Warsaw International Church - Sermon Notes & Articles

  Last Sunday’s sermon was preached by Pastor Harry with the title “The Almost Church” (Colossians 3:23-24; Romans 1:14-17; Malachi 3:6-10). The sermon and the whole service can be watched on our WIC YouTube Channel. A church can look like a church and function like a church; but the hearts of its worshippers are lukewarm or cold, and self-centred instead of Christ-centred. Such a church is a poor-quality church, instead of being top-quality. It is an “almost church”. Quality is what unites today’s two subjects: the Reformation (biblical theology) and stewardship (biblical stewardship). 1. The Reformation . Our church, like all churches with a Protestant profile, belongs to the great family of churches that started with the Reformation in the 16 th century, over 500 years ago. But it was actually a return to biblical Christianity. The universal church in Europe at that time was the Roman Catholic Church – but it was very corrupt. The pope was building St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome; ...

“Our Daily Bread” devotional: Ephesians 1:3-14  While out walking the family dog, my nephew Andy was hit by a car. Someone saw the accident and stopped to give him CPR and call for an ambulance. A ventilator kept him alive for a week. Miraculously, he was weaned off the sedation medicines and ventilator the day after Christmas and told his wife, parents, brother and five children, “I love you.” Emotions and hope soared! But the very next day, he died. All of his children, aged fifteen to twenty-one, spoke through their tears at his God- honouring memorial service. Daughter Julia read a quote that made those in attendance think: “It’s not about how much we lost. It’s about how much we have left.” But the truth is, those of us who knew and loved him lost so much with Andy’s passing—a beautiful life lived for Jesus—and he’s greatly missed. What do we have left that gives us hope? Ephesians 1 speaks of the spiritual blessings Andy and other believers have in Jesus: We’re “blameless in ...