Sermons From Village Bible Church (sugar Grove Campus)

A couple weeks ago we started our series in this very often neglected and obscure minor prophet at the back of the Old Testament—Habakkuk. If you don’t know where Habakkuk is, God in His infinite wisdom created what we call the Table of Contents. You...

What we did at VBS each day was to go through the relationship we have with God, and that’s going to be the message this morning. But the big idea is this: The Bible is God’s story of His relationship with man.  That’s what the Bible is. It’s...

Over the next few weeks we’re going to be unfolding the prophetic message that came to a man who had a lot of questions for God. The prophet Habakkuk strongly laments his time and situation. Today we can at look our world as well and wonder if any of...

Introduction1.  Sola Scriptura (Scripture alone)2.  Sola Fide (faith alone)3.  Solus Christus (Christ alone)4.  Soli Deo Gloria (to the glory of God alone)5.  Sola Gratia (grace alone) 1.  All people are dead in sin (2:1-3).     Characteristics of...

Understanding God's glory requires our... 1.  Developing a working definition:       The manifest display of who God is 2.  Discovering its various manifestations.       ●  His glory is displayed in all of Creation.       ●  His glory is seen...

Then: The means of salvationToday: The Mediator of salvation 1.  What the world seeks     The world wants to...        ●  Redefine Jesus as a prophet        ●  Realign Jesus as a partner        ●  Reassign Jesus to a certain people        ●  Relegate...

Our History 1.  The Record of the Church     To be included in the New Testament Canon, each book had to have...       ●  Apostolic origin       ●  Universal acceptance in the churches       ●  Consistent content 2.  The Religious State 3.  The...

1.  The Problem: We are the authority       ●  Everyone has a voice       ●  Every opinion is valid 2.  The Prescription: God's Word is the authority     God's Word is...       ●  Permanent       ●  Precious       ●  Persevering       ●...

5 Misconceptions about Heaven   1.  In heaven all of your dreams come true.   2.  In heaven you won't remember your earthly life.   3.  In heaven you won't know anyone.   4.  In heaven you become an angel.   5.  It is not good to think about...

This is the last time we’ll be looking at the book of James for this series we’ve called “Real Faith. Real Life.” I pray that our time since the beginning of the year has been challenging to you as a follower of Jesus Christ. James was written by...

A Mother's Day ReminderDon't let the pressure exceed the pleasure In the story of Martha and Mary we see a difference in... 1. Activity       ●  Martha focused on doing.       ●  Mary focused on being. 2.  Approach       ●  Martha: I have...

Basic Outline of ColossiansI.    The preeminence of Christ in the life of the Colossians (1:1-14)II.   The preeminence of Christ in His nature and work (1:15-23)III.  The preeminence of Christ over false religion (2:8-23)IV.  The preeminence of Christ...

We’re in a series entitled “Real Faith for Real Life,“ looking at this first-century letter written by the half-brother of Jesus.  James was quite skeptical early in his life, even though he lived and talked with Jesus.  He didn’t believe Jesus was...

Our passage today is one I think every one of us could use. The book of James was written in the first century by Jesus’ half-brother, who was a pastor in the city of Jerusalem. He had a lot of oversight of the early church there. This book not only...

We’re going to spend some time in God’s Word, and I want to share with you that I will leave the passage I am about to share with you until the end. It will be a place for us to finish up as to why Easter means hope. Our text is from the Apostle Paul...

We’re beginning James 5 today, and some of you are glad to think we’re almost done with this series, “Real Faith. Real Life.” It’s been a hard series, because James has been hitting us over and over again with commands: do this and don’t do that...

We’ve been looking at the first-century letter written by James, the half-brother of Jesus, who wrote to a group of Christians who had been dispersed all over the known world.   This very practical book has been called “The Book of Proverbs in the New...

James is a challenging book to preach through for a number of different reasons. Let me talk about two reasons that it’s such a challenge. First, we break the book into passages and sections to preach and teach from. Studying in little chunks is a...

Turn in your Bible to the book of James. We’re in the middle of a letter in which James is telling the first-century Christians, who have been scattered because of persecution, what it means to live out a faith that might change the world. As is true...