Sermon Audio Archive

Sunday, September 12, 2021. 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 | "The Lord's Supper."  When the church in Corinth gathered together for the Christ meal, one seat at the table was noticeably absent - THE LORD'S! The apostle writes in a corrective tone to tell the church that what they are practicing in worship is not representative of Christ. He returns their focus upon the Lord by showing how the Lord's...

Sunday, September 05, 2021. 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 | "Judge For Yourselves." Contentious issues in the church are not new. Plenty exist even today! We might do well to learn from the apostle as he addresses one such case in Corinth. After praising the church, he then instructs them to make judgments for themselves on what is proper. He offers three guidelines to think about, including relationships...

Sunday, August 29, 2021. 1 Corinthians 10:14-11:1 | "Whatever You Do." Whatever we do as Christians flows out of who we are as Christians. In this way, we do not act on theory but on theology. As witnesses for Christ, our works testify about who God is and what God does. How can we ensure that our decisions and actions glorify God consistently and represent the gospel clearly in the eyes of believ...

Sunday, August 22, 2021. 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 | "Examples For Us."Are we guaranteed as a local church to succeed in what God calls us to do? Do we think we are immune from failure? The apostle would have us all "think again" if we are so arrogant. With the care of a concerned pastor and teacher, the apostle prepares a history lesson about a people whose favorable future was overthrown, by faulty...

Sunday, August 15, 2021. 1 Corinthians 9:1-27 | “Living By The Gospel.” We are a people who love our rights! But is there ever a time when we should give them up? The apostle builds a strong defense for his rights as an apostle and preacher of the gospel of Christ. Rights that God even provides for him! Yet as this chapter unfolds, what he spends the first half building up, he lays down freely in...

Sunday, August 8, 2021. 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 | “Love Builds Up." In this text, the apostle answers a question from the church in Corinth about knowledge. If “we have the mind of Christ,” how do we then think like Christ? What do we do with the “knowledge” that we have received? This question comes to light in Corinth through a particular set of circumstances surrounding food sacrificed to idols. S...

Sunday, August 1, 2021. 1 Corinthians 7:25-40 | “This World Is Passing Away.” God's Word does not speak to every detail or circumstance of life. Sometimes, we have to make a judgment call to know what to do. Thankfully, God's Word teaches us how to form good and godly opinions and recognize the same when we need such counsel. The church in Corinth has questions about matters that Jesus' teaching d...

Sunday, July 25, 2021. 1 Corinthians 7:1-24 | “The Life That The Lord Has Assigned.” The church in Corinth wrote to the apostle concerning issues affecting their fellowship with one another in Christ. Thankfully, God’s Word preserves the answers in 1 Corinthians for our benefit today. Chapter 7 turns a corner in this letter and addresses first the questions involving marriage. Then, as the apostle...

Sunday, July 18, 2021. 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 | “You Are Not Your Own.”  What does it mean for Jesus to be “Lord”? This text makes it clear. To call Jesus “Lord” means I am not my own! Jesus owns me because He purchased me. In response, I worship God with all my heart, soul, mind and body. 

Sunday, July 11, 2021. 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 | “Do Not Be Deceived.” The Church of God belongs to God. This makes Her distinct from any other assemblies found in the world! For this reason, the apostle comes down hard on the church in Corinth when their shameful actions confuse this distinction among themselves, and especially in the eyes of unbelievers in the world. Simply put, the church was dece...

Sunday, June 13, 2021. 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 | “Purge the Evil Person.” 1 Corinthians sounds like a harsh letter directed at a church with significant sin, but it is a “holy harshness” and “divine discipline” meant not to punish, but to purify! The Church is powerful when the Church is pure. Because God is holy, His Church must care about Church discipline.

Sunday, June 06, 2021. 1 Corinthians 4:1-21 | “Be Imitators of Me." How would you describe the role of a minister? What expectations do you have for him? How is a minister held accountable? Prepare for your expectations to be challenged by God’s Word! The apostle explains that a minister is a servant, a steward, a spectacle, and a spiritual father who represents Christ.

Sunday, May 30, 2021. 1 Corinthians 3:1-23 | “Do You Not Know?” There is no good reason for the church of Jesus Christ to be ignorant about what God has made known. Yet, the church in Corinth was just that - ignorant. The apostle does not hold back in his rebuke. He calls the saints what they are: “fleshly” and “infants” and even names their sin. Perhaps they might grow up and rid themselves of th...

Sunday, May 23, 2021. 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 | “We Have the Mind of Christ.” This passage of Scripture does not offer concrete application or specific commands to obey, but it does tell us what we have been given in Christ. The Church has the mind of Christ and has received the Holy Spirit from God to understand as those who are mature, the wisdom of God through the cross. We will learn that the wis...

Sunday, May 16, 2021. 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5 | “We Preach Christ Crucified.” “We preach Christ.” GREAT! Few would have any problem with that statement. Now, add one more word, the word “crucified,” and everything changes! Jews stumble, Greeks scoff, and a division is immediately made among hearers who are being saved and hearers who are perishing. This is the power of the cross of Christ, as the w...

Sunday, May 9, 2021. Matthew 15:1-9 | “Honor Your Father and Your Mother” [Mother's Day]. The command to “honor your father and your mother” is one of the oldest commandments in the Bible. So what does it mean to “honor” someone, especially our mothers? In this Mother’s Day sermon, we all learn from Jesus that honor involves more than speaking well about someone. Honor is an action that proceeds f...

Sunday, May 2, 2021. 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 | “Is Christ Divided?” Is Christ divided? The answer to this question seems so obvious — No! But why then, did this question need to be asked and the problem of division raised? The church in Corinth was together, but they were also divided. Members had aligned with certain leaders in a way that turned their follow-ship into confessions that threatened th...

Sunday, April 25, 2021. 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 | “God Is Faithful.” God’s faithfulness is more than just a theme for this introductory thanksgiving, it is a foundation upon which this entire letter of 1 Corinthians is written. Because God is always faithful, Paul has reason to be thankful - not for what the church in Corinth is currently making of themselves, but for what God has already made of them...

Sunday, April 18, 2021. 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 | “Called To Be Saints.” When we introduce ourselves to others, how long does it take to mention Jesus? In the introduction to the letter known as 1 Corinthians, Paul gets right to the point and says more about God than he says about himself. 1 Corinthians is a letter written to a specific audience - “the church of God” and great detail is given in these...

Sunday, April 11, 2021. Matthew 28:16-20 | “Behold, I Am With You" [Easter, Pt. 2]. In context, “The Great Commission” is the climax of the Easter story! It presents the fulfillment of the promises of Easter and propels the Church forward on mission to make disciples in submission to Jesus’ total authority. Positioned at the end of Matthew’s Gospel, we are reminded again that genuine faith is not...

Sunday, April 4, 2021. Matthew 28:1-10 | “He Is Not Here" [Easter Sunday]. We are not told the details of how Jesus was raised from the dead. We are only told that He was! In this way, the Scriptures keep before us what is most important. Easter is not a new beginning, but another confirmation that Jesus is who He says He is, doing what He said He would do!

Sunday, March 28, 2021. Matthew 7:28-29 | “When Jesus Finished These Words" [Palm Sunday]. This Palm Sunday coincides with the final sermon in a preaching series through The Sermon on the Mount. The Sermon on the Mount invites us to “Come and Hear.” These last two verses of Matthew 7 highlight Christ’s authority and prepare us for a new, Easter invitation to “Come and See!”

Sunday, March 21, 2021. Matthew 7:24-27 | "It Did Not Fall" [The Life]. Everyone hears, but not everyone does. This is the lesson Jesus reinforces at the end of The Sermon on the Mount using a parable of two builders. How does your life align with the the parable? *Take heed to the warning at the beginning of this sermon. It may be in your best interest to STOP listening!!

Sunday, March 14, 2021. Matthew 7:15-23 | "On That Day Many Will Say..." [The Truth]. Many enter the wide gate, walk the easy way, and are destroyed. How is it possible to walk this way of destruction and not know it? The answer is frightening — many are deceived . This text begins with a warning to guard against those who deceive. It ends with a warning that we not deceive ourselves!

Sunday, March 07, 2021. Matthew 7:13-14 | “Enter Through the Narrow Gate" [The Way]. These two verses are commonly misinterpreted. Jesus is not presenting two paths as options for his disciples to choose from. The choice is not one of gates, roads or destinations. It is rather, that of a response to believing His Word, following Him, and obeying Him!