Colossians: First Over Many, First of Many

Paul emphasizes in Colossians and several other of his epistles that Christ is the firstborn from the dead and the beginning of an astounding renovation of people, the world, and the universe!

1 Corinthians 15:35-58,15:20-23
Colossians 1:12-20,2:10,2:19
Ephesians 4:15-16,1:20-23,5:22-32
Romans 8:18-23,8:29

Sermon discussion topics for parents to use with their children:

• In what ways is Christ Head of the body?
• Just how significant and important is the Church?
• In what way is Christ first-born from the dead?
• How big, important, and gracious is all of this?
• How dangerous to reject?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Resurrection, Really!

We Christians make a huge counter cultural claim: a man who was dead three days rose again and is still alive and that man was the Son of God. And we have proof!!

Luke 23:50-24:12,24:33-47
Matthew 28:4,12:38-40
1 Corinthians 15:6,15:20-26
Romans 1:3-4,4:24-25
Hebrews 9:27
2 Peter 1:16
Acts 1:8,1:21-23,2:30-33,3:13-16,3:19-21,4:1-3,4:9-10,4:13,4:19-21,4:33,5:17-18,5:28-32,5:41,17:31

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• What is the historical evidence for the resurrection?
• Why were the actions of Christ's enemies actually helpful in proving His resurrection?
• What is the significance of the actions and convictions of the apostles after the resurrection?
• What is the significance of the resurrection for us today and in the future?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

1 Peter: What God Has Done, Is Doing, and Will Do

It is so easy for us to let our day to day trials and troubles to sink our hearts into discouragement or worse...complaining. Peter was addressing people who were suffering. And he himself knew great suffering. But he learned to overcome these discouragements by remembering what God has done, is doing and will do for us believers.

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John 3:1-9,1:13
1 Peter 1:1-6,1:23
Ephesians 2:1,2:4-5

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• What did Peter say God has done for us in the past?
• What is He doing for us in the present (in this text)?
• What will God do for us in the future?
• Why is Peter reminding the believers of these great realities?
• How is the knowledge of these things supposed to affect our outlook today and every day?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

He Really Did Rise from the Dead

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Luke 24:1-48
Acts 2:22-36,17:30-31

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Eschatology - Study of End Times: The Resurrection of the Dead

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Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA