The Bible Chapel Sermons

DEALING WITH SIN Sin is a solution to this problem: Finding Satisfaction in God Alone. The Penalty of Sin is Gone. The Propensity to Sin Remains Dealing with Sin—Step #2: Get Moving! Don’t live in fear! Dealing with Sin—Step #3: Get Right! Take Decisive Action! Dealing with Sin—Step #4: Get a Plan! Prayerfully Determine a Strategy Dealing with Sin—Step #5: Get Grounded! Engage Daily with God and H...

In Joshua 7:20-21, Achan confessed his sin. In his confession, we see the classic pattern also found in Adam and Eve’s sin in the Garden and David’s sin with Bathsheba. We see. We want. We take. We hide. God directed Joshua to take decisive action. Achan and his family were all put to death. What do we learn from this passage? There are many lessons to learn from this passage. This one is clear: G...

Jericho proclaims the saving grace and just wrath of God. Joshua 6:15-25, Hebrews 11:30-31, Romans 3:10-11, Deut. 9:4-5, John 3:16, Ephesians 2:8, Matthew 25:46 Jericho points to our trumpet victory to come with the return of Christ. Joshua 6:1-2, Joshua 6:20, 1 Thess. 4:16-17 -------- DAILY DEVOTIONAL WITH RON MOORE Get Ron’s Daily Devotional to your inbox each morning; visit biblechapel.org/devo...

The circumcision of Christ in our hearts removed our sin and shame. Joshua 5:2-9, Colossians 2:11-12, Philippians 3:3, Romans 10:10-11, Romans 8:1   God takes over our battles when we submit to His Word. Joshua 1:8, Joshua 5:2-15, Ephesians 6:17, Hebrews 4:12 -------- DAILY DEVOTIONAL WITH RON MOORE Get Ron’s Daily Devotional to your inbox each morning; visit biblechapel.org/devo. CAREGIVING Do yo...

Through the Passover and memorial stones, Israel was to remember and proclaim God is our salvation. Exodus 12:26-27, Joshua 4:6-7, Joshua 4:21-24, Isaiah 12:2   Through baptism and communion, the Church is to remember and proclaim our salvation in Jesus Christ. Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38,41, Acts 10:48, 1 Corinthians 11:26 biblechapel.org/baptism   The most important inheritance passed down from one...

To see the POWER of God   1.    Recall the PROMISES from God 2.    Recognize the PREPARATION to God Before God accomplishes his purposes through his people, he always prepares the hearts in his people. 3.    Respond and be PROACTIVE for God   With God the smallest step of faith can activate the mightiest of miracles. 4.    Remember the PRESENCE with God 5.    Realize the PEACE of God -------- DAIL...

TWO LESSONS 1.   God continually confirms our faith. When God calls us to the next big thing, he doesn’t ask us to step out mindlessly. He provides everything we need to take steps of fresh faith. God is always working in our life. He uses the past as the basis of our faith. We know God will be with us tomorrow because he was with us yesterday. As we moved forward, he provided a new dose of faith...

When Moses was still alive, the people of Reuben and Gad gained permission from Moses to stay on the east side of the Jordan where they could raise their livestock. The fighting men of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh would fight with the rest of Israel until the land was conquered. Was this a strategic agreement to protect the eastern border of Israel? Or was this a selfish move by the...

BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS   …STANDING ON GOD’S PROMISES. Joshua 1:3-4,6, John 5:24, 1 Peter 1:4, 1 Corinthians 2:9, Revelation 21:1-4, Romans 8:28   …EMPOWERED BY GOD’S PRESENCE. Joshua 1:5,9, John 14:16-17, Matthew 28:19-20   …SUBMITTING TO GOD’S WORD. (Meditate - Speak - Obey) Joshua 1:7-8, Psalm 1:2, Colossians 3:16, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Psalm 141:3, Psalm 19:14, Ezra 7:10, James 1:22 -------- DAI...

God is our hero. Deuteronomy 31:1-3, Joshua 1:1-2   God’s Word is our guide. Joshua 1:7, Joshua 23:6, John 17:17   God’s Son is our rest. Numbers 27:17-18, John 10:11, Matthew 1:21, Hebrews 4:8-10 -------- DAILY DEVOTIONAL WITH RON MOORE Get Ron’s Daily Devotional to your inbox each morning; visit biblechapel.org/devo. CAREGIVING Do you have a need we can pray for? Do you need someone to walk alon...

All-in generosity flows from our hearts to our resources. 2 Corinthians 8:5, 1 Timothy 2:6, Titus 2:14, Matthew 6:21,24   All-in generosity is obedient, joyful worship to God. 2 Corinthians 8:7, 2 Corinthians 9:7,12   All-in generosity is a demonstration of our richness in Christ. 2 Corinthians 8:2,9, Luke 9:23, Galatians 2:20 -------- DAILY DEVOTIONAL WITH RON MOORE Get Ron’s Daily Devotional to...

MIND: ALL-IN TO SERVE IS SOUND THEOLOGY. 1 Peter 4:10, John 13:12-15, Philippians 2:3-8, Hebrews 6:10   HEART: ALL-IN TO SERVE IS GOSPEL-CENTERED. 1 Peter 4:8, Leviticus 17:11, 1 John 4:10, 1 Peter 4:10, 1 Corinthians 12:11, Galatians 5:13, Mark 10:43-45   ATTITUDE: ALL-IN TO SERVE IS “I GET TO” NOT “I HAVE TO”. 1 Peter 4:9, Philippians 2:14-15   CHURCH: ALL-IN TO SERVE IS MISSION CRITICAL. 1 Pete...

TBC VALUES WORD – WORSHIP – CONNECT – SERVE – SHARE “REDEEMING THE TIME” Ephesians 5:16, Colossians 4:5   All-in followers of Jesus fully depend on the Word of God. (WORD) Colossians 4:5, Ephesians 5:15, Genesis 3:1, John 17:17   All-in followers of Jesus approach every moment as an opportunity to worship God, who is the creator and owner of time. (WORSHIP) Genesis 1:3-5, Psalm 139:13-16, Ephesian...

JESUS TRANSFORMS LIVES   The Bible Chapel exists to develop followers of Jesus Christ in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, the greater Pittsburgh area, and throughout the world.   “develop” - “bring into existence” - unbeliever - salvation   To be a follower of Jesus, one must first trust in Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Matthew 16:24-27, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 9:9, Matthew 16:15-16, Ephesians 2:...

Jesus told his disciples—stop letting your hearts be troubled. There is a place waiting in heaven for you, and he promised that he would prepare the way to heaven by his work as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29). John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. The Lamb of God did not re...

 In Christ, we have eternal peace with God. John 16:33, 1 John 5:4-5, Romans 5:1 In Christ, we experience daily peace from God. John 16:33, John 14:26-27, Romans 8:26-27, Philippians 4:6-7   In Christ, we face daily battles as conquerors of an eternally won war. John 16:33, Romans 8:37-39, Luke 2:14, Isaiah 9:6 -------- DAILY DEVOTIONAL WITH RON MOORE Get Ron’s Daily Devotional to your inbox each...

Why is the incarnation essential to our faith? Only God can atone for our sins. Only Man can die in man’s place. Only the One who is fully God and fully Man can pay the penalty for our sins as our Perfect Substitute. Jesus is God. He is God in the flesh. He is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. -------- DAILY DEVOTIONAL WITH RON MOORE Get Ron’s Daily Devotional to your inbox eac...

Jesus is THE WAY to God. John 14:6, Acts 9:1-2, Acts 19:8-9, Acts 4:12   Jesus is THE TRUTH of God. John 14:6, John 14:26, John 17:15-17, John 1:16-17, Luke 24:27, John 15:26, John 16:13   Jesus is THE LIFE with God. John 14:6, Ephesians 2:1-6, John 5:24 -------- DAILY DEVOTIONAL WITH RON MOORE Get Ron’s Daily Devotional to your inbox each morning; visit biblechapel.org/devo. CAREGIVING Do you hav...

By grace through faith in Jesus, God transforms people from enemies to children of God. John 1:9-13, Titus 3:5, John 3:16, Romans 5:8-11   Children of God are eternally loved and secure in Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:17, Romans 8:38-39   Children of God daily depend on God’s Word and prayer. Psalm 62:7-8, 1 Peter 5:6-7   Children of God daily yearn for their eternal home. 1 John 3:1-2, Revelation 22:3...

An authentic, healthy church consistently prays for one another. James 5:13-18   To submit a prayer request, go to biblechapel.org/prayer.   To join a campus prayer team, email prayer@biblechapel.org .   To join an impact prayer group, go to biblechapel.org/impactprayer or email outreach@biblechapel.org.   An authentic, healthy church humbly confesses their sins to one another. James 5:16   An aut...

THREE EXAMPLES OF PATIENCE To illustrate what patience looks like, James provides three examples.   The Farmer: Trust God to do his work (James 5:7) The farmer planted his crops right after the early rain in October and then waited for the seed to take root and sprout. He depended on God for the sunshine and moisture. The late rains in March/April provided what was needed to produce a bountiful cr...

Throughout Scripture, God warns us about the seductive power of money. Jesus likens it to a completing god and says our treasure becomes the focus of our heart (Matt. 6:21-24). Paul instructs Timothy, the young pastor in Ephesus, to warn people about the love of money and how the desire for more wealth has left people spiritually shattered (1 Tim. 6:10, 17). In today’s passage, James describes the...

Pray for the hearts of the American people. As we head to the voting booth today, pray for every heart, that God would guide them according to His Word to vote for the candidate who will best advance the Kingdom of God for the next four years. Romans 14:17 - For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Pray for the next generation. Pray that the Lord would watch over every child/teenager in our nation that is growing up in a culture of relativism and information overload that bombards them every day. Pray that the Lord in this next generation would most importantly rise up the next leaders of His church in America. Psalm 145:4 - One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall decla...

Pray for the Church. In this moment of time in our nation, the harvest is ripe for souls to turn to Jesus Christ by faith, if the Church is unified for the Gospel. Pray that we would come together in unity as Jesus prayed in John 17, that through our unified Gospel proclamation the world would trust in Him. John 17:20-21 - “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me thr...