Creekside

Church of Christ in Valrico FL

Weekly sermons and other content from Creekside Church of Christ in Valrico, Florida

  1. 6월 15일

    Acts #2: The Power of God and the Holy Spirit

    The power to save was never in the preacher or in how nicely the message is packaged. It is in the gospel itself, and behind that power stands the Holy Spirit, whose presence runs straight through the book of Acts. Main text: Acts 1v8 Outline: - The power is in the gospel, not in us (Romans 1v16) - Why we study Acts: the first look through the open door - How we treat the church is how we treat Christ - Acts 1v8: the theme verse and mission plan - The prominence of the Holy Spirit This lesson continues a walk through Acts and asks what the early church actually looked like and how the gospel spread. It pushes back on the urge to make the message palatable, since the gospel starts with our own lostness and points to Jesus as savior rather than a helper while we save ourselves. From Acts 1v8 the study traces the word for power, dunamis, into Romans 1v16 and 1 Corinthians 2, and recovers the Holy Spirit as the very power of God at work in the word. It closes back in Acts 1, where the apostles wait ten days in prayer and prepare to restore their number to twelve. Originally Aired: 2026-06-14 3949 Lithia Pinecrest Rd. Brandon, FL 33596 Chapters: 0:00 Lesson: Acts 1v8 3:13 Why we study Acts 5:00 How we treat the church is how we treat Christ 7:44 The kingdom that already is 13:47 Acts 1v8: the theme verse and mission plan 19:00 The prominence of the Holy Spirit 38:34 Back to Acts 1: waiting and the eleven 40:47 Closing prayer

  2. 6월 8일

    The Rest of Jesus

    We know the works of Jesus, but we have missed the rest of Jesus -- the holy time, trusting sleep, quiet solitude, easy yoke, and finished Sabbath rest he both modeled and offers to weary disciples. Main text: Matthew 11v28-30 Outline: - The rest of Jesus is holy time (Genesis 2v1-3; Mark 1v35) - The rest of Jesus is asleep in the storm (Matthew 8v20, 23-27) - The rest of Jesus is quiet solitude (Mark 6v30-34) - The rest of Jesus is an easy yoke (Matthew 11v28-30) - The rest of Jesus is now, the Sabbath rest that remains (Hebrews 4v9-11) From Genesis 2 to Hebrews 4, Scripture frames rest as a sanctuary in time, not a leftover at the end of the week. Jesus inherited that pattern: rising before dawn to pray, sleeping through the storm, calling weary apostles away to a deserted place, and offering a yoke shaped to fit our shoulders. Illustrations from Ernest Shackleton on Elephant Island, Hudson Taylor's 1869 letter, and a sleeping child on her father's chest carry the weight of the lesson. The invitation is practical and present-tense: reclaim slow holy moments, name the storms you cannot fix, schedule real solitude, take the easy yoke, and step into the Sabbath rest Jesus completed when he said, "It is finished." Originally Aired: 2026-06-07 Speaker: Heath Dutton 3949 Lithia Pinecrest Rd. Brandon, FL 33596 Chapters: 0:00 Lesson: Matthew 11v28-30 3:21 Holy time (Genesis 2v1-3; Mark 1v35) 7:28 Asleep in the storm (Matthew 8v20, 23-27) 11:29 Quiet solitude (Mark 6v30-34) 17:32 An easy yoke (Matthew 11v28-30) 22:34 The Sabbath rest that remains (Hebrews 4v9-11) 27:59 Closing prayer

  3. 6월 8일

    Acts #1

    Origin stories shape who we are, and the church has one we cannot afford to forget. This opening lesson in a new series on Acts walks through Acts 1v1-11 to recover that story, anchor the church in the resurrection, and call every listener to real discipleship. Main text: Acts 1v1-11 Outline: - Origin stories matter, and without ours we drift - Acts is the sequel to Luke's gospel, written to Theophilus - Dating Acts between Paul's Roman house arrest and AD 70 - The power for evangelism is the gospel, not us (Romans 1v16) - God's timing, not ours, and a call to real conversion Acts is not ancient history. It is the church's origin story, and forgetting it means becoming something we were never meant to be. This lesson ties Acts to Luke's gospel, traces Luke the beloved physician as author, and places the book between Paul's house arrest in AD 61 or 62 and the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70. From there it turns to the heart of the matter: the gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, and the power belongs to God's word, not our packaging. Stop fretting over outcomes, trust God's timing, and let the conversions in Acts move you toward the real thing. Originally Aired: 2026-06-07 3949 Lithia Pinecrest Rd. Brandon, FL 33596 Chapters: 0:00 Lesson: Acts 1v1-11 2:56 Without the story, we drift 11:42 Acts is the sequel to Luke 14:58 Dating the book of Acts 18:11 The power is in God's word 21:29 God's timing, not ours (Psalm 37) 29:58 Stay in Jerusalem, receive power, be witnesses 33:42 The church is a kingdom, not a republic 34:45 More than cheap therapy: God's mission 39:37 A call to real conversion 40:58 Closing prayer

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Weekly sermons and other content from Creekside Church of Christ in Valrico, Florida