Machias Valley Baptist Church

January 12, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org
 
Title: "Crucified For Us Under Pontius Pilate"
 
Text: Mark 15:1-15
 
Sermon Points:
1) Jesus models for us how to suffer rightly. 
2) Jesus is a King, but not THAT kind of king.
3) Jesus takes our place and we get His.

January 5, 2025. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org
 
Title: "State of the Unity"
 
Text: Acts 2:42-47
 
Sermon Points:
1) We strive to devote ourselves to the practices of the early church.
2) We desire to be in awe of God.
3) We celebrate all that the Lord has done in our midst. 

December 29, 2024. Pastor Bob Emrich. www.machiasvalley.org
Title: "Press on to Know the Lord"

December 22, 2024. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org.
 
Title: "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
 
Text: Luke 2:8-20
 
Sermon Points:
1) The glory of God incarnate must be proclaimed.
     a) Sometimes through extraordinary means.
     b) Mostly through ordinary means. 
2) The glory of God incarnate is the focus of God.
3) The glory of God incarnate brings the peace of God. 

December 15, 2024. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org
Title: "Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus"
 
Text: Haggai 2:7/Luke 2:21-35
 
Sermon Points:
1) The glorious treasure of Christ and His Kingdom is beyond all compare.
2) All the benefits of the Christian life are wrapped up in the gift of Christ.
3) Rest in Christ is greater than the strife of the world.

December 8, 2024. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org
Title: "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"
Text: Isaiah 7:14, 9:6-7
Sermon Points:
1) The significance of "God with us"
2) The scariness of "God with us"
3) The salvation of "God with us"
4) The seeking of "God with us"

December 1, 2024. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org
Title: "Joy to the World!"
 
Text: Psalm 98
 
Sermon Points:
1) "The Lord has come": Rejoicing in God's salvation.
2) "Let men their songs employ": Expressing this joy through song.
3) "Far as the curse is found": Hoping in the universal extent of Christ's reign.
 

November 24, 2024. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org
Title: A King in a Kangaroo Court
Text: Mark 14:53-72
Sermon Points:
1) Satan loves to pervert justice.
2) Jesus is the Messianic King seated in power.
3) Will you respond like Judas or like Peter?

November 17, 2024. Pastor Zach Vaughn. www.machiasvalley.org 
Title: "The Kiss of Death" 
Text: Mark 14:43-52
Sermon Points:
1) Judas displays the kingdom of this world.
2) Jesus displays submission to the Father.
3) Jesus is the True and Better Adam.

November 10, 2024. Micah Perkins. www.machiasvalley.org
Title: "There is None Righteous"
Text: Romans 3:10