Matthew

Matthew 16:17-18 anchors five essential components of a true church in Christ's promise to build His church. The sermon applies those essentials to membership, giving, future building needs, and elder leadership.

Church Membership

Matthew 28 and Ephesians 5 ground the church's responsibility to make disciples in the home. The sermon presents home life discipleship as a vital part of the Grace Life Wheel, tied to preaching, small groups, missions, and the Spirit's

Great Commission

Matthew 28 and Acts 13 present missions as personalized and centered in the local church. The sermon connects Grace Life's own story to the call to support, send, and participate in gospel work from the church outward.

Great Commission

Matthew 28, Romans 6, and Colossians 2 frame believer's baptism as obedience to Christ and a public picture of union with Him. The sermon calls the church to celebrate baptism because heaven rejoices when sinners repent.

Great Commission

Matthew 26 and 1 Corinthians 11 teach the church what the Lord's Supper is, who should participate, and how to partake. The sermon calls believers to approach communion with serious self-examination and faith in Christ.

Matthew 6:25-34 applies the call to walk wisely by confronting worry and anxious living. The sermon calls believers to repent of worry as a refusal to trust God and to rest in His future provision.

Matthew 19 shapes the church's purpose for Vacation Bible School by showing Jesus' love for children. The sermon calls the church to bring children and parents to Christ with love and dependence on the Spirit.

Matthew 13 prepares the church for revival services through the parable of the sower, seed, and soils. The sermon calls believers to pray for the preacher, the Word sown, and the condition of their own hearts.

Matthew 25:31-46 presents the parable of the final judgment and the separation of sheep and goats. The sermon presses the seriousness of eternal judgment and the question of which side hearers are on.

Matthew 21:33-46 presents the parable of the tenants and exposes how unforgiveness can grow into mistreating others. The sermon calls hearers to recognize the danger and forgive in Christ.