"sin" Tagged Sermons (Page 2)
Genesis 13:5-13 – First Class, Wrong Flight, What A Situation
Guest speaker Dr. Phil Wilkes preaches from Genesis 13:5-13 on loving God in the midst of a sinful world. Dr. Phil recently retired from full-time pastoring in Massachusetts. Island Pond Baptist Church is an SBC church in Hampstead, NH, just seconds from Derry, NH. We also have many people at our church from surrounding cities such as Chester, Sandown, Danville, Kingston, Fremont, Plaistow, Atkinson, Derry, Londonderry, Salem, and Haverhill. If you live in Southern New Hampshire, we would love for…
Job 4-7 – Sin and Suffering
In Job 4-7, Job’s friend Eliphaz speaks up and tells Job that he is suffering because he is sinning. Job doesn’t know what he did, but by the end of chapter 7, he is asking God why he won’t forgive him for whatever he did. In this sermon, Pastor Kyle answers the question that Job and Eliphaz discuss. Does God punish us because we sin? There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus! Sermon Clip…
Luke 8:40-56 – Why Do I Still Feel Shame As A Christian?
In this series, Pastor Kyle answers “tough questions” that he has been asked. Today’s question, the last in the series, is “Why Do I Still Feel Shame As A Christian?” Looking at a story of Jesus in Luke 8 where he heals two people in very bad shape, Pastor Kyle answers the question by explaining how being unclean is very similar to modern day shame and how Jesus healed the unclean. Jesus cleans the unclean! Sermon Clip The message…
Romans 12:9-21 – Love In Action (part 1)
In Romans 12:9, Paul starts out this passage by telling us to have genuine love for each other. But what does that look like? How does one love another? In this sermon, Pastor Kyle focuses on verses 9-13, which talk about loving fellow Christians. He points out five different attributes of love that Paul mentions and how we can use them in our own life. Christians are to have genuine love for each other and the world. Sermon Clip …
Romans 7:1-25 – Wretched Person, Amazing Savior
Paul writes about his own failings in Romans 7. He wants to do one thing but instead does another. Can you relate to that? In this sermon, Pastor Kyle explains what we can learn from Paul and how we can keep pressing on in midst of failing at times. The answer to your sinfulness is not to try harder, but to hold more tightly to Jesus Christ. Sermon Clip The message notes for the sermon can be downloaded by…
Romans 6:15-23 – Finding True Life In Obedience
In Romans 6:15-23, Paul writes the church to tell them about the difference between being a slave to sin and a slave to righteousness. While a person’s identity is made through faith in Jesus Christ, a person’s identity is SHOWN through obedience to your master. So your actions play a very important role in showing who you belong to. In this sermon, Pastor Kyle explains what this means and how this applies to us today. As the text shows, true…
Romans 6:1-14 – Wake Up! You Are Dead
In Romans 6:1-14, Paul wants us to see two things about being a follower of Jesus. First, we are dead to sin. Second, we are alive in Christ. In this sermon, Pastor Kyle explains what it means to be both of these things and then shares some implications and action steps we can take in light of being dead to sin and alive in Christ. To be “dead to sin” means that the power of sin has been broken in…
Isaiah 9:6 – Four Names of Christmas Hope
In Isaiah 9:6, we see four names given to Jesus. These names show what he does for us and what type of person he is. In this sermon, Pastor Kyle looks at all four names and also shows the context in which these names were given. Through this verses we can be encouraged to know that God is with us even when we lose hope. Our greatest problem is solved when we trust in Jesus Christ. Sermon Clip The…
Micah 5:1-5 – Christmas Hope In Scary Times
Most would agree that the past two years have been scary. Some people have feared death or sickness from COVID. Others have feared the vaccine mandate. Many have struggled with jobs, relationship issues, and many other things. In our passage in Micah 5, we see that Israel is in a really scary situation as well. They are about to be destroyed by outside nations. But in the midst of this scary time, there is a prophecy of hope. In this…
Romans 3:9-20 – The Bad News: You Stink!
None of us like to hear bad news. But sometimes bad news is necessary so that we can find a solution. If we have a big booger on our nose, we need to be told the bad news so that we can then get that booger off! In Romans 3:9-20, Paul gives some very bad news. That news is that we all stink. We all are so sinful that we cannot make ourselves righteous enough to be with God. This…
Romans 1:18-32 – Why We Need The Good News
The first half of chapter one was full of good news. Paul described what Jesus Christ did for us and how those who have put their faith in him have been made righteous. In the second half of the chapter, the part Pastor Kyle focuses on in this sermon, Paul talks about the bad news. In learning about the bad news you will begin to see why the good news is so important. Once you understand how bad the bad…
Psalm 84 – There’s No Place Like Home
In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy decided at the end that “there’s no place like home.” She realized that she would be most happy back with her family on her farm. In Psalm 84, the Sons of Korah give a similar sentiment, but about being near God. As ones how worked in the temple, they wanted to inspire others to come and be near God. In this sermon, Pastor Kyle explores this idea and shows that there is truly no…