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Nathan Lawson’s sermon on “Descriptions of Christ’s Church” used the scriptures to illuminate different perspectives of Christ’s Church.  Starting with Matthew where Jesus declares He will build His church and ending in Revelations with the marriage of the Lamb and His bride, Nathan exhorted us to complete commitment.

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Some notable quotes were: “Can you allow God to come alive in your vessel?”, “We need to be able to step away from the world”, and “Having looked at the descriptions of the Church, would you live for Jesus and be true and good?”.

Nathan used the following scriptures: Matt. 16:18, Acts 20:28, Eph. 2:19-21, 5:25-27,  1 Pt. 2:4-5 +9, Titus 2:11-15, Rev. 7:13-14, 14:12, 19:7-9

Listen to audio of the sermon here ->  1-24-2015 sermon   (30 min)

Nathan Lawson is an Elder at the Conroe Church of God 7th Day and lives in Conroe, TX.  He is the retired pastor of the Conroe church and was preaching by request.

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January 17th, 2015 – Sermon on “Under Pressure” by Erik Dunn

Erik Dunn’s sermon on “Under Pressure” centered around the daily pressures Christians face, the reasons for the stress and some ways to avoid stress. Erik used examples from Jesus’ life when different factions wanted Him to become what they envisioned the Savior to be.

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Some notable quotes were: “We are a new creation and are sons and daughters” and “If you seek after a life (of) pleasing God, He will teach you..”

Erik used the following scriptures: John 6:14-15, 30, 35-38, John 7:1, 1 Cor 7:23

Listen to audio of the sermon here -> 1-17-2015 sermon   (47 min)

Eric Dunn is a pastor at the North Houston COG7 and was speaking today by request.

 

 

 

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Alex Del Toro’s sermon on “Elijah’s God: The same yesterday, today and tomorrow” was a comparison between the God of the Old Testament and the God of the New Testament. Alex used Elijah’s confrontation with Ahab to illustrate his points that included how we love the New Testament God and Alex Del Torowonder about the Old Testament God. A notable quote is ” It’s the same God and He loves richly and deeply”.

Alex used the following scriptures:  1 Kings 18:1-39, Rom. 5:8

Listen to audio of the sermon here ->  1-10-2015 sermon  (36 min)

Alex is from San Antonio, TX and is the associate pastor at the Triple Tree COG7 church there.  He preached today by invitation

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John Crisp’s sermon on “The Ten: Our Moral GPS” was a core beliefs sermon covering the Ten Commandments, their meaning in the New Testament era and how we should respect and obey them. A few quotes are: “It is Jesus that justifies, no question”, “They are not 10 suggestions, but 10 commandments” and “If we look to the world for moral guidance, we will become lost”.

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Listen to audio of the sermon here ->  1-3-2015 sermon  (27 min)

John Crisp is an Elder at the Conroe Church of God 7th Day and lives in Conroe, TX and preached by invitation as he does on a regular basis

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Nathan Lawson’s sermon on “The Jesus of the Bible” was a central core belief sermon about the primacy of Jesus in our salvation. Nathan repeated the theme in many ways and some quotes from the sermon are: “To believe in Jesus is a life changing experience”, “If you haven’t fully given Him your heart, then you are falling short” and “I want to see Jesus when He comes again”. Nathan also explained white horses and doves for all those that have wondered how they relate to heavenly places.

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Nathan used the following scriptures: John 3:16-21, 2 Cor. 5:17, 1 John 1:5-9, 2:3-6, Phil. 3:10-11, Rev. 11:15

Listen to audio of the sermon here ->  12-27-2014 sermon  (44 min)

Nathan Lawson is an Elder at the Conroe Church of God 7th Day and lives in Conroe, TX.
He is the retired pastor of the Conroe church and was preaching by request.

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December 20th, 2014 – Sermon on “Cry Out” by Mickey Banda

Mickey Banda’s sermon on “Cry Out – Five things we learn from Newborns” was about how we need to cry out to God for our every need.  He made 5 points based on newborn babies’ needs and used his testimony about his own children and an advertisement video from Huggies to illustrate his points.

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Mickey used the following scriptures: Matt. 18:1-6, Rom. 8:15, 1 Peter 2:1-2, Rom. 13:12-14, Heb. 3:7-8 + 11, Matt. 12:46

Listen to audio of the sermon here ->  12-20-2014 sermon   (21 min)

Mickey Banda comes from The Open Door Church of God (7th Day) in Houston, Texas and was preaching by request

 

 

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December 13th, 2014 – Sermon on “If” by John Brann

John Brann’s sermon on “If” focused on the differences between beliefs about individual salvation. He gave good explanations of the main positions and ended by emphasizing the scriptural basis for conditional salvation, hence the “If”.  Some notable quotes were: “God will never, ever violate our free will”, “If we hold fast until the end”, and ” We are not saved unless we remain in Christ and that is where the “If” comes in”.

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John used the following scriptures: Parts of John 10 and Romans 8, Heb. 2:1-3, 3:4-6, 3:12-14, 6:1-8, 10:23-31, 10:37-39

Listen to audio of the sermon here -> 12-13-2014 sermon   (42 min)

John Brann is a member of the Conroe COG7 and was preaching by request.

 

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December 6th, 2014 – Sermon on “Dance” by Frank Banda

Frank Banda’s sermon on “Dance” focused on our giving up our inhibitions to dance before the Lord in the Spirit, if not the flesh.  In doing this, Frank used the incident in 2 Samuel where David attempted to move the Ark of the Covenant. Frank used a dramatic narrative describing the problems David ran into and the ultimate resolution.  FrankBanda

Some interesting quotes from the sermon are:  “This is not going to end well”, Don’t call me, I’ll call you”, “It is only in God’s Presence that we find blessings”, “Lose those things that are holding you back”.

Frank used the following scriptures:  1 Sam. 7, 2 Sam. 6-12, Ish.6.

Listen to audio of the sermon here -> 12-6-2014 sermon

(35 min)

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JodyJody McCoy’s sermon on “An Attitude of Gratitude” examined the concept of being too comfortable to do God’s Will. Jody took issue with the things that keep us too comfortable and gave the remedies. Some notable quotes are: “comfort becomes our value system”, “the more we have, the less we appreciate what we have”, “the way we learn to value things is often by losing them”.

Jody used 1 Chron. 16:34 as his scripture.

Listen to audio of the sermon here ->  11-29-2014 sermon  (32 min)

Jody attends a COG7 church in Austin, TX where he lives and he preaches by request in Conroe from time to time.

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Nathan Lawson’s sermon on “The Mathematics of Christian Life” took 4 basic principals of math: division, subtraction, addition and multiplication and applied the scriptures appropriate to each principal as it relates to our life as Christians. Some notable quotes are: “Adding the things into our life that nathan2give us the beauty of Jesus’ character” and “If you are willing to do the subtraction, I (God) will provide the addition”.

Nathan used the following scriptures: 2 Cor. 5:10, Heb. 4:12, Heb. 12:1-2, Phil. 4:13, 2 Tim. 2:21, 2 Pt. 1:3-11, 2 Cor. 9:11

Listen to audio of the sermon here ->  11-22-2014 sermon  (41 min)

Nathan Lawson is an Elder at the Conroe Church of God 7th Day and lives in Conroe, TX.

He is the retired pastor of the Conroe church and was preaching by request.

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