Category: John
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“I Know My Own and My Own Know Me”
Deuteronomy 7:6-11; John 10:1-30; John 10:3-4, 14, 27 (texts) January 17, 2016 (Big Springs URC and ZCRC Pasig) • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: As I was listening to one of the lectures yesterday at the Annual Conference of Westminster Seminary in Escondido, California, I was struck by the lecturer’s Top 10…
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“The Son Sets You Free”
Isaiah 6:8-10; John 8:31-59; 1 Corinthians 2:14 January 10, 2016 (Big Springs URC) • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: Did you know that the great hymnwriter John Newton was a former slave trader? In 1744, when he was 19 years old, John served on a British warship. But he could not stand…
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Jesus Turns the Tables on Unbelievers at His Trial
Deuteronomy 19:15-19; John 5:1-47 (text) January 3, 2016 * Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: In recent weeks, so many people are confused about the person and work of our our Lord Jesus Christ. They confuse Christianity with other religions. One popular movie personality says, “We’re all Muslims.” A professor at a well-known…
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The King-Priest is Worshiped at His Birth and Honored at His Death
Psalm 45:6-7; Matthew 2:7-12; John 19:38-42 (text) December 20, 2015 * Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Everyone loves the Nativity scene: a cute baby in a manger holding out his hands in blessing; Mary and Joseph in wonderment of their firstborn son; lowly shepherds and three kings kneeling in worship; and adorable…
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True Food and True Drink from Heaven
Numbers 11:4-13; John 1:14; 6:51-59 (text) November 29, 2015 * Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Today, we start the season of Advent this year 2015. Advent is a time of remembering and giving thanks to God for his most precious gift: Jesus his only-begotten who was born a true human baby to save…
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Christmas in the Gospel of John
This Advent season, we commemorate the birth of our Savior Jesus on selected passages from the Gospel of John. The first in the series this Lord’s Day, November 29, is: “True Food and True Drink from Heaven” based on Numbers 11:4-13; John 1:14; 6:51-59 (text)
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Believing Because of Signs and Because of the Word
 Malachi 1:11; John 4:7-30; 39-42 (text) November 15, 2015 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Nothing has changed in 2,000 years since our Lord Jesus Christ first appeared preaching and teaching in Palestine. In the Gospel of John, Jesus performed so many signs, or miracles as we call them today, that John says,…
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Rebuilding and Reforming God’s Temple
Psalm 69:8-9; Isaiah 56:6-7; Jeremiah 7:8-11; John 2:13-25 (text) November 1, 2015 * Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: Yesterday, many people celebrated a most unbiblical event, Halloween. It’s not only unbiblical, but God calls it an abomination, since it glorifies evil spirits and demons. He forbids us from all kinds of…
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Sermon Series on the Gospel of John
Beginning October 11, 2015, I preached a series on the Gospel of John. Some of the sermons listed below were not preached in the current series, but were preached previously. Date Title Scripture Readings October 11, 2015 “The Word Became Flesh… In Him Was Life” Gen 1:1-5; John 1:1-18 (text) October 18, 2015 The…
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The Baptizer’s Testimony About Jesus
Isaiah 11:1-5; John 1:19-42 (text) October 18, 2015 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Last Sunday, in our study of the Prologue of the Gospel of John, “the disciple that Jesus loved†introduced John the Baptizer’s role in the coming of Christ: “There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.…