Jesus Unfolds His Plan For The World
Matthew Series | Matthew 16:13-23 | Pastor Duane Smets
This week is an exegetical sermon on Matthew 16:13-23 where Jesus is declared the Christ and Son of the Living God, Jesus says he means to start a church and will be the one to build, protect and lead it, and Jesus speaks of his plan to accomplish that task and defeat Satan by dying and rising again. This takes a special look at the Catholic form of church government and classical Protestant interpretations, as well as church growth strategies and the centrality of the cross. This sermon was originally preached on July 11th, 2010 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
A Theology of Sunday Worship Service
Last fall, as a church we focused on the community aspect of our church and we started two mid-week community groups. It was great step for us and continues to pull us together and strengthen the health, maturity and mission of our church. Community groups just started back up and we continue encourage everyone to be a part of them. Now, this January of the new year we are looking at our Sunday service and making some adjustments. In light of that I thought it would be a good idea to write an entry on the unchangeable or unadjustable things in our approach to Sunday.
Viva La Vida Christus: Living the Life of Christ (Part 11)
This is the eleventh and final week of our fall sermon series, “Viva La Vida Christus: Living the Life of Christ” dealing with Romans 12-16. Part 11, this week titled “Entrusted to God”, addresses the themes of what it actively looks like to be the church, of the nature of believers having their name written in the book of life, of warnings and wisdom in the challenges we face together, and of God being the beginning and end of all things. This sermon was originally preached November 30th, 2008 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
Viva La Vida Christus: Living the Life of Christ (Part 3)
This is the third week of our fall sermon series, “Viva La Vida Christus: Living the Life of Christ” dealing with Romans 12-16. Part 3, this week, is titled “The Life of Genuine Love” and works with Romans 12:9-21 and issues of love, humility, authenticity and 16 characteristcs of of the Christian life and behavior. This sermon was originally preached September 21th, 2008 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
A Gospel Community (Part 1)
This is the first of a two week 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. This sermon was originally preached August 24th, 2008 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
