This sermon series is based upon the book Rediscover Church by Collin Hansen & Jonathan Leeman.
What Is a Church?
In this sermon, you will discover what a church is and what it isn't. If you are every going to see the church as essential to your life, then it must begin with an understanding of what the church is.
Who Can Belong to a Church?
Can anyone belong to a church? Is church membership reserved for an elite few or is it open to all? In this sermon we will answer those questions. God is very clear about who belong to His church and who doesn't; about who can join and who cannot.
Do We Really Need to Gather?
In an age and time when gathering with the church seems non-essential, God tells us that we need the weekly, regular, and physical gathering of the church. In this sermon you will learn why gathering with the church is essential.
Why Are Preaching and Teaching Central?
The gospel is essential to our lives and the life of the church, thus it should be central to the preaching and teaching of the church. In this sermon you will discover why the gospel is central to the preaching and teaching of the church and why you need the gospel every day.
Is Joining Really Necessary?
Church membership has been on decline, especially within America. From one generation to the next, the necessity of belonging to the church has decreased. In this sermon you will discover why church membership is not only required for the Christian, but why it is necessary for the Christian.
Is Church Discipline Really Loving?
God takes sin seriously and so should His church. Sin, when left unchecked, can not only ruin a life but it can ruin a church. In this sermon you will discover the need for church discipline and why it is loving to practice it.
How Do I Love Members Who Are Different?
God fills His Church with people who are different from one another - different backgrounds, different social classes, different nationalities, different ethnicities. In this sermon you will learn how to love members of your church who are different from you.
How Do We Love Outsiders?
Is the church just for the saved, those who have professed faith in Christ? Or is the church also for outsiders, those who have not professed faith in Christ? In this sermon you will learn, how, as a Christian, you can love outsiders as you prayer for, share the gospel with, and invite them into your life.
Who Leads?
Church leadership can be a confusing thing, it can even be a contested thing. However, God desires for His church to function in an orderly fashion, so He has given the church leaders to lead it how He desires. In this sermon you will learn how elders and deacons lead within the church, for the glory of God and the good of the church.