Union Chapel Sermon Library

One More 11.11.2018 ↓

Genesis 15:1-18 "May it be to me as to the pieces, if I am not as faithful to you as you are to me." This is what both parties say to each other in a blood covenant. Do you have the faith to believe the God you believe in? Faith promise is about God's faithfulness, not yours. I NEED ONE MORE.

Pastoral (Practical) Concerns 04.11.2018 ↓

I Corinthians 5:9-13 The culture does not need from the Church anger and judgment nor accommodation and compromise. The Church’s best posture is to joyfully teach and model God’s original design and intent while loving, accepting and forgiving ourselves and one another when we fall short. I. Isn’t this much ado about nothing? II. Why is the Church so focused on these issues? III. Can’t we agree to...

The Body in Art and Media 28.10.2018 ↓

I Corinthians 6:12-20 I. Arts and Media in Perspective. It is time we acknowledge that all of us, in the Body of Christ, have problems with such things as pornography, body image, self-loathing, eating disorders and all the rest. II. Called to the arts and media. “Christ the Victor” Christ over Rio De Janeiro. Sand artist Joe Castillo Paul said, Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whate...

Bodily Incarnation/Bodily Resurrection 21.10.2018 ↓

Revelation 19:6-9; 21:1-4 I. The human body has physical and spiritual meaning. Three Biblical truths repeated: 1. Your heart is deceitful. 2. Your mind needs renewing. 3. Your body is trustworthy. Current phrases and practices: 1. The Heart must always be followed. 2. Your mind is always clear. 3. Your body us untrustworthy. II. The human body and the two genders. III. The human body will be resu...

Celibacy and Singleness 14.10.2018 ↓

Mark 12:18-27 Marriage is designed to reflect the fact that God is a covenant keeping God. Marriage on earth, as we know it, will come to an end. A call to singleness and celibacy is a temporal anticipation of the resurrected life. I. Singleness is a gift of God. II. Singleness has advantages. III. Singleness is hard. IV. Singleness is not permanent.

Echo of the Trinity 07.10.2018 ↓

Genesis 2:21-25 All of the current questions in our culture are not about sex. They are about the human body and God’s original design and purpose. The world sees marriage as a commodity. God sees marriage as a covenant. I. Called to freedom (examine our nakedness) II. Called to marriage and childbirth (echoing the Trinity) Whatever forces us inward toward autonomy creates more guilt, fear and sha...

Back to the Beginning 30.09.2018 ↓

Matthew 19:1-12 1. We have a body! 2. Adam before the fall. Just because the first Adam failed and our world is broken doesn’t mean the original design and standard for sex, marriage and the body has changed. 3. Adam as image - bearer.