Coram Deo Church Sermons

Two Ways to Live | Genesis 4:17-5:32

The last half of Genesis 4 and the entirety of Genesis 5 is a list of names many readers skip. But this text communicates an important theological and practical truth: there are only two ways to live. In this sermon, we explore the simple yet vital idea that your life is either moving toward God or away from God.

What Rules You? | Genesis 4:1-16

The story of Cain and Abel reveals that from its earliest chapters, the Bible is concerned with our inner life. We will either rule or be ruled; we will conquer sin or sin will conquer us. In this message, we explore how religiosity, comparison, and anger ruled Cain, leading him to kill his brother. And we examine how the grace of Jesus sets us free to bring our inner world into line with the goodness, truth, and beauty of the kingdom of God.

God’s Grace in our Sin | Genesis 3:8-24

Ever since Genesis 3, sin and corruption have marked the human story. But what is God's response to sin? In this message, we explore signs of God's grace even in the midst of sin and judgment.

The Baggage of Sin | Genesis 3:6-13

Fig leaves. It's more than just a narrative detail. It's the feeble way the first humans attempt to cover sin and its baggage - shame, hiding, blaming. It's a habit as old as Eden. When we see the futility of fig leaves, it helps us to see the beauty of a life that walks before God, covered in his righteousness.

How To Sin | Genesis 3:1-7

Sin is real, damaging, and deadly. Sin manifests itself in countless ways, but underneath it all, we tend to repeat the pattern of Adam and Eve in Genesis 3. When we understand how and why Adam and Eve sinned we can grow in our awareness of our own sin and see our need for the grace of God along the way.

Man & Woman | Genesis 2:18-25

Conversations about sexuality, gender, and marriage place us on highly contested ground in our cultural moment. Sin has deformed and damaged so much. Yet Genesis 2 presents God’s glorious vision for gender and sexuality: humans as male and female, reflecting the image of the Triune God in differentiation and unity.

To Work and to Keep | Genesis 2:4-17

We spend almost one-third of our lives working. Whether we’re raising kids, earning a degree, running a company, or showing up at a job site, we need to know: what does Scripture have to say about work? In this sermon, we explore the doctrine of vocation and consider God’s glorious design for our work.

Image of God | Genesis 1:26-28

What does it mean to be human? This question is at the heart of almost every cultural controversy today. But if you get God's image wrong, everything else falls apart. In this sermon, we explore how the biblical doctrine of the image of God impacts every facet of our being in the world.

In The Beginning | Genesis 1:1-2:3

Adam and Eve, a garden, a talking snake, flood waters, and an ancient tower to the skies—these stories are ancient, but they set the rhythm for the rest of the Bible. The book of Genesis grounds Christians in God's character and purposes, inviting us to join in God’s story.The first chapter of the Bible is full of intrigue and mystery. It answers 3 fundamental questions every human being asks: Where are we? Who are we? And when are we? Listen as we explore the beauty and simplicity of the Bible’s opening chapter.

Discipleship in the 21st Century: Dependence | Deuteronomy 30:11-19

The mission of every church and every Christian is to make disciples of Jesus. But in a culture where we're told that the highest good is independence, we easily default to self-reliance and self-sufficiency. In this sermon, we consider the simple truth that discipleship to Jesus requires dependence - and only by being wholly dependent on Christ and His Spirit can we experience the life God intends.