Category Archives: Sermon

Choice of faith

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Moses was pointed in direction of faith by his birth parents and their faith. His adoptive family gave him much but when the time came, he knew that Egypt did not offer him eternal life. By reasoned faith, Moses chose to pursue long-term gain and reward even if it cost him short-term pain and loss. He looked to the reward over following fear. And his courageous faith inspired his people to trust God to deliver them through the Red Sea.

Hebrews 11:23-29

Taught Sunday morning, June 18, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Pioneers in Faith

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The LORD challenged Abraham and Sarah to trust Him enough to leave their home, their family, and their culture identity in order to let God start something new with them – a new home, a new family, and new cultural identity. And courageously, they followed the LORD based on His promise. We are given promises of the same vein in order to follow Christ into a new cultural identity, new family, and new home, superior to anything found on earth. Will we follow by faith?

Genesis 12:1-9 and Hebrews 11:8-16

Taught Sunday morning, June 11, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Noah found grace

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Noah found grace

Noah sought God while living in a world that ignored God at best and defied God more often than not. And by his faith, Noah found grace in God’s sight. And God rewards those who seek Him. The LORD showed Noah the coming judgment and the plan for salvation from the condemnation. Noah by faith, trusted and obeyed the plan of God and rescued himself and his household from the judgment against sin.

Hebrews 11:6-7 and Genesis 6:8-9

Taught Sunday morning, June 4, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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A Good and Perfect Rule

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The rule of sin is broken by Christ as He bodily defeated the temptations of sin and He defeats sin in our body through His Spirit. Christ fulfilled righteousness bodily so that He can bring righteousness in our body through His Spirit.  How does He do that?  By putting to death the sinful temptations and being living sacrifices that are holy and acceptable to God, the good and perfect will of God.

Romans 8:1-14 and 12:1-2

Taught Sunday morning, May 28, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Rule of the Spirit

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Paul gives a personal glimpse of the struggles he felt between his old way of living (the rule of sin) and his new life in Christ (rule of Spirit). There were daily defeats but the war is already won in Christ. And so it is with us who are in Christ.

Romans 7:12 – 8:2

Taught Sunday morning, May 21, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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What is your sacrifice?

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Honoring Jephthah’s daughter for her faith in God and her selfless sacrifice of her future and even her own self. And by doing so, she points to One even greater who also sacrificed Himself to honor His Father’s promises and will by laying down His life thoughtfully and completely.

Judges 11:28-40

Taught Sunday morning, May 14, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Wages or Gift

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Paul uses an analogy that he says is imperfect but still communicates an essential lesson for us. We have been set free from sin as a slave-master whose wages are corruption, shame, and death. Now that we belong to Christ, why would someone want to still want to work a second job for sin? Sin still pays corruption, shame, and death. Instead, we should work wholehearted for Christ who doesn’t just give us wages but He gifts us right-living, holiness, and eternal life.

Romans 6:23

Taught Sunday morning, May 7, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Know your Shepherd

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For a few minutes, we look at what is hopefully a very familiar passage of Scripture – Psalm 23.  The hope is that each of us growing increasingly familiar with not only Psalm 23 but also with the LORD, the Shepherd of Psalm 23.  Then when the trying times comes, we already have depth with the One who cares for our souls.

Psalm 23

Taught Sunday morning, April 30, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Sin Shall Not Reign

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We resume our study through Paul’s letter to the Roman church with a challenge – who reigns over your life? Who is the Master that we obey? It is one thing to say Jesus is Lord, but do our words and actions reflect that? We are to surrender every part of our body to His way of life or we reveal that sin reigns there instead.

Romans 5:20 – 6:14

Taught Sunday morning, April 23, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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Story of Easter

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Resurrection weekend. Popularly known as Easter. As foretold through Isaiah and by Jesus Himself, His Passover weekend with the disciples is interrupted with His arrest, trial, crucifixion, and burial. But the first day of the week changed everything. “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen!”

Isaiah 53:11, Luke 23:32-56, Luke 24:1-12, 44-53.

Taught Sunday morning, April 9, 2023 by Brad D Harris

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