Sermons From Village Bible Church (sugar Grove Campus)

Believing means seeing Jesus as... 1.  The Savior of the world 2.  The Son of God 3.  The Source of life

We have been looking at this obscure book in the Old Testament, nestled in the middle of the minor prophets and written 800 years before Christ.  Yet this little book has timeless truths for us as the people of God living under the grace and mercy of...

We are using our time as a church this summer to look at the Old Testament prophet named Amos, who brought God’s words to the people of God almost 800 years before the coming of Jesus Christ. Although this is an ancient book given to a particular...

Turn to the book of Amos. Last Sunday we started a series looking at this Bible book that’s filled with doom and gloom. I hope you’re having a great summer morning, because this is one of the saddest passages of Scripture in the entire Bible. Yet we...

Turn to the Old Testament book of Amos. For many here, the book of Amos is completely unknown to you. The only thing you can connect Amos to is he makes great cookies, right? But long before Amos the cookie maker came along,  this Amos was a prophet...

This week we conclude our series called “Landmines.” We’ve been looking at different points of contention in our culture today—explosive topics that can cause all kinds of consternation. One of the reasons these are so explosive for the believer is...

I invite you to turn in your Bible to Proverbs 14. Just a note of warning. We’re talking about “Landmines: Biblical Answers to Explosive Topics,” and the topic on the docket today is abortion. I want to give a little word of warning that this is a...

This morning we’re dealing with the landmine of addiction. This is something the church doesn’t talk too much about. Many times it’s easy for the church to simply demonize these wrongs. We see someone addicted to a certain behavior or substance, and...

Today we’ll deal with what is probably one of the biggest landmines there is. If you want to end a party or create an issue, all you need to do is bring up either religion or politics. That usually results in people rolling their eyes and heading to...

We’re in a series we’ve called “Landmines” where we’re trying to understand and disarm the landmines our world has and which the Bible speaks to. There are myriads of them which can cause us great sorrow and pain and difficulty if we don’t disarm them...

Turn to 1 Corinthians 6 this morning. Last week we started a new sermon series for the month of May called “Landmines,” exploring biblical answers to explosive topics that are commonplace both in our world today and in our church. The reason they can...

Over the next six weeks we’re going to look at a topical series we’ve entitled “Landmines.” We’re going to talk about some issues we as a church don’t often address, things that matter to our walk with God and our involvement in the world. While we...

1.  Hope is critical to life.       •  It gives us the ability to dream.       •  It encourages us in our despair.       •  It allows us to believe things can be different. 2.  Hope is a choice we must make.     People look for hope in lots of...

Let’s turn one last time to the book of Acts, chapter 28. This is Palm Sunday, when Jesus triumphantly entered the city of Jerusalem. It’s also the start of Easter week, which we will celebrate with the rest of God’s church.” This morning I want to...

We’ve been on a journey with the Apostle Paul for many weeks. He has now left Jerusalem and is making his final missionary journey to Rome. There he will proclaim the resurrection of Christ to rulers, soldiers, and anyone else with whom he comes into...

I get asked a lot, “What is it like to have seven children? Do you know how that happens and what’s going on?”  I do and I respond by stealing a line from the comedian Jim Gaffigan: “Imagine that you’re drowning and someone hands you a baby.” That’s...

We’re finishing up a long series on the book of Acts, but I hope and pray it has been a profitable time for you, whether through the pulpit ministry on Sundays or through your small groups. We’ve studied this incredible “Second Gospel of Luke,” if you...

This morning we’re going to continue in our series through the book of Acts. We’re in Acts 25 and will be looking at verses 1–22. As you’re turning there, I want to share something with you. I’ve heard of a man who served as a board member at a...

If you’ve been here at Village for some time, you know we’ve been on quite a journey through the book of Acts.  This morning we find ourselves in Acts 23, verses 12-35.  As I was preparing this, I asked myself, “How should I introduce a message from a...

Today we’ll be reading in Acts 22, where we will see Paul showing courage. We will also find through this story that the very things that gave him courage are available to us today. But these are things that won’t be true of all Christians worldwide...