MORNING WORSHIP at NCPC, sermon audio from February 26, 2017, “Gifts and Giver, Purpose and Place”
Sermon text: John 3:22-36
Outline, 1. Enjoying the Gift but Ignoring the Giver, 22-26, 2. Using the Gift God Gives You, 27-30 (Provision, 27; Purpose, 28; Presence, 29; Position, 30), 3. Receiving the Gift of Eternal Life, 31-36. (Do you believe the Giver? 31-33, Have you received His gift? 34-36.)
EVENING WORSHIP at NCPC, “Heavenly Thoughts for Earthly Good“, February 19, 2017
Sermon text: Colossians 3:1-4
Sermon outline: 1. Affections, 2. Ambitions, 3. Situation, 4. Expectations. [All related to one’s union with Christ.]
MORNING WORSHIP at NCPC, February 19, 2017, sermon audio: “How Can These Things Be?”
Sermon text: John 3:14-21
Sermon outline: How can these things be? 1. God takes it on himself to save sinners, vv. 9, 14-15. 2. God’s love provided the way, the only way, 16-18. 3. But beware: Jesus’ presence divides humanity, 19-21.
EVENING WORSHIP at NCPC, “An Encounter with God, and the elements of the Gospel,” February, 12, 2017.
Sermon text: Isaiah 6:1-8
MORNING WORSHIP at NCPC, audio from the sermon, “Have you been born again? Eternity is at stake,” February 12, 2017.
Sermon text: John 3:1-13
Sermon outline: I. A Pharisee, Nicodemus, approaches Jesus with questions about what Jesus has been saying and doing, 1-2. (i.) Apart from God’s regenerating grace we are in hopeless trouble. (ii.) Apart from God’s regenerating power, we will not be saved – for we cannot save ourselves; God must act upon us by his grace and power. II. Jesus declares to Nicodemus the need we each have for a new birth in order to see and enter the Kingdom of God, 3-10. (i.) We get new life, not new religion. (ii.) We do not just affirm God and the supernatural, but we experience new birth. (iii.) You are made a new creation spiritually (Ezekiel 36:26-27). III. Jesus asks us, “Have you been born again? Do you believe Me? Do you believe in Me? Do you know who I am?”, 11-13.
EVENING WORSHIP at NCPC, January, 29, 2017, sermon audio, “Spiritual Fashion.”
Sermon text: Colossians 3:1-17
Sermon outline: (1) Be who you are … in Christ [1-4], (2) Stop wearing those clothes that do not fit [5-11], (3) Wear the clothes that do fit [12-15], (4) Dressed appropriately, let’s go to the wedding feast together [15-17].
Sermon audio of “A Zeal for God’s House,” preached during MORNING WORSHIP at NCPC on January 29, 2017.
Sermon text: John 2:12-22
Sermon outline: (I.) A Zeal for Worship, vv. 13-17. 1. Zeal for People and Prayer, 2. Zeal for the Poor among us, 3. Zeal for Praise. (II.) A Zeal for Mission, vv. 18-22.
EVENING WORSHIP at NCPC, sermon audio, “Christian Piety, or Bad Theology Leads to Bad Practice,” January 22, 2017
Sermon text: Colossians 2:16-23
Sermon outline: (1) Christ defines our reality, 16-17. (2) Christ supplies our vitality, 18-19. (3) Christ prescribes our spirituality, 20-23.
MORNING WORSHIP at NCPC in Selma, audio from the sermon, “Our Faith Began at a Party,” January 22, 2017.
Sermon text: John 2:1-11
Sermon outline: (1) A taste of the goal, 1-4. (2) A taste of the goodness, 5. (3) A taste of the grace, 6-10. (4) A taste of the glory, 11.
EVENING WORSHIP at NCPC, audio of the sermon, “Don’t Let the World Take you Captive!” January 15, 2017.
Sermon text: Colossians 2:6-15
Sermon outline: 1. Walk in Christ, 2. Do not be taken captive, 3. Your in Christ, 4. The captors lost.
Dr. Joseph V. (Josh) Carmichael 