Category: Sermons

Sermons Preached at West Side. Outlines, PPT Presentations and Audio files

Sermon: Calling on the Name of the Lord

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Sermon by Josh Cox.

All agree that one must call on the name of the Lord to be saved. However, many do not really know what that entails. The scriptures reveal clearly what it is to call on the name of the Lord.

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Sermon: Responsibilities in the Covenant of Marriage

Image Sermon by Josh Cox.

Beginning in Matthew 9, the lesson discusses some of the responsibilities of husbands and wives as revealed in scripture. Responsibilities that the world has largely forgotten.

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Sermon: Remember Shiloh!

Image Jeremiah 7 records God’s call to Israel to remember Shiloh (cf. 1 Samuel 4:10-11) in their misplaced confidence that Jerusalem was safe because of the temple. The idea of virtue by association was wrong then, and it is wrong today!

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Sermon: The Power of Love and Truth

Image Contrary to the message that world proclaims, it neither loves men, nor tells men the truth. In contrast, God both loves and proclaims His truth to all men. The power of Love and Truth is to save mankind.

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Sermon: It was God’s will that Christ Die

Image An exegetical lesson covering the material in Hebrews 10:1-10. Animal sacrifices were not sufficient to take away sins, so God sent His son as a perfect and effectual sacrifice.

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Sermon: Stand Fast in the Lord

Image In Philippians 4, the apostle exhorts his brethren to stand fast in the Lord. The lesson examines the first 9 verses of that chapter to ascertain what that steadfastness entails.

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Sermon: Walk in Love, Light and Wisdom

Image An exegesis of Ephesians 5:1-21, discussing the exhortations of Paul to the church at Ephesus to walk in Love, Light and Wisdom.

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Sermon: The Excuses of Moses

Image An interesting aspect of an examination of Moses’ excuses to God when he was charged with the task of leading the Israelites is that the excuses are common to each of us.

* Who am I?
* What shall I say?
* Suppose they will not believe me?
* I am slow of speech and tongue?
* Please send someone else!

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Sermon: God is not like us

Image Psalm 50:21 reveals that God is not at all like us:

* He does not think like us
* He is not limited in knowledge
* He is not limited by time
* He is not limited in power
* He does not sin like us

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Sermon: Friendship

Image Sermon by Bob Ward.

The lesson is a scriptural discussion of the topic of friendship.

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Sermon: Spread the Gospel

Image Sermon by Josh Cox.

The text of Matthew 10, where Jesus commissioned his apostles to spread his gospel is used as a parallel to express our own responsibilities to preach the good news.

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Sermon: This day is a day of good news

Image The narrative of 2 Kings 7, where the lepers’ felt need to share the good news of God’s victory over Syria is used to express our obligation to share the gospel with the world.

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Sermon: Prove yourself a man

Image David’s charge to his son Solomon is examined in 1 Kings 2 as a means of encouraging manliness. Prove yourself a man:

* Take heed to your counselors
* Take heed to your goals
* Take heed to your relationships
* Take heed to your character

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Sermon: little gods

Image Idolatry still exists today. There are little gods people put (metaphorically) in their pocket. Gods like money, human wisdom, tradition, pleasure and self.

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Sermon: The Mystery Revealed

Image An exegetical examination of Ephesians 3, emphasizing the power and worth of the gospel of Christ.

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