesus says, “I have set before them an open door.” In other words, this is church is a passageway for the world into heaven. For thi...

Revelation 3:1–6 | The Seven: Revelation Churches | Trent Hunter With this sermon we’ll turn to Revelation 3:1–6 for Jesus’ letter to a church with a great reputation in the community. They probably have a beautiful building and polished, bustling programs. But they’re near-dead. How can that be? We'll explore that question and heed Jesus’ warnings. Listen in as we continue our series, The Seven:...