Category Archives: Sermon

Enduring Shame with Hope

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Jesus undoubtedly endured excruciating pain and suffering on our behalf before dying in our place on the cross. That is the substitutionary atonement. Sometimes overlooked in that is the shame, humiliation, and rejection that He endured as our sacrifice – in order that the sting of our shame and humiliation would be shared by Him, in our place. We too can trust the Father to vindicate injustice in His time.

John 18:39 – 19:16

Taught Sunday morning, November 19, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Pilate and The King

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The Jewish authorities had already decided to have Jesus executed and intended to get the Roman authorities to do the dirty work for them. Pilate however is uncooperative at first and decides to hear Jesus for himself to know who this Man is who is called the King of the Jews. Pilate gets more truth than he is interested in hearing and misses out on the answer to his question.

John 18:28-38

Taught Sunday morning, November 12, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Tempted and Tried

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Ever been in the wrong place at the wrong time? Peter wasn’t necessarily in the wrong place but he hadn’t prepared himself (Luke 22:31-46) and when the test came, he failed miserably. What can we learn from his situation and other Scriptures to keep us from failing similar tests?

John 18:12-27 and Luke 22:31-62

Taught Sunday morning, November 5, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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One Man’s Death

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The chief priests and religious authorities were intent on keeping power and were opposed to Jesus. And one of the leaders accidentally prophesied the truth of what Jesus came to do. We now understand that it is better that Jesus died for all the people than for all those people to perish, entering eternity without Jesus.

John 18:14 and John 11:45-52

Taught Sunday morning, October 29, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Take the Cup

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God received glory through the Son who received glory from the Father. But in the middle of this is an ugly cross.  And Jesus resolutely accepted the cup of wrath handed to Him.  But being human, Jesus still felt the sorrow and turmoil of making the decision to endure the pain and suffering.  But as our Savior, He did not sin and obeyed the plan of God.  And as our Lord, He calls us to follow Him through the cross to the crown.

John 18:1-11 and Matthew 26:36-42

Taught Sunday morning, October 22, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Unity in Love

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Jesus prays that His disciples and their disciples would be unified by His Spirit in them and that unity would create a visible unity among His people through humility, love for one another (John 13:34-35), and serving one another through the Spirit. And Paul echoes that teaching in 1 Corinthians 12:12-14, Galatians 3:28, Ephesians 4:1-6ff, and Philippians 2:1-4. Others will see that kind of loving unity and they will know that God has been at work. And we are practicing for eternity, Jesus prays that we will be with Him forever in glory.

John 17:20-26

Taught Sunday morning, October 15, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Kept and Sanctified

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Jesus prays for His disciples. We already knew that He did. But one of the longest prayers recorded by Jesus is found in John 17. He prayed for Himself and He prays for His disciples and for those disciples that His disciples will make. He prays that the Father would “keep” them in the faith, set apart and made holy for bringing glory to God by representing Him well and making disciples.

John 17:6-19

Taught Sunday morning, October 1, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Glory to Son and Father

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God the Son prays to His Father as He prepares to complete the earthly mission of making disciples and accomplishing eternal salvation for all who believe in Him. This first part of the prayer is for Himself. And we get to hear the intimate conversation as Jesus eyes the glory of finishing the journey and returning to the Father even through obedient suffering and death.

John 17:1-8

Taught Sunday morning, September 24, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Advocate and Ally

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A word study. John 14:15-18, John 14:25-27, John 15:26-27, John 16:7-15, and 1 John 2:1-2. These passages all help us understand a word in the original Greek of John’s day that we struggle to translate today. But more importantly, this word study helps us understand the ministry of the Holy Spirit in our lives today.

John 14 – 16

Taught Sunday morning, September 17, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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More Reasons for Peace

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Jesus warns His apostles that trouble is coming that would squeeze the life out of them and try to make them fall away. And that He would not be physically with them as these troubles came. But in His warning, He also gives reasons for hope. They won’t be alone just the same as He wasn’t really alone when His followers fled. Through the Holy Spirit who would indwell them after Jesus departed, they would be equipped to not only can they survive, but they can overcome because Christ overcame through the Spirit. Not only do they have reasons for peace, but Christ gives them joy to the full.

John 16:7-33

Taught Sunday morning, September 17, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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