This sermon is about “The Lord’s Day and the Lord’s Supper in the Shape of the New Testament.” This is another distinction we have in churches of Christ: we believe eating the Lord’s Supper every Sunday is an important part of God’s plan for the church.
This is a continuation of our special sermon series titled “Churches in the Shape of Scripture.” This sermon discusses some of our beliefs and practices that distinguish us in churches of Christ from most other churches, particularly at our belief that baptism is a necessary condition for receiving salvation.
Guest Speaker: Sterling Thomas. (The first 30 minutes of the audio is worship. Skip to 29:30 for Sterling’s interview.) A matter of seconds changed Sterling Thomas’ life forever. It came when the freshman was making a tackle for Lindenwood University. Sterling fractured his C5 vertebrae in his spinal cord, leaving him paralyzed from the waist…
The question of this Easter Sunday sermon is “Who are you looking for?” (John 20:15) It is the question that Jesus asks Mary Magdalene when, weeping, she encounters Him in the garden at the empty tomb. It is a question asking people who they are looking for in Jesus. It propels each of us forward…
Last week we started looking at “Salvation in the Shape of the New Testament.” This sermon continues looking at this issue by noting how our belief that baptism is necessary for salvation was actually the unanimous belief of Christianity for its first 1,500 years. We’ll also see the connection in the New Testament between salvation…
This is the third sermon in the series titled, “Churches in the Shape of Scripture.” We’re talking about who we are in churches of Christ. We’ve introduced the series talking about how we are a people concerned about restoring the beliefs and practices of the New Testament church. This sermon will be on “Salvation in the…
Last week we began a new sermon series titled, “Churches in the Shape of Scripture.” We introduced the principle that churches of Christ are all about restoration. We looked at this notion from the Old Testament. In this second sermon in the series, we’ll take this idea of restoration over to the New Testament and…
We in churches of Christ are a very unique group of people. Our beliefs and practices seem very strange to some. This sermon is the beginning of a new sermon series entitled, “Churches in the Shape of Scripture.” It is our hope that these lessons will help us have a renewed conviction that being a…
Have you stopped to consider the incredible calling of the church? 1 Timothy 3:15-16 is a great passage that helps us understand the high and holy calling that God has for His church. The church has a pivotal role in holding up the truth so that the world can see it. The church is God’s…
We all make mistakes in relationships. We all mess up. We all make mistakes in our friendships, we mess up before marriage, during marriage, in parenting, in church relationships, with our neighbors, on the job. Good, solid relationships are not ones where we’ve never sinned against one another. That’s impossible. Good relationships come from how…