Category Archives: Growing Your Faith

The Great Snare

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Joseph V. (Josh) Carmichael

Yet no one was speaking openly of Him for fear of the Jews. (John 7:13 NASB) If you look at the preceding verses in John 7, it sounds very current. One group of people want Jesus to cash in on his … Continue reading →

Posted in 1-2 Kings, Devotion, Growing Your Faith, John, Matthew | Tagged Faith, Fear, Fear God, Fear Not, Fear of God, Fear of Man, Fear of the Lord, Jesus, Jesus Christ | Leave a comment

Sanctified in Christ & by the Holy Spirit

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Joseph V. (Josh) Carmichael

Sunday Evening Worship at NCPC, discipleship sermon, “Praying Out of Our New Identity,” July 24, 2016. Sermon texts: 1 Corinthians 1:1-2; 1 Peter 1:2; 1:13-16; 2:9-12; Acts 1:14; 1 Thessalonians 3:11-13 Outline: 1. By God’s grace, we are saints, 2. … Continue reading →

Posted in Growing Your Faith, Sermon | Tagged Biblical Fellowship, Christian Fellowship, Discipleship, Fellowship, Holiness, Prayer, Sanctification, Spirituality | Leave a comment

Real Fellowship

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Joseph V. (Josh) Carmichael

Evening Worship at NCPC, July 3, 2016, audio from the sermon,”The Closer Reality of Biblical Fellowship, or Your Getting up in my Grill!” Sermon texts: Hebrews 10:24-25 & 3:12-13 A good summary comes from pen of D. Mathis as he … Continue reading →

Posted in Growing Your Faith, Hebrews, Sermon | Tagged Admonition, Body of Christ, Christian Fellowship, Exhortation, Fellowship, Koinonia, Rebuke | Leave a comment

True Christian Friendship

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Joseph V. (Josh) Carmichael

Discipleship sermon from NCPC Evening Worship service, audio: “Fellowship: True Christian Friendship” Guiding texts: Acts 2:42-47; 1 John 1:1-4; Colossians 3:12-17; Philippians 2:19-22; James 5:19-20

Posted in Acts, Growing Your Faith, Sermon | Tagged Biblical Fellowship, Biblical Friendship, Bosom Friend, Fellowship, Koinonia | Leave a comment

True Christian Fellowship

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Joseph V. (Josh) Carmichael

NCPC Sunday Evening worship, audio of the discipleship sermon, “Spiritual Fellowship: Koinonia“, June 19, 2016. Sermon texts: Acts 2:42-47; 1 John 1:1-4; Philippians 1:3-5 Sermon outline: I. Fellowship is sharing together or sharing a common life. 1. Spiritual community relationship. … Continue reading →

Posted in Acts, Growing Your Faith, Philippians, Sermon | Tagged Christian Fellowship, Christianity, Communion, Fellowship, Generosity, Koinonia, Spirituality | Leave a comment

You Become Like What You Admire

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Joseph V. (Josh) Carmichael

For Sunday Evening worship at NCPC, the final installment of “The Instrument of the Gospel: Beholding the Light of the Glory” Sermon text: 2 Corinthians 3:18; 4:4-6 4 Applications: 1. We become like what we admire, 2. There is a … Continue reading →

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The Apostle Paul’s Conversion as an Example for us Today

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Joseph V. (Josh) Carmichael

Sunday Evening Worship at NCPC, May 29, 2016, audio from the sermon, “Paul saw the light…and so must we.” Sermon texts: 2 Corinthians 3:18-4:6; Isaiah 9:2; Acts 7:54-8:3; 9:1-22; 26:9-24 Outline: i. An encounter with the “light of the Glory” changes … Continue reading →

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The Light of the Gospel: the Glory of the Triune God

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Joseph V. (Josh) Carmichael

Evening Worship at NCPC, audio of sermon on May 15, 2016, “The Light of the Gospel: God’s Glory” Sermon text: 2 Corinthians 3:15-4:6 i. Some remain spiritually blind in the darkness; ii. some receive and see the light of the … Continue reading →

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The Instrument of the Gospel: Beholding Christ

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Joseph V. (Josh) Carmichael

Sunday Evening worship, discipleship sermon at NCPC, “Beholding the Glory of the Lord.” May 8, 2016. Sermon text: 2 Corinthians 3:7-18, focusing on verse 18. Verses considered in application: Isaiah 41:10; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Corinthians 16:13-14.

Posted in 2 Corinthians, Growing Your Faith, Sermon, Uncategorized | Tagged Application, Christ, Gospel, Meditation, Prayer, Sanctification, Transformation | Leave a comment

Paul’s Prayerful Prayer Request

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Joseph V. (Josh) Carmichael

EVENING WORSHIP at NCPC, May 1, 2016, discipleship sermon, “Paul’s Prayer Request” Sermon text: Romans 15:30-33 Outline: 1. Nature of Prayer (30), 2. Content of Prayer (31), 3. Results of Prayer (32), 4. Benediction of Prayer (33), Postscript. Were Paul’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Growing Your Faith, Series: Biblical Psalms and Prayers, Sermon, Uncategorized | Tagged Apostle Paul, Means of Grace, Paul, Paul's Prayers, Prayer, Spiritual Disciplines | Leave a comment