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June 4, 2010
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The Belt of Truth sermon by
Pastor Joe
May 28, 2010
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In this first sermon series of
the new year (2010), Pastor Cam takes us on a journey
through Paul’s letter to the Colossians. This little jewel among Paul’s
letters is short, but it packs a powerful punch. Christ Above
All! That’s not only a good summary of the theme of this letter. It would
also make a good motto for life!
May 21, 2010
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This was Pastor Cam’s last sermon before leaving for 3 months’ of home leave in the US. He offers a final message of encouragement to all those who will be leaving Abu Dhabi and ECC over summer months and not returning. The message comes from Psalm 121 and is entitled My Help Comes from the Lord. In beautiful imagery and poetic language, the psalmist describes the comprehensive care and protection God offers us, no matter where we go or whatever life might hold.
May
14, 2010 Click to hear this sermon: MP3
We have completed our journey through Paul’s letter to the Colossians. In this concluding message, we step back from the canvas and our contemplation of the details and survey the big picture, the large sweep of Paul’s concerns which prompted the writing of this letter. What were the errors which were threatening the church in Colosse? In what forms do those same errors threaten Christians and churches today? Pastor Cam also turns the message into a challenge to the 31 people who were baptized at the end of the service. To them and to all followers of Christ, the challenge remains: Christ Above All! In the universe and in our lives.
May
7, 2010 Click to hear this sermon: MP3
In this message, entitled Final Instructions, taken from Colossians 4:2-6, Paul picks up on two topics that many Christians find difficult and challenging: prayer and Christian witness. As Paul challenges us to work hard at prayer and to be wise and diligent in our witness for the gospel of Christ, we find that he is still urging us to keep “our heads in the clouds and our feet on the ground.”
April 30, 2010 Click to hear this sermon: MP3
Pastor Joe Page preached from 2 Chronicles 34 - 35 showing how King Josiah demonstrated for us how we can live our lives Rightly Responding to God's Word. We do not have the text of this sermon.
April
23, 2010 Click to hear this sermon: MP3
Our God is a God of order. That order is visible in creation. God also has a plan for order in society and in families. But with the word “order” comes the word “authority”. In this message from Colossians 3:18-4:1, entitled This Pleases the Lord, we examine how the Christian’s acceptance of Christ’s authority (remember the theme: Christ Above All) affects and impacts his/her response to and exercise of authority in the home and in the workplace.
Are we Ready to Travel? In this message from Colossians 3:15-17, Pastor Cam develops the metaphor of getting ready for a school sports trip. Paul, as our coach, reminds us of the expectations and standards as we get ready to travel and represent our “team” in the tournament.
April 9, 2010
We welcomed Perrin T. Prescott, President of The Gideons International to our pulpit this week. We do not have the text of this message.
In 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, Paul summarizes the gospel message (and the message of Good Friday and Easter) in these words: Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures. What Scriptures was Paul referring to? The answer might surprise you, as we find ourselves turning back to the Old Testament and Isaiah 53 in this message entitled: According to the Scriptures.
It was a party. A victory parade. The king was coming into the city, and the people were celebrating. HERE COMES THE KING! But there are a couple of details in the account (Luke 19:28-44) that don’t quite fit. Why was Jesus riding a donkey? And why was he crying? In answering those two questions, we discover the significance of Jesus’ Triumphal Entry for the city, the nation and for us.
A Christian Dress Code. Is there such a thing? Actually there is , but it has very little to do with clothing and everything to do with character and conduct. In Colossians 3:5-14, Paul uses the metaphor of clothing and lists certain things we must “take off” and other things we are to “put on” as Christians. Find out what they are, but even more importantly, find out why it so vital to connect this message with the message from last week on the completed work of Christ.
The Colossian church was being threatened by the arrival of false teachers and false teaching. In this key section of the epistle (Colossians 2:6-3:4), Paul does two things. He warns us about the false teachers and gives us some clues on how to recognize them. He then shows us that the best way to avoid their errors is to build a strong foundation on Christ and what he has done for us. In this message, Pastor Cam likens the false teachers to wild animals in a game reserve, and warns us to Stay in the Car!
It will take us two weeks to work our way through the riches of Colossians 2:6-23. In this first message, entitled Walking in the Shadow of the Cross, we observe how Paul takes us back to the basics of the gospel and of our faith, and then urges us to continue as we began, to walk close to Christ and the gospel we first learned. We look at four different word pictures Paul uses to describe the richness of our salvation.
Mystery, riches, hidden treasure. It sounds like the ingredients of an exciting book. Instead, they are the ingredients of an exciting life, eternal life. In this message from Colossians 1:24-2:5, entitled The Mystery of the Hidden Treasure, we explore the nature and content of the mystery and also the ministry that grows out of it.
Pastor George Posthumous was the guest speaker from Pastor Cam's church in the USA. He challenged us to be sure we focus on The Cross Centered Life. Text of this message is not available at present.
Who Is Jesus? It was a question that raged when Jesus was on earth. It remains a question of considerable debate and controversy today. In this message, we look at Colossians 1:15-23, one of the richest passages in Scripture on the nature and identity of Jesus. It is a high mountain range of truth about Christ. Six particular “peaks” of truth draw our attention.
February 5, 2010
Pastor Joe Page challenged us to examine the life of missions not only in the church general but by ourselves in particular He urged us to spread the Gospel However, Where ever and with Whomever we encounter. He also shared some living examples of people from our church who are doing just this with their lives with exciting results. Regretfully, we do not have the text of this message.
In this message, Pastor Cam takes a break from our series in the Book of Colossians. In preparation for the Annual Congregational Meeting of the ECC, he reminds us all of the mission statement of the ECC. WHY ARE WE HERE? Pastor Cam puts on his “recruiting hat” and challenges us all to consider our response to 3 “M”s: Meeting, Membership and Mission.
I Am Praying for You! How often do we say that to other Christians? How often do we ask others to pray for us? But when we pray, what do we ask for? What is the content of our prayers? In this message from Colossians 1:9-14, we listen in as Paul prays for the Colossian Christians. How does his prayer list compare to ours? What does this teach us about the true priorities of life?
Our Youth Group led the worship this morning
with song, drama and message focused on Attitudes in Prayer based on Matthew
6:5-13. We currently do not have the text of the sermon yet.
In this opening paragraph of the letter (Colossians 1:1-8) Paul makes reference to the gospel and the fact that it was “bearing fruit and growing” in Colosse and all over the world. What are the signs of life that tell us the gospel is bearing fruit and growing in our lives and in our church? Find out in this message entitled: When the Gospel Bears Fruit…
Meditations on the Threshold of a New Year. As we step into 2010, a new year and a new decade, it’s a good time to stop and take stock. Where have we been? Where are we going? In this message, Pastor Cam takes us to three word pictures from the Book of Jeremiah to help us in our assessment.
What’s That Baby’s Name? It is one of the first questions we ask when we see a new baby. Names are important. So it should not surprise that as we celebrate the most important birth in the history of the world, the names given to the Baby had special significance. In this message, we explore five of the names or titles which were announced in the stories of Jesus’ birth. Putting these names together not only tells us who He is, but also why He came.
At the beginning of the new academic and church ministry
year, 4 September 2009, Pastor Cam led us in a study of the book of Joshua. In
this book of conquest and victory, failure and defeat, we learned important
lessons on the life of faith and principles of effective leadership. He gives
special attention to the lessons we need as individuals and as a church when we
press into new situations and face new challenges and frightening opposition.
In this final sermon from the Book of Joshua, we look again at Joshua’s final words. Actually there are two different addresses in chapter 23 and 24. After giving his own final words in chapter 23, Joshua assembles the nation in the presence of God for a covenant renewal ceremony. As the ceremony unfolds, one thing comes through clearly. It is A Time to Choose. “Choose you this day whom you will serve.” What was Joshua’s choice? What did the nation of Israel choose? What will our choice be?
Joshua is nearing the end of his life. He calls together the nation of Israel and its leaders to deliver his final words. We will spend two weeks in these chapters (23-24). In this first message, entitled A Time to Remember, we do two things. Pastor Cam interviews Carl and Barbara Sherbeck (Carl was the founder and first pastor of ECC) as we reflect on the history of our church. Then we look at Joshua’s history lesson to the Israelites to draw a crucial lesson, captured in the words, “It was the Lord…”
In the hierarchy of Biblical values, which is more important: truth or unity? It is a tough call to make, isn’t it? In Joshua 22, the tribes of Israel on the west of the Jordan assemble to go to war against those on the east of the river. What were they fighting to protect? Were they right or wrong? And what lessons do we learn? This message is entitled: Crisis Averted!
The land has been divided and allocated to the different tribes. But two tasks remain to be completed. Six cities are to be designated as Cities of Refuge. And the Levites are to be given cities to live in. As we read the account of these tasks being completed As the Lord Commanded… in Joshua 20-21, we ask some questions: What do these chapters teach us about God? What has changed and what remains the same?
The military conquest of Canaan was complete. It was time to divide the land. What challenges did Joshua and the Israelites still face? How did they respond? As we contemplate the challenge of claiming our own spiritual inheritance, what obstacles do we face? And how will we respond? A man named Caleb shows us the way forward in this message from Joshua 13-19 entitled: Give Me This Mountain!
How big is your God? In Joshua 10-12, the military conquest of Canaan is wrapped up. This message is entitled: The Day the Sun Stood Still. Is your God big enough to do that? What else do we learn about God in this exciting passage?
Sandwiched in the middle of chapters of great victories and military conquest, there is a strange story of the Gibeonites in Joshua 9. In this message, (entitled Deceived!) we find out what is strange in this story, why it is included in Scripture, and what we can learn from it.
Steven Guest, a former Associate Pastor of ECC, preached about God's over arching purpose for us and His most fervent Love throughout time in this sermon titled The End is the Beginning!
Three Piles of Stones. That is the title for this sermon from Joshua 7 and 8. What does each of the piles of stones found in these two chapters have to teach us? And how does this relate to our moving into our new facilities?
“Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, and the walls came a’tumblin’ down!” The words to the old spiritual are still familiar today. Joshua is forever identified with the events of Joshua 6 and the Battle of Jericho, surely one of the strangest battles ever fought. In this sermon, entitled And the Walls Came Tumbling Down, we learn lessons about God’s power, and about faith and obedience. But we also wrestle with some uncomfortable realities of life dealing with God’s hatred for sin and his judgment on those who persist in their sin.
October 9
Pastor Joe Page looked at the life of Solomon to demonstrate how we can constantly be "Remembering God in All Times". We do not have a text of this sermon.
October 2
Pastor Joe Page presented a series of short messages interspersed with music that created a whole worship service of Communion. We do not have a text of this sermon.
Joshua 5 does not make the hit parade of “favorite chapters of the Bible.” But it still contains some important lessons for believers today. Circumcision, Passover, the end of the manna and a mysterious encounter with an armed warrior; find out what these events have to teach us in the sermon called: Whose Side Are You On?
Joshua 3-4 contains the account of one of the great miracles of the Bible, as God stopped the flow of the flooded Jordan River to allow his people to cross on dry land. In this message, entitled What Do These Stones Mean? we look at what God was accomplishing in this chapter, as well as important truths for us as we desire to see the power of God at work in our lives.
In this message from Joshua 2, we explore Rahab’s Story. Why is it in the Bible and what do we learn from her story? Gathering from both Old and New Testament sources, we discover that Rahab’s story contains and illustrates three important themes, themes that resonate throughout the Scripture.
Moses My Servant is Dead. In this first sermon in a series on the book of Joshua, we look at Joshua 1 and God’s commands and promises to Joshua and discover vital truth for coping with life and work during times of transition and change such as; new job, new country, new challenges.
August 28
This is the third and last message in Pastor Joe Page's series on God's Will. Listen to hear what God's Sovereign Will is for your life. We do not have a text file for this sermon.
August 21
This, the second in Pastor Joe Page's series on God's Will, discloses the second aspect of God's Will for your life, God's Moral Will. We do not have a text file for this sermon.
August 14
Pastor Joe Page returned from his extended home leave! He began a 3 part series on God's Will. Listen to this installment to discern what God's Eternal Will is for your life. We do not have a text file for this sermon.
August 7
Kevin Philips returned again and spoke on Unleashing You From Your Past. We do not have a text file of this sermon.
July 31
Kevin Philips, new resident to the UAE spoke on So God is Going to Burn You A Bush! We do not have a text file of this sermon.
Stop Loving the World! That is the title of this final sermon from our series from the writings of John. Does that sound like a strange command? What does John mean by the word “world”? Why must we stop loving it? Why do we find this command so hard to obey? What is at stake? John answers all these questions in I John 2:15-17.
Every Christian struggles with a dilemma, an internal contradiction. The Bible calls us “saints” or “holy ones”, yet we continue to struggle with sin in our lives. In this message, entitled A Saint with a Sin Problem, we look at I John 1:5-2:2. We will find three forms of denial (which will not solve the problem) and two right responses which lead us to a Biblical solution to our problem and enable us to live in fellowship with God.
In his final three sermons before going on vacation, Pastor Cam takes us on a quick trip through John’s first epistle, drawing many of the links with his Gospel. In this first message, (entitled Would the Real Christian Please Stand Up!) we look at the purpose of I John and the three tests of a “real Christian.” Find out if you pass the tests!
Sermons prior to this can be
found on the Past Sermons page.