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Christ Church SermonsMary, Full of Grace | Luke 1The church follows after the pattern of Mary, bearing Christ into the world. Like Mary, we are nobodies whom God fills with grace—unearned and undeserved—to show forth Christ's presence and power.
2020-12-2228 minChrist Church SermonsCertainty in God's Covenant | Genesis 15 | Sermons on PodcastChrist Church invites you to take part in our sanctuary services. A livestream recording is available at ChristChurchPlano.org/Live
2020-09-0829 minChrist Church SermonsSurrender to the Call - Genesis 12 - Online Worship ServiceWorship with the service bulletin here: https://www.christchurchplano.org/uploads/documents/Bulletin/Sanctuary-Pentecost-13-08-30-20-Online.pdf | Christ Church invites you to take part in our reopened sanctuary services, recorded and posted in full, for families that are sheltering at home.
2020-08-311h 13Christ Church SermonsLooking Up - Psalm 8 - Online Worship ServiceWorship with the service bulletin here: https://www.christchurchplano.org/uploads/documents/Bulletin/Sanctuary-Pentecost-12-08-23-20-Online.pdf | Christ Church invites you to take part in our reopened sanctuary services, recorded and posted in full, for families that are sheltering at home.
2020-08-241h 12Christ Church SermonsThe Sure Sleep of the Sower - Mark 4 - Online Worship ServiceWorship with the service bulletin here: https://www.christchurchplano.org/uploads/documents/Bulletin/Sanctuary-Pentecost-11-08-16-20-Online.pdf | Christ Church invites you to take part in our reopened sanctuary services, recorded and posted in full, for families that are sheltering at home.
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Christ Church SermonsHow to Live Lightly - Matthew 11 - Online Worship ServiceWorship with the service bulletin here: https://christchurchplano.org/uploads/documents/Bulletin/Sanctuary-Pentecost-10-08-09-20-Online.pdf | Christ Church invites you to take part in our reopened sanctuary services, recorded and posted in full, for families that are sheltering at home.
2020-08-1000 minChrist Church SermonsFailures Become Followers - Matthew 9 - Online Worship ServiceChrist Church invites you to take part in our reopened sanctuary services, recorded and posted in full, for families that are sheltering at home.
2020-08-021h 13Christ Church SermonsThe Reality of Prayer - Matthew 8 - Online Worship ServiceChrist Church invites you to take part in our reopened sanctuary services, recorded and posted in full, for families that are sheltering at home.
2020-07-271h 13Christ Church SermonsAnger and Justice - Matthew 5 - Online Worship ServiceChrist Church invites you to take part in our reopened sanctuary services, recorded and posted in full, for families that are sheltering at home.
2020-07-201h 08Christ Church SermonsGod Is For Us - Mark 6 - Online Worship ServiceChrist Church invites you to take part in our reopened sanctuary services, recorded and posted in full, for families that are sheltering at home.
2020-07-131h 05Christ Church SermonsRemember Who You Are - 1 Samuel 7 - Online Worship ServiceChrist Church invites you to take part in our reopened sanctuary services, recorded and posted in full, for families that are sheltering at home.
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Christ Church SermonsA Rightly Occupied Life - Mark 5 - Online Worship ServiceChrist Church invites you to take part in our reopened sanctuary services, recorded and posted in full, for families that are sheltering at home.
2020-06-291h 17Christ Church SermonsJesus Speaks in Hardship - John 21 - Online Worship ServiceThird Sunday after Pentecost. Christ Church invites you to take part in our reopened sanctuary services, recorded and posted in full, for families that are sheltering at home.
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Christ Church SermonsDiscern and Do Not Judge - Matthew 7 - Online Worship ServiceSecond Sunday after Pentecost. Christ Church invites you to take part in our reopened sanctuary services, recorded and posted in full, for families that are sheltering at home.
2020-06-151h 18Christ Church SermonsTrinity Sunday - Online Worship ServiceFirst Sunday after Pentecost. Christ Church invites you to take part in our reopened sanctuary services, recorded and posted in full, for families that are sheltering at home.
2020-06-081h 22Christ Church SermonsPentecost Sunday, May 31 - Online Worship ServicePentecost Sunday. Please join Christ Church Plano for an online service of liturgy, music, and preaching. Share this with those searching for where they can be fed.
2020-05-311h 01Christ Church SermonsAscension Sunday, May 24 - Memorial Day Online Worship ServiceSeventh Sunday in Easter. Please join Christ Church Plano for an online service of liturgy, music, and preaching. Share this with those searching for where they can be fed.
2020-05-241h 00Christ Church SermonsSunday, May 17 - Online Worship ServiceSixth Sunday in Easter. Please join Christ Church Plano for an online service of liturgy, music, and preaching. Share this with those searching for where they can be fed.
2020-05-171h 02Christ Church SermonsSunday, May 10 - Online Worship ServiceFifth Sunday in Easter. Please join Christ Church Plano for an online service of liturgy, music, and preaching. Share this with those searching for where they can be fed.
2020-05-101h 05Christ Church SermonsSunday, May 3 - Online Worship ServiceFourth Sunday in Easter. Please join Christ Church Plano for an online service of liturgy, music, and preaching. Share this with those searching for where they can be fed.
2020-05-031h 03Christ Church SermonsSunday, April 26 - Online Worship ServiceChrist Church Plano exists to invite ordinary people to know Jesus Christ and to become like Him for the sake of the world. Like generations of believers before us, we are convinced that God changes lives through His Church, specifically as the Church remains faithful to its ministry of Word and Sacrament. We live into this mission through our core values of worship, formation, belonging, and compassion.
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2020-04-261h 06Christ Church SermonsSunday, April 19 - Online Worship ServiceChrist Church Plano exists to invite ordinary people to know Jesus Christ and to become like Him for the sake of the world. Like generations of believers before us, we are convinced that God changes lives through His Church, specifically as the Church remains faithful to its ministry of Word and Sacrament. We live into this mission through our core values of worship, formation, belonging, and compassion.
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2020-04-1959 minChrist Church SermonsEaster Sunday, April 12 - Online Worship ServiceChrist Church Plano invites you to celebrate the Easter resurrection: rejoice in word, and song, and liturgy, that death has been conquered in Jesus Christ.
2020-04-121h 13Christ Church SermonsPalm Sunday, April 5 - Online Worship ServiceChrist Church Plano exists to invite ordinary people to know Jesus Christ and to become like Him for the sake of the world. Like generations of believers before us, we are convinced that God changes lives through His Church, specifically as the Church remains faithful to its ministry of Word and Sacrament. We live into this mission through our core values of worship, formation, belonging, and compassion.
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2020-04-051h 10Christ Church SermonsSunday, March 29 - Online Worship ServiceThe Fifth Sunday in Lent. Please join Christ Church Plano for an online service of liturgy, music, and preaching. Share this with those searching for where they can be fed.
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2020-03-291h 02Christ Church SermonsSunday, March 22 - Online Worship ServiceFourth Sunday in Lent. Worship with Christ Church Plano through our online church service of liturgy, music, and preaching. Connect with our resources at ChristChurchPlano.org
2020-03-2255 min
Christ Church Sermons4. The Idol of RelationshipsEpisode 4 of Christ Church Plano's Lenten Podcast, Confronting Our Idols, with Fr. Paul Donison
2020-03-0933 minChrist Church SermonsMore Than a TeacherThe Rev. Jonathan Bailes exposes the hollow hope of believing that we ourselves can overcome sin. Christ must not only teach us, but also remake us.
2020-03-0721 minChrist Church Sermons3. The Idol of SuccessEpisode 3 of Christ Church Plano's Lenten Podcast, Confronting Our Idols, with Fr. Paul Donison
2020-03-0118 minChrist Church SermonsThe Gospel in the Temptation"Why does Lent begin with the temptation of Jesus?" Fr. Paul examines how Christ unmasks and exposes the devil, freeing us from Satan's oppression. We, too, have victory over the accuser in Jesus's name.
2020-02-2928 minChrist Church Sermons2. The Idol of MoneyEpisode 2 of Christ Church Plano's Lenten Podcast, Confronting Our Idols, with Fr. Paul Donison
2020-02-2522 minChrist Church SermonsDestined for Glory"Where is your life headed?" Fr. Paul examines what is Christ's transfiguration and how it defines our future. We, too, will shine like Jesus as pictures of His glory. Matthew 17:1-9
2020-02-2233 minChrist Church Sermons1. Confronting Our IdolsEpisode 1 of Christ Church Plano's Lenten Podcast, Confronting Our Idols, with Fr. Paul Donison
2020-02-1615 minChrist Church Sermons2020 Cast Parish Vision WeekendChrist Church exists to invite ordinary people to know Jesus Christ and to become like Him for the sake of the world. Our Rector, Fr. Paul, examines how God has already done the work to make each of us evangelists. Here is hope for timid evangelists. Here is how each of us will invite our neighbors into the life of Christ’s Church.
2020-01-1834 minChrist Church SermonsCarried by Christ's BaptismMatthew 3:13-17. "What do you believe about who you are?" The Very Rev. Paul Donison reminds us how our identity is not found in how we carry ourselves through turbulence, but in how Christ carried us through baptism.
2020-01-1123 minChrist Church SermonsUnexpectedly Drawn by ChristThe Very Rev. Paul Donison declares how, even as the world changes decade by decade, Jesus continues to draw the world to Himself. Christ reaches us and renovates us today as He has through all of history.
2020-01-0529 minChrist Church SermonsAstonished by ChristLuke 2:41-51. The Very Rev. Paul Donison examines the astonishing boyhood of Jesus. The content, claims, and cross of the Son of God will surprise and unsettle us—stirring us, saving us.
2019-12-2929 minChrist Church SermonsThe Opportunity of DoubtMatthew 11:2-19. The Most Rev. Dr. Foley Beach, Archbishop and Primate of the ACNA, explores how John the Baptist wrestled with knowing God's will and doubting God's purpose. Dr. Beach invites us to find hope in Christ.
2019-12-1524 min2019-11-2620 minChrist Church SermonsSaints of PromiseMatthew 25:14-30. Where do we find the courage to fearlessly use the gifts that God has given us? Fr. Paul examines the renowned parable of the talents, revealing how the Lord has entrusted to us unique gifts which He expects us to faithfully employ. But God has given us His promise: work without fear, for even our failures find refuge at the cross of Christ.
2019-11-1731 minChrist Church SermonsSaints of ReconciliationMatthew 18:15-20. The world is desperate for peace. Fr. Paul explores Jesus' vital teaching on sin and reconciliation, the movement from wounding to love. Christ commands that His Church show forth the mission, method, and mending power of the Gospel through our forgiveness.
2019-11-1032 minChrist Church SermonsThe Feast of All SaintsHebrews 11:32-12:2. Fr. Paul invites us to know our identity as saints of God's Kingdom, believers in communion with those heroes who went before us. Christ offers us His life that we might also live like Him.
2019-11-0330 minChrist Church SermonsCourage for HealingMatthew 8:14-18. "Where do we find courage to pray for healing in the face of sickness and death?" Fr. Paul examines the account of Christ's healing of Peter's mother-in-law. When we trust in the knowledge of God and His Kingdom, we find His kindness changes everything.
2019-10-0632 minChrist Church SermonsI Am: The Vine"I am the vine, you are the branches." Jesus is the sole source of the true life that we all long for, and He invites us to belong to Him. When we link ourselves to Christ, we bear the fruit of a believing life.
2019-09-1530 minChrist Church SermonsI Am: The Way, Truth & LifeJesus comforts His disciples saying He is the way to true life. Fr. Paul directs us to find faith in Christ, for He alone leads to the life we were made for. He alone is steadfast in love.
2019-09-0831 minChrist Church SermonsI Am: The ResurrectionJesus knows our greatest fear is that of death. By declaring that He is the resurrection, Christ denounces death with righteous anger. Christ took on our weakness not only to defeat death, but also to give us a courageous faith that lives without fear.
2019-09-0127 minChrist Church SermonsI Am: The Good ShepherdFr. Paul describes how we all long to be shepherded. Jesus offers us His shepherding care to lead us when we are lost and rescue us when we fall. Christ's intent is to make us shepherds like Him, for the sake of the world.
2019-08-2530 minChrist Church SermonsBelonging in ChristDr. Ken Wilgus examines the loneliness of many people's Christian experience. We are, as the apostle Paul says, the body of Christ, united and intimately connected with the Lord and with each other.
2019-07-2825 minChrist Church SermonsWho Is My Neighbor?Fr. Paul examines our tendency to avoid Christ's command to love our neighbors like the Good Samaritan. The call to care for outsiders and enemies is as old as Scripture, for it is our Christian story: Jesus rescued us; so too ought we to love.
2019-07-1428 minChrist Church SermonsThe Resolve of ChristThe Very Rev. Paul Donison explains the singular resolve of Jesus for our salvation. Our lives are secure in Christ; His unwavering focus gives us confidence to follow Him as disciples.
2019-06-3030 minChrist Church SermonsFor King and CountryChrist Church welcomes The Most Rev. Dr. Laurent Mbanda, Archbishop of Rwanda, to preach on the prayers and fasting of Nehemiah for the people of God.
2019-06-2325 minChrist Church SermonsTrinity Sunday"How can I know I am being guided by the Holy Spirit?" Fr. Paul examines Christ's promise to us, that in the midst of life decisions and difficulties, the Spirit who indwells us will guide us into repentance and faith. We are not left as orphans.
2019-06-1628 minChrist Church SermonsBeauty & CultureFr. Bryan shows us a glimpse of the beauty in heaven. Even cities will reveal the glory of God. As we long for renewal in our culture today, we are called to render our lives in humble service to Christ.
2019-05-1921 minChrist Church SermonsThe Marriage FeastFr. Jonathan draws our imagination to the heavenly feast where the people of God will roar of joy. For in this meal we see the Gospel: though we were banished from God's garden, Christ welcomes us anew at His Table.
2019-05-1222 minChrist Church SermonsAll Things NewFr. Paul raises our imagination for the new creation, community, and communion with God. As we long for Christ to banish evil and redeem our pain, we ought also to become humble in our brokenness and yearn to see His face.
2019-05-0427 minChrist Church SermonsBaptized & RaisedResurrection begins at the baptismal font. Fr. Paul reveals how our faith and our actions are often at odds. We must wrestle with our baptism, remembering Christ's vision for our life, to become who God made us to be.
2019-04-2825 minChrist Church SermonsThe Resurrection"Do you believe in the resurrection?" Fr. Paul Donison celebrates the facts of Jesus Christ's return to life, and he invites us to consider the evidence. The story of Jesus has convicted the world, a conviction that brings peace and new life.
2019-04-2130 minChrist Church SermonsHosanna: Save Us PleaseFr. Paul inaugurates Holy Week on Palm Sunday, exploring how God answers our cries for help in Jesus's triumphal entry into Jerusalem. When we meet Christ at the foot of the cross, we find the cure to our deepest need.
2019-04-1431 minChrist Church SermonsLord, Teach Us to Pray II"Why pray if God knows everything?" Fr. Paul explores how prayer works: that when we pray, we become apprenticed to Christ, and as our will is aligned to God's, our holy desires are amplified.
2019-03-1634 minChrist Church SermonsGood News for a Secular Age: Justice"What good news does the church have for our secular age?" Fr. Paul Donison concludes his series on Philemon with the Biblical call to mend our divisions. Justice as the world conceives it is one only of retribution. Christ's church, however, looks beyond retribution to the work of restoration.
2019-03-0331 minChrist Church SermonsGood News for a Secular Age: PurposeOur world disdains belief in God, yet still seeks greater purpose in life. Fr. Paul shows the church's true and lasting answer: purpose discovered, not self-made. When we come into relationship with Christ, our life's purpose re-orients around Him.
2019-02-2431 minChrist Church SermonsCast 2019Fr. Paul Donison casts the vision for a new year of ministry at Christ Church: to be the Church for the sake of the world. Modeled on Acts 2:42, Christ Church celebrates the work of worship, formation, belonging, and compassion as the newly appointed cathedral of our diocese.
2019-02-0934 minChrist Church SermonsAuthority and PowerFr. Bryan Biba invites us to understand Jesus' authority and power like the first century people who first encountered Him. When we follow Christ in humility, our words and actions resound with His purpose.
2019-02-0323 minChrist Church SermonsCome and See"Where do we find courage as evangelists?" Fr. Paul Donison reveals how simple is the incredible invitation to discover the Lord Jesus. When we "come and see" the person and the passion of Christ—and invite others to do the same—we are forever changed.
2019-01-2733 minChrist Church SermonsSon of GodThe Most. Rev. Dr. Foley Beach explores the Biblical declarations about Jesus: God from God. The testimony of Christ's disciples is an invitation for us to believe and be saved.
2019-01-1320 minChrist Church SermonsChristmas Day 2018"How do we truly receive the Christmas gift?" Fr. Paul commends us to continually receive the story of Christ's birth in our lives, to cultivate our wondering, pondering, and treasuring of the gift.
2018-12-2522 minChrist Church SermonsHope for Wayward Sheep"Is there hope for wayward sheep?" Fr. Paul Donison shares the incredible good news of Jesus's judgment: Christ has made us His sheep, imperfect though we are, to become His imitators to the least among us. Matthew 25:31-46.
2018-11-2325 minChrist Church SermonsChrist Our HealerFr. Paul sets the proper context for our prayers for healing: Pray for Christ to be near. Where Christ is, there is also healing.
2018-09-0929 min2018-09-0130 minChrist Church SermonsBecoming Peter IIFr. Paul continues his sermon series “Becoming Peter” by encouraging us to embrace who we are in Christ. Like Peter, our identity is for His purpose: to be a foundation upon which He builds His church.
2018-08-1829 minChrist Church SermonsBecoming PeterFr. Paul opened his new sermon series “Becoming Peter” with Simon’s confession that Jesus is the Messiah—the King of Heaven and Earth. Everything in Simon's world would change with that confession. So too, we, confessing Christ's reality and royalty, are transformed.
2018-08-1129 minChrist Church SermonsOur Only Hope for RestFr. Bryan offers a word of hope for the anxious and fearful. In Jesus Christ there is rest and freedom from the trap of our restless, overworked culture.
2018-07-2220 minChrist Church SermonsInto Mission IIIThe Father’s Promises. Fr. Paul closed his “Into Mission” series with a reality check—God’s mission is too big for us when we do not trust in God’s promises. Even so, God keeps his promises, seen in the wounded hands of the resurrected Christ.
2018-07-1530 minChrist Church SermonsJesus Christ, Lord of the StormDr. Ken Wilgus challenges us to seek Jesus in times of crisis—trusting that, as “Lord of the storm,” He is at work in the midst of our most trying times.
2018-06-2325 minChrist Church SermonsFully Alive in ChristFr. Paul explains that capability, calling, and godly character are the real traits of a person fully alive in Christ; made possible only by Pentecost, the living breath of our Lord.
2018-05-2029 minChrist Church SermonsBaptized for Our SakeFr. Paul explains that Jesus’ baptism was not for his own sake, but for ours. We are invited into Christ’s baptism where we receive him—a loving brother, a best friend, and a spiritual guide.
2018-05-0626 minChrist Church SermonsChrist, Our Only Real HopeThe Rt. Rev. Neil Lebhar explains that weak faith in Christ prevents us from knowing God's presence and care for the lost, lonely, and broken. But we are called to be a faithful witness to all persons, proclaiming Christ, the only real hope.
2018-04-2929 minChrist Church SermonsThe Good ShepherdIn a world of distraction and confusion, we live scattered lives. But there is hope! In Fr. Bryan's sermon, we are reminded of God’s rescue mission to restore order to our lives—through Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd.
2018-04-2223 minChrist Church SermonsEaster 2018Fr. Paul’s Easter sermon entreats us to know the courage found only in Jesus Christ’s resurrection. Because of His victory over sin and death, we can believe the words of 1 Corinthians 15: “Where, O death, is your victory; Where, O death, is your sting?”
2018-04-0127 minChrist Church SermonsA Story of Vocation, Part IIFr. Paul explains how Jonah’s prayer in the belly of the fish gives courage for mission and proclaims the coming Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
2018-03-0333 minChrist Church SermonsHoly LentThe Rev. Bryan Biba explores the meaning of Holy Lent, a season for the preparation and renewal of our Baptism. Citing examples of faith from the early church, Fr. Bryan encourages us to embrace a view of Lent not as mere moral improvement, but one of participation in the life and death of Christ.
2018-02-1822 minChrist Church SermonsCast 2018: Come Down the MountainThe Very Rev. Canon Paul Donison shares his vision for Christ Church Plano's cultural engagement, evangelism, and community growth at this year's Cast: All Parish Event.
2018-02-1132 minChrist Church SermonsA Story of Conversion, Part II"Why did Jesus appear directly to Saul?" Fr. Paul Donison examines how Paul's radical encounter with Christ illustrates the presence and purpose of God in our own conversions. As the Lord pursued even the great persecutor of the early church, so he pursues us.
2018-01-2129 minChrist Church SermonsJesus' Second Advent"In our darkest moments, where do we find hope?" Fr. Paul Donison reminds us that Christ's second coming is not a future event, but a present reality, and one in which we have a priestly part to play.
2017-12-1028 minChrist Church SermonsThe King's SheepThe Very Rev. Canon Paul Donison exhorts us to be like the sheep in Christ's parable: caring for the least among us. Sharing a story of a low point in his life, Fr. Paul explains how simple it is to follow Jesus when we embrace our inheritance as sons and daughters of the King.
2017-11-2633 minChrist Church SermonsWho Do You Say I Am?"Who do you say Jesus is?" The Most Rev. Dr. Foley Beach invites us to reflect on whether we have relegated our faith to the back seat, or whether we have let Christ take the drivers’ seat.
2017-08-2724 minChrist Church SermonsJohn 1:43-51Fr. Paul reminds us that there is hope for timid evangelists. Christ’s peace, when shared among our community, is the bridge that reconciles us with God.
2017-08-1331 minChrist Church SermonsRadical Hospitality: Ruth IIIFr. Paul continues his series in Ruth, telling the story of our redemption by Christ through the picture of Ruth and Boaz. Just as Boaz protects and honors the young widow, so too Christ loves and redeems us. Sermon by The Rev. Canon Paul Donison delivered on Sunday, February 19, 2017.
2017-02-1828 minChrist Church SermonsRadical Hospitality IThe Rev. Canon Paul Donison tells us that Biblical hospitality is radical hospitality. Everyone is welcomed into Christ because of the cross; we are all brothers and sisters united in Christ.
2017-01-1527 min