Category: Sermons
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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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How Ruth and Naomi Found Rest
This is the gist of the sermon at a PCA church in Newport Beach, California last Sunday, while we visited our son and his family. (Last paragraph is mine.) “The Lord grant that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband!” (Ruth 1:9). This is what Naomi said to Orpah…
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“God Made Everything Beautiful in Its Time”
In the fullness of time, God will unite all things in heaven and on earth in Christ, and that will be the most beautiful and perfect thing to behold in eternity! God has ordained this from eternity past, and his plan is perfect. The result of this plan is “everything is beautiful in its…
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Festival of Carols & Lessons on Christmas Eve
Watch for our Joint Christmas Service and Fellowship on December 4, 2016. Download the Service (PDF) Date: Thursday, December 24, 2015 Time: 2:30 PM Place: Touch Community Baptist Church, Sunset Dr. cor. Pacific Ave. Brookside Hills, Cainta, Rizal (location map and directions) Welcome to our annual Festival of Lessons and Carols service. This historic…
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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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A Thanksgiving for God’s Goodness
 Psalm 65 (text); 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 November 22, 2015 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Today, we take a break from our study of the Gospel of John, as we look forward to a great Christian tradition in America, Thanksgiving Day. Many people think of Thanksgiving Day only in terms of family…
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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…