The sermon is one portion of public worship at Christ Church Santa Fe. While it is always our aim for the preaching to have wide application, it is directed specifically to the congregation here in Santa Fe, addressing our lives and concerns as followers of Jesus Christ in this time and place.

Because preaching is integral to worship, it is important to emphasize that the sermon follows many other elements of worship: singing, confession of sins, a collection, the reading of Scripture, and, on occasion, a baptism and/or the reception of new members. It always precedes our weekly celebration of the Lord’s Supper.

All of these parts of worship are connected, necessary, and ideally, should not be separated. We’re particularly interested in not severing word from sacrament. It is our aim, in the preaching of God’s Word, to call for a response in receiving the Lord’s Supper, going out into all the world nourished and spurred on to glorify and enjoy God in all of life.

If you are not a part of Christ Church Santa Fe, it is our hope that this sermon is of some benefit to you. It is also our hope that it motivates you to partake in a full worship service at a gospel-preaching church in your own community. If you are a member of the Santa Fe community but not yet connected to a church home, we invite you to join us for all that God has to offer when we gather together for worship in His name. | Copy provided by John Standridge