Sermon Outline: How do we become Christians? Repent and believe the Gospel. How do we grow deeper as Christians? Repent and believe the Gospel. Q1: Repentance: What’s the sin underneath all your sin? Underneath every sin is a lie. Every sin at its deepest root springs from unbelief. Our problem lies in the gap between… Read more »
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Grace Fueled Obedience (1 Peter 1:13-25)
Sermon Outline: Command #1— Set your hope (1 Peter 1:13). Command #2— Be holy (1 Peter 1:14-21). Command #3—Love earnestly (1 Peter 1:22-25). Discussion Questions: What are the things that narrow your gaze or focus? What desires/hopes cloud your mind from seeing Jesus? How does hope in the Gospel broaden your gaze? Or, how is… Read more »
A Reason to Rejoice (1 Peter 1:3-12)
Sermon Outline: A salvation worthy of celebrating (1 Peter 1:3-5). A reason to rejoice, even amidst suffering (1 Peter 1:6-9). A reminder to understand the times we live in (1 Peter 1:10-12). Notable Quotes: “A very strong proof of this destruction of death and its conquest by the cross is supplied by a present fact,… Read more »
Elect and Exiled, Chosen and Homeless (1 Peter 1:1-2)
Sermon Outline: Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ… (1 Peter 1:1a) To those who are elect exiles… (1 Peter 1:1b) Know that… (1 Peter 1:2) Discussion Questions: What are some examples of how the American church has struggled to remember we are exiles? How does living as if this is our home negatively impact our… Read more »
Growth Through Pain (Intro to 1 Peter)
Sermon Outline: A confusing theme in 1 Peter… Evil is real, God is good, and that’s not a contradiction. It turns out, we aren’t the first ones to suffer… Could something bigger be going on behind our suffering? Discussion Questions: When in your life did you grow the most as a follower of Christ? How… Read more »
The Song We Were Born Remembering (Psalm 90)
Sermon Outline: Longing for home (Psalm 90:1-2). Remembering we are dust (Psalm 90:3-6). The origin of our problem (Psalm 90:7-11). Finding our way home (Psalm 90:12-17). Notable Quote: “Our commonest expedient is to call it beauty and behave as if that had settled the matter. Wordsworth’s expedient was to identify it with certain moments in… Read more »
New Year, New Creation (2 Corinthians 5:16-21)
Discussion Questions 1) How are you coming into the New Year? Do you feel refreshed and motivated to step into 2023? 2) How does this passage help us take the focus off of ourselves and how we’re performing? How can that reality help our energy level and hope for the New Year? 3) Where is a… Read more »
The Dichotomy of Christmas (John 1:14-18)
Sermon Outline: In Christ the impossible is possible (John 1:14). 4 implications of the impossible becoming possible (John 1:15-18). Helpful Quotes: “The Gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever… Read more »
Would You Have Followed Jesus? (John 1:9-13)
Sermon Outline: The nature of Jesus (John 1:9). The natural response to Jesus (John 1:10-11). The unnatural grace of Jesus (John 1:12-13). Discussion Questions: Have you ever wondered if you would have chosen to follow Jesus if you lived in the 1st Century? What does this passage do to your opinion of yourself? Read verse 12,… Read more »
Three Invitations This Christmas (John 1:6-8)
Sermon Outline: The temptation to see God as uninterested and uninvolved (John 1:6). The temptation to see ourselves as self-sufficient and capable (John 1:7). The temptation to see the world as chiefly about us and our story (John 1:8). Discussion Questions: How often do you honestly feel that God is involved in your life? What does… Read more »
