Category Archives: New Testament

The Practical Christian Life (Without the Resurrection) (Worship Service, May 8, 2016)

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Title: The Practical Christian Life (Without the Resurrection)

Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:29-34

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: May 8, 2016

Some Christians complain about theology because they think it isn’t practical. Vital Christianity, however, knows that doctrine is very practical. This morning I hope that through this message you understand how the resurrection of Christ has great effects on Christian practice. The reality of our resurrection ought to effect profoundly the way you live your life. Paul gives three ways:
1. We Die in Baptism (v. 29)
2. We Die in Ministry (vv. 30-31a)
Next Week:
3. We Die to Sin (vv. 31b-34a)

That God May Be All In All, Part 3 (Worship Service, May 1, 2016)

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Title: That God May Be All In All, Part 3

Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:23-28

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: May 1, 2016

In vv. 20-28, Paul offers positive arguments to affirm the resurrection of the dead. The fact that Jesus Christ is alive from the dead demands our resurrection and the making alive of all things. Jesus Christ is but the firstfruits of this promised future. The main point of vv. 23-28 is
the resolution of all creation is the glory of God in Christ and his resurrection. Paul gives three ways that God will do this, this sermon, Part 3, covers the final one.

That God May Be All In All, Part 2 (Worship Service, April 24, 2016)

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Title: That God May Be All In All, Part 2

Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:23-28

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: April 24. 2016

The main idea in vv. 20-28 is that the resolution of all creation is the glory of God in Christ and his resurrection. The last clause of v. 28 makes this clear. The ultimate end of all history is that God may be all in all. The fall and death cannot be the final word. God will win, and he will win in human history. Paul gives three ways God will do this. This sermon covers the last two.

That God May Be All In All, Part 1 (Worship Service, April 17, 2016)

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Title: That God May Be All In All, Part 1

Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:23-28

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: April 17. 2016

In vv. 23-28, Paul explains how the resurrection of Christ is fundamental to our future hope as Christians and the end of all history. This victory is summed up in v. 28, That God may be all in all. This is where Paul’s argument is headed. The main point of these sermons is that the resolution of all creation is the glory of God in Christ and his resurrection. How is God going to work in creation through the resurrection to resolve all things to his glory?

The Gospel: God’s Powerful Saving Message (Worship Service, April 10, 2016)

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Title: The Gospel: God’s Powerful Saving Message

Passage: Romans 1:14-17

Speaker: Scott Williquette

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: April 10. 2016

We should be committed to spreading the gospel to all people for the glory of God.

But in Fact Christ Has Been Raised (Worship Service, March 27, 2016)

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Title: But in Fact Christ Has Been Raised

Passage: 1 Cor 15:20-22

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Sunday Morning Worship Service

Date: March 27, 2016

Paul says in v. 20: But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead. The assertion stands out like a great, single, solitary mountain on a landscape. After all the hypotheticals that littered the previous paragraph, this assertion is true and real. This morning, as we consider vv. 20-22, the point of this sermon is to see that the fact that Christ has been raised means that we will be raised. How does the resurrection of Christ demand our resurrection? 

It is Finished (Good Friday Service, March 25, 2016)

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Sermon: It is Finished

Passage: John 19:28-30

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Good Friday Service

Date: March 25, 2016

If the Dead are Not Raised, Part 2 (Worship Service, March 20, 2016)

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Title: If the Dead are Not Raised, Part 2

Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:11-19

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Morning Worship Service

Date: March 20, 2016

We looked at the first four consequences of denying the resurrection of the dead last week They all point to the main point of vv. 11-19, that the doctrine of a bodily resurrection is absolutely essential to the Christian faith. Paul has been slowly building a chain of consequences, one upon another. Today we look at the final three consequences of denying this doctrine.

If the Dead are Not Raised, Part 1 (Worship Service, March 13, 2016)

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Title: If the Dead are Not Raised, Part 1

Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:11-19

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Morning Worship Service

Date: March 13, 2016

Those who hold doctrinal error often do not realize the great doctrinal errors that flow out of that first initial error. By showing the consequences of a denial of the resurrection, the main point Paul makes is that the doctrine of a bodily resurrection is absolutely essential to the Christian faith. You cannot have Christianity without a bodily resurrection. We might ask why is this doctrine so important? Paul gives seven dreadful consequences of denying this doctrine.

Tongues & the Benefits of Christian Worship (Worship Service, November 8, 2015)

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Title: Tongues & the Benefits of Christian Worship, Part 2

Passage: 1 Corinthians 14: 6-9

Speaker: Pastor Ryan Martin

Service: Morning Worship Service

Date: November 8, 2015

Beginning with v. 6 and all the way through v. 25, Paul begins to build upon the foundation laid in vv. 1-5. He further explains why tongues are unfitting for worship assemblies. The thesis for this sermon, which is the thesis for all of 14:6-19, comes from v. 6, and it is this: Christian worship ought to benefit believers through the ministry of God’s Word. Paul suggests four reasons for this: