Sermons – Christ Presbyterian Church of Oxford

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: John 8:12-13, 28-38 Jesus makes one of his seven I am statements when he refers to himself as the light of the world. Light dispels darkness, light reveals the truth about things that otherwise would never be seen if they remained in darkness. Jesus as light reveals the uncomfortable truth about […]

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Mark 4:1-20 Sermon Points: The Seed and How the Gospel Enters Your Life The Soil and What Hinders the Gospel in Your Life The Saved and How the Gospel Bears Fruit

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Colossians 1:19-23 We are alienated from God, but because God loves us he has reconciled us to himself. Sermon Points: Alienation Reconciliation

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Exodus 14:1-31 Sermon Points: God Is Greater God Is at Work God Is for Us

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Matthew 3:1-4:11 & Luke 4:14-21 Taking a brief look Jesus’ baptism, temptation, and first sermon together gives us a greater understanding of how they are connected and how these three episodes can encourage us to live in and live out the Gospel. Sermon Points: Christ’s Baptism Christ’s Temptation Christ’s Sermon

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Hebrews 1:1-14

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Hebrews 1:1-4

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Amos 5:18-24, 9:13-15

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Lamentations 3:19–26 What do you do when the worst possible scenario comes true? How do you live with incredible hurt but hope? The writer of Lamentations gives us a glimpse into the heart of God for his people, even as they suffer. Learning to lament well is essential to Christian maturity. […]

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Zechariah 3:1-10

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: John 10:1-11 Sermon Points: We Are Sheep Jesus Is the Door

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Haggai 2:1-9 The Temple meant that God was present with Israel. But it was destroyed and under judgment. Jesus said he WAS the Temple and would be judged on our behalf. Why? So he could make his church the new locale for his presence and each believer into a temple for […]

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Revelation 21:1-6 Sermon Points: The Goal of Our Hope The Grain of Our Hope The Getting of Our Hope

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Zephaniah 3:14-20 There are good days and there are bad days. Zephaniah prophesies about a terrifying Day of the Lord where God will judge his people. And yet, he follows up these dire predictions with some of the most tender, borderline sentimental expressions of affection from God. How can both be […]

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Habakkuk 1:12–2:4; 3:17–19 God uses unjust nations to judge injustice, and Habakkuk waits in perplexity. The so called “Problem of Evil” is famously dragged out to justify abandonment of the God of the Bible. But what Habakkuk learn is that the “righteous shall live by faith.” And there, we find a […]

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Jonah 3:10-4:11 Sermon Points: Jonah’s Anger Jonah’s God

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Micah 5:2-5a The persistent rebellion of God’s people leads the prophet Micah to say some sobering things about God’s judgment upon them, even to the point of saying that he will “leave them” for being such. But there’s hope even in exile as we wait for THE Good Shepherd to rescue […]

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Jeremiah 31:31-34 The prophet Jeremiah speaks of the Old Testament covenants as if they failed to produce what God intended. So he foresees Christ instituting a new covenant, sealed in His blood, writing God’s law on our hearts through the Spirit, creating people who want what God wants. Sermon Points: What […]

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Proverbs 11:30 Sermon Points: You have a stunning identity. Your identity has a stunning cause. Your identity produces stunning behavior.

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Israel’s suffering is judgment for sin, but the Servant suffers voluntarily and substitutionally. Christ is not just an example of suffering; He bears our guilt to create a new community by grace. Sermon Points: The Ordinary Servant The Suffering Servant The Substituting Servant

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Isaiah 9:1-7 Isaiah ministered during a time of great gloom and fear, a real social darkness. But a new kind of King is coming! Christ is the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace—the King who doesn’t use power to take, but to save. Sermon Points: The Historical Setting […]

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Hosea 1:1-3, 3:1-5 When the prophet Hosea lives out God’s strange command to him and speaks as God’s mouthpiece, something incredible emerges. In what theologians have called the most scandalous book of the Bible, we actually see something about the desires of our heart. We long for someone to see us […]

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Ezekiel 10:1-4, 43:1-5 Visions of glory are a powerful human motivator. In Ezekiel’s prophecy, God’s glory leaves because of sin, yet returns in promise. In Christ, God’s glory takes up residence not in a temple of stone but in His incarnate body—and through Him, in us. Sermon Points: Glory Examined Glory […]

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: Deuteronomy 18:15-22 The entire prophetic tradition springs from the expectation in Moses sermon: God will raise up a final, authoritative Word-bringer. Israel’s prophets are echoes—Jesus is the Voice. Christ doesn’t only bring God’s word; He is the Word. Sermon Points: The Need for a Prophet The Problem with Prophets The Fulfillment […]

Launch Sermon PlayerScripture Reference: 1 Chronicles 29:9-22 King David reaches the end of his reign and prepares his son Solomon’s building project before he finishes. There he reflects on the way in which God provided for his people and provides a powerful model for Christ Pres as we prepare to launch a building campaign of […]