Trinity Baptist Church Sermons

Philippians 2:5-11 "We must not view our ability to rule and create as something to be used for our own advantage. . . . Jesus has come and lowered himself further than we will ever go, and now is exalted higher than we will ever be. When you focus on Christ’s exaltation, you become less focused upon your own self-exaltation."

Titus 2

Acts 27:21-44 A friend of mine recently moved from a western state to an eastern state with his young family, along with a son who has severe ongoing health needs. The decision to move had been a painful one, as their efforts to plant a church had been unsuccessful. So now they planned to join a ministry to help people understand and follow Jesus. After driving for two days straight, they had a fu...

Matthew 14:22-33 So I want to preach to you this morning from this passage, “Faith Through the Storm.” At this point I should answer a question that some of you might be thinking, and if you’re not maybe you should be. You’re wondering it because walking on water is something so far out of the realm of our experience; so you think, “Did it really happen this way?” Maybe you’d be able to express yo...

Acts 24 Our journey through the book of Acts takes us to the point where Paul has reached Jerusalem, was the center of a dangerous riot, was rescued by the Roman army, taken for his safety to Caesarea, and now stands on trial before the Roman governor named Felix. Felix is the character we will focus on because his response to the message about Jesus is typical of the responses many people have in...

1 Corinthians 9:19-23 I hope that the passage puzzled you; it sure puzzled me. The Apostle Paul is back in the city of Jerusalem. He reports to the Jewish Christian leaders that his journeys have been successful—people are trusting in Jesus as their King and Savior. These leaders are happy to hear this, but something else is worrying them. A rumor has been going around that Paul teaches not only t...

Acts 20:29-32 This is the second in a two-part series on the role of pastors in the church. If it concerns you to hear the reports about pastors and churches being involved in horrific crimes such sexual abuse, I think it will be important for you to understand what the Bible teaches pastors really ought to be doing, and why churches must insist that their pastors be people of integrity. The first...

Acts 20:17-38 "A big personality, dazzling gifts of communication, or administrative genius can easily awe people but distract them from defects in a man’s character. Whether at this church or whatever church you are a part of, insist that the pastor be a man of humility, integrity, and godliness."  The Barna Research Group tells us America’s pastors are facing a credibility crisis. From a 20...

Acts 19:18-20, 23-41 "Everyone—whether ancient or modern—has something they believe will can bring security, significance, and satisfaction. It is what has captured our heart’s imagination. And whatever we believe can bring us these things, is what we will love, trust, and obey. Idolatry is when we believe that anything except God can bring final security, significance, and satisfaction."

Acts 18:24-19:10

2 Timothy 2 Missionary Phil Hunt encourages us to embrace suffering for the advancement of the gospel. "Fear is the face of an idol in your life."

Acts 17:16-34 "Heart-ignition happens whenever something touches your heart’s treasure—and your treasure is the glory that has captured your heart’s affection."

Acts 17:1-9 "True victory is not taking from people for the advantage of the king; it's giving of the king for the advantage of the people."

Acts 16:11-15; 25-34 "The gospel not only reveals the problem behind our problems, but it also reveals the solution to that problem."

1 Corinthians 15 "For Paul, the difference between the resurrection and no resurrection is not the difference between running the race with two legs or with one. It’s the difference between running around insanely, for no reason, having no start line and no finish line, no path forward or backward, no up, no down, no meaning at all. In other words without the resurrection, you’re better off quitti...

Acts 16:25

Acts 15:1-11 "You can't get away from the fact that beliefs are the bedrock for feelings and action. If doctrine is at the base level of everything we ought to be alert to it around us and within."

Acts 14:8-13 "The gospel is not just a message that you are a sinner and that God is holy....The gospel fundamentally is a message about who Jesus is and what He has done to save sinners because God loves us."

Acts 13:16-43 "The central promise throughout Scripture is that God will be our God, and we will be his people. The fulfillment of that promise would involve the forgiveness of sins (for sin separates people from God), and the freedom from the consequence of those sins (for every sin has dire consequences)."

Acts 12:1-24 "Am I finding my satisfaction in Christ now? Am I living for Jesus not then, but now?  The word about Jesus the Messiah triumphed even through hardship."

Acts 11:26 "Being a Christian is a radically personal thing, and because it's radically personal, it's completely public....A Christian is someone who trusts and follows Jesus."

Acts 10 "If anyone is going to be converted, God must take the initiative! We loved Him because He first loved us."

Acts 9:26-31 "When no one else would believe that Paul had genuinely been converted, Barnabas believed. He gave Paul his personal support. He didn’t simply say, “Give this guy a chance.” No, he brought Paul personally to the apostles. By personally taking him, by giving Paul his personal support, he was binding his reputation to the character of ex-Christian killer."

Acts 9:1-31 "But the voice of Jesus of Nazareth was the last thing Saul of Tarsus expected! Saul believed that Jesus was an impostor who had (fortunately) been executed, but whose maverick, untutored followers insisted in their shrill and disruptive sermons that he was alive. But now—now he was hearing this voice speak, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me,' and in response to the question, 'Wh...

Acts 8:26-40 "The reason everybody—even the most religious, educated, etc. needs Christianity is not because it is a system of reform, but because it is a message about how God has come to put you right with him. Religion is about what humans must do; Christianity is about what God has done."