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Poolesville Baptist Church SermonsWeekly sermons by Pastor Jace Broadhurst. Browse the list of MP3 files below to listen or download them individually, or click here to subscribe and automatically receive notice of new files as they are added. You can also click here to return to the home page. If Anyone Else Tells Me that He is Working it Out for My Good . . . (James 1:2-4)Presented by Jace Broadhurst Sometimes life sucks. Let's be honest. Sometimes the struggles get the best of us and we wonder if we can or should hold onto our faith. And if one more well-meaning, happy Christian tells us that God is working this huge weighty struggle out for our good, they might just get a punch in the nose. That tension is part of living in the wilderness before all is made well and my guess is that you need some empathy and some gentle encouragement to help you find joy in struggles. That's what this week will be about - considering it joy when we fall into suffering because of what God is working out in us. In case you, like me, often forget what Jesus did, let me remind you that he suffered, submitted, and was made perfect (Heb. 5) for us. To download the MP3 file to your computer, right-click here and select "Save Target As" To download a transcript of this podcast, right click here and select "Save Target As" On Becoming a Slave of Christ (James 1:1)Presented by Jace Broadhurst I am really looking forward to living eternally with a 26 year old body, playing cards with Grandma and Grandpa, and strolling down streets of gold with a lion walking beside me. Surely, that's what heaven will be like, right? But regardless of what that future life looks like, I have to ask the question that so often weighs us down; what about right now? Is there a way to be happy now? How should I live this life that will bring the most glory to God and the most happiness to me? And I don't think that is a selfish question. Over the next year or so, I want us to think about how life is practically lived and how that will benefit each of us. I want us to think about how we should deal with suffering, how we should react to wealth or poverty, how we should talk to one another, how we should respond to conflict, how we should show mercy,in short, how we should live life day to day. The book of James has a lot to say about that and I would like to focus our time there for the foreseeable future. To download the MP3 file to your computer, right-click here and select "Save Target As" To download a transcript of this podcast, right click here and select "Save Target As" Resolved: That the Next Generation Might Hope in God (Joshua 24:29-33)Presented by Jace Broadhurst In 1994, Deborah Kemp turned from paying the gas attendant to see someone hijacking her car. She engaged. After being dragged several blocks by the man driving her car, she succeeded in pulling him from the car, breaking both his legs, and sending him to the hospital with numerous head injuries. Why was it this important to hold on? Her six year old Ashley was in the back seat.What would you be willing to do to save your children from danger? It's a new year and many of us make a few resolutions. Far more important than you getting in shape or getting that raise is our calling to raise a new generation to hope in God. And that calling is not just for parents. I resolve this year with Joshua: as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Will you join me? To download the MP3 file to your computer, right-click here and select "Save Target As" Silent Night, Subversive Night: who will be the Savior, Messiah, and Lord? (Luke 2:1,11,14)Presented by Jace Broadhurst About 2000 years ago, we read, that a child was conceived via a woman and a deity. We read that this one was to bring peace and good tidings of joy. We read that He was the savior of the world, Messiah, and Lord. He was to be worshipped as the Son of God. Twenty-five years later, Jesus was born. Considering the majesty of the empire and the greatness of the Caesar, imagine with me what it might have meant for someone to claim these titles for a poor baby in Bethlehem. The idea would be either lampoon or treason. And Rome was not laughing. This sermon will follow last weeks in its goal not to be cute and cuddly, but to be powerful and mind-blowing. I will seek to show you what the gospel writers are doing by contrasting the ruler of this world to the ruler of the one to come. The empire is being subverted. We have moved from de jure to de facto kingship and it is the difference between night and day when it comes to how we should live this Christmas. To download the MP3 file to your computer, right-click here and select "Save Target As" To download a transcript of this podcast, right click here and select "Save Target As" |