Sunday
Oct262008
The Road to Recovery
October 26, 2008 The gospel's message, confidence, and power.
Romans 3:21-28
Rev. George C. Hammond
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Romans We are happy to provide audio recordings of our sermons online as a ministry, especially for those who are providentially hindered from attending worship services this week. God speaks to us through the preaching of his word, and we pray that he will speak to you through the listening of these sermons. But we also pray that those who visit here will become part of the fellowship of a local church. Listening to sermons online is no substitute for being a part of a church family, committed to love and serve one another.
Current Sermon Series: John
We are currently worshiping God through the preaching and consideration of the Gospel of John. John's Gospel is distinct among the four. Matthew, Mark and Luke are called the Synoptic (literally "same view") Gospels because they are very similar in progression. But John's Gospel is unique.
Instead of reporting the interaction of Jesus with the crowds as they Synoptics do, John prefers to focus on individual and intimate interactions. Whereas Matthew and Luke begin with Jesus' nativity and childhood, and Luke with the start of his public ministry, John begins with the pre-existing and pre-incarnate Word of God who became flesh. John takes the epic themes of Genesis such as the struggle between light and darkness as prologue to his own writing.
Written near the end of his life in AD 85-90, John's Gospel is no dispassionate recounting of mere historical facts. He tells us the purpose of his Gospel: " . . . so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name" (John 20:31).
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October 26, 2008 Sunday
Apr162006
Firstfruits of the Renewal of All Things
April 16, 2006 The Lord is risen! But the meaning of that great turning point in time and space has been diminished and depricated. It was depricated by the early gnostics. It was buried in the churches flirtation with Platonism. And it was nearly forgotten in the wake of theological liberalism. But the Word of God is clear. There will be a new heaven and a new earth. The meek will inherit the earth. Jesus came on a mission of redemption, not on a salvaging mission. All of creation is the object of his redemption. The new heavens and the new earth have begun in the resurrection of Jesus. We simply await the completion.
Romans 8:11-25
Rev. George C. Hammond
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Romans
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