Community
If You Love Jesus You’ll Love His Church
If You Love Jesus You’ll Love His Church | Selected Texts | Pastor Duane Smets
This an topical sermon rooted in Hebrews 10:23-27 addressing the need, importance and centrality of the local church. It looks at what the church is, who the church is, how a church works and why the church exists. In addition, it provides some biblical basis and background for the installation of a new elder, two new deacons and the move to two Sunday morning services. This sermon was originally preached on August 28th, 2011 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
Community & The Gospel
Practical Ecclesiology Series | Selected Texts | Pastor Duane Smets
This week is an systematic theology sermon on the topic of community. Various texts are looked at for the exegetical insight on the reason and source for community, particularly Genesis 1:26 and Ephesians 2:13-22. Special attention is given to God being a Trinity, God’s intention and work of creating a people for himself and what Jesus has done to enable that to truly take place. This sermon was originally preached on January 9th, 2011 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
To Be a Servant
This is a special topical sermon on servanthood titled, To Be a Servant. This sermon looks at what it means to serve God, serve each other and serve our city. This sermon was originally preached August 2nd, 2009 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
Nehemiah Series (Part 5): “The Community Life of God’s Vision”
This is the fouth week of our sermon series, “Nehemiah: Building God’s Church in the City.” Part 5, this week is an exegetical sermon of chapter five and is about The Community Life of God’s Vision. This sermon addresses the following issues in the context of church planting: economic relations, the church as a family, our individual character, the mission of God’s fame, repentance, and prayer. This sermon was originally preached February 22nd, 2009 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
A Gospel Community (2 Parts)
This is a two week sermon series dealing with a theology of community groups. It is both an exegetical treatment of Philippians 1:27 and a systematic treatment of community in the Bible. The sermons were originally preached August 24th and 31st, 2008 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
Communitas Christus
Community. The ancient Christians identified themselves as a community with the symbol we use for our logo at The Resolved Church, what looks like the letter “P” on top of the letter “X.” They are the first two letters of “Christ” in Greek. Today there are all kinds of different communities…geographical communities, ethnic communities, sports communities, virtual communities and on and on. But what is community? Why do we need it or want it? Everyone is looking for it even in the most individualistic pursuits. A common unity. The sense of belonging. For many Christians community is a culturally combative thing or it’s a pretty non-existent thing.
