You're never too young or too old to be faithful to God and do the most important thing you'll ever do. This is a message for the young, to encourage them in the calling Jesus has for them. It's also a message for the old, because it's important to finish strong.
It's also a message that looks under the hood of how Pastor Frank writes a sermon. You don't want to miss this one!
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Why does Santa give presents at Christmas? Did you know that Santa once hit a heretic in the face defending Jesus' divine honor? Some people get Santa and God confused, so this sermon sets out to clear up any confusion. It's an important message—it's also a lot of fun.
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The way Americans celebrate Christmas is a pretty good picture of the Gospel in action. Because it's not enough to simply have faith, we also have to be faithful. We have to actually do something with it—it's not the thought that counts. The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear. We have to actually sing the song. Not just listen to it. Not just hear it. Not just learn it. The Gospel according to Buddy the Elf.
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What can we learn about the the Gospel from The Grinch? Quite a few important things actually. Christmas is about new life coming into the world and changing us from the outside in. We need to stop and gather heart to heart and hand in hand to celebrate what God has done for us in Christmas. In Christ.
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Even the secular, commercialized Christmas industrial beast points us to the Gospel of Jesus Christ—if we just look really close. For example, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer has quite a lot to say about Jesus. God has chosen you to do something that only you can do in this world. Never believe your part isn’t significant. The way we use our spiritual gifts to love each other, serve the world, do our vocation, has lasting eternal value. Even if you have a radioactive nose.
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Whatever we’re not thankful for, we’re at risk of losing. And when we’re not properly thankful for the things God gives us, we’re gonna grow discontent, and it’ll ruin what we have. Everything good flows from being thankful.
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Spiritual warfare. How many different kinds of demons are there? How dangerous are they? Kemper talks about the reality of such creatures and what we, as the body of Christ, can do about them.
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We’re the body of Christ, Christ and the church are one, and this is how Jesus—if He was a wife, or a husband, or a father, or a child, or a slave, or a master—this is how He would treat people. It’s how He wants us to treat each other.
We are to submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Love each other out of reverence for Christ. That’s what it means to be a “Christian.”
Wives are to submit to their husbands.
Husbands are to love their wives sacrificially.
Children are to obey their parents.
Fathers are to discipline their children without making them angry.
Slaves are to obey and respect their masters.
And masters are to treat their slaves the way God treats us, without partiality.
Healthy relationships submit, love doesn’t dominate.
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A study of Ephesians. If we want a healthy body we have to:
1.Eat healthy.
2.Get regular exercise.
3.Lose weight if you're overweight.
4.Protect your skin.
5.Practice safe sex.
6.Don't smoke or use tobacco.
7.Limit how much alcohol you drink.
Pastor Frank talks about the connection between doing the things that promote health in our physical bodies and how they relate to our spiritual health as the body of Christ.
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Should Christians celebrate Halloween? What is it? Is there a literal devil? What about demons? You should listen. You don't have to be afraid.
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Final installment of the Philippians series. Work out your salvation because it’s God who worked it in you, so that you could do good things that please Him. Faith is always faith in action. Pastor Frank talks about the hardest thing about planting a church. This is also a thank you sermon and love letter to the NewChurch congregation.
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Rejoicing is a choice. It’s choosing to be thankful for what Jesus has promised you instead of being worried about whatever you think might happen. Trusting Him, seeing the future through faith instead of through the worries and anxieties that are surrounding you—casting your cares on Him, coming to Jesus with your heaviness—then He promises to flood your heart and mind with peace. This is a message about joy, it's not an obligation, it's a byproduct of faith.
Philippians 4:4-7
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Joy isn't the same thing as happiness but it's not completely different either. Joy is what happens when we rejoice in the promises of Jesus. We don’t make our own joy, our joy comes from what He’s done for us and in us. One of the best ways to remind ourselves of where our joy comes from is by having the same attitude Jesus had — We humble ourselves and serve each other like He humbled Himself and served us—humility is the path to joy. Phil 2:3-11
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There’s no problem we can’t make worse by fighting with people we’re supposed to love. You might be overwhelmed but don’t take it out on other people. We have to show people mercy for the past, grace for the present, if we want to have hope for tomorrow.
Colossians 3:14-17 There’s a lot going on in that little passage. It’s a pretty good description of what we can expect to happen when we come to Jesus—love, harmony, peace, thankfulness — it’s also a pretty good list of the ways He expects us to come to Him.
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We love to watch people get what’s coming to them. Until we’re the one who’s got it coming. We don’t want justice when we’re the one who’s guilty. We want to get away with it. Mercy and grace isn’t the way the world works, but it’s the way God works in the world because of Jesus.
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This is a series about being overwhelmed. This is the one that compares working out and dieting with reading the Bible and prayer—don't be spiritually flabby and weak any longer! Time to come to Jesus.
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“Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you that I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28–30
When we’re overwhelmed, Jesus doesn’t tell us to try harder. To get over it. To take a nap, or a pill. He says to come to Him and receive rest.
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The most powerful witness to faith you will ever see. This is what faith looks like, this is what for is for. Everything that matters in this world points to putting our faith in Jesus. Our hope, our happily ever after, our salvation—it's all founded and perfected in Him. So, look to him, point to him, point other people to Him, and no matter what happens—keep running and endure until the end. Hebrews 11:17-12:3
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The grand finale to the Sermon on the Mount. You're on shaky ground if you don't pay attention to what Jesus told us. Sandcastles. Our response should be a robust AMEN, not AMEH. Matthew 7:24-8:1
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We’re not nicer than God. We’re not more loving or more kind than He is. Jesus isn’t just the best way, or the easy way, He’s the only way. There's a wide road that leads to death and a narrow path that leads to life. We need to do what we can to get as many people as possible off the highway that leads to death. Matthew 7:13-23
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This is one of the greatest things that Jesus ever said to us, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” There are certain Bible verses that we’ve heard so many times that they kinda lose their impact—we have trouble hearing them fresh—I think this is one of them. “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” God wants to give you what you want, what you need, what you’re looking for—He wants to give you a life with purpose, meaning, joy, hope—with every opportunity your heart desires. It’s hard to believe. It sounds too good to be true, but Jesus says it’s true. “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7-12
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Don’t write people off because you think you’re right about something. Jesus is right about everything but He still gave everything to make sure things are good between you and Him. You think you haven’t disappointed Him? You think you haven’t given Him a reason to write you off? To give up on you?
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In this teaching Jesus basically says, "What are you trying to prove?” Stop trying to make yourself look good. It’s gross. It ain’t working." Pride is ugly. Stop trying to prove that you're one of the good ones—it's hard to do. If we humble ourselves then God will honor us. Jesus is for losers.
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Matthew 6:25–34 Worry is the opposite of faith. We need to trust God and figure out what He’s doing in our life today. Don’t waste today worrying about tomorrow. God’s given you everything you need to be faithful—to accomplish what He has for you to do today.
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What does it mean to "store up treasures in heaven?" Pastor Frank continues his teaching in the Sermon on the Mount series. Matthew 6:19-24. This sermon tackles boredom head on and challenges us to do something faithful with all the time and stuff God has given us.
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