Church Discipline is a loving doctrine, a gracious action, a kindness extended to those caught in unrepentant sin. It is the hallmark of every healthy church. In fact you can’t have a healthy church and not practice Church Discipline.

All spiritual gifts are for the edification of others, never self. There is no such thing as a private spiritual gift. God, in saving you, purchased you with the blood of Christ, you are no longer your own. You are a slave of Jesus Christ. And your master gave you a gift for the express purpose of edifying others in the church. He empowers you to use that gift, but if you don’t use the gift, you are stealing blessings from others, from yourself, and stealing glory from God. We are saved to serve God and others with whatever gifts and resources God has given us.

This sermon surveys the gospels extracting key aspects of Jesus’ discipleship style and how we can learn to disciple as Jesus did.

When we disobey the Word of God, our sins are like rapidly growing dragons. Unconfessed sins tempt us to forsake the assembly of believers because we are ashamed and don’t want to turn from our sin. We soon discover we lose what we love the most, a close walk with the Lord, in order to keep what is forbidden. Pastor Jack gives us eight weapons we can use to kill our beloved sins, so we can live with a clear conscience, walk in the Spirit, give glory to God, and not consumed by our dragons.

This sermon addresses the power contained in the Word of God and why we need to trust God’s Word to accomplish what God desires, rather than taking matters into our own hands.

This sermon addresses the attitude we need to have as we labor for the Lord in the context of the local church. Pastor Jack gives us five attitude adjusters that will help us serve the Lord and others on His behalf, for our blessing and His glory.

This sermon reveals the gravity of the call to be a preacher of God’s Word, what every preacher can expect in the ministry, and how a congregation can pray for their preacher.

This sermon discusses the worst judgment God can send upon a nation – a famine of God’s Word. Many Christians around the world are suffering from a sort of spiritual anorexia. They see themselves as fat with biblical knowledge, when in fact they are starving. They are not starving because they don’t have access to the Bible. They are starving for three primary reasons: 1) They refuse to read, study, and meditate on the Bible in their possession; 2) the pastors of many churches refuse to preach the Word of God and feed their sheep sound doctrine from the pulpit. Instead they feed them chaff and junk food; 3) Congregations will not call a preacher to be their pastor who preaches the Word of God, instead they want their ears tickled and lusts fed.

This sermon reminds us it is every believer’s responsibility to share the simple message of the gospel with others.

Some of the reasons for church membership and why every believer should be committed to a local church. Christians who love Christ, who love the church He died for, will demonstrate their commitment by identifying themselves with the local church, so they can receive all the benefits the local church has to offer and fulfill their responsibilities to the local church, out of love for Christ and other believers.