Sermons from September 2024
BUILDING BLOCKS FOR UNITY
BUILDING BLOCKS FOR UNITYRomans 15.1-6Romans: The People Grace Creates – Part 10 of 11 Romans 12.9 “Let love be genuine.” (esv) v. 5 “… give you a spirit of unity among yourselves …” (niv) v. 6 “… with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” TOOLS FOR BUILDING UNITY: A PROPER Criterion For Goodness vv. 1–2 “… not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.” (esv) v. 1 “We who are strong … bear with the failings of the…
God Tests Us So We Will Learn
God Tests Us So We Will LearnExodus 15:22-27By: Pastor Chuck Henderson Why? Because it’s in the wilderness that we can be awakened to our weaknesses that are covered up when we only stay in our comfort zone; alerted to our distractions that keep us pushing empty carts around; we begin to “feel” something missing; in this case… Ever been there? If you have, you know exactly the feeling I’m talking about, and frankly, it can be exasperating, frustrating, maddening and even, when it lasts long enough, it can feel…
GETTING RID OF STUMBLING BLOCKS
GETTING RID OF STUMBLING BLOCKSRomans 14.13-23Romans: The People Grace Creates – Part 9 of 11 v. 1 “… don’t argue about disputed matters.” (csb) v. 13a “Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer …” (esv) v. 13b “… decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.” (esv) WE REMOVE STUMBLING BLOCKS BECAUSE … WE VALUE MORE THAN Just Actions v. 14 “… nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean.” (esv) v. 15 “For if your brother is…