Sermons and classes from our weekly church of Christ services
Episodes
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
August 18, 2024 - Sunday PM Sermon
The Family Nature of The Church (Col. 3:12-17)
Neal Pollard
- "Family" - (Acts 17:26)
- "Household" - (1 Timothy 3:15)
- We must have a heart for one another - (12-13)
- There are five qualities of this heart
- Compassion
- Kindness
- Humility
- Gentleness
- Patience
- There are two consequences of this heart
- It bears with one another
- It forgives one another
- There is one big motivation for having this kind of heart
- We must have love for one another - (14)
- We must have peace with one another - (15)
- This peace must come from Christ
- This peace must rule our hearts
- This peace called us in one body
- We must have a guide for our dealings with one another - (16-17)
- We have a guide for how to let the word of Christ dwell in us - (16)
- How do we do so?
- What do we do to do so?
- To whom do we do so?
- We have a guide for what to do in word or deed
- Families are always working to build a stronger relationship
Duration 33:22
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
August 18, 2024 - Sunday AM Sermon
When You Lose Heart, How Can You Find It?
Neal Pollard
Introduction
A. There Are At Least _______ Verbs Translated "Lose _________" Or "______
_______________"
B. When You Lose Heart, How Can You Find It?
I. _____________ (Luke 18:1)
II. ________ ON YOUR ____________ (2 Cor. 4:1)
III. _______ THE ________ (2 Cor. 4:16)
IV. DO ___________ (Gal. 6:9-10)
V. RECOGNIZE YOUR ________ IN THE __________ (Eph. 3:8-13)
VI. ________ YOUR _____________ (2 Th. 3:13)
VII. CONSIDER ___________ (Heb. 12:3)
Duration 33:38
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
August 18, 2024 - Sunday AM Bible Class
This quarter Neal and Harry conduct a class studying the book of Hebrews.
Hebrews
- Jesus is Better - Hebrews 1-2
- Why is Jesus Better? (1:1-4)
- Because of what he has said (1:1-2)
- The Source of his Message is divine
- Because of who he is (1:2-3)
- He is Heir (2): We get access to everything the Fater gives through His heir!
- He is Creator (2; 11:3)
- He is Deity (1:3)
- Meaning... He's the radiance of His glory
- He's the exact representation of His nature (EXACT DUPLICATE)
- He is Sustainer (1:3)
- Because of what He's Done (1:3)
- Because of where He is (1:3)
- He is reigning with God
- Jesus is Better than the Angels (1:4-2:18)
- The ancient world held angels in high regard!
- Angel worship already troubled the early church (Col. 2:18)
- The Angels are not God's Son, but Jesus is - (1:5)
- Hebrews quotes the Old Testament about 40 times (second only to Romans)
- Psalm 2:7; 2 Samuel 7:14
- As a class, angels are called " sons of God" (Job) but no one of them is called "Son of God"
- Jesus has received a better name than the angels
- The angels are not to be worshipped, but Jesus is - (1:6)
- Deuteronomy 32:43 (Septuagint or LXX)
- Whenever anyone tries to worship the angels, they are quick to disrupt it (Revelation 19:10)
- The angels are not deity, but Jesus is - (1:7-12)
- Psalm 104:4
- Angels aren't rulers; They are followers
- Psalm 45:6-7; 102:25-27
- The angels are not exalted and enthroned, but Jesus is - (1:13-14)
- Psalm 110:1
- The angels are not over the world to come but Jesus is - (2:1-13)
- Hebrews 2:1-4 is not a digression from the subject, but a conclusion to chapter one
- There are two dangers in ignoring Jesus and his message:
- Drifting (2:1)
- Neglecting His Word (2:2-4)
- The writer quotes Psalm 8:4-6
- It's ironic that the way for Christ to reign over the world to come is by being made lower than the angels for a little while in in this world
- Based on these five reasons, God doesn't help angels, but He does help "the offspring of Abraham" (2:14-18)
- He helps us:
- He destroys the devil's power over us (2:14)
- He delivers us from spiritual slavery (2:15)
- He discharged our spiritual debt (2:17)
- He devotes Himself to our assistance (2:18)
Duration 45:20
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
August 11, 2024 - Sunday PM Sermon
7 Things Christians Should Say This Week - Hiram Kemp
- I Love you - (3 John 1)
- “We try to be reasonable about what we believe. What I believe is not reasonable at all. It’s hilariously impossible.”
– Madeline L’Engle
- “We try to be reasonable about what we believe. What I believe is not reasonable at all. It’s hilariously impossible.”
- I'm praying for you - (Romans 1:9-10)
- Pray for me - (1 Thess. 5:25)
- Can we study? - (Acts 8:30-31)
- Open Mouth
- Open Bible
- Open Mind
- Come and see - (John 1:46; 4:29)
- I'm sorry - (Psalm 38:8; James 5:16)
- Amen - (2 Cor. 1:20)
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“In short, God will either give us what we ask or give us what we would have asked if we knew everything he knew.”
- Tim Keller, Prayer and Intimacy with God
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Duration 33:26
Sunday Aug 11, 2024
Sunday Aug 11, 2024
August 11, 2024 - Sunday AM Sermon
Church Discipline: The Responsibility of the Family
Matthew 18:15-20
Hiram Kemp
I. _____________ Correction (Matthew 18:15)
II. ____________ & _____________ of _______________ (Matthew 18:16)
III. _______________ from the _____________ ____________ (Matthew 18:17)
IV. _______________ God in ________________ (Matthew 18:18-20)
Church Discipline: Reasons Why God's Family Must Do This
(1 Corinthians 5)
Neal Pollard
I. To keep a proper _______________ of ________ (2)
II. To ___________ a soul at the _____________ (4-5)
III. To prevent __________________ (6-8)
IV. To __________ associations (9-11)
V. To practice _________________ (12-13)
Conclusion
A. There is ____________ times more said About church discipline than the ________________'s ___________________
B. It must be done with the right ________, but it still must be ___________
Duration 45:52
Sunday Aug 11, 2024
Sunday Aug 11, 2024
August 11, 2024 - Sunday AM Bible Class
This quarter Neal and Harry conduct a class studying the book of Hebrews.
Hebrews
- Jesus is Better - Hebrews 1-2
- Why is Jesus Better? (1:1-4)
- Because of what he has said (1:1-2)
- The Source of his Message is divine
- Because of who he is (1:2-3)
- He is Heir (2): We get access to everything the Fater gives through His heir!
- He is Creator (2; 11:3)
- He is Deity (1:3)
- Meaning... He's the radiance of His glory
- He's the exact representation of His nature (EXACT DUPLICATE)
- He is Sustainer (1:3)
- Because of what He's Done (1:3)
- Because of where He is (1:3)
- He is reigning with God
- Jesus is Better than the Angels (1:4-2:18)
- The ancient world held angels in high regard!
- Angel worship already troubled the early church (Col. 2:18)
- The Angels are not God's Son, but Jesus is - (1:5)
- Hebrews quotes the Old Testament about 40 times (second only to Romans)
- Psalm 2:7; 2 Samuel 7:14
- As a class, angels are called " sons of God" (Job) but no one of them is called "Son of God"
- Jesus has received a better name than the angels
- The angels are not to be worshipped, but Jesus is - (1:6)
- Deuteronomy 32:43 (Septuagint or LXX)
- Whenever anyone tries to worship the angels, they are quick to disrupt it (Revelation 19:10)
- The angels are not deity, but Jesus is - (1:7-12)
- Psalm 104:4
- Angels aren't rulers; They are followers
- Psalm 45:6-7; 102:25-27
- The angels are not exalted and enthroned, but Jesus is - (1:13-14)
- Psalm 110:1
- The angels are not over the world to come but Jesus is - (2:1-13)
- Hebrews 2:1-4 is not a digression from the subject, but a conclusion to chapter one
- There are two dangers in ignoring Jesus and his message:
- Drifting (2:1)
- Neglecting His Word (2:2-4)
- The writer quotes Psalm 8:4-6
- It's ironic that the way for Christ to reign over the world to come is by being made lower than the angels for a little while in in this world
- Based on these five reasons, God doesn't help angels, but He does help "the offspring of Abraham" (2:14-18)
- He helps us:
- He destroys the devil's power over us (2:14)
- He delivers us from spiritual slavery (2:15)
- He discharged our spiritual debt (2:17)
- He devotes Himself to our assistance (2:18)
Duration 42:26
Sunday Aug 11, 2024
Sunday Aug 11, 2024
August 4, 2024 - Sunday PM Sermon
Love your neighbor
- What does loving our neighbor look like?
- Paying a debt - (Romans 13:8-10)
- Pay forward the debt we owed but couldn't pay
- What does it mean to perish?
- It means to go to hell
- It means to be lost
- It means to lose one's soul
- It means to lose one's self
- It means to be destroyed
- Rendering a Service - (Galatians 5:13-14)
- It leads us to restore a fallen neighbor
- We do this work spiritually
- We do this work gently
- We do this work introspectively
- It leads us to bear our neighbor's burdens
- Showing impartiality - (James 2:8-13)
- What does God say about the poor and needy?
- God chose them
- God sees them as rich
- God sees them as his heirs
"I remember," says C.S. Lewis, "Christian teachers telling me long ago that I must hate a bad man's actions, but not hate the bad man: or, as they would say hate the sin but not the sinner. For a long time, I used to think this a silly straw-splitting distinction: how could you hate what a man did and not hate the man? But years later it occurred to me that there was one man to whom I had been doing this all my life - namely myself. However much I might dislike my own cowardice or conceit or greed, I went on loving myself. There had never been the slightest difficulty about it."
Duration 12:50
Sunday Aug 04, 2024
Sunday Aug 04, 2024
August 4, 2024 - Sunday AM Sermon
The Pathway to Everlasting Joy
Psalm 16
Introduction:
1. The world tries to sell ___________ in a variety of __________, but it can never
truly__________.
2. David wrote about ______________ more than anyone else in the ____________
and seems to have had a _______________ with God that made _____________
a constant in his ___________.
3. In Psalm 16 we find an _________ pathway to ___________ joy. This ___________
tells us the road we have to travel if we want to lay hold of a ______________ we will
never lose.
I. Make __________ Your ___________ (Psalm 16:1-2, 16:5)
II. _____________ in the _____________ of __________ (Psalm 16:3)
III. ____________ Idols _________ Your ________ (Psalm 16:4)
IV. Be _____________ Right _________ (Psalm 16:6-8)
V. _______________ on the ____________ (Psalm 16:9-10)
VI. _____________ of ___________ (Psalm 16:11)
Conclusion:
1. If all __________ comes from ____________, it is ____________ to have joy without
having _____________.
2. Psalm 16 points beyond David to ______________ and what he did so that Psalm 16
can be true for ____________.
Duration 37:18
Sunday Aug 04, 2024
Sunday Aug 04, 2024
August 4, 2024 - Sunday AM Bible Class
This quarter Neal and Harry conduct a class studying the book of Hebrews.
Hebrews
- Jesus is Better - Hebrews 1-2
- Why is Jesus Better? (1:1-4)
- Because of what he has said (1:1-2)
- The Source of his Message is divine
- Because of who he is (1:2-3)
- He is Heir (2): We get access to everything the Fater gives through His heir!
- He is Creator (2; 11:3)
- He is Deity (1:3)
- Meaning... He's the radiance of His glory
- He's the exact representation of His nature (EXACT DUPLICATE)
- He is Sustainer (1:3)
- Because of what He's Done (1:3)
- Because of where He is (1:3)
- He is reigning with God
- Jesus is Better than the Angels (1:4-2:18)
- The ancient world held angels in high regard!
- Angel worship already troubled the early church (Col. 2:18)
- The Angels are not God's Son, but Jesus is - (1:5)
- Hebrews quotes the Old Testament about 40 times (second only to Romans)
- Psalm 2:7; 2 Samuel 7:14
- As a class, angels are called " sons of God" (Job) but no one of them is called "Son of God"
- Jesus has received a better name than the angels
- The angels are not to be worshipped, but Jesus is - (1:6)
- Deuteronomy 32:43 (Septuagint or LXX)
- Whenever anyone tries to worship the angels, they are quick to disrupt it (Revelation 19:10)
- The angels are not deity, but Jesus is - (1:7-12)
- Psalm 104:4
- Angels aren't rulers; They are followers
- Psalm 45:6-7; 102:25-27
- The angels are not exalted and enthroned, but Jesus is - (1:13-14)
- Psalm 110:1
- The angels are not over the world to come but Jesus is - (2:1-13)
- Hebrews 2:1-4 is not a digression from the subject, but a conclusion to chapter one
- There are two dangers in ignoring Jesus and his message:
- Drifting (2:1)
- Neglecting His Word (2:2-4)
- The writer quotes Psalm 8:4-6
- It's ironic that the way for Christ to reign over the world to come is by being made lower than the angels for a little while in in this world
- Based on these five reasons, God doesn't help angels, but He does help "the offspring of Abraham" (2:14-18)
- He helps us:
- He destroys the devil's power over us (2:14)
- He delivers us from spiritual slavery (2:15)
- He discharged our spiritual debt (2:17)
- He devotes Himself to our assistance (2:18)
Duration 42:04
Sunday Jul 28, 2024
Sunday Jul 28, 2024
July 28, 2024 - Sunday PM Sermon
Those Who Are Spiritual... (Galatians 6:1-10) Hiram Kemp
- Correct the Fallen - (6:1)
- Carry other's burdens - (6:2)
- Correct view of self - (6:3-5)
- Don't become proud, but fear - (Rom. 11:20)
- Don't be wise in your own sight - (Rom. 11:25)
- Don't think higher than you should - (Rom. 12:3)
- Don't be puffed up - (Rom. 12:16)
- Don't become self-deceived - (1 Cor. 8:2)
- Don't think of yourself above others - (Phil. 2:3)
- Contribute to spiritual endeavors - (6:6)
- Continue sowing to the spirit - (6:7-10)
Duration 38:01