Sermons and classes from our weekly church of Christ services
Episodes
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June 8, 2025 - Sunday PM Sermon
"What Does It Take to Be a Disciple of Christ?"
by Neal Pollard
- The Bible is Full of Choices
- Joseph of Arimathea
- Use your resources from him
- He was a rich man - (Mattew 27:57)
- He was a prominent man - (Mark 15:43)
- Overcome Your Challenges for Him
- He was afraid - (John 19:38)
- He was in the minority - (Luke 23:50-51)
- Give Your Life for Him
- Discipleship shaped his hopes - (Mark 15:43)
- Discipleship shaped his heart - (Luke 23:50)
- Discipleship shaped his hands
- There are many ways to measure dedicated discipleship
Duration 45:23
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June 8, 2025 - Sunday AM Sermon
Why We Come to Church…
Hiram Kemp
Introduction:
1. For ____________ Christians have ____________ on the ___________ day of the
______________.
2. Our ____________ are ________________ from every other ______________ in
the _____________.
3. There are a lot of ______________ about our ______________ for
______________.
4. The New___________ is ____________ that there are several _____________ for
us coming ______________ as the ____________.
I. _____________ God (John 4:23-24)
II. ________________ Jesus (Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 11:17-34)
III. __________ & _____________ __________________ (Hebrews 10:24-25)
IV. As a ___________ to ____________ (Acts 2:42-47)
V. ______________ for __________________ (Revelation 7:9-17)
Conclusion:
1. It is a __________ and a __________ to gather as God's ___________.
2. May we all __________ why we ___________ and ________ to never ___________
miss.
3. ___________ makes __________, so let's keep __________!
Duration 32:45
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June 8, 2025 - Sunday AM Bible Class
In this episode, we delve into the challenges of navigating grief within our faith community while exploring God's expectations for Christians. We begin by acknowledging two members who have recently lost their fathers, reminding us of the power of prayer and support in times of loss.
The core discussion revolves around understanding what God expects from us post-baptism. Reflecting on Acts Chapter 2, the genesis of the Christian church, the episode sheds light on the principles of discipleship, fellowship, and the church's community responsibilities. Through exploring historical church practices and teachings, we analyze how these foundational elements of faith are meant to guide Christians not just to survive spiritually but to actively thrive.
The conversation extends into how we, as a church, should foster relationships and community, emphasizing the importance of unity, shared experiences, and active participation in God's work. Challenges like time pressures, personal interests, and societal shifts are acknowledged, offering strategies to overcome them and deepen our spiritual fellowship. This episode invites listeners to re-evaluate how we can better live in accordance with God's expectations, fostering relationships that embody the essence of Christian life.
Duration 47:38
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March 12, 2025 - Wednesday PM Bible Class
In this introductory episode, host Landon Bryant along with his co-speakers, takes you on a journey to explore the essential theme of Building a House of Faith. The session focuses on understanding how life's journey, with its struggles, victories, and memories, contributes to the construction of a faith-filled family. Expect engaging insights into three family stages - new, established, and enduring, as they are viewed through the lenses of scripture and cultural context. Discover how shared beliefs and principles are fundamental building blocks in nurturing resilient Christian families across generations. Join the conversation and partake in a reflective exploration of one's faith journey and the richness it adds to family life.
Duration 32:40
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March 5, 2025 - Wednesday PM Bible Class
In this introductory episode, host Landon Bryant along with his co-speakers, takes you on a journey to explore the essential theme of Building a House of Faith. The session focuses on understanding how life's journey, with its struggles, victories, and memories, contributes to the construction of a faith-filled family. Expect engaging insights into three family stages - new, established, and enduring, as they are viewed through the lenses of scripture and cultural context. Discover how shared beliefs and principles are fundamental building blocks in nurturing resilient Christian families across generations. Join the conversation and partake in a reflective exploration of one's faith journey and the richness it adds to family life.
Duration 35:27
Sunday Jun 01, 2025
Sunday Jun 01, 2025
June 1, 2025 - Sunday PM Sermon
How to Increase Your Confidence in God (Jude 24-25)
Hiram Kemp
- Familiarize Yourself with God's Names and Attributes (Proverbs 18:10)
- The Everlasting / Eternal God (Genesis 21:32-33)
- God Almighty (Genesis 17:1)
- God Who Sees Me (Genesis 16:13-14)
- A Rock (Psalm 144:1)
- Shepard (Psalm 23:1)
- Gain a Global Perspective of God's Work (Habakkuk 2:14)
- Study the Past in Detail (Psalm 77:7-15)
- Do Something Daring for God (Genesis 12:1-4; Hebrews 11:8-10)
- Learn Other People's Story (Mark 5:18-20; Luke 1:39-45)
- Repent of Self-Justification (2 Corinthians 1:9)
- Change Your Mindset (Daniel 3:16-18)
Duration 40:14
Sunday Jun 01, 2025
Sunday Jun 01, 2025
June 1, 2025 - Sunday AM Sermon
Four Challenges Jesus Makes For Our Faith (Luke 17:1-10)
Neal Pollard
Introduction
A. Jesus Challenges Us To…
I. WATCH OUR __________________ (1-2)
A. We Can Cause These __________ __________ To ____________
1. Our _________________
2. Our _________________
3. Our _________________
4. Our _________________
5. Our _________________
B. Be ___________ About Your ______________
II. WATCH OUR __________________ (3-4)
III. WATCH OUR __________________ (5-6)
A. Jesus _________________ What Faith Looks Like
IV. WATCH OUR __________________ (7-10)
A. This Parable Is About __________________
B. ___________ Modeled This ______________ (Jn. 13:12-17; Phil. 2:3-7)
Conclusion
A. If We Succeed, We Will Be ____________ ______________
Duration 35:51
Sunday Jun 01, 2025
Sunday Jun 01, 2025
June 1, 2025 - Sunday AM Bible Class
In this episode, we delve into the expectations God has for Christians beyond the initial steps of salvation. The class discusses the foundational commands to love God and love one’s neighbor, exploring how these principles are the bedrock of Christian living. The session highlights how loving God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and loving others as ourselves, is central to fulfilling God's purpose for His followers. Through scriptural references and thoughtful dialogue, listeners are encouraged to reflect on their spiritual journey and the transformation that comes with genuine faith. It's a comprehensive guide for believers seeking to understand and live out God’s expectations in their daily lives.
Duration 45:37
Sunday Jun 01, 2025
Sunday Jun 01, 2025
April 27, 2025 - Equipped 2025 - Day 4 - 6:00PM Session
Closing out the workshop, Neal leads a bible of Paul's doxology in the letter to the Romans which references Isaiah 40. In this letter Paul encompasses most of the major lessons from Isaiah which have been discussed throughout the sessions of the Equipped Workshop.
Romans 11 - Israel’s Rejection Not Total
11 I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, 3 “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”? 4 But what does the divine response say to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 5 Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. [a]But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 8 Just as it is written:
“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
Eyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”
9 And David says:
“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
A stumbling block and a recompense to them.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see,
And bow down their back always.”
Israel’s Rejection Not Final
11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their [b]fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. 12 Now if their [c]fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
13 For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of them. 15 For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
16 For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17 And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and [d]fatness of the olive tree, 18 do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.” 20 Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. 22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, [e]goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. 23 And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 24 For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own [f]opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And so all Israel will be [g]saved, as it is written:
“The Deliverer will come out of Zion,
And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
27 For this is My covenant with them,
When I take away their sins.”
28 Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. 30 For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience, 31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy. 32 For God has [h]committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.
33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has become His counselor?”
35 “Or who has first given to Him
And it shall be repaid to him?”
36 For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
Video: 2025 Equipped Workshop 4-27-2025 - To God Be Glory Forever Neal Pollard - YouTube
Duration 41:57
Sunday Jun 01, 2025
Sunday Jun 01, 2025
April 27, 2025 - Equipped 2025 - Day 4 - 10:30AM Session
Starting with Isaiah 40 and other passages like Psalm 13, Wayne leads a bible study of patience and hope. Sometimes waiting for the Lord can wear you down and make you weary. But Wayne teaches that we can have faith in God's power and majesty.
Psalm 13 -
3 How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
Having sorrow in my heart daily?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?
3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God;
Enlighten my eyes,
Lest I sleep the sleep of death;
4 Lest my enemy say,
“I have prevailed against him”;
Lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
5 But I have trusted in Your mercy;
My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
6 I will sing to the Lord,
Because He has dealt bountifully with me.
Video: 2025 Equipped Workshop 4-27-2025 - "TEACH ME LORD TO WAIT" - Wayne Jones
Duration 34:48