This Sunday we continue our preaching series in the Book of Hebrews. In this week's passage, the author of Hebrews uses several Old Testament scriptures to argue that Jesus, as God's Son, is greater even than the angels. Because of this, his message of salvation (the gospel) is more important than any message the angels have spoken in the past, including the law.
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This Sunday we begin a new sermon series in the Book of Hebrews. Written to a community of Jewish Christians, Hebrews draws deeply from the Old Testament to make the case that God has spoken finally and completely through his Son, Jesus Christ, in order to bring his people the salvation he has promised for so long. The author starts right in from the beginning, telling his audience that the Son is greater than any of God's messengers who have come before, because in dealing with him we are dealing with God himself.
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This week we welcome Vince Corpus to the pulpit. A longtime member of the ICP family, Vince previously directed Youth Praha, and now, along with his wife Kristie, is following God’s call to plant a Czech language church. In his sermon, he continues the Advent series of "Jesus came to...".
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This Sunday we conclude our Advent/Christmas sermon series on what the scriptures tell us that Jesus came to do. Our passage this week comes from Luke's gospel, where Jesus quotes the prophet Isaiah to describe his mission of bringing good news to God's people.
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1 John 3:8
The scriptures tell us that there is an enemy who is actively seeking to draw us away from God. We see this throughout the Bible, beginning in the Garden of Eden. But as we continue our Advent series looking at what Jesus came to do, we can take hope in the truth that "the reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work." (1 John 3:8)
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As we continue in our Advent sermon series on what Jesus came to do, this week we consider Jesus' statement in Luke's gospel, "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." The scripture tells us that we are all lost in our own way because of sin, but God sent his Son into the world to find us and rescue us.
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This week we continue our Advent series looking at what the New Testament tells that Jesus came to do. In this week's passage Jesus tells his disciples that "the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many" (Mark 10:45). It is a remarkable claim for the Son of God, with implications for his followers as well.
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This week begins the Advent season, the time each year that represents God's people waiting and preparing for the Savior to come into the world. This year we will be looking at several New Testament passages that tell us what Jesus came into the world to do. This week's passage comes from Jesus's Sermon on the Mount where he says that he came not to abolish the Law and Prophets, but to fulfill them.
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This week we consider a passage from Luke's gospel where Jesus has interactions with people in very different life circumstances - little children, and a wealthy and powerful man. His encounter with each of them tells us something about entering the Kingdom of God.
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As we conclude our series in Habakkuk this week, we return to the key verse, “the righteous will live by faith” (2:4), looking at how it shaped the Apostle Paul’s understanding of the good news of Jesus Christ.
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This Sunday we continue our preaching series in the Book of Habakkuk. In this week's passage Habakkuk responds to God with a prayer of faith. In spite of God's pronouncement of judgment on Judah and the tribulation coming for them, Habakkuk has been brought to a place of trust in God's sovereignty, declaring that regardless of what life may bring "yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior" (Hab 3:18).
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This Sunday we continue our preaching series in the Book of Habakkuk. In this week’s passage, God assures Habakkuk that while he is allowing the Babylonians to conquer Judah, wicked though they are, that they will not escape his judgement for their deeds. Even they fall under God’s sovereignty, and in the end it will be God’s own glory that covers the earth.
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We welcome Steve Thomas as our guest preacher this Sunday. Steve and his wife Debbie serve as the International Resource Directors for Open Door Libraries (of which Crossroads Center here in Prague is a part) and has preached at ICP several times over the years.
There’s no formula that guarantees you’ll have a great life. But there three things Paul writes that can bring you a richer and fuller one. Three things that are easy to read, but not easy to do.
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This Sunday we continue our preaching series in the Book of Habakkuk. In this week's passage, Habakkuk continues to contend with God, questioning God's response to his initial complaint. But God assures him again that he is in control, and calls the prophet to wait on him in faith.
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This week we begin a new preaching series in the Book of Habakkuk. A prophet from Judah in the time leading up to the Babylonian captivity, Habakkuk asks important questions of God about how to reconcile the violence and injustice he sees around him with God's character. In the end he comes to a place of resolute trust in the Lord, even when the world seems to have gone mad. In this week's passage Habakkuk makes his complaint to God, only to receive an unexpected and troubling response.
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Join us this Sunday as we conclude our summer series on the Songs of Ascents (Psalms 120-134). Sung by the Israelites as they traveled up to Jerusalem for different religious festivals each year, these Psalms have come to be seen as the songs that narrate the life of discipleship. As Eugene Peterson describes them, they are "Songs for the Road" as we follow Jesus through this life.
This Sunday we will look at Psalm 134, a song that celebrates finding our true home, in God's presence.
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This summer we are looking at a group of Psalms known as the Songs of Ascents (Psalms 120-134). Sung by the Israelites as they traveled up to Jerusalem for different religious festivals each year, these Psalms have come to be seen as the songs that narrate the life of discipleship. As Eugene Peterson describes them, they are "Songs for the Road" as we follow Jesus through this life.
This Sunday we will look at Psalm 133, a song that celebrates the goodness of life in fellowship with each other.
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This summer we are looking at a group of Psalms known as the Songs of Ascents (Psalms 120-134). Sung by the Israelites as they traveled up to Jerusalem for different religious festivals each year, these Psalms have come to be seen as the songs that narrate the life of discipleship. As Eugene Peterson describes them, they are "Songs for the Road" as we follow Jesus through this life.
This Sunday we will look at Psalm 132, a song that celebrates God's presence among his people.
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This summer we are looking at a group of Psalms known as the Songs of Ascents (Psalms 120-134). Sung by the Israelites as they traveled up to Jerusalem for different religious festivals each year, these Psalms have come to be seen as the songs that narrate the life of discipleship. As Eugene Peterson describes them, they are "Songs for the Road" as we follow Jesus through this life.
This Sunday we will look at Psalm 131, a song that exhorts us to live in humility in peace as we put our hope in the Lord.
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This summer we are looking at a group of Psalms known as the Songs of Ascents (Psalms 120-134). Sung by the Israelites as they traveled up to Jerusalem for different religious festivals each year, these Psalms have come to be seen as the songs that narrate the life of discipleship. As Eugene Peterson describes them, they are "Songs for the Road" as we follow Jesus through this life.
This Sunday we will look at Psalm 130, a song about the reality of our own sin and our hope in a God who forgives us.
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