Sermons from 2014

Comfort and Joy – Luke 2:21-40 NRSV

December 28, 2014
Rev. Rick Carter
Comfort
Luke

Tidings of Comfort and Joy
21After eight days had passed, it was time to circumcise the child; and he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. 22When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23(as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord”), 24and they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.” …

Silent Night

The story behind Silent Night is the story of a miracle. December 24, 1818: In the little village of Oberndorf, Austria, Father Joseph Mohr is getting the church ready for Christmas Eve services that night, when he discovers that mice have chewed through the bellows of the organ and destroyed it. In horror, he frantically…

‘O Holy Night’ – ‘Cantique de Noel’

December 21, 2014
Dr. Claude Kayler
Broken People, Favorite Christmas Carols, Hope, Jesus
Luke

Favorite Christmas Carols O HOLY NIGHT Luke 2:8-14; 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 In the mid-1840s, the priest of a small village in France went to the commissioner of wines in that village and asked him to write a poem for Christmas Eve. Now, this commissioner was not known as a good church member, but he was…

Go Tell It on the Mountain

December 14, 2014
Dr. Claude Kayler
Authority, Favorite Christmas Carols, Salvation, Spread the Word
John, Luke, Matthew

John 8:36, Matthew 28:16-20, Luke 2:16-17 (Full Text in PDF file) Imagine you’re an African slave in America, around the time of the Civil War – You’re working out in the cotton fields – The sun is beating down on you – Biting horseflies are buzzing around – Your fingers are bleeding, your back is…

Joy to the World – Psalm 98

December 7, 2014
Dr. Claude Kayler
Favorite Christmas Carols, Jesus, Worship

Favorite Christmas Carols (8:30 & 11)
Christmas Playlist (Jubilee)
Week 2
JOY TO THE WORLD
Psalm 98
INTRO: We’re in a series called “Favorite Christmas Carols”
And today we’re gonna talk about one of your favorite Christmas carols that is NOT a Christmas carol!

Isaiah 9:1-7 – Do You Hear What I Hear?

“Let There Be Peace on Earth” 9 [a]Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan— 2 The people…

Matthew 25 – The Sheep and the Goats

31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

Matthew 25 – The Parable of the Bags of Gold

14 “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.

Matthew 25 – Got Time?

November 9, 2014
Faith, Jesus, Missions
Matthew

25 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

All Saints Sunday – Revelation – 7 v.9 – The Great Multitude in White Robes – Hebrews 12 v.1

9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice: