Sermons Category: Books of the Bible

Dean Elliott begins our Christmas mini-series, “What’s in the Box?”  We have all seen a child open a present and be disappointed with the gift, or perhaps remember opening one ourselves where we were disappointed with the contents.  Matthew 13:1-23 seeks to answer the questions:  If Jesus is the King, where’s the kingdom and why aren’t […]

David denHartog shares a short devotional from Members of the Cleburne Bible Church family share testimonies of Thanksgiving and Praise. (The video recording is of the 10:45 AM service.  The audio recording is of the 9:00 AM service.)

Dean Elliott teaches from Psalm 36 and Romans 1:18-21.  If you don’t put the big thing you are dealing with into perspective, it can be all consuming and seem bigger than it really is.  But even perspective can be distorted and so you need reference points.  Distorting the size and goodness of God, leads to […]

David denHartog continues the Behold the King  series, teaching through Matthew 12:38-50.  He is often asked is it possible for a house to be haunted, but this metaphor is for the house of Israel.  We can also apply the 4 important responses to God found in this section of Scripture.  How do we keep the enemy […]

David denHartog continues the Behold the King series from Matthew.  If the check engine light comes on in your car, then you know that there is a problem with the engine of the car.  At the end of Matthew 12:15-37, Jesus says, “for out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.”  The check […]

Continuing the Behold the King series, Dean Elliott teaches on Matthew 12:1-14.  In this next section, Jesus illustrates “come to me and I will give you rest.”  God gave us a Sabbath rest so that we would stop and rest.  He has made promises that He will fulfill.

Dean Elliott continues the Behold the King  series with Matthew 11:20-30.  When we encounter difficult circumstances and hardships, we can have peace and joy when we come before the Lord and say, “okay, your will be done,” instead of striving to make it though on our own.  Our problem comes from our expectations, not a lack […]

David denHartog begins again the Behold the King series with Matthew 11:1-19.  We all live with expectations – in  marriage, with our family, in our community, for our church, of God.  They often show up in what we pray about.  And often, our expectations are dashed or broken.  This can bring doubt – about God or […]

On Missions Awareness Sunday, David denHartog teaches from the book of Micah.  We make a difference by being imitators of God.  What is God like that we can imitate?  Micah is a book that tells us what God is like.  And Micah 6:8 tells us how we can imitate God.  You can make a difference…especially […]

Dean Elliott finishes the series, Connecting in Community,  by teaching from Ephesians 4:25-5:1.  In this passage, there are two basic strategies that are associated with our old man – instinctive to us.  The writer of Ephesians, Paul, identifies them at the the beginning of the passage, and then develops them in three ways.  Paul uses the metaphor […]

Dean Elliott continues the series, Connecting in Community.  We are dressed up with the righteousness of Christ, and have a new mindset about what will work.  Our mindset is an obstacle that will keep us from fitting in and experiencing true community.  Ephesians 4:17-24 contrasts the way the world thinks and the way the Christian thinks. […]

David denHartog continues the series, Connecting in Community, teaching from Ephesians 4:7-16.  Children often want to be older than they actually are and be all growed up.  We all want to grow up physically.  Individuals also grow spiritually.  As individuals mature spiritually, so does the church they are a part of.  What are the characteristics of […]

David denHartog teaches from Ephesians 4:1-6 on “Balancing the Scales,” the first of a four part series, Connecting in Community.  Scales in Biblical times had one side for holding a standard unit of measurement, and the other side holding what needed to be weighed.  In Ephesians 4:1, Paul is beseeching us to balance the scales […]

Dean Elliott teaches from 2 Timothy 1-2.  In church life,  and if we are successful with grace and truth, one will run into a lot of strange characters.  We can spend a lot of time and energy deciding who’s saved and who’s not.  But God says that that isn’t to be our focus.  He is […]

David denHartog explains the last three steps of the re:generation ministry.  Its what you’re hooked to in life that makes all the difference.  Some are hooked to an addiction; some to the American dream; some to the daily treadmill of everyday living; some to sports.  The problem is that most of us won’t admit that […]

David denHartog continues the series on the re:gen ministry, covering steps 7, 8, and 9.  When you pull weeds from the garden bed, you must also get the root – or the weed will grow right back.  The same is true of our sins and struggles – they must be dealt with at the root […]

Dean Elliott explains steps 4, 5, and 6 of the re:generation ministry.  He helps us understand the idea behind and the Biblical foundation of each step.

Dean Elliott begins to explain the ministry of “re:generation.”  What does regeneration mean?  re:generation is a 12-step program designed to bring God back into the 12-step process, and give the church an opportunity to speak the healing of Jesus Christ into the lives of people.  What are the first three steps of the program?  What […]

Pride is the engine that drives all (or nearly all) sin.  David denHartog teaches us how and when pride entered the universe, and then how it moved into the world of men and women.  Pride and sin is now part of our lives.  We also learn some of the symptoms of pride and how to […]

David denHartog teaches through Mark 10:35-52.  Jesus asks a pair of brothers in this text, and he also asks a blind beggar: What do you want out of life?  We can learn much from their answers, and from Jesus’ responses to them.  How would you answer Jesus?  What do you want?

Dean Elliott teaches from James 5:7-17, a continuation from last week.  We are all capable of being ticking time bomb – exploding when our wants are not met in the way we want them.  But God has provided a way for us to disarm the bomb of our flesh and to reconnect with Him.  Will […]

Dean Elliott continues the Disagreements Without Division series by teaching from James 4:1-6.  Do you remember that you are always capable of being the bad guy?  Why do we forget to be slow to speak and slow to anger?  If we don’t disarm our broken hearts from the issue at hand, whatever the conflict is, and […]

David denhartog wraps up “Disagreements Without Division,” with part three focusing on how best to approach disagreements that are about the gray areas of how we are to live out the Christian life.  He teaches us five major principles of Scripture through which we must think as we make decisions about the little things in […]

David denHartog continues the series, “Disagreements Without Division,” by looking at three vignettes in the book of Acts.  There were disagreements in the growing church and we can see the solutions that maintained the unity of the Spirit and the bond of peace.  We can use these equations for solution in our own lives and […]

Tom Worthley teaches on Father’s Day on one of the greatest gifts a father can give to his kids is to fear the Lord himself.  To fear the Lord brings joy, peace, and security to our lives.  Tom uses Proverbs 14:26-27 to help us better understand what it means to fear the Lord.  He also […]