Sermon Archive

We continue our series through Philemon. Last week we looked at A Praying Community based on verse 4 of the text: “I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers.”  We identified the text as a prayer. And we examined the various aspects of prayer in the text. Of the things we spoke about, the most pertinent is that we must pray …

  I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers (Philemon 1:4) Last week we started a series through Philemon, with our first sermon: “A Letter of reconciliation.” We examined two forms of reconciliation: Reconciliation to God and Reconciliation to one another. I also showed that when God reconciles us to himself, he places us in a church community. Next in the …

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 …