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Elizabeth City EMC
God called Amos, an ordinary shepherd, to be a prophetic voice to Israel, reminding us that God delights to use ordinary people for extraordinary purposes. Today, God calls every Christian to bear faithful witness to Christ in the ordinary places where He has placed us. The question is not whether God can use us, but … Continue reading A Voice For Our Time →
When the lion roars, you listen. Amos confronts a people who had lost reverence for the Holy One who both saves and judges. The call then and now is to turn and be saved before the final Day. Series: The Roar of Justice Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: Amos 1:1-2
Hebrews 11 – Faith. In our relationship with the Lord, He gives us gifts to empower us to do what He calls us to. Our faith is in our trustworthy God. Our faith is in the Lord who will take care of us. He wants us to join Him in the hope and joy that … Continue reading Faith →
We hope, soar, run and walk – Isaiah 40:31. Hope is a foundation of our faith. Hope is living (1 Peter 1:3-6) and an anchor of our souls (Heb 6:19). Speaker: Robert Jackson Scripture: Isaiah 40:31
In the final message of our Proverbs series, we will discover why we all need godly friendships (regardless of personality), how to choose them wisely, and what it looks like to be a faithful friend who reflects the love of Jesus—the friend who sticks closer than a brother. Series: Walking in Wisdom Speaker: Sean Scribner … Continue reading Wise Relationships →
Wise stewardship begins with the heart. The Proverbs teach us to honor God with our first fruits instead of serving mammon, pointing to Jesus who shows us the way to freedom and joyful generosity. Series: Walking in Wisdom Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: Proverbs 3:9-10
In the Proverbs, wisdom urges attention, but many disregard it for their own paths. However, those who heed wisdom find peace. Seek wisdom as a precious treasure, and you’ll be blessed. Series: Walking in Wisdom Speaker: Richard Meservey Scripture: Proverbs 1:20-33; 2:1-4; 8:1-11; and James 3:13-18
God uses all of the challenges, trials, troubles and difficulties to help us grow into mature believers. His great love for us guides and protects us. Series: Walking in Wisdom Speaker: Karl Bowden Scripture: Proverbs 3:11-12; James 1:2-4; and Job 1:20-22
This sermon explores the high value of work. Work was created by God before the fall of man into sin. God worked in creating. We have the opportunity to work and to glorify God in our work. Scripture also describes the state of laziness in a person who refuses to work. We will find fulfillment … Continue reading Wisdom and Work →
This sermon explores the immense power of our words to wound and destroy, as well as to heal and build up. It calls us to model our speech after Jesus, the perfect Word, so that our tongues reflect God’s heart and leave a legacy of life. Series: Walking in Wisdom Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: Proverbs … Continue reading Wise Words →
True knowledge—real wisdom for becoming street-smart in a godly way—is only found in the humble, honest, and reverent fear of God, who has given us his word, which points us to Christ. Series: Walking in Wisdom Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: Proverbs 1:7
The story of the dedication of Solomon’s temple teaches us that without the presence of God, the building means nothing. His presence is manifest in right worship, and his glory propels his people out. The Holy Spirit is the Father’s gift through the Son to all of his children to be his personal presence and … Continue reading When the Glory Comes Down →
Message #5 of the 2026 EMC spring revival sermon series. Series: 2026 Revival: Open Our Eyes Speaker: Dr. Steve McGuire Scripture: Galatians 4:18-19; 2 Corinthians 3:12-18
Message #4 of the 2026 EMC spring revival sermon series. Series: 2026 Revival: Open Our Eyes Speaker: Dr. Steve McGuire Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14
Message #3 of the 2026 EMC spring revival sermon series. Series: 2026 Revival: Open Our Eyes Speaker: Dr. Steve McGuire Scripture: John 12:12-26; 20:24-31
Message #2 of the 2026 EMC spring revival sermon series. Series: 2026 Revival: Open Our Eyes Speaker: Dr. Steve McGuire Scripture: John 1:35-51
Message #1 of the 2026 EMC spring revival sermon series. Series: 2026 Revival: Open Our Eyes Speaker: Dr. Steve McGuire Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8
There is no weightier topic than the eternal destiny of every living soul. Jesus had much to say about the judgment at the end of time and the fate of the righteous and the unrighteous. Series: Words That Define Us Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: Matthew 25: 31-46
Discipleship is accepting the Jesus of the Scriptures, consecrating oneself to him and to his will, and being formed, at the level of the heart, in his image. Series: Words That Define Us Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: John 6:66-69
The good news of the Gospel is that there is grace for the sinful heart that is available today! God can so transform us from the inside out that we can truly love Him with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and our neighbor as ourselves. What He commands of us, He promises to … Continue reading Sanctification →
The biblical doctrines of election and predestination affirm that God has chosen, from eternity past, to save all who are in his Son by grace through faith and that he is determined to make them his own sons and daughters forever. Series: Words That Define Us Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-6.
On the cross, Jesus proclaimed, “It is finished!” However, in 1 Corinthians 15, the Apostle Paul asserted that “if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless and you are still guilty of your sins.” How do we reconcile this apparent contradiction? If the debt of our sins was fully settled and the … Continue reading The Trinity →
On the cross, Jesus proclaimed, “It is finished!” However, in 1 Corinthians 15, the Apostle Paul asserted that “if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless and you are still guilty of your sins.” How do we reconcile this apparent contradiction? If the debt of our sins was fully settled and the … Continue reading It Is Applied →
There are seldom easy answers for the presence of specific sufferings we face in life, but because of Jesus Christ we know that we do not face them alone, nor are they without ultimate purpose. The story of Job anticipates the redeeming work of God’s Son, who joins us in our broken humanity and demonstrates … Continue reading My Redeemer Lives →
Every person who ever lived will have a continued, conscious existence beyond the grave. You will live forever, in either heaven or hell, and the only way to awake to everlasting Life on the final day is a living, personal, saving relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. Series: Shadows of Resurrection Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: … Continue reading Awake to Everlasting Life →
Sermon #4 of the Lenten series, “Shadows of Resurrection,” Series: Shadows of Resurrection Speaker: Richard Meservey Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-14
The prophet Isaiah was given a glimpse of Yahweh’s suffering servant some 700 years before he was born. With prophetic eyes, he saw the Messiah’s face, which would silence kings and startle nations. In the face of Jesus Christ, we see the unexpected. But we see the face of God, which is breathtaking and beautiful … Continue reading The Face of God →
Psalm 30 directs the hearts of sinful people away from our pride and self-reliance and to look to God for deliverance. He rescues us from our enemies, diseases, and death, but also from our sinful selves. All these promises converge in Christ and his saving work on the cross. Series: Shadows of Resurrection Speaker: Sean … Continue reading Preserved From the Pit →
During Lent, we follow Jesus to the cross, the fulfillment of God’s first promise of good news in the Garden of Eden for sinful humanity. He is the one who maps and forges the way back into right relationship with himself. Series: Shadows of Resurrection Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: Genesis 3:1-21
The grace and peace of God is multiplied in the lives of believers who continue to grow in their knowledge and experience of Jesus, who is Christ, God, Savior, and Lord. Series: Rooted In Christ Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: 2 Peter 1:1-2
Biblical faith looks beyond the world around us to the One who spoke it all into existence, and it believes and does what he says. Series: Rooted In Christ Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: Hebrews 10:36-11:1,3,6
Prayer is essential to anything that we do for the Lord. The apostle Paul urges us to make prayer a regular part of our daily walk with the Lord. He also urged us to pray for opportunities to share the Gospel. We pray for God to specifically touch hearts and open minds to His love, … Continue reading Rooted in Prayer →
To understand the nature of spiritual life, Jesus left his disciples with the metaphor of abiding in the vine. This is ultimate reality, originating from the inner life of God himself: To be is to be in intimate, mutual, abiding relationship. There is no life for the branch apart from the vine. Series: Rooted In … Continue reading Abiding in the Vine →
Paul’s ministry in Corinth was to lay a solid foundation like an “expert builder.” That foundation is nothing other than Jesus Christ—his person and his work. Only lives that are built upon him and aligned to him are able to withstand the floodwaters of life today and the fires of judgment tomorrow. Series: Rooted In … Continue reading Built Upon A Firm Foundation →
“Life is full of choices. Some lead to blessing. Others have the potential to lead to disaster. The Psalms begin with a choice between two diverging paths for living life. Which one will you choose? Series: Rooted In Christ Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: Psalm 1
A short message for Covenant Renewal Sunday Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:21-22
Followers of Jesus are not guaranteed tomorrow, nor are they granted any indicators to know exactly when the end will come. However, they are guaranteed that Christ will return to judge the world, and they are granted his presence and power in the meantime to remain faithful and to engage in mission. Speaker: Sean Scribner … Continue reading Ready for His Return →
The message of the light of Christmas brings tidings of comfort and joy for all who humble themselves in repentance and faith. But the same light that reveals can also blind, and our experience of it rests upon our response to it. Series: The Light of Hope Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: John 12:37-50
The miraculous restorative healings of Jesus served a greater purpose than merely removing illness and providing sight. They served to point to the true identity and mission of the Son of God who came to restore spiritual sight and heal us from all sin. Series: The Light of Hope Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: John 9:1-7
Jesus claimed to be the Light of the World. His exclusive person and teachings alone can reveal the truth of God in a saving way, but his offer to receive light that leads to life is extended to all. Series: The Light of Hope Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: John 8:12-20
Advent declares that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the true and ultimate Light of the world, who has stepped into the darkness of our ignorance, sin, and captivity to give us life and set us free! Series: The Light of Hope Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: John 1:1-14
The Lord of the Harvest is looking for workers who will join him in his compassion for and ministry to the world. His harvest is not made up of wheat or barley, but of the souls of people in the world he loves. We are not called to reap the entire harvest, but to participate … Continue reading The Lord of the Harvest →
Armed with the Good News of Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead, the church is called to engage the world in mission, empowered by the authority and presence of Christ himself. Series: Spend & Be Spent Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: Matthew 28: 16-20
Jesus never asked his disciples to go and be witnesses in the world in their own power. Instead he commanded them to wait for the power of the Holy Spirit to come upon them. He is the power for all Christian mission. Series: Spend & Be Spent Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: Acts 1:6-11
The Apostle Paul instructs the church to have the mind, or attitude, of Christ. As we seek to be the people of mission we are called to be, this means adopting and cultivating the attitude of Christ toward the world and follow him in his sentness to it, in love. Series: Spend & Be Spent … Continue reading The Son’s Incarnational Step →
God has given the greatest gift that he has to offer. He has sent his one and only Son into the world, not to condemn it, but to save it. He was not compelled to do this because the world was so lovely, but because of his own loving nature. Series: Spend & Be Spent … Continue reading The Father’s Sending Love →
We are challenged in Scripture to Live Right in our Public Lives, our Private Lives, and our Secret Lives. We considered several aspects of Living Right: Telling the truth and being an honest person, having a renewed mind in what we think about, and what we look at. We also want to please the Lord … Continue reading Live Right →
Focusing on the 2nd Commandment to Love our Neighbors as we love ourselves. Looking more closely at who our neighbors are: if we are married, our spouses, our children, our family members, our literal neighbors. Loving them with God’s love. Making amends with them where we need to seek forgiveness and resolve conflict. (Please note … Continue reading Love Right →
Philip ministers to the Ethiopian Eunuch. God is ready to use you at a moment’s notice. Are you ready and available? Being obedient to God’s promptings and ready to share the Good News! Speaker: Bill Allshouse Scripture: Acts 8:26-39
The invitation from Jesus is to come and be yoked to him, walking with him in every area of life. All of yourself, with all of him, everywhere you go, forever. Series: Rhythms Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: Psalm 63:1-8
The wonder one experiences while beholding the beauty in creation or the revelation in worship has the power to point them to divine truths. Attention to God’s presence and activity make awareness possible, leading to worship. Series: Rhythms Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: Psalm 63:2-3
The ultimate purpose for missional living, giving, and going is not the alleviation of human suffering, the fight for real justice in society, or even the rescue of souls from an eternity in Hell. Those purposes, however Biblical, noble, and right are subordinate to the even higher purpose of the glory and honor of Christ, … Continue reading For the Glory of God →
There is an extremely low probability that being the type of missional person God commands you to be will result in you giving up your life in death. But there is a 100% guarantee that being the missional type of person God commands you to be will require you to give up your life in … Continue reading The Promise of Better Things →
To complete what is lacking in the afflictions of Jesus means embodying the self-giving love of Christ to the world—to be spent, to give ourselves away, to be broken bread and poured out wine in person to those who need it. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Destinations Scripture: Colossians 1:23b-29
God is love. It is essential to his nature. From it he created the world, gave himself to redeem it, and makes room in his heart for you. As we think about “missions” or “outreach,” none of it makes any ultimate sense, and there is no real driving force behind it—it is even impossible to … Continue reading The Love of God in the Soul of Man →