This sermon was preached in a series called What’s Next? which walked through our church’s new vision, mission, and strategy.
Title: Vision & Mission
Category: sermons
Isaiah 7:10-17 Sermon
Sermon outline:
Main idea: We can have faith because God is with us definitely in Christ.
- God promised a sign.
- God calls us to reject fear of our circumstances and embrace faith in his promises.
- God fulfilled his promise definitively in Christ.
- In Christ, God is always with us.
Isaiah 2:1-5 Sermon
Sermon outline:
- We hope for a world drawn to Christ.
- We hope for a world learning from Christ.
- We hope for a world judged by Christ.
- We walk in Christ’s light now.
1 Timothy 1:12-20 Sermon
Sermon outline:
Main idea: We can fight false teaching in the church because Jesus gives us the strength to be faithful servants instead of unfaithful sinners.
- Our strength for faithful service comes from Jesus (1:12-17).
- If God can save the worst of sinners and use them for his glory, then we must address issues in our church knowing he can save anyone (vv.18-20).
Philemon 1:17-25 Sermon
Sermon outline:
Main idea: When we believe the gospel of Jesus’s kingdom, it transforms our relationships and behaviors.
- The gospel transforms relationships.
- It remakes our partnerships. (v. 17)
- It reorders our positions. (v. 18-20)
- The gospel transforms behaviors.
- It renews our responses. (v. 21)
- It rearranges our plans. (v. 22)
- Two examples: (vv. 23-24)
- A life transformed by the gospel.
- A life formed by the world.
- Grace to live transformed by the gospel (v. 25)
Chandler Warren 