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A collection of stand-alone sermons at Christ Church Downtown in Moscow, Idaho

Watching for Redemption

June 4, 2023 • Joshua Edgren • Psalm 130

Text: Psalm 130

Wordly Consolations

June 18, 2023 • Dr. Ben Merkle • Proverbs 27:6

https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/presearch.cfm?criteria=proverbs+27.6&t=nkjv “Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.”

Why Can’t We Just Get Along?

July 2, 2023 • Joshua Edgren • Ephesians 2:11–22

Text: Ephesians 2:11-22

Mystery of the Church

June 25, 2023 • Ben Bowen • Ephesians 1:3–10

Ephesians 1:3-10

When to Open Your Door

August 6, 2023 • Ben Zornes • 3 John

In the short space of this letter, John gives us a vital tutorial in the contrast between friends & enemies of the Gospel. Many modern Christians have no category for what Jesus meant when He commanded us to love our enemies. Broadly speaking, we have no clue we have enemies, we fail to recognize those enemies, and we have no clue that loving them requires us to confront their errors (Cf. Eph. 5:11, 2 Jn. 11).

Stay the Course

July 30, 2023 • Ben Zornes • 2 John

This brief letter from John shouldn’t be perceived as a loose page of Apostolic records which got stapled into the back of the Bible. It is no afterthought. Rather, the sense which this book of the Bible gives is that of a well loved uncle slipping silver dollars to his nieces & nephews. It is both personal and pastoral in its tone, while its content is simple, succinct, and robust.

Mooring For the Soul

September 10, 2023 • Joshua Edgren • Psalm 62

Text: Psalm 62

Divine Manipulation

October 8, 2023 • Jeremiah Jasso • 1 Samuel 4:1–12

THE TEXT: 1 Samuel 4:1-12

Potent Water (CCD)

October 15, 2023 • Ben Zornes • Romans 6:1–4

We’ll be taking this week & next to look a little more closely at the two signs & seals of the Covenant which our God has made with us. There are two common mistakes when it comes to these signs. On one hand, Christians have come to attribute to them a sort of superstitious magical potency, while other Christians have robbed them of their potency making them little more than spiritual sticky notes. Our aim is to accompany the sacraments with the Word preached. After all, that is what the church is: those who have heard and believed His Word preached, and are marked out by these signs as His people.

Potent Bread & Wine

October 22, 2023 • Ben Zornes • 1 Corinthians 11:26

Last week we surveyed the landscape of the Sacrament of Baptism. This week we’ll hike the terrain of the doctrine of the Lord’s Supper. Cathedrals have the baptismal font at the entrance for good reason; Christ, and Baptism into Him, is the door. However, once you come through the door you are welcomed to the Lord’s banqueting table. Baptism is like birth, the Supper is the eating & drinking which brings about maturity & growth.

Who Wields the Knife?

November 26, 2023 • Joshua Edgren • 2 Chronicles 36

The Text: 2 Chronicles 36

The State of the Church 2024

December 31, 2023 • Ben Zornes • Revelation 2:14–16

This year, for my State of the Church message, I want to take a 30,000 ft. view. The church at large is beset with great danger to moral compromise. However, locally, we should not think ourselves impervious to the onslaught which is attacking the church of our Lord Jesus. We live in perilous times, and I want to summon our local congregation to look at the perils which surround us, and to take heed.

Take Over the World

May 28, 2023 • Ben Zornes • Titus 3:1

Paul’s vision for the church of Crete was not narrow in scope. He was’t just trying to get them to have more polite manners at the dinner table. This letter is an instruction manual for a culture war. Titus is tasked with laying the groundwork for conquering the globe with the Gospel. Crete may be a mess, but if the wind of God blows, the dry bones will live and move once more.

Gospel Scrappiness

July 7, 2024 • Joshua Edgren • Jude

Sermon Text: Jude

Obadiah: Born for Adversity

February 11, 2024 • Joshua Edgren • Obadiah

The Text: Obadiah