By Series
Vintage Faith
A Sermon Series From Hebrews 11 – This sermon series works through the eleventh chapter of Hebrews which defines faith as “the assurance of things hoped for (and) the conviction of thing not seen.” The series covers the thirteen major “by faith” examples and looks at the significance of the chapter in the book of Hebrews as a whole and the city to come it announces. Themes include the role of Christian history and heritage, examples of faith in the gospel instead of examples of morality and how Jesus is the fulfillment of all that faith looks to.
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Read 11:1-3 Faith & the Example of Creation
Listen Read 11:4-6 Faith & the Example of Abel and Enoch
Listen Read 11:7 Faith & the Example of Noah
Listen Read 11:8-10,17-19 Faith & the Example of Abraham
Listen Read 11:11-12 Faith & the Example of Sarah
Listen Read 11:20-21 Faith & the Example of Isaac and Jacob
Listen Read 11:22 Faith & the Example of Joseph
Listen Read 11:23-30 Faith & the Example of Moses & Israel
Listen Read 11:31 Faith & the Example of Rahab
Listen Read 11:32-40 Faith & the Example of Valor
Listen Read 11:13-16; 12:22 & 13:14 Faith & The City To Come
Faith & The Example of Valor
Hebrews 11 | Vintage Faith | 11:32-40 | Pastor Duane Smets
This is an exegetical sermon of Hebrews 11:32-40. It covers the story God’s various champions throughout the Hebrew history. Special attention is given to Jesus in that, while theirs is the valor, His is the Victory. This sermon was originally preached on November 20th, 2011 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
Faith & The Example of Rahab
Hebrews 11 | Vintage Faith | 11:31 | Pastor Duane Smets
This is an exegetical sermon of Hebrews 11:31. It covers the story of Rahab, her life as a prostitute, and the way in which her faith plays a role in leading the Egyptian Jews to God’s Promised Land. Special attention is given to how Jesus is the means by which we can reach the “Promised Land.” This sermon was originally preached on November 13th, 2011 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
Faith & The Example of Moses and Israel
Hebrews 11 | Vintage Faith | 11:23-30 | Pastor Duane Smets
This is an exegetical sermon of Hebrews 11:23-30. It covers the story of Moses, his life as a the first leader of God’s chosen people, who lead by faith in the God who was already “vintage” in the days of the ancient Egypt. Special attention is given to Jesus in that Jesus was the true king that Moses served, feared, and followed. This sermon was originally preached on November 6th, 2011 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
Faith & The Example of Sarah
Hebrews 11 | Vintage Faith | 11:11-12 | Pastor Duane Smets
This an exegetical sermon of Hebrews 11:11-12. It covers the life of Sarah and the birth of Isaac, Sarah’s doubt and received faith in the promise of God, and her reliance on the Word of God. Special attention is given to Jesus in how it is Jesus that reminds Sarah of and encourages her in God’s promise. This sermon was originally preached on October 9th, 2011 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
Faith & the Example of Abel and Enoch
Hebrews 11 | Vintage Faith | 11:4-6 | Pastor Duane Smets
This an exegetical sermon of Hebrews 11:4-6 which explores the first two stories of faith that are referenced in the chapter: Cain and Abel followed by Enoch. Special attention is given to the gospel in how God teaches his people to faithfully worship, all the while knowing that only blood of faithful Jesus can cause their bones to sing out a satisfying song. This sermon was originally preached on Sepetember 18th, 2011 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
The Book of Titus
MAKING LEAKERS – This sermon series works through the book of Titus addressing several aspects of identifying, becoming and developing leaders. Emphasis follows the text in recognizing: God who makes leaders, the differences between leaders and destructive leaders, the importance of having doctrinal, wise and transformed leaders, as well as being secure, gospel-centered, and justified leaders who have been entrusted with a mission.
Listen Read 1:1-4 | God Makes LEADERS
Listen Read 1:5-9 | Good LEADERS
Listen Read 1:10-16 | Destructive LEADERS
Listen Read 2:1 | Doctrinal LEADERS
Listen Read 2:1-10 | Wise LEADERS
Listen Read 2:11-14 | Transformed LEADERS
Listen Read 2:15 | Secure LEADERS
Listen Read 3:1-11 | Gospel-Centered LEADERS
Listen Read 3:4-7 | Justified LEADERS
Listen Read 3:12-15 | Entrusted LEADERS
The Book of Jonah
Listen Read 1:1-2 The God Who Gives His Word
Listen Read 1:3-11 The God Who Brings Us To Our Knees
Listen Read 1:12-17 The God Who Saves The Godless
Listen Read 2:1-10 The God Who Reaches To The Depths
Listen Read 3:1-10 The God Who Loves Lost Cities
Listen Read 4:1-4 The God Who Will Be Gracious
Listen Read 4:1-11 The God Who Addresses The Heart
Listen Read Mt. 12:38-41 The God Who Gives His Son
Practical Ecclesiology
Practical Ecclesiology Series | Selected Texts | Pastor Duane Smets
This sermon series works through seven different ways of what it looks like in practice to be the church: community, worship, ministry, marriage, family, finances and mission. Each sermon Scripturally grounds the topic from a key passage of the Bible and theologically grounds the subject in the nature of God and his gift of the gospel. In addition each sermon is followed by an interview on the given subject with a church member.
Listen Read Community & The Gospel
Listen Read Worship & The Gospel
Listen Read Ministry & The Gospel
Listen Read Marriage & The Gospel
Listen Read Family & The Gospel
Listen Read Finances & The Gospel
Listen Read Mission & The Gospel
The Book of Matthew
This series covers our study through the book of Matthew. These sermons look at the person and work of Jesus in his words, deeds, death and resurrection. These sermons were preached by Pastor Duane Smets from September of 2009 to November 2010 at The Resolved Church, San Diego, CA.
Audio & Manuscripts Below
Jesus Arrives On The Scene
Listen Read 1:1-25 – The Beginning of the Story of Jesus
Listen Read 2:1-23 – Jesus is Born and Things Get Crazy Fast
Listen Read 3:1-17 – Jesus is Baptized and The Gospel is Put in Motion
Listen Read 4:1-11 – Jesus is Tested and Satan Goes Down
Listen Read 4:12-25 – Jesus Kicks Things Off With Gospel Action
Jesus Preaches The Sermon On The Mount
Listen Read 5:1-7:29 – Jesus Preaches His First Sermon and Rocks the World
Listen Read 5:2-16 – The Kingdom of the King and His Mission
Listen Read 5:17-48 – The Commandments, Their Commander, and His Comrades
Listen Read 6:1-7:12 – The Father and the Faith of His Family
Listen Read 7:13-29 – Jesus Ends His First Sermon and Calls the World to Himself
Jesus Creates and Commissions Disciples
Listen Read 8:1-17 – Jesus Begins to Put the World on His Back
Listen Read 8:18-9:8 – Jesus Says to Follow and Shows Why
Listen Read 9:9-17 – Jesus Draws Fire and Retaliates
Listen Read 9:18-35 – Jesus Presents the Gospel by Going on a Healing Rampage
Listen Read 9:36-38 – The Heart of Jesus’ Mission
Listen Read 10:1-42 – The Blueprint of Jesus’ Mission
Jesus Takes On Tough Stuff
Listen Read 11:1-30 – Jesus’ Answer to the Question: Are You the One?
Listen Read 12:1-14 – Jesus Gives Rest And Gets A Death Threat In Return
Listen Read 12:15-50 – Jesus Confronts An Evil Race And Offers His Everlasting Family
Listen Read 13:1-23 – Jesus Preaches In Parables And Pleads For Understanding
Listen Read 13:24-52 – Jesus Addresses the Pathetic Appearance of His Kingdom
Listen Read 13:53-14:21 – Jesus Triggers Sharp Reactions
Listen Read 14:22-33 – Jesus Reveals He is God and Disciples Worship Him
Listen Read 14:34-15:28 – Jesus Confronts The Heart & Heals The Helpless
Listen Read 15:29-16:12 – Jesus Talks Signs, Stomachs & Social Gospel
Jesus Makes Final Preparations
Listen Read 16:13-23 – Jesus Unfolds His Plan For The World
Listen Read 16:24-17:13 – Jesus Makes Demands & Un-Masks His Deity
Listen Read 17:14-27 – Jesus Exhibits the Extent of His Kingship
Listen Read 18:1-14 – Jesus Hands Out The Kingdom Employee Job Description (Pt 1)
Listen Read 18:15-35 – Jesus Hands Out The Kingdom Employee Job Description (Pt 2)
Listen Read 19:1-15 – Jesus Deals With The Demise of Marriage & Family
Listen Read 19:16-20:34 – Jesus Deals With The Motivations of Followers
Jesus’ Last Week
Listen Read 20:1-17 – Jesus Arrives In The Heavenly Hometown
Listen Read 21:18-22:14 – Jesus Asserts The Authority Of Heaven
Listen Read 22:15-46 – Jesus Dismantles Disqualified Leadership – Pt 1
Listen Read 23:1-39 – Jesus Dismantles Disqualified Leadership – Pt 2
Listen Read 24:1-26:2 – Jesus Tells Of The Age To Come
Listen Read 26:1-30 – Jesus Prepares To Die
Jesus Completes His Work
Listen Read 26:31-27:61 – Jesus Crucified
Listen Read 27:62-28:18 – Jesus Risen
Listen Read 28:16-20 – Jesus Mission
