Open your Bibles or your scripture journals please to Judges 6. We are going to be studying verses 25-32. We are continuing the story of Gideon today. As I have said, this is one of the longer narratives in this …

Judges 6:11-27

May 14th, 2020

Judges 6:11-27 “A Mighty Man of Valor” Open your Bibles Please to Judges chapter 6. We are looking at the calling of Gideon this week. Last week we looked at How the Israelites cried out to God in their distress …

May 3, 2020 Judges 6:1-10

May 5th, 2020

Open your Bibles please to Judges 6. We are going to be looking at verses 1-10 today. So far in this book we have seen Othniel, Shamgar, Ehud, and last week we finished up Deborah. This begins the story of …

Judges 3:7-31 “Unlikely Deliverers”

Apr 22nd, 2020

Judges 3:7-31 “Unlikely Deliverers” If you will turn in your Bibles please to Judges 3, we are going to be looking at verses 7-31. now, you might be thinking, really, you are going to preach an easter message from the …

April 19, 2020 Judges 4:1-24

Apr 21st, 2020

Judges 4:1-24 Deborah and Barak Open your Bibles please to Judges 4. We are continuing our series in this book as we are seeing God’s faithfulness in the midst of Israel’s unfaithfulness. Last week we saw the first three Judges …

Judges 1:1-2:4 “Last Time On…”

Mar 24th, 2020

So, we are going to get back to our study of the Book of Judges today. we are going to be reading Judges 1:1-2:4. This first chapter is really setting up the narrative for the rest of the book. In …

March 8, 2020 Introduction to Judges

Mar 10th, 2020

The Book of Judges: An introduction *note: I misspoke in this sermon when recounting the Israelites’ time in the wilderness. I said they had to wait in the wilderness because of the golden calf and Moses couldn’t enter the promised …

February 9, 2020 Marriage #4

Feb 11th, 2020

So, today is our Fourth Sunday in our series on marriage. We have looked at the foundation of marriage, the purpose of marriage, and the roles in marriage. Today we are going to talk about the joy of marriage. Yes, …

Easter 2019

Jun 18th, 2019

Do you ever wonder if what you are doing in your life is “worth it”? Maybe you came here today wondering if what you’re doing in life is worth the trouble, worth the hassle, worth the pain it takes to …

Luke 18:31-34 “Setting it Straight”

Apr 16th, 2019

Sorry, no notes on this one.

Luke 18:18-30 “The Rich Young Ruler”

Apr 16th, 2019

Open your bibles please to Luke 18. We are looking at verses 18-30 this morning. First of all I want to say thinks for all the love and support we have received this week. It was an incredibly challenging week for sure. This church has cared f

Luke 18:9-14 “Have Mercy on Me”

Mar 26th, 2019

Luke 18:9-14Open your Bibles please to Luke 18. We are going to be looking at verses 9-14 today and the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. This is a text I have preached on before and one I have heard a number of sermons on. I hope

Luke 17:20-37 “The Nature of The Kingdom”

Mar 14th, 2019

Open your Bibles please to Luke 17. We are going to be looking at Verses 20-37 today. These verses deal with a topic that has been popular since Jesus’ time.Do you know Hippolytus of Rome, Sextus Julius Africanus, and Irenaeus? Oh, you don’t?

March 3, 2019 Congregational Meeting

Mar 5th, 2019

On March 3 2019, Emmaus Christian Church Voted 37-5 to institute a new set of By-laws that will move us from a Board of Stewards model to an Elder and Deacon model of Church governance. Here is the Audio of the meeting as well as my notes for w

Luke 17:11-19 “One Out of Ten”

Mar 5th, 2019

Luke 17:11-19 Open your Bibles please to Luke 17. We are looking at verses 11-19. Now, the more I studied this passage this week, the more I see the connections to the passage we looked at last week. We looked at how:1. To be a Christian is t

Luke 17:7-10 “Unworthy Servants”

Mar 1st, 2019

Before I get into the sermon for today, I want to give you a recap of our board retreat. I want to thank those of you who were praying for us. We certainly felt God’s hand upon us as we made plans for the transition to our new polity in the bel

Luke 17:5-6 “What Is Faith?”

Feb 20th, 2019

Luke 17:5-6 “What Is Faith?”Open your Bibles please to Luke 17. We are going to be looking at two verses today. As with last week, they are short, but packed with theological depth. Now, if you remember last week, we looked at Jesus teaching

Luke 17:1-4 “Temptation, Repentance and Forgiveness”

Feb 11th, 2019

Luke 17:1-4 “Temptation, Repentance and Forgiveness”Open your Bibles please to Luke 17. We are looking at four very packed verses today. If you were here last week I did a reminder of why we are studying Luke and what lens we are supposed to

Luke 1:1-4 “Return of Luke; Not The Jedi”

Feb 4th, 2019

Friendly reminder: The notes I post are as they were when I preached them. I don’t usually edit them for typos, so I apologize in advance for them. Open you Bibles please to Luke 1. Now, I know what you are thinking. We are NOT starting ove

1 Corinthians 1:18-31 “Identity”

Feb 4th, 2019

January 6, 2019 we heard from Guest Preacher Jon Lowery.INTRODUCTION:Last week Bryan asked us “are we people who are authentic?” he talked about the scars that exist in our lives- spiritual, emotional- basically our past…and how we must not t

Meeting together Hebrews 10:19

Jan 21st, 2019

Today we are going to be looking at a few passages that discuss this section of our proposed By-laws.Open your Bibles to Acts 6, and then put something there to hold your place and then turn to Hebrews 10:19Today we are going to look at how w

Church Discipline 1 Corinthians 5:1-13

Nov 5th, 2018

Today we are talking about everyone’s favorite topic, besides carpet color, Church Discipline. Open your Bibles to 1 Corinthians 5, we are looking at Verses 1-13. Let me first off read the statement in our proposed By-laws, then lets see how

Marriage and Sexuality Ephesians 5:22-33

Oct 26th, 2018

(j) A Statement on Marriage and Sexuality – The term “marriage” has only one meaning and that is marriage sanctioned by God which joins one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture. We believe that God intends

Ephesians 1:3-14 “Rooted In The Gospel”

Aug 20th, 2018

Ephesians 1:3-14 This week begins a Sermon series that will take us through the fall. Most of you know that we have spent the last year rewriting our church By-laws to reflect a more Biblical leadership structure. Specifically, we are changin

Luke 16:19-31 “What Does it Take?”

Jul 30th, 2018

Luke 16:19-31 “What Will It Take?”Open your Bibles please to Luke 16. We are looking today at a parable of Jesus that is honestly full of theological truths, it has been really difficult this week to try and discern what to draw out from the t