"Authenticity" Tagged Sermons

Bear with One Another in Love

Our journey through the One Another statements of the New Testament takes us today to Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus. In order to fully understand the original intent of this passage, we must consider the context–or the text that goes with our text. When we do this, we discover that Paul is focusing…

Determining the Phony from the Genuine

In our study together last week, Paul had just arrived in Ephesus on his third missionary endeavor. As was his custom, Paul began teaching and preaching Jesus of Nazareth as the promised Messiah in the synagogue there in Ephesus. In our study today, we’re going to take some time to note the impact that Paul…

Every Family Needs a Home with Visible Virtues

The way we drive, the clothes or jewelry we wear, or a number of other things have the potential of communicating a different message to others than what we want to convey. When we think about all the nonverbal communication that happens each day in our families, what message are we sending their way? Everything I do… everything I look at… everything in my home should be pleasing to God! My daily witness is most often done without words. What message am I promoting?

Worship and the Unbelieving Seeker

When we think about all that goes into planning a worship service, where is our focus? Do we focus on what our people want? Do we focus on what the world sees as attractive? Or do we focus upon God and what pleases Him? In our text today, we will spend some time considering the effect that true worship has upon the life of a seeker, but in order to do that, we will also be looking at the impact of a false, frenzied worship as well.