College Avenue Baptist Church - San Diego

The Partially-Wrapped Gift

Now is the time to voluntarily complete what you have started.

Generosity is at the heart of Christmas because generosity is at the very core of God’s character. God is open-handed in a tight-fisted world.  So He generously lavishes gifts upon His people.  When we see God’s generosity, we realize that our lives are not our own, and we respond with generosity by giving ourselves away.

God’s indescribable gift of generosity is in the person of His Son.

Generosity is at the heart of Christmas because generosity is at the very core of God’s character. God is open-handed in a tight-fisted world.  So He generously lavishes gifts upon His people.  When we see God’s generosity, we realize that our lives are not our own, and we respond with generosity by giving ourselves away.

Generosity and joy are not connected to our circumstances.

Generosity is at the heart of Christmas because generosity is at the very core of God’s character. God is open-handed in a tight-fisted world.  So He generously lavishes gifts upon His people.  When we see God’s generosity, we realize that our lives are not our own, and we respond with generosity by giving ourselves away.

Pastor of Soul Care Bryce Klabunde will challenge us to consider: Joy’s Response to Tough Times (Phil. 1:12-14), Joy’s Response to Difficult People (Phil. 1:15-18), and Joy’s Response to Physical Hardship (Phil. 1:19-26). [There is no RE:collect for this sermon.]

Pastor of Soul Care Bryce Klabunde seeks to answer this question by considering: the Fear of Loss (John 11:1-6), the Heartache of Loss (John 11:17-32), the Comfort in Loss (John 11:33-37), and the Hope through Loss (John 11:38-44). [There is no RE:collect for this sermon.]

Imagine Jesus writing a letter to CABC. What would Jesus affirm in us?  What would Jesus rebuke? How would Jesus encourage us?  [There is no RE:collect for this sermon.]

This sermon series is an encouragement for our church to rekindle our romance with Jesus and persevere in the midst of evil because of Who Jesus Christ is, His intimate relationship with us, and His promise of blessing for our endurance. 

 

The greatest need of this church is to get fired up for Christ.

This sermon series is an encouragement for our church to rekindle our romance with Jesus and persevere in the midst of evil because of Who Jesus Christ is, His intimate relationship with us, and His promise of blessing for our endurance.

Philadelphia: The Enduring Church

Jesus is more interested in our faithfulness than in our success.

This sermon series is an encouragement for our church to rekindle our romance with Jesus and persevere in the midst of evil because of Who Jesus Christ is, His intimate relationship with us, and His promise of blessing for our endurance.

There are three keys to waking up our faith: remember, obey, and repent.

This sermon series is an encouragement for our church to rekindle our romance with Jesus and persevere in the midst of evil because of Who Jesus Christ is, His intimate relationship with us, and His promise of blessing for our endurance.

God is jealous for His people and longs for us to serve Him whole-heartedly. We are challenged to live differently than those in our culture so that we can best reflect the resurrected Jesus, who has called us as His chosen people.

This sermon series is an encouragement for our church to rekindle our romance with Jesus and persevere in the midst of evil because of Who Jesus Christ is, His intimate relationship with us, and His promise of blessing for our endurance.