There are few days through the course of the year that reveal our propensity towards evil and death more than our celebration of Halloween. Just a quick review of the television shows and movies that play on our tv’s, reveal programs filled with demons, murderers, and everything evil. These shows tell a compelling story about our fascination with these unholy things. Our flesh seems to cry out for them (which is why people continue to make and profit from these productions). However, at the same time we love life and we don’t want to die. The tomb of Jesus Christ represents both of these things. He was buried in that tomb because of sinful man, but on the 3rd day Jesus conquered that tomb (and death with it) so that sinful man could find life through Him. Listen today as Pastor Bob discusses the significance of the empty tomb.
'Trial' tagged sermons
It is no secret that the world we live in as Christians can be a very hostile place towards us at times. As a result, rather than boldly professing the name of Jesus to those who need to hear his name, we live our faith out in secret becoming “Closet Christians”. Listen today to Pastor Bob as he talks about how Christians need to get out of that closet, and what it means to do so.
There are those in the world today who seek to undermine what Jesus did on the cross by trying to make a case that He never really died by crucifixion. His disciple John, wants to make sure that we know this wasn’t the case at all, and that because of His death we have been granted blessing upon blessing. Listen today as Pastor Bob unpacks the importance of this event and what it means to all mankind.
When we come to receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior we are given several new things. For instance, we are given a new birth into a new life, making us a new creation with a new purpose! That’s a lot of new things, but God doesn’t stop there. In addition to all of those wonderful “new” things, God has also given us a new family! Listen today as Pastor Bob discusses the beauty of the family of believers.
The Word of God is so much more than some pages written between two covers of a book. Listen today as Pastor Bob discusses some of the reasons for why God’s Word is so important, and why would never try to add to it, subtract from it, or change it in any way. Rather we should allow it to guide our lives as we follow it faithfully.
Several times during Jesus’ earthly ministry he let his listeners know that in order to follow Him, they would have to pick up and carry their own crosses. This probably didn’t take on real meaning until they watched Jesus literally pick up his cross, on their behalf, as he marched forward towards his own death. Listen as Pastor Bob discusses what it means for us as Christians to pick up and carry our crosses today.
There is no worse feeling in the world than when we are doing something that we know we shouldn’t be. Maybe the greatest example of this can be found in the Bible when Pontius Pilate was trying to decide what to do with Jesus. Listen today as Pastor Bob discusses this tortured soul and how we can avoid finding ourselves in a similar situation.