Holy Joys Sermons: Recent Episodes
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Johnathan Arnold addresses the question "What is the gospel?" by drawing on various Scriptures.
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Johnathan Arnold preaches the resurrection of Christ from various texts on Easter Sunday. On the third day, Christ truly rose again from the dead, with body and soul, to overcome death, declare his Lordship, and begin the work of making all things new. Because he lives, we may be raised by his power to a new life, share in the righteousness which he obtained for us by his death, and enjoy the sure pledge that our bodies shall also be raised in glory.
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Johnathan Arnold preaches for Palm/Passion Sunday from Numbers 21:4–9 on how the sign of the bronze serpent points to Christ's head-crushing victory over Satan, "that old serpent."
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Johnathan Arnold draws from Colossians 1:28 and other passages of Scripture to explain the process of spiritual formation towards maturity in Christ.
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Johnathan Arnold teaches from 1 Timothy 3 and other key passages on the biblical offices of elder and deacon. Download the handout at holyjoys.org/elders-deacons.
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Johnathan Arnold preaches on seeing Jesus in all of Scripture, using the story of Joseph in Genesis 37–50 as a case study, drawing applications for those in need of what Christ the true Joseph still offers today.
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Johnathan Arnold preaches a narrative sermon on Leah's struggle to earn her husband's affection.
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Johnathan Arnold preaches on Genesis 6:6 in light of God's immutability and impassibility.
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Johnathan Arnold preaches a Christmas communion sermon as the conclusion to an Advent series on Christ as our Prophet, Priest, and King. See the article "'Christmas' Means 'the Lord's Supper on Christ's Day'" at holyjoys.org.
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Johnathan Arnold continues his Advent sermon series on Waiting for Christ: Prophet, Priest, and King.
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Johnathan Arnold continues his Advent series on waiting for Christ—Prophet, Priest, and King.
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Johnathan Arnold preaches the first sermon in an Advent sermon series titled "Waiting for Christ."
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Johnathan Arnold preaches on why sanctification and entire sanctification are a blessing, not a burden, and addresses frequently asked questions on the doctrine of holiness.
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Travis Johnson preaches a message of comfort from Psalm 73 on keeping an eternal perspective in times of suffering and grief.
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Johnathan Arnold continues his series on union with Christ, preaching from Ephesians 1 on how God makes us his sons by uniting us with his only begotten Son of God. Jesus Christ is the true Son of God because he is eternally begotten of the Father; we are adopted sons through union with Christ.
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Johnathan Arnold continues his sermon series on union with Christ, explaining from 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12, and Ephesians 4, that since everyone who is united with Christ the Head is also united with his Body the Church, life in Christ only makes sense in community.
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Johnathan Arnold continues his series on union with Christ: "Holy Marriage: The One-Flesh Union as a Sign of the Church's One-Spirit Union with Christ (Ephesians 5:22–33)."
Topics addressed:
- Marriage
- Divorce
- Adultery
- Love and submission
- Genesis 2
- 1 Corinthians 6
- Ephesians 5
- Matthew 19
- 1 Corinthians 7
- 1 Peter 3
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Johnathan Arnold preaches the first sermon in a series on union with Christ, expounding 1 Corinthians 1:30 in light of Ephesians 1 and the rest of the New Testament with its teaching and metaphors.
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Dr. Andrew Graham speaks on sexual abuse in the CHM and how churches can do better to protect children. Learn more at www.CHMtoo.com.
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Johnathan Arnold preaches on Mary and Martha in Luke 10:38–42 and explains an ancient method for sitting and listening to Jesus through the meditative and contemplative reading of Scripture.
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A sermon on Psalm 2 and the political implications of the gospel, part of a series on Christ in all the Psalms.
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Johnathan Arnold continues his series on being "Servants Together for the Gospel," a sermon series on Paul's Letter to the Philippians. Harmony in the church requires us to be mature Christians who live virtuous lives.
To have harmony in the church, we must rise above our differences “in the Lord” (4:2); we must be humble enough to accept third-party help (4:3); we must put our differences in perspective of eternity (4:3); we must be reasonable and gentle—not rough and harsh—with one another (4:4–5); we must keep our eyes on God in prayer instead of worrying about people and circumstances (4:6–7); and we must have a positive, spiritual outlook (4:8–9).
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Johnathan Arnold continues his series on being "Servants Together for the Gospel," a sermon series on Paul's Letter to the Philippians. The perfect holiness and happiness of the life to come motivates us to press on in the Christian life at any cost.
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Johnathan Arnold continues his series on being "Servants Together for the Gospel," a sermon series on Paul's Letter to the Philippians. Christlike servants genuinely care about and gladly sacrifice for the things that Jesus cares about.
Excerpt: Paul has just come down from the glory-filled mountain of the Christ hymn, and on his way down, he has exhorted the Philippians with shining face to work out their own salvation by following Christ’s example of obedience. Jesus looked to the interests of others and became a servant, even to the point of death. Now, at the bottom of the mountain, at the end of Chapter 2, Paul sets before them Timothy and Epaphroditus, as if to say, “Here are two men who practice what I’ve been preaching. Follow them as they follow Christ.”
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This sermon on Nehemiah 9, preached on May 15, 2022, by Johnathan Arnold, introduces the story of the Old Testament and traces its fulfillment to Jesus Christ in the New Testament. The better we understand the Old Testament, the better we will understand Jesus and the gospel.
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Part 2 of a sermon series on Philemon, preached by David Fry on February 6, 2022.
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A Mother's Day sermon, preached by Johnathan Arnold on May 8, 2022. See also: https://holyjoys.org/mary-mother-of-god/
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Johnathan Arnold preaches a homily on Thomas, commonly called "Doubting Thomas."
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Johnathan Arnold preaches on the resurrection of the dead from 1 Corinthians 15:12–28 to a congregation that recently faced several deaths. The resurrection of Christ guarantees the resurrection of the dead—that at the end of the age, the bodies of all the dead will be raised from their graves. This sermon, "Resurrected Christ Means Resurrected Bodies," will be followed by a second sermon, "Resurrected Christ Means Resurrected World."
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Paul wrote to address a pastoral problem: some of the Corinthians did not believe in the “resurrection of the dead” (that at the end of the age the bodies of the dead will be raised from their graves).
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Jesus also encountered people who didn’t believe in the resurrection of the dead: a Jewish religious group known as the Sadducees.
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One of the earliest Christian heresies, called Gnosticism, viewed spirit as good and matter as evil, and thus rejected the resurrection of the body.
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While most Christians today do not deny the resurrection of the dead, they focus almost entirely on the salvation of “never-dying souls” and imagine their eternal existence as less than fully physical.
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Paul argues that the resurrection of Jesus and the resurrection of the dead are inseparable; to deny one is to deny the other.
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The resurrection of Jesus is not an isolated event in human history; it is the firstfruits of the general resurrection—the beginning of the resurrection of all flesh.
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Salvation is physical, not just spiritual; the resurrection of the Second Adam secures the salvation of our bodies which became subject to death through the First Adam’s sin.
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The resurrection of the body is what gives us hope for our loved ones who have died in Christ.
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Johnathan Arnold preaches an Easter sermon on 1 Peter 3:18–22. The sermon manuscript is available at holyjoys.org.
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A Palm Sunday sermon on Zechariah 9:9–13. Topics include:
- The triumphal entry
- Palm Sunday
- Passover
- Exile and exodus
- Blood of the covenant
- The kingdom of God
- Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday
- The descent to the dead
- The conquering of death and Hades
- The unending kingdom
- Peace
David Fry preaches a sermon on the death of Christ for our sins: "Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures" (1 Corinthians 15:3).
Johnathan Arnold continues a series on Philippians titled "Servants Together for the Gospel." The only way to maintain gospel unity in the church is to set aside our selfishness and pride by following Jesus’s example of servanthood and humility.
- The church is called to gospel unity.
- Gospel unity is hindered by selfishness and pride.
- The only way to maintain gospel unity is to follow Jesus’s example of servanthood and humility.
- Servanthood and humility is the path to exaltation and honor in God’s kingdom.
Johnathan Arnold continues a series on Philippians titled "Servants Together for the Gospel." A life worthy of the gospel is spent working and suffering together with the body of Christ for the sake of the gospel.
Johnathan Arnold continues a series on Philippians titled "Servants Together for the Gospel." Be so radically devoted to Jesus that the uncertainty of life is swallowed up in the certainty that Christ will be honored by your service, come what may. For the radically devoted servant of Christ, life is about serving Jesus, and death is about seeing him.
Travis Johnson continues his sermon series on Psalms 22, 23, and 24 by looking at Psalm 23 in light of Jesus the Good Shepherd.
Johnathan Arnold continues a series on Philippians titled "Servants Together for the Gospel." The gospel often advances through unlikely circumstances and people.
Johnathan Arnold continues a series on Philippians titled "Servants Together for the Gospel." God will complete the work which he begins in his people, making us fully committed to the cause of the gospel and helping us to live out the gospel in our lives.
Johnathan Arnold introduces a sermon series on the book of Philippians by looking at Philippians 1:1–2 and the backstory in Acts 16. The founding of the Philippian church is a testimony to the fact that God’s power and providence work through his servants, enabling us to do what we could never do on our own.