In this sermon we realize that walking by faith isn’t always slaying giants, but simply believing enough to cry out for help. We see David’s honesty and willingness to speak truth to himself. In the end his heart comes back around to realizing that God is, indeed, near. This sermon ends focusing on three ways God strengthens our hearts that may seem a bit unintuitive.
David’s lament points to firmly rooted faith and not a hopeless heart.
God is gracious, so I don’t have to prove myself. God is great so He doesn’t need me (to secure things for Him), therefore I can lean on Him.
God is good, so I don’t have to look elsewhere for comfort, peace, and fulfillment. God is sovereign, so I don’t have to be in control.
Chris Brister, lead pastor of Union Church in Auburn, AL, a church plant that ARCC is partnering with and supporting, will be preaching on Union with Christ from Ephesians 2.
It is because Satan so ardently believes the truth that he can be so crafty in his schemes. We fall to temptation precisely because we fail to believe the truth.
The grace of God, which is unconditional, leads to real relationship, freedom, and hope.
Peter's two exhortations near the end of his letter remind dispersed believers that to live in this world but not of it requires us to be sober and watchful.
God is beyond you...doesn 't need you...you don't have anything to offer at the table AND YET He loves you beyond measure...based upon no merit of your own...nothing could ever separate you from that love...He is graciously working all things for your good.
As Peter begins to land the plane in his letter you get the sense that he is giving last minute exhortations and warnings that the reader might endure. This week we see the power of oversight and humility.
Are we celebrating the resurrection for the sake of celebration or are we celebrating the resurrection because it changed everything? This sermon gives some framework through which this question can be fleshed out in your life.
What we rejoice in says a great deal about the god that we serve.
We have been given the gift of contribution.
If the end is near there has never been a greater need for our sobered presence in this life.
Arm yourselves for the rest of your time here.
The great exchange happened when righteousness was traded for unrighteousness. Jesus giving us His perfect life in exchange for our sin is the worst and best trade of all time.
In order to glorify God by loving the life that He has given us we must have a category for suffering.
The good life is a selfless life.
Everything in the Christian life as “elect exiles” comes down to trust in the Lord. Do we believe that Jesus is enough? Marriage is no exception.
Walking in love is the outward expression of the collision of grace and truth within us.
The work of the ministry is to declare the truth in love in order to build up the Church.
Prayer: A manifestation of the relationship that God accomplished for us.
Disciples of Christ must not only hear the word of God, but be doers of it.
There is no doubt that there is plenty of biblical merit for the desire to change. Chances are conforming to the image of Christ isn’t the reason. Why you want to change is equally if not more important than what or how.
Gospel Timing is not always convenient, but it’s always Perfect. Gospel Prophesy is not always understood, but it’s always Perfect. Gospel Picture is not always attractive, but it’s always Perfect. Gospel Casting is not always accepted, but it’s always Perfect.
The gospel doesn’t just make one right with God. It transforms a culture.
All Mighty God, having already chosen His King, sovereignly acted throughout history to powerfully announce the His birth.
How the gospel makes us free in suffering.
The unjust suffering of God’s people when endured through a heart of fear and worship of God is divine, not human in origin. Therefore, the church's high calling is to follow her Lord wherever He may take her no matter the cost!
In this sermon we will take a look at what Peter says is actual freedom and what it takes to obtain such freedom.
