Union Chapel Sermon Library

Like what you're hearing? Keep the conversation going. Find a few people to talk with about the things you've been learning. Here are a few questions that you can use to kickstart some conversation. • Who sleeps with your phone? Who checks email on vacation? Who looks at social media first thing every morning? Last thing of the day? While you’re driving? Posts from the bathroom? • Describe your lo...

Like what you're hearing? Keep the conversation going. Find a few people to talk with about the things you've been learning. Here are a few questions that you can use to kickstart some conversation. • What’s the most awkward overshare you’ve seen on social media? Take a few minutes to laugh about it! • It’s time #TBH (to be honest). Everyone think of something you feel bad about not feeling bad ab...

Like what you're hearing? Keep the conversation going. Find a few people to talk with about the things you've been learning. Here are a few questions that you can use to kickstart some conversation. • Share something silly that was a struggle for you this week that isn’t really a big deal compared to deeper #struggles. • Share a time when you worked to create a social media moment instead of just...

Like what you're hearing? Keep the conversation going. Find a few people to talk with about the things you've been learning. Here are a few questions that you can use to kickstart some conversation. • Talk about any anxiety or compulsions you experience being untethered to your device. • What’s the dumbest thing you’re into online? • From Pinterest to World of Warcraft, what’s your biggest technol...

Like what you're hearing? Keep the conversation going. Find a few people to talk with about the things you've been learning. Here are a few questions that you can use to kickstart some conversation. • Share the most ridiculous selfie you’ve seen recently. • If you could switch lives with someone, real or fictional, who would it be and why? • Between the weekend message and now, which areas of disc...

I Thessalonians 5:12-28 I Grace is greater than your circumstances. Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. I Thessalonians 5:18 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, I have been constantly o...

Matthew 18:21-35 …where sin did abound, grace did much more abound… Romans 5:20 Every heart knows its own bitterness… Proverbs 14:10 “If the biggest sinner you know isn’t you, then you don’t know yourself very well.” John Laroe Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians 3:13 I. Grace is greater than repaym...

II Corinthians 12:1-10 See to it that no one misses the grace of God… Hebrews 12:15 When we’re weak, that weakness gives space for God’s grace to show up. That weakness is the place where God’s power can be most visibly demonstrated. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so tha...

Romans 5:12-17 “See to it that no one misses the grace of God.” Hebrews 12:15 The wages of sin is death. Romans 6:23 When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. Romans 5:12 I. Grace is greater than your sin. For the sin of one man, Adam, brought death to many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of forgiven...

John 20:19-29 I. Asking Questions 1. Jesus will go to great lengths to answer your questions 2. Know the emotional context for your questions 3. Don’t let your feelings deceive you II. Finding Answers 1. Take your questions to people you trust 2. Take your questions to Jesus 3. Stop questioning yourself in unhealthy ways 4. The ultimate answer to your questions is the Holy Spirit!

Luke 7:18-23 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 I. Be honest about your doubt. II. Let doubt move you toward Jesus. III. When in doubt practice stubborn faith.

Mark 2: 1-12 I. THE STORY II. THE APPLICATION 1. The power of friendship. Who wouldn’t want to have four friends like these? Friends who would do anything to help you. 2. The power of desperation. 3. The power of faith. 4. The power of spiritual healing. The most important place in life is to know our sins are forgiven and our life made right with God.

John 9:1-12 I. The encounter II. The question Vs. 2 Why do bad things happen?...(this is not an exhaustive list) 1. Result of negative spiritual forces 2. Result of human sin 3. Result of a broken world 4. So the work of God might be displayed III. The priority IV. The miracle V. The witness Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man...

John 3: 1-17 “Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin….For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:20,23 I. Jesus knew what Nicodemus needed. It is so hard for people from legalistic religious backgrounds to know, receive and trust the love of God because they do not trust the God of lov...

John 4:1-20; 25-26; 29; 39-42 I. God is a seeking God. a. General b. Purposeful c. Particular II. God views us through our potential. III. The way of hope. a. Recognize your failures. b. Turn to Jesus.

I Peter 2:9-12 I. Children II. Youth 1. Short term gratification will bring long term happiness. 2. It’s hard to be a Christian. 3. You have to be rebellious. 4. Nobody understands. III. Young Adults 1. Core honesty 2. Core concern for others IV. Seniors “But the Godly shall flourish like the palm trees and grow tall as the Cedars of Lebanon. For they are transplanted into the Lord’s own garden an...

Genesis 1:26-27 I. Communication “My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.” James 1:19 II. Sexuality The spouse test. The sibling test. “Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.” I Tim...

Galatians 3:26-29 “You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus…There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:28 I. What is it? It is negative passion towards groups of people. Prejudice or prejudging people is arriving at conclusions without sufficient information about everybody. It’s imputing to an entire group of peo...

Galatians 5:22-26 Life without limits always hinders creativity and productivity. I. Meekness and Self-Control and the character of God A. You cannot manifest the fruit of meekness until you are in a position of power. II. The fruit of Meekness and Self-Control A. A quiet trust in God. B. We overcome the root of bitterness C. We grow in our ability to reason, appeal, and teach D. We grow in rest E...

Hebrews 11:1-2, 6, 32-40 Faithfulness is a lifestyle or state of being. It implies diligence, dependability, steadiness, and unchanging devotion. I. Faithfulness and the character of God II. Results of faithfulness a. If I grow in faithfulness, I grow in stability. There is no short-run substitute for long-run faithfulness! b. God will trust the faithful person with more. c. My/our faithfulness ca...

Ten things I learned from my dad: 1. Community Matters 2. Loyalty Matters 3. Be bold in your faith 4. The value of hard work 5. The value of sacrifice 6. Be gracious with people 7. Be an encourager 8. Pick and stick with the right woman 9. The value of a sense of humor 10. Family is everything Bonus: Place your ultimate hope in Christ

Galatians 5:22-26 Goodness: Goodness is an inner disposition causing an outward reality. Goodness is a state of being from which action emanates. I. Goodness and the character of God. It is not the goodness of God that separates me from Him, but rather my sin. The fruit of the Spirit of goodness is that which springs from the vine, God Himself. II. The counterfeit of goodness. 1. Self-righteousnes...

Galatians 5:22-26 Patience: To dwell richly, fully alive, in abundance, in the moment, regardless of circumstances. Isaiah 40:31; Luke 21:19 I. Patience and the character of God. II. The counterfeit of patience. It is fatalism, indolence, laziness, a resignation to events and circumstances. A patient person can hear the word NO and comprehend it. III. The fruit of patience and gentleness. Impatien...

Galatians 5:22-26 John 14:26-27 Definition: Peace is a state of being. Peace is a state of heart. It is an inner reality which is ministered to me. Peace is that which God ministers to me. I. The peace of God 1. Passes understanding. 2. Keeps your heart and mind 3. Through Jesus Christ. II. The counterfeit of peace 1. Self-confidence 2. Induced, extra-personal peace You cannot induce peace into yo...

Galatians 5:16-26 Love Defined: Love is not a special way of feeling. Love is volitional good will. It is a matter of my will, my choice. If it is good will, then it is to will good things for someone else. Love is anchored in principle and conviction. A. Our inability to make sacrificial choices. B. Self-absorption, self-pity, self-centered, self-aggrandizing, constantly the center of everything....