Sermons by the Monte Vista church of Christ

What will you be doing six months from now? Maybe it’s hard to imagine, given how turbulent life can be, but I’d guess you’ll be thinking quite a bit about sitting around the Thanksgiving table eating turkey and cranberry sauce. That’s right, six months from now, we’ll be giving thanks! But it seems like we […]

Mark 6:6-13 It used to be that if you wanted to order in, you had two choices: pizza or Chinese food. Now you can order any food you want in with services like DoorDash. So you have a choice every time you want a particular restaurant’s offering: “Are we staying in or going out?” Pandemic […]

In Matthew 16:18, Jesus promised to build His church. This promise was fulfilled in Acts 2 in the city of Jerusalem. Not only was Jerusalem the place where Jesus brought into existence His universal body of saved people, but it was also the city where the first local church of His people was established (Acts […]

Are you part of the “brotherhood” (1 Peter 2:17)? Do you know what the “brotherhood” is? The “brotherhood” is a reference to the people of God under the New Covenant. It is describing the universal body of believers in Jesus. The term is not being used to describe a local body (church) of disciples. The […]

Moses is one of the greatest leaders in Scripture. God used him to lead Israel from hundreds of years of slavery. He wrote the first five books of the Bible. He also led the nation to the border of the Promised Land. Moses was a great man of God. But there would not have been […]

One of the most neglected Old Testament books of study is Ecclesiastes. Within this book lies a powerful and relevant message. The book is written by King Solomon (Ecclesiastes 1:1, 12, 16; 12:9). It is about his quest to find happiness and purpose in life (Ecclesiastes 1:2-3; 2:3). Where does Solomon look? He began his […]

Jesus condemned the scribes and Pharisees for being hypocrites (Matthew 23:13-30). Hypocrites are actors and pretenders. They live a double life (behaving one way before men and another way in private). Beyond impacting a person’s relationship with God, a life of spiritual hypocrisy impacts several people. Hypocrisy negatively impacts the world. The first step to […]

Hezekiah was one of the faithful kings of Judah. He was a righteous man who helped Judah avoid Assyrian captivity. After helping his kingdom avoid the same fate as the southern kingdom of Israel, the Holy Spirit tells us about an interesting moment in Hezekiah’s life. Four Observations from 2 Kings 20:1-7 Hezekiah is sick. […]

Who is Jesus? He is the Son of God. He is the Lord and Christ. He is a mighty man of miracles. He is the Lamb and Lion from the tribe of Judah (Revelation 5:5-6). What about being a great divider?  What about being someone who came into the world to bring conflict and strife […]