Northwest Church of Christ Sermons

Joining Hands with God

Jesus, Peter, John, and Paul all provide different insights into how we can be the presence of God in the world. Once we realize our job isn't to force the world into God's image, we can instead focus on becoming people transformed by God's presence who then begin transforming the world around his as the embodiment of God's presence. That does mean we need to trust God more and politicians, companies and laws less.

God’s Faithful Presence

This series is going to explore how God's presence is the greatest promise in Scripture and that if we can learn how to become God's faithful presence in our chaotic world, we can help the world to truly experience and perhaps open themselves to God's presence in their life. 

Grow!

What do you want to be when you grow up? If your answer was a job then perhaps that's too much of your identity. Christians should think first and foremost about being a transformed disciple of Jesus Christ. Everything else is a side-job.

True Story

This year at Camp Rock Creek our theme is "True Story." This sermon on the same topic discusses how Christians should know that God's story is true, be able to simply communicate it to others, and understand their own part in God's ongoing story.

Memory Day

Our minds and souls were not created to bear the weight of the stories we consume. This reality requires us find ways to process, heal, and pursue lives of wholeness and not overwhelmed anxiety and anger.

What’s on the Inside?

Jesus says that it matters more what's on the inside than outside appearances or actions. The true heart of worship is making sure that you clean out the junk and make room for love of God and love of others. If your heart is right everything else will follow. 

Faith in Action

James wrote in his epistle that faith without action is dead. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said that anybody who wants to build their house on a solid foundation must put his teachings into action. Too often we think about Christianity being an exercise of faith. But over and over again we see that discipleship requires action. This sermon describes a way to use Scripture and experiments to explore new paths of discipleship today.

Practicing the Jesus Way

Once you become a Christian, it isn't enough to just believe or think like Jesus. We are called to be real disciples who put the teachings of Jesus into action. When we put our faith into action it helps us survive life's storms and share our faith.

Celebrating the Resurrection

On a special Easter Sunday worship service we changed the order of worship to include more praise and worship, bilingual Scripture readings, and several short devotional lessons. The service highlighted the brokenness of our world and the healing that the cross and resurrection offers to those who are willing to receive it. 

The Hostess with the Mostest

When we think about serving others we think about how we are being Jesus to them and how fortunate they are to have us helping them. But when we look at the Gospels, Jesus often shows up as the guest, the one served, the one blessed by another's generosity. We must make sure as Christians that when we serve others we remember we should seek to find Jesus in them too.