Giving the Lead: A New Year’s Resolution
Mr. Michael Smith leads our New Year’s Day Worship Service. His sermon is titled Giving the Lead: A New Year’s Resolution
Luke 2:41-52
Happy New Year!
Promise and Fulfillment, 3: God Shall Come
Dr. Rus Howard delivers the third installment in the series Promise and Fulfillment with a sermon titled, God Shall Come
Isaiah 7:9b-16
9 If you do not stand firm in your faith,
you will not stand at all.’”
10 Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, 11 “Ask the LORD your God for a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.”
12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask; I will not put the LORD to the test.”
13 Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience of my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. 15 He will be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, 16 for before the boy knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
Promise & Fulfillment 2: There Shall Be
Dr. Rus Howard delivers the second installment in the series Promise and Fulfillment with a sermon titled, There Shall Be
Isaiah 35:1-10
Joy of the Redeemed
1 The desert and the parched land will be glad;
the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.
Like the crocus, 2 it will burst into bloom;
it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy.
The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,
the splendor of Carmel and Sharon;
they will see the glory of the LORD,
the splendor of our God.
3 Strengthen the feeble hands,
steady the knees that give way;
4 say to those with fearful hearts,
“Be strong, do not fear;
your God will come,
he will come with vengeance;
with divine retribution
he will come to save you.”
5 Then will the eyes of the blind be opened
and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
6 Then will the lame leap like a deer,
and the mute tongue shout for joy.
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
and streams in the desert.
7 The burning sand will become a pool,
the thirsty ground bubbling springs.
In the haunts where jackals once lay,
grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.
8 And a highway will be there;
it will be called the Way of Holiness;
it will be for those who walk on that Way.
The unclean will not journey on it;
wicked fools will not go about on it.
9 No lion will be there,
nor any ravenous beast;
they will not be found there.
But only the redeemed will walk there,
10 and those the LORD has rescued will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
Promise & Fulfillment 1: There Shall Come
Dr. Rus Howard delivers the first installment in the series Promise and Fulfillment with a sermon titled, There Shall Come
Isaiah 11:1-10
The Branch From Jesse
1 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the LORD—
3and he will delight in the fear of the LORD.
He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,
or decide by what he hears with his ears;
4 but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
5 Righteousness will be his belt
and faithfulness the sash around his waist.
6 The wolf will live with the lamb,
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling together;
and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 The infant will play near the cobra’s den,
and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest.
9 They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD
as the waters cover the sea.
10 In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious.
Living Thanksgiving: “Moving from Remembrance to Redemption”
Dr. Rus Howard delivers the sermon titled Moving from Remembrance to Redemption.
Plain Text 8: God wants us to love Him and to Love Others
Dr. Rus Howard delivers the last sermon of the series “Plain Text.”
Plain Text, 7: The Holy Spirit, God’s Presence
Dr. Rus Howard delivers part 7 of the sermon series “Plain Text.”
John 14:16-18, 26 and 16:12-14
Plain Text, 6: For Those Who Believe and Repent
Dr. Rus Howard delivers part 6 of the sermon series “Plain Text.”
John 3:1-8, Revelation 3:20-22 and Revelation 21:1-4
Plain Text: Part 5, Not by Bread Alone
Mr. Michael Smith delivers part 5 of the sermon series “Plain Text.”
1 Peter 1:23-2:3
23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 24 For,
“All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25 but the word of the Lord endures forever.”
And this is the word that was preached to you.
1 Peter 2
1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
Hebrews 5:11-14
Plain Text, 4: Jesus–God’s Son, Sinless Redeemer, Victorious Savior
Rus Howard delivers part 4 of the sermon series “Plain Text.”
Romans 3:21-26 and 1 Peter 2:21-25
