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Christ Church Sermons
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A podcast of recent sermons from Christ Church Plano. Learn more about our worship services at www.christchurchplano.org
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God’s Anger at Death
Mar 23Tap to summarizeAt Lazarus’ grave, we see our own stories. Jesus has stood before our graves and called our names: “Come out.” God is not indifferent to death—he is angry at it, and he has come to defeat it. In Jesus’ resurrection, that call to come forth from the grave and be unbound extends to us all. The question now is: having been called out of death, how will we now live?
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The Mercy of Sin Discovered
Mar 16Tap to summarizeIn John 8, the woman caught in adultery stands exposed—vulnerable and guilty. In truth, we are all her, for all have sinned and deserve punishment. Yet Jesus, the only one without sin and with the right to condemn, instead offers mercy. He reminds the accusers of their guilt and frees the woman from condemnation. When our sin is laid bare, God’s mercy meets us there—lifting us up and empowering us to walk in new life.
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Gratitude and Faith in the Wilderness
Mar 9Tap to summarizeIsrael’s wilderness story shows us a failure that we would do well to remember and avoid in our own lives. When hunger and hardship came, the Israelites forgot God’s goodness—failing to be grateful and to have faith in him, evidenced also by their failure to pray. But where Israel failed, Jesus prevailed. In his own hunger in the wilderness, he trusted the Father and refused to test him. The season of Lent reminds us that faith is sustained by remembering who God truly is—and trusting him even in the wilderness.
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Why Abram Went
Mar 2Tap to summarize“So Abram went.” This simple statement marks a turning point in history. After generations shaped by loss and stalled journeys, God called Abram not to improve his circumstances, but to entrust his future to a promise. What God offered was bigger than security, bigger than family legacy—it was participation in redemption itself. But the promise required departure. The life God gives always involves leaving something behind. Faith is not clinging to what we know or what we want; it is living as if God’s promises are actually true today.
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For Those Who Are Tempted
Feb 23Tap to summarizeLent is not about good advice to help us do better, but good news that Jesus succeeds where we fail. Jesus was tested as we are—40 days in the wilderness echoing Israel’s 40 years—yet he triumphed. Temptation reveals what is truly in us. We cannot excuse our sin as mere humanity, for Jesus shared our humanity without surrendering to sin. The hope of Lent is this: our salvation rests not on the strength of our resolve, but on the sufficiency of our Redeemer.
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Headed to Transfiguration
Feb 16Tap to summarizeOn this last Sunday of Epiphany, we stand with the disciples on the mountain of the Transfiguration as Jesus reveals his glory before leading us toward Lent and Calvary. On the mountain, he shows us his divinity, reveals our destiny, and points to his departure—the new and final Exodus that brings salvation from sin and death. May our lives mirror this ascent, as we are transfigured into his image.
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You Are Salt and Light
Feb 10Tap to summarizeBishop Paul preaches on what it means to be salt and light in the world for the sake of Jesus. While the call to be salt and light can feel overwhelming, and our inadequacies in fulfilling this call can feel burdensome, there is no condemnation in this call. In fact, we know that the salt and light come from Christ himself—and in him, we preserve and restore the world he loves.
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Becoming a Blissful People
Feb 2Tap to summarizeBishop Paul invites us to ask ourselves if we are “blissful”—not as a passing mood, but as a deep posture of the soul, rooted in the reality of the kingdom God has given us. To be “blessed” is to live with an unshakable joy that comes from receiving the kingdom of heaven, which stands at the center of the gospel. When this bliss is missing, it means we have lost sight of the kingdom—but the good news is that it can be found again through the promise and perspective of God’s reign.
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A Life Like No Other
Jan 20Tap to summarizeBishop Paul reminds us that our confidence in inviting others to know Jesus can only be as strong as our confidence in Jesus himself. When the first disciples ask, “Where are you staying?” Jesus responds, “Come and see,” inviting them to examine, witness, and discover for themselves a life unlike any other. May we follow the example of Jesus and introduce a hurting world to him through the simple invitation to “come and see.”
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Remember Your Baptism
Jan 12Tap to summarizeBishop Paul Donison invites us to consider why Jesus was baptized. In the waters of the Jordan, he declares his intention to stand fully with humanity. Though sinless, Jesus enters the water with sinners as both servant and beloved Son, cleansing the waters for our sake and revealing divine humility to the miracle no one expected. His baptism teaches us to remember our own—that we are beloved children, sent into the world to stand with others, just as Jesus did from the Jordan to the cross.
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