Sunday, December 11th, we looked at the 3rd of our 5 sermons in our “First Come, First Serve” series. In it, we asked this Big Picture Question… Big Picture Question: How did Christ Come for Us to Serve One Another? To answer it, we looked at Titus 3:1-8. Titus 3:1 Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, 2 to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to…
At our December 4th worship service, we continued in our “First Come, First Serve” Christmas series. In it, we looked at this Big Picture Question: Big Picture Question: How did Christ Come For Us to Serve God? And we looked at this passage at scripture: Titus 2: 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present…
Sunday, 11/27/16, Evident Grace began our Christmas series, “First Come, First Serve”. In it we want to explore how Jesus’ birth, life, death, and resurrection lead us to a life of service. The book of Mark tells us that even Christ didn’t come to be served but to serve. As Jesus came to serve, so should we. From Luke 1, we answered this Big Picture Question: Big Picture Question: How Did Christ Come to Serve Us? Luke 1:46 And Mary…
The First Noel Silent Night Angels We Have Heard on High These are the songs of the mark Christmas season. They frame many of our memories and expectations. In addition to these songs filling our radios and streams, Christmas is a time for the church to celebrate the birth of Christ. That is exactly what Evident Grace Fellowship will be doing from the Sunday after Thanksgiving (11/27) until the end of the year. So, what makes our Christmas celebration unique…
Sunday (11/20/16), we looked at the interaction between the Jewish people and Pilate just before Jesus’ trial and crucifixion. We sought to answer this… Big Picture Question: How is our sin foolish? And we looked at these verses. John 18:28 Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor’s headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover. 29 So Pilate…
This past Sunday, we looked at John 18:19-24. In that passage Jesus, having just been arrested, is before the High Priest Annas being questioned about his disciples and his teaching. We asked this big picture question, What is a Christian Defense? Here are the scriptures we read to understand that question. John 18:19 The high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching. 20]Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in…
This Past Sunday, Evident Grace took a few moments to remind us what we are really doing here. In fact, that was our Big Picture Question: What are we trying to do here? We answered that question by looking at the very verses that launched us way back in 2012. Acts 2:42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43 And awe came upon every soul, and many…
This past Sunday, we looked at the sad, but challenging, passage where Jesus was betrayed by Judas in the garden. Following Jesus’ time with His disciples in the upper room, Jesus and the 11 retreat to a garden to pray. There Judas arrives with Roman guards, officers from the High Priests, and the Pharisees. We asked this Big Picture Question: What should we learn from the betrayal of Jesus? And we looked at this passage. John 18: 1 When Jesus…
Sunday’s passage from John 17:20-26 was incredibly challenging. Jesus not only commanded that Christians be unified, He promised that Christians are unified. How could that be? What hope could a disagreeing culture of Christians have for being unified? That’s the Big Picture Question we pursued Big Picture Question: What is our hope for unity? And these are the scriptures we read to understand that question. John 17: 20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who…
John 17: 13 But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. 16 They are…