Fairfield Church of Christ Sermons

Looking for peace and some order is good.  Praying provides peace for the praying person.  Paul is giving Timothy and each of us some instruction for appropriate worship patterns and prayer  in chapt…

1:1-20 –What sustains and unites the church is not a pastor or a program.  It’s not worship style or music.  What sustains and unites the church is the perseverance of Jesus coming for those that nee…

Acts 6:1-7; Eph. 4:11-13; 1 Cor. 12:14-22.  Ultimately we end up pointing to human brokenness – God’s people and our God together makes up Everybody that is found greater than somebody.  You end up f…

Gen. 1:26; 2:18; 3:7-8; Rev. 7:9; 2 Cor. 13:11 – Why do we exist?  The very core of creation/humanity is the need to belong -  to be in vulnerable relationships that build the framework for community…

Luke 24:13-35; Deut. 6:4-9 - It’s frustrating when you can’t see something but you’re told it’s there.   Does this ever happen to you with the big things in life?  Where you’re looking for something …

Luke 18:18-19; James 1:16-18; Rom. 8:12-17 -A perfectly reasonable question to ask of someone like Jesus, one would think, and a decently polite way of putting it. But Jesus’ response begins in typic…

Mark 4:30-32;  Mark 10:13-15 – Jesus thinks about the imagery that best describes the ontology of the Kingdom and its ways – that of the mustard seed( the smallest or the garden seeds).  It is common…

Luke 12: 22-34; Phil. 4:4-7 -    I wonder how many of you are worried right now? You've got an ongoing weight, a burden, someone you love, something you care about, something that you want to change,…

God knows you love Him.  But, for sure, He wants to hear you say it and watch your love flow for Him.

Have you ever seen those bumper stickers that says, “To know me is to love me.” Why would you put …

John 11:17-44; John 20:31; Rom. 15:13 - The question Jesus asks us: “Do you believe I am the resurrection and the life?”   “Do you believe THIS?”

“Eternal life" in the gospel of John is not only a fut…

John 9: 1-41; John 3:12; John 5:39-48 -    Jesus often used temporary situations to illustrate larger spiritual issues.  Do you know that there may be hardships and obstacles in your life that are th…

John 5:1-17; Psalm 103:1-5 (Brian)  - As Jesus surveys the crowd, He spots a man who had been lying at the pool for a long time, 38 years, John tells us.  Jesus approaches the man and asks:  “Do you …

John 1:35-42; Psalm 119:37 – (Drew) –

“What are you seeking?” That’s kind of a funny start to a conversation, when you think about it. Jesus apparently doesn’t like small talk.  And even the wording o…

John 13:1-17; Phil. 2: 1-8; 1 Peter 5:5-6 (Brian)  -  Jesus gives us an important key to living a fulfilled life, living an abundant life. The key to living a fulfilled life is to not focus on living…

Psalm 100:1-3; 9:9-10; Matt. 14:24-33;  (Brian)  - So you can worship God when you’re happy – giving Him praise and honor for all the good things He’s doing and for the joy you feel in His presence. …

John 15; Mark 1:12, 35-39, 45; 3:7,13; 14:32; John 10:39-41 (Brian) – Maybe this sermon should be called “Spending the Day with God” because I’m not always silent during mine.

The point of silence an…

There is incredible power in the biblical practice of prayer and fasting. Jesus tells us that we can find the spiritual breakthrough we’ve been seeking.  

God doesn’t need anything from us to move in…

Psalm 119:18; 2 Tim 3:16-17; Psalm 19:17

Wouldn’t it be incredible if we could go to the Scriptures and become so preoccupied with God's Truth, so absorbed in the stories, totally engrossed in every d…

John 20:5-7;  Eph. 1:19-20 Life itself can sometimes feel like a cave—cold and dark. Disappointments come. Hurts happen. Tragedy strikes. You’re left wondering what hit you and when the light will sh…

It’s Palm Sunday.  Jesus will ride into Jerusalem on a donkey.  Make no mistake, Jesus could have walked into town.  He walked every where else.  That’s what everybody else did in getting to Jerusale…