Echo Church Sermons: Recent Episodes
Rob Rash
Jesus before he ascended he left the disciples with a promise and a promise that he leaves to us as well. What is it? The gift of the Father which is His Spirit to come and dwell within His people and empower us for mission.
Who was the writer of Acts? Why is that important as we start to walk through this book? As the church starts, what we find is a man more intent on pointing us to Christ than towards himself. Week one of the book of Acts.
Why do we need to be reminded to "remember" our God? Because we all too often forget him! Why should we remember him and why is it important? And what does it mean exactly to "fear" God? We pray this message encourages you to remember the goodness of God in Jesus and that a healthy fear of God should cause us to run TO Him instead of FROM Him.
Is wisdom the ultimate goal? Why is it that those who are foolish and make great gains in underhanded ways without wisdom flourish? As a Christian where is our ultimate hope in? Wisdom? Jesus...
Most of us have bought into the lie that if we just have a little bit more in our paychecks or a certain car or the house of our dreams, then we'd be happy and content. But Ecclesiastes reminds us that the craving for 'more' is never ending and really a striving after the wind. So where does our satisfaction come from? Is this available for everyone?
What are the keys to kingdom living? How does a Christ follower live out their faith in a lost world? By pursuing contentment in what we have, learning to be teachable and in partnership with each other.
We live in a world that's filled with injustice. We see it on the nightly news, the places we live and work and even within our very homes. So what does the Bible teach us about God's justice? Where is our hope? And ultimately how did Jesus absorb the justice of God for the unjust in this world.
In this beautiful poem in Ecclesiastes 3, we see the sovereign hand of God as he holds it all together. But what does that mean for me? Our life is but a season, with a beginning and end but what we do with it matters!
If you could experience all this world had to offer in every imaginable way, do you think you would be fulfilled? Solomon actually did search for happiness and contentment in every pleasure, all wisdom and even in work and yet he said it was futile. A chasing after the wind. So then, what is there? A life in Christ is the only thing that not only satisfies but brings purpose and meaning to pleasure, wisdom and work.
We all chase meaning in this life. Family, success, status... you name it and we believe that what we can accomplish will bring us contentment and satisfaction. But. It. Doesn't. So what can we learn from an ancient book of the Bible? For starters, that we were made for something more!
Jesus included a pray to keep us from temptation but also a solution when we are facing a testing or trial? What does this mean for the life of the believer? How should we pray through our temptations and testings? Jesus gives us the answer.
Have you ever struggled to forgive someone who has hurt or harmed you deeply? As a Christian, how does this impact our life in Christ? In learning to pray, we are reminded that we too need to forgive because in Christ we've been forgiven much.
As we learn to pray like Jesus, He reminds us that one of our primary concerns would be putting our faith and trust in God as our provider in all areas of life. This includes both our daily physical needs as well as our eternal, spiritual needs.
Brandon Hughes steps into the pulpit to share how praying is not just about getting things but connecting with the Father. And what a world of difference it can make when we pray for the Lord's will instead of our own.
To start learning how to pray, we must first know who we are praying too. When we pray, we are talking to our perfect Heavenly Father and this is so crucial to a praying life.
As we start a 6-week series on prayer, specifically on the Lord's Prayer, we first need to have a good understanding of what prayer is, to whom do we pray and roadblocks to praying. In this sermon, we take a brief overview of prayer and how this will lead us to ask each week, "Lord, Teach us to Pray."
What is love? Where does true love come from? And how does our understanding of the love of God change us? As we finish up a short series on discipleship, we look at how love from the Father empowers us to love others but only first abiding in His love.
1 John 4:19; Ephesians 2:1-10
What does it mean to follow Christ? Is it simply trying to be a good person and follow the Bible? Or is it a perpetual death to ourselves? What did Jesus have to say about following him? Ultimately it was never meant to be easy but it is better, even if it costs us everything?
Does God seek us or do we seek him? Is God even reachable if we do seek Him out? And if God does seek us, what does this mean for the believer? This is the first sermon in a 3-week series on the values of our church... seek. follow. love.