On January 16th I was honored to be able to present a sermon on evangelism and how Christians do a better job telling others about Apple products than the Savior of their souls. If I take stock, I am usually more excited about some new tech gadget, or a sports team, or a movie. How about you? The sermon was modeled on the previous weeks sermon by Pastor Paul Jeon on how our prayer life is reflective of our relationship with God.
And yes, I am going to MacWorld.
Yesterday I expounded on Ephesians 6:5-9 for all three services of CCPC. It was hard to get all my thoughts out into a coherent whole as the discussion of slavery is so layered and complex. I had an additional 9 pages (12pt single-spaced) of notes, quotes, and scripture that I could not fit into the timespan. Two things I was able to add during the CCPC Metro service (thanks to the excellent input from my wife) was the question of how do we treat those who serve us in other capacities, like waitresses and stewardesses, and being a master also extends to all of us who lead anyone. Have a listen to Working Like Slaves and drop me a comment if you have thoughts or questions.
This past Sunday I was honored to be able to present God’s word to CCPC Metro in Arlington, VA. Looking at the crowd’s reaction to Stephen in Acts 6, I examined how God uses change in our lives. You can get the audio here. CCPC Metro is the satellite service for Christ Central Presbyterian Church which has just moved to Centreville, VA. Drop me a comment if you have thoughts or questions.
Yes, they did video tape it too.
On August 30, 2009 I had the privilege of giving the weekly sermon for CCPC. I used the book of Galatians, chapter 1 for my text to get across the point that, just like the believers in Galatia, we try to “augment” or “upgrade” the Gospel by inserting our own righteousness. Our friends, kids, and the the watching world see this and rightly want little part of it. Here is a link to the mp3 if you want to listen. I could not get everything in that I wanted, but I trust that God will use it for His glory. Drop me a comment if you have thoughts or questions.
The sermon series right now at CCPC is on the Armor of God. I had the opportunity to not only give the sermon on the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit and how it relates to our union with Christ (listen: mp3) , but I also go to give a little children’s sermon (not recorded). I hope you are blessed and challenged by it.
I once again had the honor of preaching at Christ Central Presbyterian Church. We are in the middle of a series on the Ten Commandments. It happened to work out that I got #6: You shall not murder. You can listen (mp3) to it here.
Last month I had the honor of expounding upon God’s word as it is written in Psalm 96. Our Pastor was at a youth retreat and he asked me to give a message on Basic Church Values: Missions. You can listen (mp3) to it here. This was the third opportunity on my life to preach. Go ahead and tell me what you think. But a more important question than how good it was is, what changes has the Holy Spirit impressed on your heart?