Sermons on Faith
Fear & Faith: A Tale of Two Mountains
Welcome to Chapel City Church! We know that the consistent message of the Book of Hebrews has been that Jesus is better. Earlier in the book, we saw that he was better than Moses, the lawgiver of Israel. Moses was a faithful steward in the house, but Christ is the builder of the house. This week we will see a comparison that brings us back to that time of Moses and the…
Faith in Action, part 2
Welcome to Chapel City Church! This week we come to the end of Hebrews 11 and our study of faith. We have seen what faith is and what faith does. Last week we saw the victories of faith, even in lives that were less than perfectly faithful. This week we will work through a difficult reality. There are times when faithful obedience brings pain rather than what we would…
Faith in Action, part 1
Welcome to Chapel City Church! We have worked through some very familiar territory for most of Hebrews 11. Giants of the faith have lived obediently, providing stories that most of us are familiar with. This week we will begin to work through some lives that might be less familiar to us. The faith is the same, but the circumstances aren’t necessarily what we would…
Faith & the Exodus, part 2
Welcome to Chapel City Church! This week we will continue looking at the faith demonstrated during the time of the Exodus. The children of Israel had known hardship and slavery. Pharaoh was cruel and powerful. Yet Moses led God’s people out of Egypt without fearing the king. That’s only possible because of what they knew to be true about the power of God. By…
Faith & the Exodus, part 1
This week we will move forward in time roughly 400 years. We have looked at the faith of the fathers up to the life of Joseph. By the end of Genesis, 70 people go down to Egypt with the promise of becoming a great nation and, one day, returning to the Promised Land. But after 400 years, a new king is in power and the people are enslaved. In this context, we are introduced…
Faith of the Fathers, part 4: Anticipating the Promise
Welcome to Chapel City Church! For the last several weeks we have looked at the life of Abraham through the lens of Hebrews 11. As he matured in his faith, he came to the point where he believed that God would be faithful to His promises, even if they seemed impossible. But how would those promises…
Faith of the Fathers, part 3: A Faith that Surrenders
We have been working our way through Hebrews 11, and the last few weeks have focused on the life of Abraham. We know that he responded obediently when God told him to leave his home, and we know that he waited patiently but imperfectly, for God to be faithful to His promises. It can be difficult to…
Faith of the Fathers, part 2: A Faith that Waits
Welcome to Chapel City Church! Last week we started looking at the faith of the Patriarchs, particularly as demonstrated in the life of Abraham. God made Abraham the recipient of remarkable covenant promises: land, seed, and blessing. Those promises changed the way that he lived, and the decisions…
Faith of the Fathers, part 1: The Faith of Abraham
Welcome to Chapel City Church! As we continue to move through Hebrews 11 in the coming weeks, we are going to encounter the lives of the patriarchs. These are the founders and pillars of the Jewish people and culture. Remember that the audience is being pulled back toward the law, toward the old…
Faithful Living in a Faithless World: The Faith of Noah
Welcome to Chapel City Church! Last week we introduced Hebrews 11 with the foundations and first examples of faith. What is faith and what does it do? Faith is confident expectation, even while we wait to possess the promise. And the result of faith is obedience. This week we look at the next…
Living by Faith
Welcome to Chapel City Church! This week we open up chapter 11 of the Book of Hebrews. Chapter 10 closed with the call to endure suffering with hope. Jesus Christ is a treasure beyond anything we might lose in this temporary life. And the author reminded us that the righteous will live by faith. But what is faith? What does it look like and what does it produce? And how…
A Faith that Perseves
Welcome to Chapel City Church! This week we return to our study in the Book of Hebrews, and we will finish working through chapter 10. The last time we were here, we went through a serious warning passage. The author makes it clear that if you turn away from Christ, there is no hope of salvation in anything else. But what is the alternative? When they were first saved,…