Discipleship Archive

Matthew 16:13-20  There are people out there, and even some who profess to be Christians but hold a hostile position towards  Corporate Worship. They argue you can be a Christian and not attend a church service or belong to a church.  You are the church. Some even argue the church is our biggest problem in this country. These sentiments obviously are built on false ideas about …

This morning we begin a new series through the letter or epistle to Philemon. Let’s call this morning’s sermon A Letter of Reconciliation for a title. The Christian message is a message of reconciliation, and we will see this as we progress in the sermon. We will consider the title under two sub-headings: (i) Reconciliation To God (ii) Reconciliation To One Another. In the first …

Jonah 1:1-4 The prophet Jonah is well known for being swallowed by a big fish and vomited out on the third day all at the instruction of God the “And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights” (v.17). Because of this verse, some scholars have questioned the veracity …