Peachtree Christian Church Sermons

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING Acts 8:14-17 Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. The two went down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit (for as yet the Spirit had not come upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus). Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING Matthew 2:1-12 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, magi from the east came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star in the east and have come to pay him homage.” When King Herod heard this, he was frightened, and all Jerusalem with him, and calling together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it has been written by the prophet: ‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for from you shall come a ruler who is to shepherd my people Israel.’ ” Then Herod secretl

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING John 1:1-18 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it. There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, yet the world di

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING Luke 1:39-55 In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me? For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.” And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Sav

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING Luke 3:7-18 John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Therefore, bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.” And the crowds asked him, “What, then, should we do?” In reply he said to them, “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none, and whoever has food must do likewise.” Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him,

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING Luke 3:1-6 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING Luke 21:25-36 “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in a cloud’ with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to take place, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” Then he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees; as soon as they sprout leaves you can see for yourselves and know that summer is already near. So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom o

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING Philippians 4:4-9 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. As for the things that you have learned and received and heard and noticed in me, do the

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING Psalm 100:1-5 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING Colossians 3:15-20 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING Colossians 3:15-20 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING Ephesians 4:26-27 Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. Galatians 2:15-20 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not gentile sinners, yet we know that a person is justified not by the works of the law but through the faith of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by the faith of Christ and not by doing the works of the law, because no one will be justified by the works of the law. But if, in our effort to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have been found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up again the very things that I once tore down, then I demonstrate that

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING Isaiah 64:8 Yet, O lord, you are our Father; we are the clay and you are our potter;  we are all the work of your hand. Jeremiah 18:6  Can I not do with you, O house of Israel, just as this potter has done? says the Lord.  Just like the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.  Romans 9:20-21 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”  Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use? Ephesians 2:10 For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our wa

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING Genesis 11:1-9 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and fire them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone and bitumen for mortar. Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.” The Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which mortals had built. And the Lord said, “Look, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do; no

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not regretfully or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING Proverbs 3:9 Honor the Lord with your substance and with the first fruits of all your produce; Proverbs 21:20 Precious treasure remains in the house of the wise, but the fool devours it. The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org +SCRIPTURE READING Matthew 25:14-30 “For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. At once the one who had received the five talents went off and traded with them and made five more talents. In the same way, the one who had the two talents made two more talents. But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money. After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them. Then the one who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five more talents, saying, ‘Master, you handed ove

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org Scripture Reading: Matthew 6:19-24 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. “The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If, then, the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! “No one can serve two masters, for a slave will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org+SCRIPTURE READINGJames 1:17 Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Peachtree Christian Church is a cathedral for the city. It is an Atlanta Institution. It wishes to serve the city, and it wishes to belong to the city. Peachtree Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ denomination church in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Learn more at peachtree.org+SCRIPTURE READINGPhilippians 2: 1-11