Maryville Church of Christ

Sermon Series: Light in the Darkness

Sermon Title:  Part 3: A Gospeled Environment

Scripture Basis: Matthew 5:11-20

Summary: The difference between the warmth of light and the coldness of the dark has to do with whether we are simply religious people or people who have been transformed by the gospel.

Sermon Series: The Great Awakening

Sermon Title:  Part 6: The Way Back to God

Scripture Basis: Malachi 3:6-12

Summary: The way back to a vibrant relationship with God is to give back things to him that we have reclaimed for ourselves.

Sermon Series: One Verse

Sermon Title: (Part 2) Exodus 19:5

Scripture Basis: Exodus 19:4-6

Summary: The Bible is a big book more easily digested one verse at a time.  By examining pivotal verses in the Bible's narrative, we get a clearer view of God.  When Israel is delivered from Egypt by God's grace, they enter a covenant with him which he encourages them to keep.  Instead of obeying to be accepted by God, his children obey because they have been accepted by him.

Sermon Series: Light in the Darkness

Sermon Title:  Part 2: Surprise with Goodness

Scripture Basis: Romans 12:17-21

Summary: How should Christians respond when evil overshadows us?  Instead of waging war with the world's tactics, disciples of Christ overcome evil with good.

Sermon Series: The Great Awakening

Sermon Title:  Part 5: Con-du-its for God

Scripture Basis: Malachi 2:17-3:5

Summary: Instead of waiting for God to do something miraculous to heal the brokenness of society, God wants to use us as his ambassadors who stand up for the marginalized and come to the aid of those in need.

Sermon Series: One Verse

Sermon Title: Part 1: Genesis 15:6

Scripture Basis: Genesis 15:6

Summary: The Bible is a big book more easily digested one verse at a time.  By examining pivotal verses in the Bible's narrative, we get a clearer view of God.  As God enters a covenant with Abram, we find him to be a God of amazing grace who desires a relationship of trust with his human creation.

Sermon Series: Light in the Darkness

Sermon Title: Part 1: Brightest in the Dark

Scripture Basis: Matthew 5:43-48

Summary: Recent events have shown how dark our world really can be.  But light is brightest in the dark.  Loving our enemies is how Jesus-people shine brightest.

Sermon Series: Communication Skills

Sermon Title: Part 3: Express Yourself

Scripture Basis: 2 Tim. 1:7; 1 Cor. 16:13; Prov. 28:1; Matt. 5:37, 39

Summary: For the best relationships, we must sharpen the way we communicate. To increase understanding we must learn to express our feelings and ask for what we would like.

Sermon Series: The Great Awakening

Sermon Title: Part 4: NEXT--Our Commitment to the Next Generation

Scripture Basis: Malachi 2:10-16

Summary: Marriage.  Discipleship.  Parenting.  They all have one thing in common: the commitments we make.  To wake from our apathy, we must renew the covenants we have made with God.  God's desire is that we remain committed to one another for the purpose of producing godly offspring.   This speaks to our responsibility as parents but also our mission of making disciples as a congregation.  We have a holy responsibility to be committed to training the next generation to know God.

Sermon Series: The Great Awakening

Sermon Title: Part 3: Pulling the Plug on the Religion Robot

Scripture Basis: Malachi 1:6-2:9

Summary: You are perfectly positioned to get the results you are getting in life.  If you want different results, you must change the way you are doing things.  To bring God our best, we must reject robot religion and maintenance ministry.