“What Is Man?” (Who Am I?)
Sermon: What Is Man? (Who Am I?)
Text: Psalm 8
Focus: God loves humanity despite our fragility and sin.
Function: That they would marvel at the miracle of God’s love for them.
Sermons tagged with ‘Jesus’
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A Wedding Invitation
Sermon: A Wedding Invitation
Text: Revelation 22:1-6, 12-21
Focus: The Holy Spirit and the Church invite all people to come and receive God’s free grace.
Function: That they would invite their unbelieving family and friends to come and know Jesus.
The Heaven to Come
A vision of the new heaven and new earth
They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love
Sermon: They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love
Text: John 13:31-35
Focus: Christ Jesus demonstrated his love by dying for us on the cross.
Function: That they would love others in word and deed just as Christ loves them.
The Shepherd’s Voice
Sermon: The Shepherd’s Voice
Text: Psalm 23; Acts 20:17-35; John 10:22-30
Focus: We recognize Jesus’ voice in his Word.
Function: That they would follow the Shepherd’s voice and not be deceived by false teachers.
Don’t Seek the Living among the Dead
Sermon: Don’t Seek the Living among the Dead
Text: Luke 24:1-12; 1 Corinthians 15:19-26
Focus: Jesus Christ rose bodily from the grave to conquer death for us.
Function: That they would believe in the historical resurrection of the Son of God.
The Lord’s Prayer: Deliver Us from Evil
Sermon: Deliver Us from Evil (Seventh Petition)
Text: Matthew 6:13b
Focus: Jesus rescued us from sin, death, and the power of the devil by his death on the cross.
Function: That they would trust and follow Jesus to the cross of Calvary.
The Lord’s Prayer: Lead Us Not into Temptation
Focus Statement: God tempts no one.
Function Statement: That they would take courage by Jesus overcoming temptation for us.
Doctrinal Locus: “God tempts no one. We pray in this petition that God would guard and keep us so that the devil, the world, and our sinful nature may not deceive us or mislead us into false belief, despair, and other great shame and vice…” (SC, 6th Petition).
The Lord’s Prayer: Your Kingdom Come
Sermon: “Your Kingdom Come”
Text: Matthew 6:10a
Focus: Christ’s kingdom is not of this world.
Function: That they would live in hope of the coming kingdom.
Gone Fishing
Sermon: Gone Fishing
Text: Luke 5:1-11
Focus: Jesus has the authority to forgive sins.
Function: That with clean consciences they would gladly tell the Good News to others.