Sermon Books Available
We have a limited number of copies of sermon books by Fr. Dave available for purchase. Cost is $10 each, with 100% of the proceeds going to various outreach ministries of Christ Church. If you would like to purchase some, just email our administrator, Kim Dudley.
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November 22, 2020 “Your Most Gracious King” (Ezekiel 34:11-16)
November 15, 2020 “Destined for Salvation” (1 Thessalonians 5:9-10)
November 8, 2020 “An Ever-flowing Stream” (Amos 5:18-24)
November 1, 2020 “God’s Love Turns All Sinners into All Saints” (Revelation 7:9-10)
October 25, 2020 “What Agape Love Looks Like” (Matthew 22:36-40)
October 11, 2020 “This is the Lord for Whom We Have Waited” (Isaiah 25:6-9)
October 4, 2020 “More than You Desire or Deserve” (Philippians 3:4b-9)
September 27, 2020 “Someone Stronger than the Me Monster” (Philippians 2:3-11)
September 20, 2020 “The End of Entitlement” (Matthew 20:1-16)
September 13, 2020 “Overflowing Grace” (Genesis 50:15-21)
September 6, 2020 “Love is All You Need” (Romans 13:8-10)
August 23, 2020 “A Word of Comfort for the Afflicted” (Isaiah 51:3-4)
August 9, 2020 “Grace in the Storm” (Matthew 14:22-33)
August 2, 2020 “Much More Than Enough” (Matthew 14:13-21)
July 26, 2020 “The One Pearl of Great Value” (Matthew 13:45-46)
July 19, 2020 “Turn to Me” (Psalm 86:16)
July 5, 2020 “Who Will Rescue Me?” (Romans 7:15-25)
June 28, 2020 “Given Not Earned” (Romans 6:23)
June 21, 2020 “Fully Known and Fully Loved” (Matthew 10:29-31)
June 14, 2020 “Grace and Grit” (Romans 5:6-8)
June 7, 2020 “Live in Peace” (2 Corinthians 13:11-13)
May 24, 2020 (Acts 1:6-14; Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36; 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11; John 17:1-11
May 17, 2020 “The Holy Spirit Your Advocate” (John 14:16-18)
May 10, 2020 “Good News on Mother’s Day” (1 Peter 2:4-10)
May 3, 2020 “The Shepherd and Gaurdian of Your Souls” (1 Peter 2:24-25)
April 26, 2020 “The Direct Object of Your Hope” (1 Peter 1:18-21)
April 19, 2020 “God’s Love is Greater than Your Doubt” (John 20:24-29)
April 12, 2020 “Do Not Be Afraid” (Matthew 28:1-10)
April 10, 2020 “God’s One-way Love of Grace” (John 19:30)
April 9, 2020 Maundy Thursday Sermon by Father Peter
April 5, 2020 “The One Thing, The Only Thing” (Psalm 31:5,15)
March 29, 2020 “God Gives Life to the Dead” (Ezekiel 37:1-14)
March 22, 2020 “This is the One” (1 Samuel 16:4-13)
March 15, 2020 “This Grace in Which We Stand” (Romans 5:1-11)
March 8, 2020 “God So Loved the World” (John 3:16-17)
March 1, 2020 “Free Means Free” (Romans 5:15-17)
February 26, 2020 “Much More than Dust in the Wind” (Psalm 103:13-14)
February 23, 2020 “A Divine Brush with Greatness” (Matthew 17:1-9)
February 16, 2020 “The Help of God’s Grace” (Deuteronomy 30:15-20)
February 9, 2020 “You Actually Won” (Matthew 5:17-20)
January 26, 2020 “The Message about the Cross is Foolishness” (1 Corinthians 1:17-18)
January 19, 2020 “The Lamb of God” (John 1:29)
January 12, 2020 “The Chimes of Freedom Flashing” (Isaiah 42:1-4)
January 5, 2020 “To the Praise of God’s Glorious Grace” (Ephesians 1:5-6)
December 29, 2019 (John 1:1-18)
December 25, 2019 “Peace for a World of Conflict” (Luke 2:7-14)
December 22, 2019 “God Is With You” (Matthew 1:18-23)
December 15, 2019 “Good News in the Waste Lane” (Isaiah 35:6-10)
December 1, 2019 “The Highest of the Mountains” (Isaiah 2:2-4)
November 24, 2019 “The King of Grace” (Colossians 1:11-20)
November 10, 2019 “Heirs of Eternal Life” (Job 19:25-27)
November 3, 2019 “God’s Love toward All the Saints” (Ephesians 1:15-18)
October 27, 2019 “Welcoming and Merciful” (Luke 18:9-14)
October 20, 2019 “Your Victorious Limp” (Genesis 32:22-31)
October 6, 2019 (Luke 17:5-10)
September 29, 2019 “A Different Rock” (1 Timothy 6:6-10)
September 22, 2019 “Good News for Every Lost Generation” (1 Timothy 2:3-6)
September 15, 2019 “Not So Irrelevant After All” (1 Timothy 1:12-17)
September 8, 2019 “Charged to God’s Account” (Philemon 17-19)
September 1, 2019 “Am I Good Enough?” (Luke 14:7-14)
August 18, 2019 “Persevere in Your Faith and Look Out for One Another” (Hebrews 12:1-2)
August 4, 2019 “Good News for the Disillusioned” (Luke 12:13-21)
July 28, 2019 “Your Slate is Clear” (Colossians 2:13-14)
July 14, 2019 “Jesus is Your Good Samaritan” (Luke 10:25-37)
July 7, 2019 – Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
June 30, 2019 “The Fruit of the Spirit” (Galatians 5:22-25)
June 23, 2019 “Living Under Grace” (Galatians 3:23-28)
June 16, 2019 “The Truth of the Love of God” (John 16:12-15)
June 2, 2019 “The Final Word is a Word of Grace” (Revelation 22:21)
May 26, 2019 “Peace from God” (John 14:27)
May 12, 2019 “The Gift of Eternal Life” (John 10:28)
May 5, 2019 “The God of Second Chances” (John 21:15-17)
April 21, 2019 “All Will Be Made Alive in Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:19-22)
April 19, 2019 “Jesus was Rejected for You” (Isaiah 53:3)
April 14, 2019 “The Faithful Love of Your Humble God” (Philippians 2:5-11)
April 7, 2019 “Defined by the Grace of God” (Philippians 3:4-14)
March 31, 2019 “Totally Unbelievable and Yet Completely True” (Luke 15:11-24)
March 24, 2019 “The Lord Helps Those Who Cannot Help Themselves” (Exodus 3:1-15)
March 10, 2019 “Grace in the Wilderness of Temptation” (Luke 4:1-13)
March 6, 2019 “New and Contrite Hearts” (Psalm 51:11)
March 3, 2019 “No Myth at All” (2 Corinthians 3:17)
February 24, 2019 “Love Your Enemies” (Luke 6:27-31 and 35-38)
February 17, 2019 “In Fact Christ Has Been Raised from the Dead” (1 Corinthians 15:12-20)
February 10, 2019 “The Heart of the Matter is Forgiveness” (1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
January 27, 2019 “Very Real Spiritual Hope” (Luke 4:16-21)
January 20, 2019 “Jesus Saves the Best for Last” (John 2:1-11)
January 6, 2019 “There Are No Boundaries with the Love of God” (Matthew 2:1-11)
December 30, 2018 “Grace and Truth Came through Jesus Christ” (John 1:17)
December 25, 2018 “The Rising of the Grace of God” (Luke 2:8-16)
December 23, 2018 “God Lifts Up the Lowly” (Luke 1:52)
December 16, 2018 “Good News in an Age of Anxiety” (Philippians 4:6-7)
December 9, 2018 “Grace for Those Drifting Too Far from the Shore” (Luke 3:1-6)
December 2, 2018 “Your Redemption is Drawing Near” (Luke 21:25-28)
November 18, 2018 “Grace? Grace.” (Hebrews 10:14-18)
November 11, 2018 “God’s Love Still Has the Last Word” (1 Kings 17:8-16)
November 4, 2018 “God’s Love is Stronger than Death” (John 11:32-44)
October 28, 2018 “Once for All” (Hebrews 7:26-27)
October 21, 2018 “Jesus is Your Ransom” (Mark 10:42-45)
October 14, 2018 “Your Great High Priest” (Hebrews 4:14-16)
September 30, 2018 “The Powerful Mercy of God” (Mark 9:42-48)
September 23, 2018 “A Welcoming God to an Unwelcoming World” (Mark 9:33-37)
September 16, 2018 “The Inescapable Question” (Mark 8:27-30)
September 9, 2018 “The Gospel is not a Grand Illusion” (Mark 7:32-35)
August 26, 2018 “Good News for the Brokenhearted” (Psalm 34:18-20)
August 19, 2018 “Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs” (Ephesians 5:18-19)
August 4, 2018 “Jesus the Bread of Life” (John 6:36)
July 22, 2018 “Jesus Your Compassionate Shepherd” (Mark 6:30-34)
July 15, 2018 “Your Eternal Superlative” (Ephesians 1:3-6)
July 1, 2018 “The Riches of God’s Grace” (2 Corinthians 8:9)
June 24, 2018 “The Sure Foundation of God’s Lovingkindness” (Mark 4:35-41)
June 17, 2018 “The Tender Love of Your Heavenly Father” (2 Corinthians 5:14-17)
June 3, 2018 “The Lord of the Sabbath” (Mark 2:23-28)
May 27, 2018 Trinity Sunday, Year B
May 20, 2018 “Where Your Strength Ends, God’s Grace Begins” (Romans 8:26)
May 13, 2018 “The Greatest Mother Ever” (1 John 5:11-13)
May 6, 2018 “Against All Odds” (John 15:12-16)
April 22, 2018 “Jesus Christ the Good Shepherd” (Psalm 23)
April 1, 2018 Easter Sunday “Good News for April Fools” (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)
March 30, 2018 Good Friday “The Throne of Grace” (Hebrews 4:14-16)
March 25, 2018 “Good News for the Forsaken” (Mark 15:34)
March 11, 2018 “By Grace You Have Been Saved” (Ephesians 2:4-8)
March 4, 2018 ” Jesus and the Ten Commandments” (Exodus 20:1-10)
February 25, 2018 “Hoping against Hope” (Romans 8:14-25)
February 18, 2018 “His Death is Enough” (1 Peter 3:18)
February 14, 2018 – Ash Wednesday – “Quit Playing Games with Your Heart” (Psalm 51:11)
February 11, 2018 “In the Face of Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:5-6)
January 28, 2018 “God is Full of Compassion” (Psalm 111:1-4)
January 21, 2018 “The Rock of Love” (Psalm 62:6-11)
January 7, 2018 “The Dazzling Acceptance of God” (Mark 1:9-11)
December 31, 2017 “Grace upon Grace” (John 1:16-17)
December 25, 2017 “The Dawn of Redeeming Grace” (Titus 2:11)
December 17, 2017 “Bountiful Grace and Mercy” (Isaiah 61:1)
December 10, 2017 “A Word of Comfort” (Isaiah 40:1-5)
December 3, 2017 “The Light of God’s Countenance” (Psalm 80:3)
November 26, 2017 “King of the Mountain” (Ezekiel 34:11-12)
November 19, 2017 (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, Matthew 25:14-30)
November 5, 2017 “The Last Word Is a Word of Hope” (Psalm 43)
October 29, 2017 “Love, Sweet Love” (Matthew 22:34-40)
October 22, 2017 “God Calls You by Name” (Isaiah 45:1-4)
October 8, 2017 “The Rejected Cornerstone” (Matthew 21:33-42)
October 1, 2017 “Turn, Then and Live” (Ezekiel 18:30-32)
September 24, 2017 “The Gracious Landowner” (Matthew 20:1-16)
September 17, 2017 “The Antidote of Forgiveness” (Matthew 18:21-35)
September 10, 2017 “Relief for Entitled Sinners” (Romans 13:8-10)
August 27, 2017 “God’s Transforming Grace” (Romans 12:1-2)
August 20, 2017 “A Different Kind of Eclipse” (Romans 11:29-32)
August 13, 2017 “Still on the Line” (Matthew 14:22-33)
August 6, 2017 “Electric with Joy” (2 Peter 1:16-19)
July 30, 2017 “The Word of God is Our Light and Strength” (Psalm 119:129-136)
July 23, 2017 “What God Wants” (Psalm 86:11-12)
July 16, 2017 “Condemnation Replaced with Grace” (Romans 8:1-4)
July 9, 2017 “The Gospel For Those With Baggage” (Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30)
July 2, 2017 “Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ” (Romans 6:12-23)
June 26, 2017 “Good News for the Needy” (Jeremiah 20:13)
June 18, 2017 “Christian Hope” (Romans 5:5)
June 11, 2017 “Good News for Midnight Riders” (2 Corinthians 13:13)
June 4, 2017 “Rejoice in His Holy Comfort” (John 20:19-23)
May 21, 2017 “Do You Love Him” (John 14:15-16)
May 14, 2017 “A Whole New Beginning” (John 14:1-3)
May 7, 2017 “Jesus is Your Gate” (John 10:7-9)
April 30, 2017 “What Happened on the Road” (Luke 24:30-35)
April 23, 2017 “Thomas the Confessor” (John 20:24-29)
April 16, 2017 “Goodbye Has Changed to Hello” (Matthew 28:1-9)
April 14, 2017 “The Tender Mercy of God” (Isaiah 53:4-6)
April 9, 2017 “The Example of Jesus’ Great Humility” (Philippians 2:5-11)
April 2, 2017 “I Am the Resurrection and the Life” (John 11:21-27)
March 26, 2017 “Your Cup is Still Running Over” (Psalm 23:5)
March 19, 2017 “This Grace in Which We Stand” (Romans 5:1-8)
March 12, 2017 “Jesus the Rescuer” (John 3:16-17)
March 5, 2017 “The Free Gift of God’s Grace” (Romans 5:15-18)
March 1, 2017 “Return to Me with All Your Heart” (Joel 2:12-13)
February 26, 2017 “Eyewitnesses of His Majesty” (2 Peter 1:16-18)
February 19, 2017 “Love Your Enemies” (Matthew 5:38-45)
January 29, 2017 “Some Things Never Change” (Micah 6:6-8)
January 22, 2017 “The Grace of Repentance”
January 15, 2017 “God Will Strengthen You to the End” (1 Corinthians 1:8)
January 8, 2017 “God’s Gift of Forgiveness” (Acts 10:43)
January 1, 2017 “A Name that Saves” (Philippians 2:5-11)
December 25, 2016 “A New and Glorious Morn” (Luke 2:8-16)
December 18, 2016 “Good News for the Lonely” (Matthew 1:18-23)
December 11, 2016 “Mercy First” (Isaiah 35)
December 4, 2016 “This Season of Hope” (Romans 15:13)
November 27, 2016 “I Hope We’ll All Be Ready” (Matthew 24:36-44)
November 20, 2016 “In the Eyes of Christ the King” (Colossians 1:19-20)
November 13, 2016 “The Sun of Righteousness” (Malachi 4:1-2a)
November 6, 2016 “In Your Flesh You Shall See God” (Job 19:25-27)
October 30, 2016 “Good News for Those Lost in the Cosmos” (Luke 19:1-10)
October 23, 2016 “Moralism vs the Gospel” (Luke 18:9-14)
October 16, 2016 “All Scripture is Inspired by God” (2 Timothy 3:14-17)
October 9, 2016 “The Lord is Gracious” (Psalm 111:4)
October 2, 2016 “The Faithful God” (Luke 17:5-10)
September 25, 2016 “The Life that Really is Life” (1 Timothy 2:17-19)
September 18, 2016 “God the Great Evangelist” (1 Timothy 2:1-7)
September 11, 2016 “To Save You” (1 Timothy 1:15)
September 4, 2016 “The Tower of Your Salvation” (Luke 14:27-30)
August 28, 2016 “Jesus Will Never Leave You or Forsake You” (Hebrews 13:5)
August 21, 2016 “Our God is a Consuming Fire” (Hebrews 12:28-29)
August 14, 2016 “Running Fools” (Hebrews 12:1-2)
August 7, 2016 “Your Faith is not in Vain” (Hebrews 11:1)
July 31, 2016 “Your Hour Upon the Stage” (Ecclesiastes 1:14)
July 3, 2016 “The Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ” (Galatians 6:14)
June 26, 2016 “No Way, Yeah But, and Whatever You Say” (Luke 9:51-62)
June 19, 2016 “I Held Out My Hands All Day Long” (Isaiah 65:1-3)
June 12, 2016 “Your Sins Are Forgiven” (Luke 7:48)
June 5, 2016 “His Embrace of Grace” (Galatians 1:15-16)
May 29, 2016 “To Set You Free” (Galatians 1:3-4)
May 22, 2016 “The Grace in which You Stand” (Romans 5:1-5)
May 8, 2016 “The Final Word is a Word of Grace” (Revelation 22:21)
May 1, 2016 “You Will See His Face” (Revelation 22:3-4)
April 24, 2016 “Fifth Sunday After Easter”
April 10, 2016 “Just After Daybreak” (John 21:4)
March 27, 2016 “The Gate of Everlasting Life” (Luke 24:5)
March 25, 2016 “Standing Near the Cross of Jesus” (John 19:25)
March 20, 2016 “The Sun’s Light Failed” (Luke 23:44-46)
March 13, 2016 “A Fragrance of Life” (John 12:1-3)
March 6, 2016 “Filled with Compassion” (Luke 15:20)
February 28, 2016 “The Way Out” (1 Corinthians 10:13)
February 21, 2016 “God Shall Comfort Your Heart” (Psalm 27:18)
February 14, 2016 “Good News on Valentine’s Day” (Romans 10:9-10)
February 10, 2016 “The God of all Mercy” (Psalm 51:1)
February 7, 2016 (Exodus 34:29-35 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Luke 9:28-36 Psalm 99)
January 31, 2016 “God’s Love Never Ends” (1 Corinthians 13:4-8)
January 24, 2016 “The Year of the Lord’s Favor” (Luke 4:17-19)
January 17, 2016 “Up to the Brim” (John 2:1-11)
January 3, 2016 “God’s Never-ending Resolution” (Ephesians 1:5-8)
Christmas 2015: “A Son Given to Us” (Isaiah 9:6)
December 20, 2015: “The Lord Has Lifted Up the Lowly” (Luke 1:52)
December 13, 2015: “A Change of Heart” (Luke 3:8)
December 6, 2015: “The Dawn from on High” (Luke 1:76-79)
November 22, 2015: “The Lord is King” (Psalm 93:1)
November 8, 2015: “The Vagabond Rapping at Your Door” (Hebrews 9:27-28)
November 1, 2015: “Yes, You Will” (Isaiah 25:7-8)
October 25, 2015: “A Psalm of Hope” (Psalm 126)
October 18, 2015: “A Ransom for You” (Mark 10:45)
October 4, 2015: “Of Which Your Conscience is Afraid” (Hebrews 1:1-4)
September 27, 2015: “The Lord is Your Redeemer” (Psalm 19:14)
September 20, 2015: “A Warm Welcome” (Mark 9:36-37)
September 6, 2015: “Here is Your God” (Isaiah 35:4)
August 23, 2015: “Lord, To Whom Can We Go” (John 6:66-69)
August 16, 2015: “Wisdom Calling ” (Proverbs 9:1-5)
August 9, 2015: “Live in Love” (Ephesians 5:2)
August 2, 2015: “I Am the Bread of Life” (John 6:35)
July 12, 2015: “According to the Riches of His Grace” (Ephesians 1:7)
June 28, 2015: “Joy Comes in the Morning” (Psalm 30:6)
June 14, 2015: “Really Really Something” (2 Corinthians 5:14-16)
June 7, 2015: “An Eternal Weight of Glory” (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)
May 31, 2015: “Good News for the Isolated” (Romans 8:15-17)
May 10, 2015: “I Chose You” (John 15:16)
May 3, 2015: “God is Love” (1 John 4:8)
April 26, 2015: “You Do Not Have to Be Your Own Shepherd” (John 10:11)
April 19, 2015: “The Author of Life” (Acts 3:12-15)
April 5, 2015: “Why Are You Weeping?” (John 20:15)
April 3, 2015: “The Final Word” (John 19:30)
April 2, 2015: “Good News for the Forgetful” (1 Corinthians 11:23-25)
March 29, 2015: “A Different Kind of King” (Mark 15:12-14)
March 22, 2015: “A New Covenant” (Jeremiah 31:31-34)
March 15, 2015: “Comfortable Words” (John 3:16)
March 8, 2015: “What Fools Believe” (1 Corinthians 1:18)
March 1, 2015: “Gracious to All Who Have Gone Astray” (Mark 8:31-33)
February 22, 2015: “Mighty to Save” (Mark 1:12-13)
February 18, 2015 (Ash Wednesday): “Everything” (2 Corinthians 5:21)
February 15, 2015: “A Glimpse of the Glory of God” (Mark 9:2-8)
February 8, 2015: “Jesus Lifts You Up” (Mark 1:31)
February 1, 2015: “The Lord is Gracious and Full of Compassion” (Psalm 111:4)
January 25, 2015: “For God Alone My Soul in Silence Waits” (Psalm 62:1 and 6)
January 18, 2015: “You Trace My Journeys” (Psalm 139:2)
January 11, 2015: “Put the Globe Down” (Mark 1:9-11)
January 4, 2015: “Overwhelmed with Joy” (Matthew 2:1-12)
December 28, 2014: “1st Sunday of Christmas” (John 1:1-18)
Christmas 2014: “Good News of Great Joy” (Luke 2:10-11)
December 21, 2014: “Let It Be with Me According to Your Word” (Luke 1:26-38)
December 14, 2014: “Good News to the Oppressed” (Isaiah 61:1-2a)
December 7, 2014: “He Will Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd” (Isaiah 40:11)
November 30, 2014: “And You Shall Be Saved” (Psalm 80:3)
November 27, 2014: “Thank You, Thank You, Thank You” (Luke 17:11-19)
November 16, 2014: “The Blessed Hope of Everlasting Life” (1 Thessalonians 5:8-10)
November 9, 2014: “The Lord’s Heart is Inclined to You” (Joshua 24:23)
November 2, 2014: “All the Saints” (Revalation 7:9-17)
October 26, 2014: “It’s All about Love” (Matthew 22:34-40)
October 12, 2014: “The Lord is Near” (Philippians 4:5)
October 5, 2014: “Good News for the Rejected” (Matthew 21:42)
September 28, 2014: “Jesus Is Your Rock” (Exodus 17:1-7)
September 21, 2014: “Last in Line” (Matthew 20:1-16)
September 14, 2014: “You Belong to God” (Romans 14:7-8)
September 7, 2014: “The Same Old Story” (Exodus 12:13)
August 31, 2014: “Remember the Marvels God Has Done” (Psalm 105:5)
August 24, 2014: “Who Do You Say that I Am?” (Matthew 16:13-17)
August 17, 2014: “Merciful to All” (Matthew 15:21-28)
August 10, 2014: “Grace in the Storm” (Matthew 14:22-33)
August 3, 2014: “I Have Seen God Face to Face” (Genesis 32:24-31)
July 27, 2014: “Help for the Weak” (Romans 8:26)
July 20, 2014: “Good News in the Darkness” (Genesis 28:10-16) (audio recording available)
July 13, 2014: “Death is Not the End of the Story” (Romans 8:11)