Renaissance Pgh Sermons

TEXT:  1 Peter 2:13-25 OUTLINE: SUBMIT TO THE MAN SUBMIT TO THE BOSS SUBMIT TO THE GOD-MAN

TEXT: 1 Peter 2:11-12    OUTLINE: from gods to gifts from grumbling to glorifying

Peter instructs the church to love one another consistently and constantly. He tells them that they are to LOVE THROUGH THE WORD as they LONG FOR THE WORD. The only way we are ever going to love this way, is if we know and see that God has loved us first in Christ. TEXT: 1 Peter...

In this passage Peter reminds us that because God, who called us, is Holy, we should then conduct ourselves in holiness. But there is even greater news: where we have failed to be holy, Christ Jesus was holy in our place. And now God sees us as perfectly spotless, blameless, and holy in Christ. This...

Peter promises a hope in Christ that is ready and waiting for us. It is a future salvation that will eventually be revealed. But in the means time we are to rejoice even though momentary afflictions may come. And we can rejoice because we have a HOPE THAT IS ALIVE, a HOPE THAT OVERCOMES, and...

Even in the the midst of hardships and pain, Peter reminds us – and the Church in Asia-minor – that GOD THE FATHER KNOWS US in our circumstances, GOD THE SPIRIT CHANGES US in our circumstances, and GOD THE SON MOTIVATES US for obedience in our circumstances. All of our situations – good or bad...

***intro of the sermon was unable to be recorded due to technical difficulties*** Mark shows us in this passage that FEAR WILL KEEP US DISTANT from God, but Jesus’ DEVOTION WILL MAKE US FEARLESS to draw near to Him. It’s God love for us in Christ that cast out all fear. Fear has to do...

When we wait for dark seasons in our life to pass, what do we run to while we are in the midst of them? Do we truly believe that Jesus is our savior? Or do we mock His Kingship by running to functional saviors that only help for a moment? It’s when we see that...

In the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus shows us WHY TO BE WEAK in order to be willing and WHY TO KEEP WATCH so as to not fall asleep while we wait. TEXT: Mark 14:32-42    

How much is too much devotion to Jesus? Can you be too devoted Christ? In this text we will answer this question by seeing the COST OF OUR SAVIOR and the COST OF OUR SOULS. Jesus is the King with immeasurable worth that purchased his unworthy subjects back into His Kingdom at the expense of...

We all wonder how to live in the tension of Jesus’ first and second coming. How do we live knowing that Jesus has redeemed us, but has yet to redeemed the whole world where their is so much hurt and suffering? Jesus tells us there is a PATH we must take, there is PROTECTION that...

The world outside of us is filled with problems and brokenness. Deep down within us we all would love to see it fixed. However, to fix these problems we don’t need to conquer the world outside of us, but our hearts inside of us. As one commentator put it, if we could follow the Greatest...

Jesus is the true King who comes not to destroy his enemies, but to liberate His enemies from their unseen enemy – our own sin and guilt. TEXT: Mark 11:1-11

How to we turn from self-serving servants into self-sacrificing servants? What will motivate us to look to others’ needs before our own? As we dive into this text we will see that when we look at James and John as the SELF-SERVING SONS we are actually looking into a mirror. But what will motivate us...

Six days after Peter confesses Jesus as the Christ, Jesus leads him, James, and John up a mountainside. Jesus invites them, and by extension us, to GO ON UP & LISTEN so they can COME ON DOWN & TELL the world what they experienced after He is raised from the dead. TEXT: Mark 9:2-13

In this familiar passage Jesus is asking not only the disciples, but us as well, WHO DO PEOPLE SAY I AM? After we answer he then asks us, WHO DO YOU SAY I AM? And lastly he then tells us, WHO I SAY I AM. Upon hearing these answers, we have two options. Will we crown...

In this passage we have to answer two questions: What do we have to accept? and How do we come to ask? TEXT: Mark 7:24-30

In this passage of the Gospel of Mark, both Jairus and the Woman expect to get something from Jesus, bet ended up giving more than expected. When we come to Jesus he invites to give more than we planned, but in return he will give us drastically more than we planned to receive.  That is...

In this passage we see the disciple in the midst of a great storm. There is POWER IN THE STORM, but there is greater POWER IN THE SAVIOR. Because Jesus took on the greatest storm for us, death itself, we can go through any of the smaller storms of this life.  TEXT: Mark 4:35-41

This week Pastor Rob walks us through what it means for us to believe that Jesus was who He said He was. Because Jesus swore His allegiance to us at the cost of His life, why wouldn’t we want to give Him our allegiance, even if that means it will cost us our lives.  When...