Sermons from Seven Mile Road Church in Waltham

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at the Luke 24:13-35 where two despairing disciples are headed down a seven mile road to return home after the crucifixion of Jesus. All hope is lost until they meet someone on that road. Listen and be encouraged to hear who they meet and how they find hope again.

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at KLuke 18:35-19:10. In this story we see two men who are polar opposites. One is an oppressed blind man -- and the other is a blind oppressor. Both are lost. Both need Jesus. And fortunately for them -- Jesus seeks and saves the lost.

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at the end of First Peter. The apostle encourages Christians to stand firm in the true grace of God. How do we do that? Peter gives us three final directions to stand firm in our faith and endure to the end. Listen and be challenged to stand firm.

In this sermon, Pastor Kevin looks at the essentials of godly leadership from 1 Peter 5:1-5. The pastors of the church are to lead with humility, and gentleness as shepherds, not as tyrants. Under this kind of servant leadership, Jesus is honored and the church thrives. Listen and be encouraged that God's word provides the guidance we need for leadership.

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at 1 Peter 4:12-19 as Peter picks up the topic of suffering. Just as the refiner heats gold to its melting point in order to purify it, so the Lord brings heat to our lives to purify our faith. In this passage, Peter has five lessons to help faithfully endure to the end. Listen and be encouraged to know that God loves you and has a plan for your suffering.

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at 1 Peter 4:1-11. How do Christians live in turbulent times? How do we live for the will of God instead of buckling under the strain and stress of peer pressure from the world? What should fill the everyday stuff of our lives? Peters brings the reality of the gospel to these questions. Listen and be challenged to live for the will of God despite turbulence.

In this sermon, Pastor Kevin looks at 1 peter 3:8-22. In the gospel, God's people have been promised an incomprehensible inheritance, all by the grace of God. This is the hope that is in us” (v. 15), through which we can quietly endure all things. What does this mean for us today? According to Peter, our calling now is to “honor Christ the Lord as holy” in our hearts, knowing that when our eternit...

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at 1 Peter 3:1-7 as Peter addresses wives and husbands. The gospel impacts every facet of life -- including marriage. How should husbands and wives relate to one another? What sin tendencies seek to disrupt and destroy marriage? And how can we be proactive as we seek to cultivate healthy marriages? Peter addresses these topics and gives us insight. Listen and be...

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at 1 Peter 2:13-25. In this section, Peter begins to unpack how elect exiles live as citizens of the Kingdom of God in a foreign land. And, Peter starts with submission to authority. Why does it matter if we submit to authority? Wouldn't it be better if we overthrow the government and establish a Christian nation? What about unjust authority? Peter addresses thes...

In this sermon, Pastor Kevin looks at 1 Peter 2:1-12. In light of all that God has done for us in Jesus Christ, how then shall we live in this world that is not our home? In this section, Peter shows us what it means for the people of God to grow up in salvation, center on Jesus, and live on mission as sojourners and exiles in this world.

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at 1 Peter 1:13-25. The gospel is true. It is our new reality and gives us a new identity. And because of that there are necessary implications to living out our new identity. In this section, Peter says that elect exiles have a settled hope on future grace, a gospel-fueled drive for holiness, and a regenerated love for others. Listen and be challenged to live ou...

In this sermon, Pastor Kevin looks at 1 Peter 1:1-12. In this passage, Peter lays out some of the important themes that he will unpack in his letter. As followers of Christ, this world is not our ultimate and lasting home. We are strangers, exiles, sojourners here. What are the implications of this for how we live? How we suffer? What our purpose is on this earth? These are just a few of the quest...

In this Easter Sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Exodus 12 and Luke 22 to see how the Passover was transformed into the Lord's Supper. In this meal of remembrance, we see how judgment and redemption come together at the cross of Christ. Listen and be challenged to come to the table with the right posture of sobriety and gratitude.

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Genesis 50 and the end of the beginning. As Moses brings his first book to a close, it reads like an epilogue, tying up loose ends and emphasizing the major themes of the book: Nothing -- not even death -- can stop the promises of God; Everyone needs daily grace to overcome guilt and fear; God's providence is the only way to make sense of life; In the end, God...

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Genesis 49. Our words have direction to them -- they either lead to life or they lead to death. Jacob draws his sons for his final words. In this text, we see words of rebuke, words of restoration, and words of redemption. He said what needed to be said. He pointed his sons to the hope of the gospel. And we need that same direction too. Listen and be encourage...

In this sermon, Pastor Kevin looks at Genesis 48 as Jacob nears the end of his life. When Joseph hears of this, he takes his sons to see him. Jacob blesses Joseph's sons as his own, putting Ephraim ahead of Manasseh, indicating that the special line of promise traced throughout Genesis will continue through his descendants and find ultimate fulfillment in Jesus. Listen and be encouraged by God's w...

In this sermon, Pastor Kevin walks us through Genesis 46 and 47. Now that Joseph's identity has been revealed, Jacob and his family prepare for a journey out of the promised land to Egypt. God reassures Jacob of His enduring presence with him on the journey. In this passage, we find timeless principles for the journey of the Christian life that we may remain faithful as sojourners in a world that...

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Genesis 45. Here we see Joseph extend radical forgiveness to his brothers. Not only that, but Joseph explains how his faith drives his forgiveness. And then his forgiveness moves beyond the theoretical into the actual. Listen and be challenged to grow in forgiveness.

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Genesis 44. Joseph's brothers are back in Egypt for a second time and Joseph implements his final plan to discern if his brothers have changed. This passage gives us three principles into reconciliation that will help us as we navigate the relational conflict in our lives. Listen and be challenged to consider how we can be ministers of reconciliation.

In this sermon, Pastor Kevin looks at Genesis 43. In this chapter, Jacob and his sons find themselves once again without food in the midst of famine. This prompted a second visit to Egypt, this time with Benjamin in tow. The brothers expect a harsh reaction from Joseph, who is still concealing his identity from them but are instead met with surprising mercy.

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Genesis 42. In this chapter, the pressure and tension are mounting as the famine reaches the promised land and the brothers come face to face with their long-lost-sold-into-slavery brother Joseph. What happens when the pressure builds? In this chapter, we see that God uses situations and circumstances of pressure to form and shape us. He uses pressure to draw...

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Genesis 41. God not only redeems us from our affliction, but he also redeems us in our suffering. In other words -- our suffering as Christians is never meaningless, pointless, or purposeless. God uses our affliction for our good and his glory. So, How does he do it? In this sermon, we look at how God redeems our suffering by looking at the life of Joseph in G...

In this sermon, Pastor Kevin looks at Genesis 40. Two royal officials are imprisoned for offending Pharaoh. With God’s help, Joseph interprets their dreams, predicting that one of them will be reinstated but the other put to death. But Joseph is forgotten by the reinstated official and left in prison. Yet all of these events prepare the way for Joseph to be later summoned from prison to interpret...

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Genesis 39. In this chapter, Joseph is sold into slavery and falsely accused. He is a victim of injustice and it's normal to question God's love for him and his faithfulness to his promises. If God has a wonderful plan for our life -- then why do we suffer? Listen and be encouraged to know that God is present, purposeful, and providential in our suffering.

In this sermon, Pastor Kevin looks at Genesis 38. In this chapter, we see great sin, but beneath the backdrop of darkness there shines an even greater grace. In this shocking account, we see the deep darkness of sin -- what happens when people disdain the word of God and pursue the exhalation of self. But hidden in this story is also the grace of God, continually working out his purposes for his p...