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Watching from the Walls – Elizabeth’s Surprise

24 Thursday Dec 2015

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Watching from the Walls_Advent 2015Our third sermon in the Watching from the Walls series is “Elizabeth’s Surprise,” which focuses on Luke 1:5-17 and 39-45. In it, we find that Mary’s cousin Elizabeth receives a double surprise — the jolt of John the Baptist leaping in her womb, and the jolt of knowing that her son would be the herald of the Savior himself.

In Episode #14 of our Behind the Sermon podcast, we set the stage for Elizabeth’s Surprise and talk . You can find that podcast episode at this link.

Here’s the sermon, courtesy of Youtube:

 

 

Watching from the Walls – Joseph’s Challenge

23 Wednesday Dec 2015

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Our third sermon in the Watching from the Walls worship series this Advent is “Joseph’s Challenge.” It focuses on the challenge that learning of Mary’s pregnancy meant to Joseph, and especially the way that he chose faithfulness to God over adherence to the world’s standards of how he would have been expected to react in the situation he faced. The sermon text is Matthew 1:18-25.

You can find episode #13 of our Behind the Sermon podcast at this link. That podcast episode is linked to the sermon on Joseph’s Challenge and can serve to set the context of the sermon. (It’s also a great way to get to know my colleague Todd Lovell and I a little bit better!)

Here’s the sermon on Joseph’s Challenge courtesy of Youtube:

 

 

Watching from the Walls – Longing for Jesus

21 Monday Dec 2015

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Watching from the Walls_Advent 2015Over these days leading up to Christmas, I’m going to post the sermons from our Advent worship series on “Watching from the Walls.” I’ll also post the episodes of the Behind the Sermon podcast that go along with each sermon.

You can find the Behind the Sermon Episode #11 at this link. In that episode, Todd Lovell and I outline the worship series and talk a little bit about the image of the “watchmen on the walls” in the Old Testament and what that means.

The sermon, “Longing for Jesus,” begins the Advent worship series. The Scripture text is Isaiah 62:6-7,11-12. Here’s the link to that first sermon:

 

 

Family Faith Series — Part 5

28 Saturday Nov 2015

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Our final sermon in the series on Family Faith focuses on “Connection.” The Scripture passages used are Colossians 3:12-17 and John 14:21-24. The emphasis, as we wrap up the Family Faith worship series, is on what it means for us to form deep connections within the family of faith. That is particularly important when we consider all the forces in our culture that tempt us to think of connection in shallower, less real ways.

 

 

Behind the Sermon — Episode #5

19 Monday Oct 2015

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In this week’s episode of “Behind the Sermon,” we talk about the energizing effect of vitamins and Coke products, the futility of learning dead languages, and how youth are a mirror of the church. All this and more as we discuss the upcoming sermon, “Formation,” in our Family Faith worship series.

Episode 5 — October 15, 2015

Behind the Sermon is now available for free via iTunes! If you’re on an iOS device you can open the “Podcasts” app, search for “Behind the Sermon”, then download episodes and click “subscribe” to get notifications whenever a new episode is posted.

If you’d like to access previous episodes of Behind the Sermon directly from our website, go to this link. Happy listening!

Family Faith Series — Part 2

10 Saturday Oct 2015

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We moved into Week 2 of our Family Faith worship series at First Church Springdale this past week. The second week’s sermon is entitled, “Witness,” and is based on Ephesians 5:21-33.

The witness we focus on in this sermon is the witness of Christian parents within marriage. Marriage can be one of the most powerful witnesses of the Christian faith possible. That witness takes place both internally and externally: within the home and towards the watching world.

The model for the relationship of husband and wife we find in Ephesians 5:21-33 is a remarkable one. Contrary to many misuses of this passage, it does not establish a rigid hierarchy within marriage so much as it calls for a revolutionary hierarchy. The hierarchy that it is really talking about is a hierarchy that places the relationship of Christ and the church as the model for what all marriage should seek to imitate. That means that a true, mutual submission of wife to husband and husband to wife is not only possible, it also lies at the heart of the witness that marriage is meant to be.

Here’s the sermon from our Shiloh Street Worship Service:

 

Behind the Sermon — Episode #4

08 Thursday Oct 2015

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In this week’s episode of “Behind the Sermon,” we talk about the plant-like quality of children, the love of Jesus and the Razorbacks, and the stickiness of faith. All this and more as we discuss the upcoming sermon, “Cultivation,” in our “Family Faith” worship series. Here’s the link:

Episode 4 — October 7, 2015

Now for some exciting news: Behind the Sermon is now available for free via iTunes! If you’re on an iOS device you can open the “Podcasts” app, search for “Behind the Sermon”, then download episodes and click “subscribe” to get notifications whenever a new episode is posted.

If you’d like to access previous episodes of Behind the Sermon directly from our website, go to this link. Happy listening!

Family Faith Series — Part 1

06 Tuesday Oct 2015

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We were excited to launch our Family Faith worship series at First Church Springdale this past week. The first week’s sermon was entitled, “Covenant,” and was based on Ephesians 2:14-22. It looked at the relationship between the biological family and the family of faith — including the ways in which our faith can become more deeply rooted when it is embraced within the family home.

Here’s the sermon from our 11 a.m. Classic Worship Service: