The Valley Church of Christ

Series: Christians and Technology Service: Sun AM (2) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville Read Philippians 1:27-2:2. Paul is talking about a life that is worthy of the gospel. What does that look like? Christians to stand firm in one spirit, with one mind, striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, to have the same love, and to be in full accord (harmony). Could we not say that the Chr...

Series: N/A Service: Sun AM (1) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville

Series: N/A Service: Sun AM (1) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville

Series: N/A Service: Sun AM (2) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville We often approach belief in God from a scientific perspective. Give me evidence that God created the world, that the biblical stories are historical and that God really raised Jesus from the dead. These objective evidences have an important place in Scripture. But the Gospel of John tends to dismiss those who are impressed for...

Series: Christians and Technology Service: Sun AM (2) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville Is It Helpful? (1 Corinthians 6:12)Is it right or wrong to use tvs, tablets, phones, and computers? That’s an important, but very incomplete question, isn’t it? And yet, isn’t this sometimes the only question we ask about our lives? “Is there any law against xyz?” And it&#821...

Series: N/A Service: Sun AM (1) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville I want to consider the implications of a simple question with you this morning: what happens when something clean touches something that is not clean? This is the basic nature of the question Haggai puts to the people of Judah in Haggai 2. At this point in the history of Israel/Judah, the temple had been destroyed, the people...

Series: Christians and Technology Service: Sun AM (2) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville When does technology become idolatry? You may have heard comments to the effect that in the ancient world they had idols like Baal and Nebo, but we have idols today too. But is there really any comparison? I realize it’s a big deal for me to even ask this question. I recognize I’m going t...

Series: Christians and Technology Service: Sun AM (2) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville This series was done in collaberation with Daniel Broadwell. He wrote this sermon.  His sermon on this topic can be viewed here. IntroductionDo any of these pictures reflect the way you use digital devices? Waking up and spending the first moments of the day on your phone. Spending time wit...

Series: N/A Service: Sun AM (1) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville From the Bible’s perspective wealth is neither absolutely bad nor absolutely good. The story of the Bible begins and ends with humanity in a rich, lush garden with God. God wants to set his presence among us and bless us for his glory. But the Scriptures also tell the story of how in this age, Satan exalts beauty, wealth...

Series: N/A Service: Sun AM (2) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville Are you ever plagued by doubts and questions about God and truth? About his church? or his laws and plan? Maybe you have been troubled by the state of the world over the past few years. Or you been concerned about the state of the Church. Have you wondered if you even know what is true any more? What is God up to? Is he really...

Series: N/A Service: Sun AM (2) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville I have lived on the West Coast, East Cost, and the South and have travelled to China and India. Many of you have been to and lived in far more places. People in different places eat and dress differently, go to bed at different times, practice wide-ranging traditions, and often think about the world and their place in it compl...

Series: N/A Service: Sun AM (1) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville

Series: 2nd Peter (Not Carried Away) Service: Sun AM (2) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville Christians live with an orientation towards time, history, and life that is different from others. With time we are (in theory) constantly aware that time as we know it could end at any moment. Everything seems stable, like everything could go on forever, but we know the Lord will appear from heav...

Series: 2nd Peter (Not Carried Away) Service: Sun AM (1) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville Sixteen hundred years ago, Christian pastor and author Augustine wrote in his Confessions that he sinned as a young man because he was enticed by sinful desires. Closer to our own day, philosopher Jean Jacque Rousseau tells a different story in his Confessions: he stole something as a boy because of po...

Series: 2nd Peter (Not Carried Away) Service: Sun AM (2) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville Have you ever imagined what it would have been like to be Lot living in Sodom and Gomorrah before it fell? Peter tells us in 2 Peter 2:7-8. He was greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked. Day after day he tormented his righteous soul over their lawless deeds. Initially, Lot&#8...

Series: N/A Service: Sun AM (2) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville

Series: N/A Service: Sun AM (2) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville It was January 5th and the preacher  asked the audience "Who is hoping that this year will be better than last year?" Many raised their hands. People were really hoping for an improvement on what had been a tough year for a lot of us. Unfortunately and ironically, it was January 5th, 2020 — just a...

Series: N/A Service: Sun AM (2) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville From God’s perspective in Isaiah, a portion of what is wrong in the world is a top down problem. Judges make unjust judgments. Rulers create unfair laws (10:1-2). Priests and prophets are drunk on wine, unable to give good instruction (28:7-8). Because of this, Isaiah promises top down solutions. God would come in judgme...

Series: 2nd Peter (Not Carried Away) Service: Sun AM (2) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville On September 11th, 2001, terrorists hijacked four airplanes and used them as weapons —crashing them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a rural Pennsylvania field — killing nearly 3,000 people. After that event, airport security changed dramatically. Before, it was very quick. Yo...

Series: 2nd Peter (Not Carried Away) Service: Sun AM (2) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville Notice Isaiah 59:9-15. These are not the days of energetic revival, faithfulness, and hope. Society is full of unrighteousness and injustice. It’s dark. No one is honest, no one knows peace, they have left the Lord. And it’s not just out there — they see the sin in themselves. But if...

Series: 2nd Peter (Not Carried Away) Service: Sun AM (2) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville Peter has said he will keep reminding these Christians that Jesus’ eternal kingdom is coming and so they need to diligently grow in Christian qualities. He explains why in 2 Peter 1:16-18. In Avengers: Infinity War and End Game the powerful titan-god Thanos gathers powerful “infinity s...

Series: 2nd Peter (Not Carried Away) Service: Sun AM (1) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville Last year I was talking through various challenges with a dear friend from college when he said something he said to me repeatedly last year: “Prayer helps.” We have known each other for over 15 years, we have read together, and cried together. We have enjoyed many deep conversations about...

Series: 2nd Peter (Not Carried Away) Service: Sun AM (2) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville For some crazy reason you decided to never eat dessert again. But here you are one week later and we have invited you to our home and Ashley has set before you a slice of her finest chocolate cake. It is rich, dense, there are layers of chocolate moose and chocolate ganache.  But you decline: &#82...

Series: 2nd Peter (Not Carried Away) Service: Sun AM (1) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville As time passed between Jesus’ first and second comings Peter warned that people within the churches would start questioning whether the testimony about Jesus was authentic and whether he would really come in a future judgment. “Who knows whether this Jesus will come again. Besides, God has...

Series: 2nd Peter (Not Carried Away) Service: Sun AM (2) Type: Sermon Speaker: Scott Kercheville When I worked at Sonic and Applebee’s in high school and college somehow everyone always found out that I was the kind of Christian that did not sleep around. Some admired that, but many joked about it. “Do you really think God would send you to hell for that?” And I explained that Go...