AEFC Sermons

Prayer can be a complicated subject. Sometimes it seems easy to pray – so easy that a child can teach himself how to do it. But then other times it is hard to pray. It feels like no one is listening, which makes us wonder if we are doing it wrong or if there is…

Text = Luke 1:28 and Luke 2:16,33,52 To view the bulletin, please click on the blue “PDF” button

It’s hard to predict the future. Just ask the CEO who forecast in 1986 that we would have a paperless society by the year 2000! Maybe that’s why we are so intrigued by passages like Daniel 8. In this chapter, Daniel records a vision in which God showed him a series of events that were…

Jesus is known by many names in the New Testament. The Messiah, Lord, the Bridegroom, the Good Shepherd, the Way, and the Alpha and the Omega are just a few examples. But the name Jesus Himself seemed to prefer comes straight out of Daniel 7. Jesus refers to Himself as “the Son of Man” a…

Most of us are naturally awed by displays of power. Whether it’s a military parade, a fighter jet fly-over or news about the “Mother Of All Bombs,” we can’t help but be impressed. But what does God think about human power? Is He as impressed as we are? Or does He have some other opinion?…

Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed!!  That’s what Cleopas and another disciple learned on the Road to Emmaus. In this sermon, we walk the Emmaus Road with these two men and watch as the Living Risen Savior transforms their lives from Hopeless to Hope-filled. Text = Luke 24:13-35. To view the bulletin, please click…

It feels good to win! Whether it’s the National Championship or a game of checkers, everyone enjoys being a winner. That’s why this passage is so encouraging. Verse 57 says that followers of Jesus “are victorious through our Lord Jesus Christ.” In this sermon, we examine two of the rewards that God gives us in…

Will we have a physical body in eternity? According to one survey conducted several years ago, about two-thirds of American Christians would say, “No, we will not.” And yet 1 Corinthians 15 seems to teach just the opposite – we will have a physical body in heaven. In this sermon, we look at what that…

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In 1 Corinthians 15:20-34, Paul turns from the bodily resurrection of Christ to our own future bodily resurrection. All those who are in Christ, he says, will be raised on the Last Day! But this is far more than “pie-in-the-sky” as some cynics accuse; this promise has important and practical implications for how we live…