A Christ-Centered Church
Sermons by Stephen Weaver (Page 11)
This Sunday we continue our series in the gospel of John. We continue in chapter 6, looking at verses 22-40. In this passage, the people following Jesus wake up the next day, after their filling dinner the evening before, and are looking for Him. Remember Jesus had caught up to the disciples by walking on the…
This Sunday we continue our series in the gospel of John. We now come to chapter 6, looking at verses 1-15. In this text, Jesus is now ministering in Galilee and has become very popular; for actually all the wrong reasons. He suggests to the disciples, according to Mark’s account, to get away for a while…
This Sunday, we take a break from our series in the gospel of John and focus on the cross and celebrating the Lord’s supper. Our text for this communion service is Matthew 27:27-56 and Isaiah 53:1-12. Here in these passages, we want to get a true picture of Christ on the cross. There are many paintings, pictures…
This Sunday we continue our series in the gospel of John, and will finish chapter 5, looking at verses 30-47. In this passage Jesus continues His explanation and teaching after a defiant response to His healing of a paralyzed man that He heals on the Sabbath. Now He further proves His claims as the Messiah. He alludes…
This Sunday we continue our series in the gospel of John, and continue to look at chapter 5, verses 25-29. In this passage Jesus continues His explanation and teaching after a defiant response to His healing of a paralyzed man that He heals on the Sabbath. The Jews (Pharisees) complain that the man can’t carry his bed…
This Sunday we continue our series in the gospel of John, and continuing our study of chapter 5, looking at verses 17-24. In this passage Jesus has selected one random paralyzed man to heal and heals him on the Sabbath. The Jews (Pharisees) complain that the man can’t carry his bed on the Sabbath. Again, as we…
This Sunday we are back in our series in the gospel of John, and are now at chapter 5, looking at verses 1-16. In this passage Jesus is back in Jerusalem near the sheepgate at the pool of Bethesda. Here many crowds of people are gathered including many sick, blind, lame and paralyzed; hoping to be healed…
This Sunday, the Lord laid on my heart to do a different message before we return to our series in the gospel of John. Our text is 1 Kings 12:1-20. In this text of scripture, we have a sad story where people fail to obey the Lord, but where God shows them, and us that…
This Sunday, we continue a brief series we began 2 weeks ago on the local church. This time we look at what a church does. I want to spend a little time talking about how the church is described in scripture. Starting in 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 we look at several metaphors used in scripture to…