Sermons by Pastor Christian Shields (Page 11)
Church & State, A Beast From Each – Part 3: The Mark
Introduction Revelation 13:11-18 ESV Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. (12) It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. (13) It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, (14) and by the signs that…
Church & State, A Beast From Each – Part 2: Evil in the Church
Introduction Revelation 13:11-15 ESV Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. (12) It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. (13) It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, (14) and by the signs that…
Church & State, A Beast From Each – Part 1: Discerning Evil in the Government
Introduction Revelation 13:1-10 ESV And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. (2) And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. (3) One of its heads seemed to have a…
The Ebb and Flow of Spiritual Battle
Note: We celebrated 8 years as a ministry January 23rd which included a small video reminder of where we have met as a church and a choir presentation. If you’d like to go straight to the sermon, it starts at This video also contains Pastor Christian’s full testimony of salvation at the end. Introduction Revelation 12:7-17 ESV Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, (8) but…
Provision In The Wilderness
Introduction Revelation 12:1-6 ESV And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. (2) She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. (3) And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. (4) His tail swept down a third…
Be On The Winning Team
Introduction Revelation 11:11-19 ESV But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. (12) Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them. (13) And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the…
Rebuke, Warning, Discipline: A Blessing To The Saved, A Torment To The Worldly – Part 2 – A Torment To The Worldly
Introduction Revelation 11:3-10 ESV And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” (4) These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. (5) And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. (6) They have the power to shut the…
Rebuke, Warning, Discipline: A Blessing To The Saved, A Torment To The Worldy – Part 1 – A Blessing to the Saved
Introduction Revelation 11:3-10 ESV And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” (4) These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. (5) And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. (6) They have the power to shut the…
Immanuel – God With Us
Introduction Matthew 1:18-23 ESV Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. (19) And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. (20) But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying,…
In The Temple: Protected or Profaned – Part 2: Don’t Profane What is Holy
INTRODUCTION Revelation 11:1-2 ESV Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, (2) but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. We are now in the second week of talking about these two verses… So John sees…
In The Temple: Protected or Profaned – Part 1: Stay Holy and Stay Protected
Introduction Revelation 11:1-2 ESV Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, (2) but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. Well, just two verses today. A drastic change from the last two weeks were we went…
The Bittersweet Mystery of Christ
Introduction Revelation 10:1-11 ESV Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire. (2) He had a little scroll open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land, (3) and called out with a loud voice, like a lion roaring. When he called out,…