Sermons on Galatians (Page 3)
Under One Gospel
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon notes) “Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery— to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.” (Galatians…
For Such a Time as This
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon notes.) Paul proposed a gospel that was a travesty to many. He seemed to be overturning centuries of tradition with his gospel of grace. What right did he have to make such claims? Was he trying to pick a fight with the Jerusalem Apostles? Sunday we’ll find out and in so doing, we’ll see…
Trading Down
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon notes) In his recruitment of John Scully for Apple Computers, Steve Jobs asked Scully, “Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?” Imagine what would have happened if he had replied, “Sugared water is good enough for me.” Yet as…
Jesus Comes to Restore Us
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon notes) Wrongs committed and relationships broken; we’ve been on both sides of the fence. Whether we’ve been the one who was in the wrong and caused the breach, or we were the ones wronged. Things changed. It’s so much harder when we wronged God. Can we ever have the same intimacy? Sunday we’ll…
Set Free to Transform
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon notes) In this final of three studies on freedom in Christ, we look out beyond ourselves. As our lives are transformed, demonstrating the fruit of the Spirit, we become transformers under God’s direction. This amazing truth means that we are not the final destination of the fruit of the Spirit,…
Set Free to Serve
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon notes) It’s for freedom we’ve been set free! We’re revisiting real freedom. Free to live, and now free to serve. How can that be? Doesn’t freedom mean untethered and unaccountable? Sunday we’ll see that our lives take a dramatic turn when we live in the freedom of the…
Free to Live
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon notes) If we are serious about living for God in 2017, we need to know what that looks like. It’s not as obvious as you think. Over the next weeks, we are going to look at three principles that flow from the fruit of the Spirit. Living in step with the Holy Spirit allows us the freedom to live…
The Path to Freedom
This weekend our thoughts turn to our country’s most fundamental statement of freedom 240 years ago. Freedom is one of our greatest values but is too often misunderstood. We listen to the truth of Jesus when he said, “If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” Sunday we look at that reality to see what it means, how we are still enslaved, and…