Sermons from September 2025
Living for Something Better (Ecclesiastes 7:1-12)
Funerals Are Better Than Birthdays (1-4) 1 We should value our name/reputation over our smell. This seems related to funerals, where we reflect upon the person’s reputation. A good name > the stench of even the best perfume sprayed upon a corpse. 2 Excellent verse for funerals. No one looks forward to going to funerals, but they serve as important reminders of our mortality. Mourning > Feasting: Would you skip Thanksgiving for a funeral? You won’t naturally appreciate funerals more than feasts, but they’re…
The Wind, the Waves, and the Weight of Christ (Ephesians 4:13-14)
I. The Breadth of Maturity (13a) Paul helped establish the church in Ephesus with about a dozen disciples of John (Acts 19:1-7). He preached the gospel in the Jewish synagogue for three months before “reasoning daily” in the hall of Tyrannus for two years (Acts 19:8-10). He healed, cast out demons—and many turned away from magic to the Lord (Acts 19:11-20). The silversmith incited a riot because Paul’s ministry had cut into his idol making business (Acts 19:21-41). Paul was not an…