16-0522: Pastor Lane concludes the UNITED series, a study of 1 Corinthians by showing how Gospel unity fuels God’s people for mission. Three pillars establish our unity, the gospel, Spirit, and a new identity. Then, he offers four encouragements to remain in Gospel unity for Kingdom mission. Sermon Manuscript...
I recently preached on true service in the church. The sermon from 1 Corinthians 12 focused on serving through spiritual gifts in the local church and included two parts. You can access those sermons here: Spiritual gifts, part 1 and Spiritual Gifts, part 2. In accordance with the text I focused on the purpose,...
16-0417: The One, true God gifts His people to serve for the common good of all. God is not like any other. He provides all we need to do all He commands, and this is most true for the church. God fills Christians with His Spirit to confess and demonstrate Jesus’ Lordship by serving...
16_0410: How we regard ourselves and respect others demonstrates the true nature of our worship when Christians gather as a body. True worship is not intended to be an isolated personal experience, but a congregational testimony to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Therefore, Christian worship aims to honor Jesus in everything. This includes how...
16-0403: How Christians handle their liberties determines their faithfulness in Christian witness for Jesus Christ. While this is of utmost importance, it is also one of the most challenging issues for a Christian to learn and apply daily. Each situation, circumstance and relationship is unique and demands our attention. Pastor Lane provides four helpful...
16-0327: The gospel is of first importance because it anchors our lives for eternity in Jesus. 1 Corinthians 15 begins by reminding us that God promised salvation from long ago, provided it in the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus, and proved it when he raised Him from the grave on the third day. The...
16-0320: Christians sacrifice rights of liberty to serve for a greater reward in faithful witness. Pastor Lane explains how Paul enlarges what we must be willing to sacrifice from not only freedoms, set forth in 1 Corinthians 8, but also rights in order to serve God’s mission faithfully. Three facets of Paul’s ministry help...
16-0313: Christians take care that rights of liberty never create stumbling blocks to faithful witness. Pastor Lane explains how Christians should handle our freedoms in Christ. A foundational principle, a foundational confession and a careful application help Christians to live gospel-centered lives for God’s Kingdom mission. Sermon Manuscript...
16-0228: Living for God’s kingdom mission can get sidetracked by many things in life, but none more so that our relational statuses and situations in life. In 1 Corinthians 7 Paul addresses the situation in the Corinthian church that was distracting many from faithful living. He provides abundant commands, concerns, concessions and counsel to...
16-0221: Jesus saves people to live in unity of fellowship with Christian brothers and sisters, and to live in purity of life. Unity and purity are two realities accomplished by Jesus on the cross. They are truths for Christians to live from, not to strive toward, as they apply the word of the cross...