Sermons at Graham Emmanuel

Stephen Angliss | Jesus told His disciples that those who believed in Him without seeing Him are blessed. Peter commends the Christians in Asia Minor for their faith without ever having seen Christ, even in the midst of suffering. Join us to find out how Christians are called to love and believe in Christ and the blessings that come through that.

Stephen Angliss | What is the purpose of pain? As Peter writes to suffering Christians, he explains how God uses pain to bless, grow, and reward those who follow Him by faith. What does this look like, and what does this mean? Join us to find out.

Stephen Angliss | Everyone suffers. Suffering is a byproduct of a sinful world. Even more, God promises that just as Christ suffered, so too will those who follow Christ face trials. How should Christians think about tough times when they come? Join us in 1 Peter 1:6 to find out.

Joshua Cross | Born-again Christians are guarded by God's intrinsic power, an ongoing act of preservation rather than human perseverance, assuring them of their imperishable heavenly inheritance amid earthly persecution. This guarding happens through genuine saving faith in Christ — a gift from God and the conduit of His power — which must produce the fruit of the Spirit as evidence, steering clea...

Stephen Angliss | When you expect an inheritance, it impacts how you live your life. The same is infinitely true for Christians. Even though they’re exiles on this Earth, they have an inheritance in the world to come. What is that inheritance? And how should it impact Christians’ current life? Join us in 1 Peter 1:4 to find out.

Stephen Angliss | Peter begins the body of his letter with a benediction, or a word of praise to God. Why should God be praised? There are infinite reasons, but here Peter gives two main reasons why God should be praised, both of which involve the life He gives. What should life look like for those who are in Christ? What does a new life in Christ tell us about who God is? Find out by joining us i...

Stephen Angliss | As Peter ends his greeting to the believers scattered in Asia Minor, he ends with a customary welcoming line full of spiritual wisdom. He wishes that believers will experience the multiplication of grace and peace in their lives. In this short salutation, Peter gives a helpful reflection of how Christians should desire the good of other Christians.

Stephen Angliss | In Peter’s introduction to his letter, he gives in one single sentence an explanation of how God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit work together to bring about salvation. It is God who foreordains salvation, the Holy Spirit who applies salvation, but a saved life is a life that is to, for, and under Jesus Christ. Find out how the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross sh...

Stephen Angliss | As Peter sends his greetings to the Christians in Asia Minor called to be God’s elect exiles, in the following verse, he explains how God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit each function to make a Christian an elect exile. In this sermon, Pastor Stephen will expound on the phrase “in sanctification of the Spirit” and explain how sanctification relates to salvation a...

Stephen Angliss | Now that Peter has greeted the Christians in Asia Minor and introduced himself to them, and now that he has established that they are elect exiles of God on Earth, Peter compels himself to explain the basis of God’s election before he concludes his greeting. What is so important about God’s election that Peter would choose to explain in the introduction of his letter? Join us to...

Stephen Angliss | Peter was a chosen outcast writing to chosen outcasts. Peter was called by God to be an Apostle but also lived the life of an outsider due to his faith. The Christians that he is writing to are in the same situation. God has called them to be His people through faith in Jesus Christ, but the very faith that saves them is also the faith that sours them in the eyes of a secular wor...

Stephen Angliss | As the movement of Christianity spreads across the Roman Empire, so too does the suffering Christians face for the name of Christ. By the twilight of Peter’s life, thirties years since Christ’s Ascension, tension in the Roman Empire against Christians has grown to levels never reached before, and soon after Peter writes his letter, the fire of Rome will break out, and Emperor Ner...

Stephen Angliss | At the conclusion of Exodus, God dwells with His people in the Tabernacle as a result of His grace in response to their adultery, and in response to the faith which they showed through their obedience. As we end our expositional series on Exodus, we see how Exodus forms the bedrock of the entire story of the Bible, and how it outlines the Gospel narrative of how God saved a sinfu...

Stephen Angliss | The reality of everything that God has said and done hinges on the reality of the Resurrection. While many understand the purpose of Christ’s death on the Cross to atone for sin, the specific purpose and function of the Resurrection may seem uncertain to them. When the Risen Lord first appears to Mary Magdalene, He does so in a way that outlines the specific accomplishments of th...

Stephen Angliss | After God showed His back to Moses, revealing His glory, and remaking the covenant which the Israelites had broken through the idolatry of the Golden Calf, Moses returns to the Israelites with a shining face. This moment is so important that the Apostle Paul references it as an analogy for Christians in the New Testament. What is the significance of Moses’ shining face, and what...

Stephen Angliss | A covenant is a contract that creates a relationship. After rescuing Israel from Egypt, God established a relationship with them through a covenant He gave at Mount Sinai. After that covenant was broken, God mercifully gave it to Israel again. What does it look like to be God’s people? What does God expect from those whom He saves and forgives? Join us in our expositional study o...

Stephen Angliss | A covenant is a contract that creates a relationship. After rescuing Israel from Egypt, God established a relationship with them through a covenant He gave at Mount Sinai. After that covenant was broken, God mercifully gave it to Israel again. What does it look like to be God’s people? What does God expect from those whom He saves and forgives? Join us in our expositional study o...

Stephen Angliss | What does it mean to be right with God? After the Israelites committed adultery against the Lord through the idolatry of the Golden Calf, they remained God’s people, yet their relationship to Him was distant. After beholding God in all His mercy and justice, Moses asks God to renew His loving relationship with the Israelites. What that looks like will illustrate what a right rela...

Stephen Angliss | Who is God? It’s been said that everyone is a theologian because, right or wrong, everyone has a belief about God. In Exodus 34:1-9, God is going to reveal Himself to the world in an intimate way He had never done before, and to unveil the kind of God He is and how He must be acknowledged and worshipped as such. Join us in our pursuit of knowing God.

 Stephen Angliss | Who is God? It’s been said that everyone is a theologian because, right or wrong, everyone has a belief about God. In Exodus 34:1-9, God is going to reveal Himself to the world in an intimate way He had never done before, and to unveil the kind of God He is and how He must be acknowledged and worshipped as such. Join us in our pursuit of knowing God. 

Stephen Angliss | Who is God? It’s been said that everyone is a theologian because, right or wrong, everyone has a belief about God. In Exodus 34:1-9, God is going to reveal Himself to the world in an intimate way He had never done before, and to unveil the kind of God He is and how He must be acknowledged and worshipped as such. Join us in our pursuit of knowing God.

Stephen Angliss | What is the difference between a good relationship with God and a bad relationship with God? In Exodus 33, God outlines three kinds of relationships that all of humanity has had with Him: either a broken relationship, a right relationship, or a restored relationship. Which one are you? Join us in our expository study of Exodus 33:1-23 to find the details God gives of a right rela...

Stephen Angliss | Even though God relents from abandoning His people, He still brings them consequences for their sin of idolatry. How does one balance the difference between compassion and consequence, and what do consequences for sin teach us about God and the Gospel. Join us in our study of Exodus to find out.

Stephen Angliss | How should Christians respond when other Christians fail? In an American Christian culture where church-hopping is common, pastoral tenures are short, divorce is normalized, cutting off family members is encouraged, and protecting oneself from “toxic” people is encouraged, how should the people of God relate to other people of God when they sin? Join us as we study Moses’ respons...

Stephen Angliss | Are you committing adultery against God? The Israelites did so by worshiping a Golden Calf instead of the Lord. Today, many self-professed Christians do the same by giving their love and devotion to created things instead of the Creator. A life that honors God, glorifies Him, and enjoys Him is a life that by faith rejects the love affair of idols. What does that look like? Join u...