AEFC Sermons

What’s on your Christmas preparation list this year? Do you have shopping to do? Travel plans to make? Cards to send? Cookies to bake? As important as these questions may be, here is one that is even more important: What are you doing to prepare your heart? That is the question we take up in…

It is easy (or easier, anyway) to be thankful when things are going well in our lives. But what about those times when things are tough? Are we supposed to be thankful in those times too? And if so, how are we supposed to do it? Psalm 107 helps us answer these questions by taking…

Sometimes life in a local church can get messy. Not because people track in mud on their shoes – but because there are people at all! And yet, as hard as it can be for Christians to get along with each other sometimes, these same relationships can also be one of our greatest sources of…

Sermon Text:  1 John 1:1-4 To view the bulletin, please click on the blue “PDF” button

In the Parable of the Wedding Feast, Jesus tells a story about a king and some ungrateful guests to teach a basic but important lesson about salvation. In this sermon, we explore that lesson by looking at the four major parts of the story Jesus told. Text = Matthew 22:1-14 To view the bulletin, please…

In the parable of the wicked tenants, Jesus vividly portrays what Peter tells us in 2 Peter 3:9 – The Lord “is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” In this sermon, we consider the impressive patience of God and the consequences of imposing on His impressive patience.…

“Who do you think you are?” That’s what an official delegation from the Sanhedrin wanted to know from Jesus. “By what authority are you doing these things,” they demanded, “and who gave you this authority?” In this sermon, we take a look at how Jesus answered their question and consider what the unrivaled authority of…

A lot of things happen in Matthew 21:12-22. First Jesus goes to the Temple. Then He confronts a bunch of merchants. Then He heals a bunch of people. Then He has another confrontation, this time with some religious leaders. Then He curses a fig tree. Then He caps it all off by talking about moving…

Palm Sunday in October? Well, not exactly. But this sermon does bring us to the beginning of what we often call “Holy Week” – the last few days of Jesus’ earthly ministry before He went to the cross on our behalf. And while this may be an “Easter passage” in our minds, the message of…

“I once was lost, but now am found, T’was blind but now I see.” We meet two men in this passage who would have definitely appreciated those lyrics from “Amazing Grace.” In this sermon we will examine how Jesus opened the eyes of two blind men and consider what this miracle teaches us about our…