South Union Sermons

The Witness of Worship

Bottom line: When we worship God in the middle of our circumstances, our worship becomes a witness to the people watching us.

The Reward Or Worship

Bottom line: When God becomes our greatest desire, His presence becomes our greatest reward.

The Cost Of Worship

Bottom line: The greatest act of worship is not the song we sing, but the life we surrender.

The Heart Of Worhip

Bottom line: God doesn’t simply save us from something. He saves us for something. He saves us to know Him, love Him, enjoy Him, and worship Him forever.

The Principles Of Worship

Bottom line: Worship is not something we attend. Worship is Someone to whom we surrender. That Someone is Jesus Christ. If worship only happens while we’re singing on Sunday morning, then we’ve missed what the Bible teaches. The Bible presents worship as a way of life. Worship is the daily response of a heart that has encountered the living God.

The Reassuring Words Of God

The Bottom Line: Reassurance can only be felt as we choose to heed the reassuring words of God.

A Nation’s Greatest Need

Bottom line: A nation’s greatest need is for her people to humbly trust and obey God.

God Said

Will we live by what God said or by what Satan said? Bottom Line: God said it! That settles it!

Faith Still Speaks

Bottom line: A life lived faithfully for Jesus, leaves of legacy faith that speaks loudly to others about Jesus. Abel’s life challenges us to ask ourselves one simple question: What will still be speaking after I'm gone? Will it be my achievements? My possessions? My hobbies? Or my faith? The author of Hebrews says Abel still speaks because: He worshiped by faith. He obeyed by faith. He left a…

Making The Most Of Your Time

Bottom Line: Wise people invest their time in what matters most because time is short, eternity is long, and opportunities do not last forever.

Remembering God's Faithfulness

Bottom line: God calls His people to remember His faithfulness so future generations will trust Him too. Remembrance is important. It’s important to a nation. It’s important to individuals. What we remember is important: those who sacrificed for our freedoms; and God’s faithfulness that has brought us to where we are today. remembering God’s faithfulness gives us confidence for the future. And…

Stepping Into Your Next Season

Bottom line: You can step confidently into your next season because God goes with you.

Great Faith

Bottom line: Great faith is not trusting God to do what you want; it’s trusting God to do what is right.

The World Changer

Bottom line: By sharing the gospel message we can still see Jesus turn the world upside down. In Acts 17, Paul and Silas (second missionary journey – fulfilling the commission that Jesus gave in Mk 16) enter the city of Thessalonica and begin preaching the gospel of Christ, i.e. fulfilling the mission that the Mission Giver gave. In just three weeks, something incredible happens: lives are…

Facing The Giant

Bottomline: You can't have a win without a fight.

The Mission Giver

Bottom line: The One who completed His mission of crucifixion and resurrection has assigned us the mission of His crucifixion and resurrection’s proclamation. Are we still standing at the tomb…amazed but silent? Or have we stepped into the mission…faithful and going? - Because the same Jesus who walked out of that grave…is the same Jesus who says to you today: “Go.”

The Stone Roller

There are moments where it feels like a stone has been rolled into place…and everything you hoped for is now sealed behind it. That is exactly what it felt like when Jesus body was laid in the tomb and the stone was rolled into place. All hope was lost. But what nobody realized…is that God was about to roll that stone away and reveal that a dead man had come alive. God is a stone roller, and dead…

The Crucified One

Bottom line: The Crucified One took our place so we could take His. We are guilty of sin. Our sin calls for death. God loves us, but justice cannot be set aside. Therefore, God took the punishment for us. Jesus, the innocent, died for the guilty (us). He took our place on the cross as surely as He took Barabbas’ place on the cross.

The Tempted Man

Bottom line: Our greatest temptation to sin is not to choose to do wrong but to choose not to do right, to surrender, and to trust God when obedience is hard. If we're going to follow the example of Jesus in the Garden then we have to surrender to our Heavenly Father. 1) Surrender begins in prayer. 2) Surrender requires trust. 3) Surrender is a daily choice.

The Great Servant

Bottom line: We come to the table to receive grace, but we push away from the table to give grace. Jesus is the great servant. He has given us an example to follow. Because the Christian life is not just about finding a seat at the table. It is about picking up the towel and serving the needs of others.

The Majestic King

Bottom line: The majestic King humbly serves our greatest need.

The Mercy Giver

Bottom line: Mercy comes running to the one who cries for mercy and relies on grace.

The Consecration

Bottom line: Only by being truly consecrated to Jesus and His mission can a person ever truly feel fulfillment in life.

The Christ (The Fix)

Only by admitting he has fallen can a man ever begin to be fixed. Only by confession of sin and Christ as Lord can a sinner be saved. Only be confessing we aren't doing what we were made to do can we ever begin to get back up.

The Creation (The Fall)

Bottom line: When it comes to doing what you were made to do, you may have fallen but it doesn't mean you can't get back up. There is a fix. His name is Jesus.

Protect And Run

Bottom line: Wisdom implores us to protect sexual fidelity and flee sexual immorality.

Wisdom's Path

Bottom line: The wise choose the path that leads to God’s favor and blessings. Five keys to following the path God directs: Remember God's Words, Trust God's Plan, Walk God's Path, Steward God's Blessings, and Receive God's Correction.

Guard & Guide

Bottom line: Guarding our hearts diligently directs us to the right destination wisely. Proverbs 4:20-27 gives a pretty detailed list to follow if we want to guide our lives to the right destination. 1) Listen To God's Word Attentively 2) Guard Our Hearts Diligently 3) Speak Our Words Carefully 4) Walk Life's Path Wisely

The Beginning Of Wisdom

Bottom line: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Wisdom is for everyone: simple, young, old. We never graduate from our need to increase in wisdom. We need to receive it because it is valuable. It's value is seen in that when you follow and apply it, you end up in the right place: right place in life, marriage, school, career, work, relationships, ministry, finances, etc. Wisdom…

The Fulfillment Of Hope

Bottom line: Our greatest hope is fulfilled in a personal relationship with Jesus. The promise of hope was the birth of a Savior, a Rescuer. He has come, but has he BECOME your personal Savior.

Hope Has Come

Bottom line: All who accept the invitation to come and see their hope has come will leave glorifying and praising God.

Hope's Promise

Hope's promise finds it ultimate fulfillment in the coming Redeemer's birth from the virgin's womb and the empty tomb. Hope's promise is fulfilled in us when we trust Jesus as our Savior.

The Hope Of Rescue

Bottom line: The Hope of Christmas is the sinner’s hope of rescue from sin and its penalty.

Jesus' Thanksgiving Meal

Bottom line: Communion is the expression of our appreciation for God’s work and blessings of salvation.

Stranded Without A Man

Bottom Line: All those who choose to look away from the pool and look to Jesus instead, will be saved from the pool.

Family Roles

Do you know your role? Family works best when we fulfill the role God designed us for.

Last Day On Earth

Bottom line: You’re not ready for your last day until you trust in the Living God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Provoking God

Bottom line: When we act presumptuously either through self will or demonic devices we provoke God. 1 Kings 22:51-2 Kings 1:17

Rock Bottom

Bottom line: God seeks us out in mercy at rock bottom to recover and restore us to His use. Life is filled with Mountain Top and Rock Bottom experiences. God is with us in both. And He will use us and restore us and rejuvenated us if need be. Elijah needed Emotional ventilation, physical rejuvenation, and spiritual restoration. When we find ourselves discouraged and depressed, we will need the…

Promise Keeper

Bottom line: We claim the promise(s) of God in believing prayer. God is the promise keeper. Some promises are universal. Some are personal. Of those, some are unconditional and some are conditional. We claim the universal and conditional promises are of God in believing prayer. We learn from Elijah how to position ourselves alone in prayer, posture ourselves humbly in prayer, present our claim of…

150 Years Of Preaching At South Union

South Union has told the world about a place (Bethlehem, Calvary, and Heaven), a person (Jesus Christ's virgin birth, victorious life, and vicarious death), a gospel to be preached, and a promise to be believed (Jesus' return, reward, and resting place).

The Main Event

Bottom line: If need be, get off the fence and serve the living God.

Moving Training Camp

Bottom line: A faith that stands with courage in the fight is a faith that has been trained to fight. The purpose for training Elijah was so that Elijah would be ready to fight, to be used of God to do the impossible in the minds of the people – prove God is not dead!

Training Camp

Bottom line: God sends us to training camp to increase our faith, trust, obedience, and usefulness for what He calls us to do.

God's Not Dead

Bottom line: God lives and uses those who will live for Him.

Following, Fishing, & Feeding

Bottom line: We've been called to follow Jesus, fish for men, and feed the sheep.

The Story Of Scripture

Patiently Trusting God

Bottom line: We can patiently trust and seek the help of God in prayer because He is always in control.

Counting The Cost

Bottom line: It's worth the cost to carry the gospel to the lost.

Winner By Submission

Bottom line: We win the greater blessings of God by submitting to Him.