Sermons from 2023 (Page 4)
Up on a Mountain
Up On a Mountain Sunday, February 19, 2023 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Matthew 17:1-9 Introduction: Climbing the hill beside the high school in Kellogg, Idaho to get a bird’s eye view of the village below. During the years that I lived in Idaho, I made use of a trail by the high school that went up into the foothills of the surrounding mountains. There was a place at the top of one hill that afforded…
Cherish Relationships
Cherish Relationships Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Matthew 5:23-24 Sunday, February 12, 2023 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Matthew 5:23-24 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Introduction: relationships The Lord Jesus seemed to place a higher value on relationship than some people. …
The Message of the Cross
The Message of the Cross Sunday, January 29, 2023 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Isaiah 29:13-16; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 1 Corinthians 1:18-19 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” Introduction: The Cross is Offensive to…
In the Same Mind and Judgement
In the Same Mind and Judgment Sunday, January 22, 2023 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa 1 Corinthians 1:10 (NKJV) 10 Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. Introduction: The scorpion and turtle-it is in my nature to…
Called to be Saints
Called to Be Saints 1 Corinthians 1:2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of the Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours. Sunday, January 8, 2023 at the First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Introduction: Hebrew national hot dogs-dedicated to a higher calling. I remember trying a hotdog years ago that had the…
The God who was Faithful to the Defeated
Called to Be Saints 1 Corinthians 1:2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of the Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours. Sunday, January 8, 2023 at the First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Introduction: Hebrew national hot dogs-dedicated to a higher calling. I remember trying a hotdog years ago that had the…
Light
Light Isaiah 52:7-10; John 1:1-14 John 1:4-5 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. John 1:9 “That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. Sunday, January 1, 2023 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Introduction In our passage in John, we learn about Jesus as the “true light which gives light…