Horizon City Church Sermons

https://youtu.be/N0O0l9_Q7mY?si=0t2KaR_ah0MLetQM   Preamble: Interstate I-95 Well, most of you know that I was born and raised in the city of Philadelphia. I grew up just a few miles from one of the busiest entries onto Interstate I-95. If you don’t know, I-95 is one of the busiest interstates in the United States. It goes all the way on the East Coast from the northern part of Maine do...

Introduction: Surprise Endings Well, if you have your Bibles and you’re not already there, flip over to Hebrews, chapter 8. I want to ask you, have you ever seen a movie where it ended in a surprise? There was a surprise twist of some sort. There are a lot of movies you could probably put on that list. You think that did not end the way I thought. Wow, what a twist! I don’t know about...

  Introduction: Paris Olympics Good morning. This past summer, I watched a ton of the Paris Olympics. I can’t remember if I’ve always watched this much of the Olympics when they’re on, or if this was just a nervous thing that I did because my son was going to be born at any moment. But when you’re watching the Olympics, you’re watching these master athletes compe...

  Introduction: Don’t Stop Believing We have finally gotten to Melchizedek, this mysterious character from the book of Genesis. He has been alluded to multiple times. Multiple times in the Book of Hebrews, as we’ve been going through, the writer of Hebrews has alluded to this character. He’s mentioned this guy. In fact, at one point, the writer of Hebrews says, The thing he’s most...

  Introduction: The Gift of a Church Plant Well, good morning. It is great to be here. As Kenny said, we started as a church eight years ago so it is a joy to be back in a new church. It brings me right back to the days when we first started at Grace Claremont over at Grassy Lake Elementary School. It is an incredible gift. There’s a certain gift that new churches have that, as the chur...

  Introduction: Dr. Seuss, Bumps and Slumps Well, as a father of little kids, over the last few years, I have read my fair share of the great philosopher Dr. Seuss. This morning I’m going to read from the good Doctor one of the greatest books ever written in the English language, known as “Oh, the Places You’ll Go.” “Wherever you fly, you’ll be the best of the best. Wherever...

https://youtu.be/emGoSP-K_o4?si=s-wCzCmXUgIpdPxk   Introduction: Friend from Chicago Well, there are a lot of people in the room who have never been with us. So typically, I start sermons with some illustration or funny story or some insight from my life. Usually some ridiculous thing I’ve done recently. That’s typical in a lot of ways. But this morning I want to start with someth...

  Introduction: Mike Tyson Scripture text this morning is Hebrews chapter 5, verses 11 through Hebrews chapter 6, verse 3. If you have your Bibles turned there or scroll there, whatever your preference may be. Reading from the ESV this morning, these are the words of God: “About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time...

  Introduction: Our Souls at Rest Well Goodmorning.  Last week, we dove back into the Book of Hebrews after a short hiatus. Last week, I did a recap of the first three and a half chapters of the Book of Hebrews. So I did in eight minutes what took us eight sermons in the fall. I got an amen there. That was good. The passage we looked at today is quite extensive. I mentioned this several month...

  Introduction: Recap of Hebrews Welcome back to the Book of Hebrews. For those of you with us in the fall, we spent October and November in the Book of Hebrews, and we took a break in December for Advent. Then in January, we were in the Why series, and now we are back in Hebrews for the next several months. I’m very excited. Yesterday morning, Daniel and I spent about two and a half ho...

  Introduction: Why Does God Allow Bad Things To Happen? Well, good morning. It is great to have you here with us at Horizon City. Most of you in the room know me, but if you don’t, my name is Kenny. I have the privilege of serving as pastor here. A few weeks ago, we looked at John, chapter nine, back on January 5th. So this morning we will look at John 11. This morning is a little bit...

  Introduction: Liam & the Pillar Network Partnership Well, good morning, everyone. I’m really honoured by the opportunity to come and preach today, not least to be the first guest speaker at Horizon. I’m very privileged by that. Thank you to Kenny. Thank you for just being in church here. Thank you for having me. I bring greetings from Charlotte Chapel, a Baptist church in th...

  Introduction: Alexander the Great In the ancient world, there was a man by the name of Alexander. He was so great, they called him Alexander the Great. He was from Macedonia, which was perceived to be one of the weaker Greek city-states or Greek regions. From Macedonia, Alexander would rise and take over all of the Greek world, and then would set his sights outside of the Greek world. Event...

  Introduction: Why Do Bad Things Happen? I am almost 43 years old, and I’ve served in pastoral ministry for a little over 15 years now. I was also a college professor at a Christian school, a missions training school, and worked in parachurch ministry. So altogether, about 20 years of Christian ministry over the course of my life. Throughout my experience in Christian ministry, the num...

Introduction: The Offensiveness of the Gospel I want to start this morning with a little bit of a confession. I spend too much time on social media. I should not spend the amount of time I spend on just doing this. I shouldn’t do it. Well, a few weeks ago, while I was participating in this guilty pleasure we call TikTok, I came across a video. Everyone’s feed is different because it’s...

    Introduction: Matthew’s Account of Jesus This Advent season, we’ve been going through the early portions of the Gospel of Matthew. In the fourth week of Advent, historically in church, the theme has been love. So week one is hope, week two, peace, week three, joy, week four, love. So it’s probably no surprise to you where this sermon is headed. We’ll be talking abou...

    Introduction: A Christmas Surprise Has someone ever reacted in a way that you were not expecting or that took you by surprise, that caught you off guard? A story like that came to my mind with my Dad one Christmas when we were younger. A little bit of backstory about my Dad. He loves all things German. He grew up in Germany and has a lot of very fond childhood memories there. If he s...

    Introduction: Prayer Good morning again, Horizon City. It is great to be with you as we continue through Hebrews chapter 1. I’m excited to continue to look through and see the theme that Jesus is better. Would you, before we look at the passage, pray with me? Father in heaven, we thank you. You’re so kind to us in so many ways. You are our living hope. There is none like...

    Introduction: Don’t Stop Believing Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world. She took the midnight train going anywhere. Just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit. He took the midnight train going anywhere. I suspect many of you have heard the lyrics to the classic song ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ by Journey. It was a minor hit in 1981 and was relatively popular for...