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Christ the King KnoxvilleThe Seventh Commandment, Part 1Sexuality is a gift from God that He regulates.2025-05-0337 minChrist the King KnoxvilleA Matter of Conviction (Mark 8.27-9.1)Confessing Jesus as the Christ comes from conviction.2025-05-0336 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Purification Offering (Leviticus 4.1-35)The Lord is so holy that even unintentional sin defiles us in his sight. 2025-05-0341 minChrist the King KnoxvillePalm Sunday (Mark 11.1-11)Jesus is the long-awaited King who saves sinners.2025-04-1437 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Sixth Commandment, Part 5The Lord makes allowances for mankind to take the lives of others.2025-04-1440 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Sixth Commandment, Part 4The Lord makes allowances for mankind to take the lives of others.2025-04-1435 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Sixth Commandment, Part 3We must not take away the life of anyone—ourselves or others. 2025-03-1747 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Sixth Commandment, Part 2We must carefully study, and lawfully endeavor, to preserve the life of ourselves and others. 2025-03-1341 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Sixth Commandment, Part 1The Lord God is the final authority over human life. 2025-03-1337 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Fifth Commandment, Part 4The Lord teaches us how to treat our equals.2025-02-2538 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Fifth Commandment, Part 3We sin against our inferiors (those under our authority). 2025-02-2538 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Fifth Commandment, Part 2God wants superiors to be good shepherds. 2025-01-1344 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Book of the Conqueror, Part 9 (Isaiah 61.1-3)The Lord brings revival by the Anointed One.2025-01-1341 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Book of the Conqueror, Part 8 (Isaiah 60.15-22)The Lord is preparing his people for eternity. 2025-01-1342 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Book of the Conqueror, Part 7 (Isaiah 60.1-14)The Lord’s conquest brings future glory.2025-01-1341 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Book of the Conqueror, Part 6 (Isaiah 59.14-21)Big Idea: The Lord Conquerors. He judges, and he redeems. 2024-12-2044 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Book of the Conqueror, Part 5 (Isaiah 59.1-13)The Lord saves.2024-12-0948 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Book of the Conqueror, Part 4 (Isaiah 58)The Lord is willing to shout at us to draw us back to Him.2024-12-0941 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Fifth Commandment, Part 1The Lord God commands that we honor those in authority.2024-12-0945 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Fourth Commandment, Part 2The Lord God commands that we work. 2024-11-1842 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Fourth Commandment, Part 1The Lord God has established our pattern of work & rest.
The Lord instituted a holy day that he commands us to observe.2024-11-1144 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Third CommandmentThe Lord commands us to honor Him by proper use of His name.2024-11-1141 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Second CommandmentThe Lord commands us to worship Him in His way. 2024-10-2842 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe First CommandmentThe Lord God wants us to worship Him exclusively. 2024-10-2847 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Preface of the 10 CommandmentsThe preface of the Decalogue has important considerations for us. 2024-10-2843 minChrist the King KnoxvilleConclusio, Part 2 (Galatians 6.16-18)This is the final installment in our series on the book of Galatians.2024-10-2837 minChrist the King KnoxvilleConclusio, Part 1 (Galatians 6.11-15)There are only two ways to live: boasting in Christ or boasting in something else.2024-10-0339 minChrist the King KnoxvilleExhortatio, Part 7 (Galatians 6.6-10)Christ wants us to sow what is good.2024-09-2943 minChrist the King KnoxvilleExhortatio, Part 6 (Galatians 6.1-5)The customs of the Spirit of Christ reflect His love and humility.2024-09-2936 minChrist the King KnoxvilleExhortatio, Part 5 (Galatians 5.22-26)Free men in Christ are mortified and vivified. 2024-09-2936 minChrist the King KnoxvilleExhortatio, Part 4 (Galatians 5.22-23)The Fruit of the Spirit is not the Fruit Gummies of American Evangelicalism.2024-09-0243 minChrist the King KnoxvilleExhortatio, Part 3 (Galatians 5.16-21)Because we are free in Christ by the Spirit, we must walk in the Spirit.2024-08-2643 minChrist the King KnoxvilleExhortatio, Part 2 (Galatians 5.7-15)Christ has set us free to live like free men. In this section, we explore two aspects of living like free men in Christ:
1. Running well in the Liberty of Christ.
2. Rightly using our Freedom in Christ.2024-08-2638 minChrist the King KnoxvilleExhortatio, Part 1 (Galatians 5.1-6)Christ has set us free to live like free men. 2024-08-1838 minChrist the King KnoxvilleProbatio, Part 8 (Galatians 4.21-31)God’s grace gives us what is better. 2024-08-0443 minChrist the King KnoxvilleProbatio, Part 7 (Galatians 4.12-20)Love compels us to plead with those who drift from the Truth of the Gospel. 2024-08-0442 minChrist the King KnoxvilleProbatio, Part 6 (Galatians 4.1-11)Paul continues to defend his proposition. Aaron Gentry calls us to consider our Sonship.2024-08-0442 minChrist the King KnoxvilleProbatio, Part 5 (Galatians 3.25-29)Big Idea: Jesus dismissed our Guardian.2024-07-1642 minChrist the King KnoxvilleProbatio, Part 4 (Galatians 3.19-24)The Law serves God’s agenda of Grace.2024-07-0837 minChrist the King KnoxvilleProbatio, Part 3 (Galatians 3.15-18)Our God keeps his promises.2024-07-0238 minChrist the King KnoxvilleProbatio, Part 2 (Galatians 3.10-14)We rely on something. We relate to God somehow. We are redeemed by somebody. We have received someone. In Christ alone can we be redeemed and blessed.2024-07-0238 minChrist the King KnoxvilleProbatio, Part 1 (Galatians 3.1-9)The Holy Spirit testifies to justification through faith.2024-07-0240 minChrist the King KnoxvillePropositio, Part 3 (Galatians 2.20-21)Union with Christ? Or the Uselessness of Christ? Justification through faith and union with Christ are Christ centered while justification by works is man centered.2024-06-0335 minChrist the King KnoxvillePropositio, Part 2 (Galatians 2.17-19)We are justified through faith. This does not give us license to sin. Legalism makes us transgressors of the law. In Christ, we die to the Law and we live unto God.2024-05-2639 minChrist the King KnoxvillePropositio, Part 1 (Galatians 2.15-16)Justification is through faith alone.2024-05-2640 minChrist the King KnoxvilleNarratio, Part 3 (Galatians 2.11-14)Paul details his conflict with Peter at Antioch.2024-05-2642 minChrist the King KnoxvilleNarratio, Part 2 (Galatians 2.1-10)God’s Word directs Christian practice.2024-05-0541 minChrist the King KnoxvilleNarratio, Part 1 (Galatians 1.11-24)Paul preaches Good News from God, not man.2024-04-2937 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Exordium (Galatians 1.6-10)Christ works to keep the Church faithful.2024-04-2943 minChrist the King KnoxvilleA Call to Diligence (Ecclesiastes 11.1-6)God is sovereign, and this is no excuse to be lazy. Quite the opposite. His sovereign might calls us to be diligent in our work.2024-04-1442 minChrist the King KnoxvilleSalutations, Galatians (Galatians 1.1-5)Paul’s introduction is loaded with implications: God recruited him to the ministry, not man. God raised Jesus from the dead. God reconciled you to himself. God rescues sinners.2024-04-1432 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Sweet Life & The End (Ecclesiastes 11.7-12.8)Life is pretty sweet—it’s good to be alive. But we are all going to die. Solomon gives us counsel for how to live well under the Sun before the dark days come.2024-04-1446 minChrist the King KnoxvilleProverbial Wisdom, Part 2 (Ecclesiastes 10.12-20)The Shepherd King is calling us and leading us into order.2024-03-2544 minChrist the King KnoxvilleProverbial Wisdom (Ecclesiastes 10.1-11)The Lord shines his light on Lady Folly for our good.2024-03-2538 minChrist the King KnoxvilleLife in the Hand of God, Part 2 (Ecclesiastes 9.11-18)We should be glad that we live life in the hand of God.2024-03-2533 minChrist the King KnoxvilleLife in the Hand of God (Ecclesiastes 9.1-10)The righteous and the wise live life in the hand of God.2024-03-0544 minChrist the King KnoxvilleWisdom in Practice, Part 2 (Ecclesiastes 8.10-17)Wisdom is valuable (and practical) in an unjust world.2024-02-1943 minChrist the King KnoxvilleWisdom in Practice (Ecclesiastes 8.1-9)Wisdom is valuable out in the real world!2024-02-1136 minChrist the King KnoxvilleWisdom is Better, Part 3 (Ecclesiastes 7.20-29)The problem with wisdom is us. Wisdom is limited because we are sinful. The source of Wisdom and wisdom itself are not the problems. 2024-02-0439 minChrist the King KnoxvilleWisdom is Better, Part 2 (Ecclesiastes 7.13-19)Wisdom is better!2024-01-3039 minChrist the King KnoxvilleWisdom is Better, Part 1 (Ecclesiastes 7.1-12)Solomon takes a break from satire and tells us that wisdom really is superior to folly.2024-01-3041 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Sorrows of Secularism (Ecclesiastes 6.1-12)Life without God is hevel.2024-01-2138 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Diaconate, Part 2This is part 2 of 2 from a series from summer 2021. 2024-01-0840 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Diaconate. Part 1This is part 1 of 2 in a series from 2021.2024-01-0836 minChrist the King KnoxvilleGod or Mammon? (Ecclesiastes 5.10-20)We have to make a choice: God or Mammon.2024-01-0742 minChrist the King KnoxvillePreparing for the Lord’s Day (Nehemiah 13)We are compelled to prepare for the Lord’s Day.2023-12-2242 minChrist the King KnoxvilleTwo Very Difficult Verses (Ecclesiastes 5.8-9)What should these provincial officials be doing? How should the king be oriented toward the economy2023-12-0638 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Conquest, Part 1 (Isaiah 56.1-8)The Lord gathers his people.2023-12-0338 minChrist the King KnoxvilleFear God: Worship & Vows (Ecclesiastes 5.1-7)This passage gives us 3 good reasons to Fear God and two contexts to apply that reverential love for him: worship and vows.2023-11-1339 minChrist the King KnoxvilleBack to Work (Ecclesiastes 4.4-16)Work is hard but there is a way to work well.2023-11-1340 minChrist the King KnoxvilleTULIP (Joint Reformation Day Service 2023)Every year, CTK PCA joins other conservative reformed churches in the area for an evening service on Reformation Sunday. This year we covered the Doctrine of Grace: Man is totally depraved, and yet the people of Christ are unconditionally elected for salvation by God, definitely atoned for by Jesus's blood, irresistibly drawn by Grace through the Spirit's Work, and they will indeed persevere until the end.2023-11-011h 38Christ the King KnoxvilleEvil Under the Sun (Ecclesiastes 3.15-4.3)The Lord will judge the righteous and the wicked.2023-11-0143 minChrist the King KnoxvilleComfort in God’s Labor (Ecclesiastes 3.9-15)What can a worker gain from his toil? There is comfort to found in the works of God. He is our only comfort in life and in death.2023-10-2444 minChrist the King KnoxvilleA Time for Everything (Ecclesiastes 3.1-8)God has ordained opportunities for us in this life.2023-10-1644 minChrist the King KnoxvilleTwo Views of Toil (Ecclesiastes 2.18-26)Work produces a fruit from our labor. God means for us to enjoy good gifts under the sun. He has given us the ability to enjoy the fruit of our labor as a gift.2023-10-0842 minChrist the King KnoxvilleCareening into Nihilism (Ecclesiastes 2.12-17)We are all going to die. So, we must fear the Lord. Nihilism is not the answer to grievous things under the Sun. Christ is the cure.2023-10-0134 minChrist the King KnoxvilleWorldly Pleasure (Ecclesiastes 2.1-11)Worldly pleasure lets us down. Here’s why…2023-09-2440 minChrist the King KnoxvilleWorldly Wisdom (Ecclesiastes 1.12-18)Worldly wisdom is is fleeting and frustrating. Both as a means and as an end, worldly wisdom does not do for us what we hope that it will do.2023-09-1740 minChrist the King KnoxvilleA Most Vaporous Litany (Ecclesiastes 1.4-11)This is Solomon’s satiric attack upon secularism.2023-09-1647 minChrist the King KnoxvilleLife Under & Beyond the Sun (Ecclesiastes 1.1-3)We live life well down here by looking beyond the sun.2023-09-0438 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Purpose of Ecclesiastes (Ecclesiastes 12.8-14)Is Solomon trying to tells us that life is meaningless? No. Life has a purpose: fear God and keep his commandments.2023-08-2738 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Burial & Resurrection of Christ…2023-08-1340 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe King of the Jews, Part 3Jesus is the king who brought us near to God. He is the King who saves us.2023-08-1335 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe King of the Jews, Part 2Jesus was mocked and shamed. He bore our shame upon himself.2023-08-0639 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe King of the Jews, Part 1Jesus is king. He is God in the flesh. How did Jew and Gentile alike respond to God as he stood before them? And what is the right way to respond to Jesus?2023-07-3040 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe King & the Kangaroo CourtJesus stood alone. He stood alone for our salvation.2023-07-2341 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe King Whose Word Is True (Mark 14.27-31, 66-72)Man falls short of God's standard in giving and keeping our word. But the Lord's Word is always fulfilled.2023-07-1337 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe King’s Arrangements for Us (Mark 14.12-26)The King provides a way for his people to feast with him.2023-07-0246 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe King’s Death Arrangements (Mark 14.1-11)Jesus is worthy of our worship and devotion.2023-07-0244 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Olivet Discourse, Part 3 (Mark 13.24-37)The Kingship of Jesus is a comfort to the Church in the midst of turmoil. He gathers us from the four winds, he guarantees his word, and his gives us assignments in his household.2023-06-2239 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Olivet Discourse, Part 2 (Mark 13.14-23)This is part 2 of 3 on this discourse from Mark’s gospel.2023-06-1840 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Olivet Discourse, Part 1 (Mark 13.1-13)Jesus is faithful. There are distractions, deceivers, and dangers, and yet, Jesus is faithful. He draw are attention back to reality, he alerts us to deception, and he gives us assurance in the midst of danger.2023-06-0540 minChrist the King KnoxvilleMessiah’s Warning, Widow’s Mite (Mark 12.38-44)False piety exists, even in ordained people like the scribes. But Jesus condemns false piety. We should be aware of it, alert to it, and wary of it even in our own hearts.2023-05-2840 minChrist the King KnoxvilleDavid & the Christ (Mark 12.35-37)Jesus teaches us about himself. When we don’t understand him, he uses his word to instruct us.2023-05-2240 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Foremost Commandment (Mark 12.28-34)The big idea is that as Jesus answers a question about the Law, he summarizes the Law of his own Kingdom.2023-05-1440 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Reality of Resurrection (Mark 12.18-27)The big idea of this passage is that Jesus confronts us with reality, and the reality that he confronts us with here is the Resurrection. 2023-05-0934 minChrist the King KnoxvilleCurse. Cleanse. Command. (Mark 11.12–26)The big idea here is that Christ is our Mediator—he is our prophet, priest, and king. 2023-05-0945 minChrist the King KnoxvilleThe Parable of the Vine-growers (Mark 11.27-12.12)The big idea in this passage is that ecclesial authority belongs to God. He gives it, and he can take it away.2023-05-0938 minChrist the King KnoxvilleCommanded to Forgive (Mark 11.25)The big idea for this sermon is that we are commanded by the King to forgive.2023-05-0941 minChrist the King KnoxvilleWho is Lord? (Mark 12.13-17)The big idea of the sermon is: We must remember that Christ alone is Lord.2023-05-0940 min