Sermons from April 2022

Sermons from April 2022

What It Means to Serve a Patient God

Introduction Revelation 16:8-21 ESV  The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire.  (9)  They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.  (10)  The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in anguish  (11) …

The Most Offensive Part of Easter

Introduction 1 Corinthians 1:23 ESV  but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 ESV  For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,  (4)  that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,  (5)  and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.  (6)  Then he appeared…

What It Means to Serve a Just God

Introduction Revelation 16:1-7 ESV  Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the seven angels, “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”  (2)  So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful sores came upon the people who bore the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.  (3)  The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became…