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The grace of God is the power that produces faith, love, and hope in a Christian and a congregation. As those who have received God's grace, we pray for and pursue a corporate life characterized by faith, love, and hope. In this way we glorify...
We were made, and re-made, by God's grace. Now we live for the praise of his glorious grace. https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20180826.mp3...
Job's journey along the path of suffering led to the unexpected experience of seeing God. Seeing God in the cross of Christ assures us that he is working all things according to his purpose and for our good, even in our suffering. Text: Job 42:1-6 https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20180819_1.mp3...
The book of Job introduces us to the themes of redemption. These themes find their fulfillment in the pages of the New Testament and the person of Jesus Christ. Job believed so much about God's grace with so little revelation of his plan. May we...
We need wisdom when we suffer, but it is no different than the wisdom we are called to in all seasons of life. True wisdom is the fear of the Lord. True understanding is to turn from evil and seek the Lord. In season and...
In Job's season of suffering the sad reality is that his three friends missed his pain to prove their point. From the speeches between Job and his friends we can learn much about how to be, and not to be, a friend. Text: Job 4-5 https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20180729.mp3...
Job expressed his desire to die by cursing the day he was born. Job was done, but God was not. Job lived another day to see the Lord and to worship him. Text: Job 2:11-3:26 https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20180722.mp3...
When one person suffers, others close by suffer, too. From this brief conversation between Job and his wife we can learn much about suffering together. https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20180715.mp3...
Job came to see the sovereignty of God as powerful, purposeful, and personal. He saw that God was on his side. This was his comfort in suffering. https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20180708.mp3...
The book of Job opens with an accusation that Job worships God only because his life is blessed. This accusation is confronted by God and turned into the validation of Job's faith and the worth of God. God is worthy of worship at...
The love of Jesus forgives, serves, and restores sinners to himself. From this love, he commissions us to follow his example by fulfilling the role God has planned for us. Text: John 21:1-22 https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20180624.mp3...
Our lives are full of troubles, but we need not despair. Jesus is our model, our mentor, and our victor. Troubles confuse, scatter, and isolate us, but Jesus maintained clarity, commitment, and companionship with the Father. Jesus has also given us his promises, assistance, and...
Text: John 13:31-35 https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20180610.mp3...
Human beings need to be set free from the power, penalty, and presence of sin. Jesus came to set us free by his death and resurrection, and tells us that if we continue in his word, we will be free indeed. Text: John 8:31-36 https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20180603_1.mp3...
Jesus invites us to come and know him in a lifelong relationship as his disciples. Text: John 1:35-51 https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20180527.mp3...
The final words of Colossians call us to receive what is written by Paul about Christ, to remember the chains of Paul because they are for Christ, and to rejoice in the grace of God which is in Christ. This is a fitting conclusion to...
The names mentioned at the end of Colossians reveal that the church of Jesus Christ is a diverse and unified, redeemed and reconciled, gifted group of average people who each contribute to work of the kingdom of God. We find ourselves in this list of...
To be in Christ is the transforming reality that makes our normal relationships and interactions not merely better, but new. Christ in us is the hope of glory, and the guide for living. Text: Colossians 3:17-4:1 https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20180506.mp3...
The mouth speaks from what fills the heart. The Christian congregation is so saturated with the message of Christ that helpful words are spoken to each other, and words of thanksgiving are sung to God. The healthy and helpful congregation is a place of new...
Christians are in a new state of peace with God because Christ has removed our sin and reconciled us to him. This new peace is now the arbiter within, settling issues in our hearts and in the church. In Christ we have peace with God...
The life of a Christian is the life of the new self. Our new nature is expressed in the new qualities of love. We love as Christ has loved us. Text: Colossians 3:1-14 https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20180415.mp3...
Christians have a new way to die. As those who by faith in Christ have died to sin and have been raised to new life, we now die daily to the sin lurking in our hearts. Text: Colossians 3:1-14 https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20180408.mp3...
Text: 1 Corinthians 15 https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20180401.mp3...
Good Friday service 2018 https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20180330.mp3...
The healthy and helpful church watches the world they engage with by approaching God in prayer, and approaching people about God. Text: Colossians 4:2-6 https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20180325.mp3...
Christians now have a new orientation toward Christ. We are called to set our minds on the grace and glory of Christ. This new mindset directs our practical living in every area of life. Text: Colossians 3:1-4 https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20180318.mp3...
We are always new Christians and a new congregation. Our new life in Christ is based on our union with him. We are united with Christ in his death, his resurrection, his current life with the Father, and his future return in glory. Text: Colossians...
The established church Christ wants is one where people have received him in truth and by faith, and are walking in that truth firm in faith. We are praying for the work of God in Grace Community Church to establish us firm in the faith....
The untroubled Christian and congregation have the full assurance that all the wisdom and knowledge needed to know God is in Christ. Text: Colossian 2 https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20180225.mp3...
Who are we and what do we do? These are two basic questions that every Christian and congregation should ask. The identity and calling of every Christian and every congregation is summed up in Christ. Text: Colossians 1:27-29 https://s3.amazonaws.com/grace-audio/Sermons/20180218.mp3...
