by ray | Sep 30, 2013 | NT, Philippians, Sermons
Phil 2 9 For this reason God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow— of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth— 11 and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is...
by ray | Sep 30, 2013 | NT, Philippians, Sermons
How come we treat our relationship with Christ as equal to the church or equal to the work we do at church? In fact, it may be more accurate to say, why do we treat Christ as LESS important than church? Didn’t Paul say in Phil 1:23 that departing this life and being...
by ray | Sep 30, 2013 | NT, Philippians, Sermons
Philippians 2 is one of the most important chapters in all of Scripture. If you could wring out Scripture like a sponge and gather the drops of the most critical themes, I think one of the drops would contain Philippians 2. What’s in this chapter is so...
by ray | Jul 21, 2013 | Church, Ephesians, NT, Sermons, Topical Studies
To diligently keep the unity, the people of God have to live lives worthy of our salvation. In other words, they have to be true Christians who are humble and gentle and patient and accepting of one another in love. How is unity broken? By taking the completely...
by ray | Jul 21, 2013 | Church, Ephesians, NT, Sermons, Topical Studies
Today, I want to talk about Christian maturity. Individual maturity is important, but equally important is the maturity of our church. We have some mature or maturing members of this church, but in my opinion, as a church, we are still immature. How do we become...