Sermons at Graham Emmanuel

Stephen Angliss | Churches are always developing new plans for what they think their church should be and do. The end of the year especially is a time when both churches and Christians reflect on their goals and plans for the future. But what is God’s plan? In His Word, Christ lays out the means, purpose, and goal with which He builds His Church, including our local church. Join us to discover God...

Stephen Angliss | For the fourth time in Exodus, God teaches His people about the Sabbath. Not only was it the first of the Ten Commandments to be given (Ex. 16:33), but it is also the most repeated of the Ten Commandments in Exodus. Why? Because like circumcision, the Sabbath is one of the key signs of God’s covenant with His people, and it beautifully illustrates the Gospel. Join us to find out...

Stephen Angliss | As God completes His instructions on the Tabernacle, He does not leave it to His people to try to figure out how to build it on their own, but gives His Spirit on specific individuals whom He appointed to create the tabernacle with skill and in accordance to God’s will so that He might dwell with His people. Join us to discover how this striking example of the giving of the Holy...

Stephen Angliss | As God completes His instructions on the Tabernacle, He does not leave it to His people to try to figure out how to build it on their own, but gives His Spirit on specific individuals whom He appointed to create the tabernacle with skill and in accordance to God’s will so that He might dwell with His people. Join us to discover how this striking example of the giving of the Holy...

Josh Cross | In a world marred by sin and suffering, becoming a follower of Christ is not to be considered a path of least resistance, but rather, a call to endurance. As an apostle of Jesus Christ, Paul understood the cost of the call and in this heartfelt epistle, looks to center and encourage Timothy in his efforts. As fellow believers, we should take the words of Paul to heart and be spurred o...

Stephen Angliss | God is holy, meaning that to be with God, you must also be holy. What is necessary to make someone holy before God? The act of setting someone apart as holy—consecration—and the process of purifying someone as holy—sanctification—occur in two ways, illustrated in the bronze basin and the anointing oils. Join us to discover how God purifies and sets apart His people.

Stephen Angliss | It’s been said that nothing is certain in life but death in taxes. Yet in Exodus 30, God will show how the paying of a tax will save His people from death, and in doing so, illustrate the work of Christ and the Gospel in paying the debt all people owe to God. Join us to understand a census points to salvation.

Stephen Angliss | If the Tabernacle is a blueprint for how to know God, then the golden altar of incense is an illustration of how to interact with the God that is known. If the Gospel provides a relationship with the Lord, then what does that relationship entail? Join us in our study of the Altar of Incense in Exodus 30:1-10 to discover biblical truths about how God can be known through prayer an...

Stephen Angliss | Not only does being God’s representative require much sacrifice and grace in the life of a believer, it also results of much blessing. Join us for this final sermon in Exodus 29 to see what results from God consecrating sinners to be His saints.

Stephen Angliss | God calls all of His people to serve Him as priests to the world, but that doesn’t mean they are qualified in themselves to be God’s representatives — God must qualify them. Join us for the second installment of our study of Exodus 29 where God shows how He equips His priests through sacrifice.

Stephen Angliss | In order to be a priest, or a representative of God to the world, there is a long list of qualifications that only God can put on your life. Find out what those are and what it means to be God’s priest today by joining us in Exodus 29:1-14.

Stephen Angliss | What enters one into a relationship with God? The Eastern Orthodox tradition holds that baptism brings someone into fellowship with God. The Bible says only faith can do that. Join us as we study Scripture to examine how one becomes a Christian and the proper role of Baptism in a believer’s life.

Stephen Angliss | The Bible teaches that a Christian is only saved by grace through faith, not through their works, but only through God’s gift of His Son, Jesus Christ. All false religions, particularly Eastern Orthodoxy, deny this Gospel, which is why it’s crucial to look always to Scripture to understand how one can be made right with God. Join us as we continue to expose the lies of Eastern Or...

Stephen Angliss | Paul describes Christ as the “icon” of the invisible God. Because of this, stemming back to the giving of the Ten Commandments, God has always forbidden people from worshipping through any physical images other than the ones He provides and prescribes. Join us in God’s Word to discover why only Christ is worthy of worship and why worshipping God in any created thing is idolatry. ...

Stephen Angliss | Part 2 of this three-part series examining the lies of Eastern Orthodoxy against Scripture focuses on the supremacy and centrality of Christ. There is no other mediator, intercessor, savior, or icon of worship other than Christ alone. Join us as we study God’s Word and what it says about the importance of Christ.  

Stephen Angliss | Christ warned that in the last days many with itching ears would wander off into myths and accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions (2 Tim. 4:3-4). Perhaps no myth exemplifies this more in our current age than Eastern Orthodoxy.  What should be made of Eastern Orthodoxy? Is it the true Church? Simply another form of Christianity? Or something else entirely? J...

Stephen Angliss | In God’s Instructions on the garments of the priests, He provides details that illustrate the kind of High Priest God is for His people, and also the kind of priests Christians should be as they represent Christ.  

As God nears the end of His instructions on the Tabernacle, He instructs Moses on who should be selected as priests, what they should wear, and what they should do. Because Jesus is now the Great High Priest, and because Christ has called His followers to be a kingdom of priests, what God says about the priests in Exodus illustrates what Christ has done for His people and what His people should do...

Surrounding the Tent of Meeting, in which was found the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy of Holies, was a linen fence forming an outer courtyard around the tent. This outer part of the Tabernacle was where God’s people gathered to worship Him. Join us in God’s Word to discover how the courtyard of the Tabernacle provides a blueprint for what God expects of His people.

The Tabernacle complex was divided into two parts, the outer courtyard and the inner tent of meeting. How did one gain access from the outside to go inside? The answer: the bronze altar. Study God’s Word with us to discover how the bronze altar illustrates how people outside of God in their sin can gain access to Him through surrender to the sacrifice.

The three most precious artifacts in the Tabernacle were the Ark of the Covenant, the Table for Bread, and the Lampstand, sometimes called the Menorah. All were made of gold, and all were near God’s presence in the Holy of Holies. This is because each piece of furniture symbolizes a means by which God is present with His people. The Lampstand—a literal means of giving light—also symbolizes the man...

This Psalm of David teaches us how to pray when we feel distant from God as if we were at “the end of the earth”. When we feel distant from God, our hearts are “overwhelmed” with trouble, and our greatest need is God’s presence. Our prayer for God’s presence will be answered, and the basis of our expectation is the Gospel. We will pray expectantly for God’s presence during troubled times because “...

The three most precious artifacts in the Tabernacle were the Ark of the Covenant, the Table for Bread, and the Lampstand, sometimes called the Menorah. All were made of gold, and all were near God’s presence in the Holy of Holies. This is because each piece of furniture symbolizes a means by which God is present with His people. The Lampstand—a literal means of giving light—also symbolizes the man...

After the Ark of the Covenant, Scripture mentions the Table of Bread as the second most holy item in the Tabernacle. God doesn’t need food, so how could something as simple as a table and bread be so important that it is placed closer to the Ark of the Covenant than any other thing in the Tabernacle? Find out why the Table of Bread is a shadow of greater spiritual truths the Bible reveals about ho...

The Ark of the Covenant is more than a prop in a Hollywood movie. It was truly commanded by God and constructed by the Israelites as their most treasured earthly possession. With it, God brought down the walls of Jericho, divided the Jordan, and defeated the Philistines. But what makes the Ark of the Covenant so important? Find out why the Ark of the Covenant symbolizes the most important truths a...