Christ Restoration Church Sermons
225 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChrist Restoration Church exists to honor God by fostering a movement of Christ's Kingdom through the proclamation and practice of the gospel that serves and transforms the Sunapee region, and through the Sunapee region the world. Find out more about our church at www.christrestorationchurch.net
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Life Following the Day of Pentacost
May 28, 2023 14:18 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBJohn 15:26-27, 16:7-11; Acts 2:1-4, 22-24, 37-38 May 28, 2023 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Look at the deadness in your life. Look at the anger. How is that going to be turned into forgiveness? Look at the insecurity. How is that going to be turned into confidence? Look at […]
John’s Definition of a Faithful Witness
May 21, 2023 19:49 - 43 minutes - 15 MB1 John 1:1-10 May 21, 2023 preached by Joshua DePasacreta Download Time of Reflection Quotations “If we understand what lies ahead for those who do not know Christ, there will be a sense of urgency in our witness.” ~ David Jeremiah “To call yourself a child of God is one thing. To be called a […]
Life Following the Ascension
May 15, 2023 00:18 - 42 minutes - 14.7 MBJohn 14:18-20; Luke 24:36-53; Colossians 3:1-3 May 14, 2023 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “At His Ascension our Lord entered Heaven, and He keeps the door open for humanity to enter.” ~ Oswald Chambers (1874-1917), Scottish writer and teacher “The ascension changes the way we understand our place in this […]
Life Following the Resurrection
May 07, 2023 12:17 - 41 minutes - 14.4 MBJohn 21:1-6, 9-10, 18-24 May 7, 2023 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “If Jesus is not raised from the dead, nothing matters. But if He is raised, everything matters.” ~ Steve Lawson (1951-present), American pastor and professor “The point of the resurrection…is that the present bodily life is not valueless […]
Christ’s Restoration
April 30, 2023 16:04 - 34 minutes - 12.2 MBLuke 22:24-32, John 21:15-24 April 30, 2023 preached by Pastor Chris Audino Download Time of Reflection Quotations “The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me. This leads to deep humility and deep […]
The Resurrection: The Beginning of the End of Shame
April 23, 2023 12:58 - 36 minutes - 12.7 MBJohn 21:4-19 April 23, 2023 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” ~ Mark Twain (1835-1910), American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer “Guilt says, ‘You failed.’ Shame says, ‘You’re a failure.’ Grace says, ‘Your failures are […]
The Resurrection: The Beginning of the End of Doubts
April 16, 2023 13:01 - 34 minutes - 12 MBJohn 20:19-31 April 16, 2023 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.” “We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not […]
The Resurrection: The Beginning of the End of Tears
April 09, 2023 20:46 - 37 minutes - 12.9 MBJohn 20:1-18 April 9, 2023 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” ~ Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), Chilean poet-diplomat and politician “The resurrection of Jesus was a hidden event. Jesus didn’t rise from the grave to baffle his opponents, to […]
How to Bury a King
April 02, 2023 15:08 - 36 minutes - 12.6 MBJohn 19:19; 23-42 April 2, 2023 preached by Robert Moore Download Time of Reflection Quotations “God had one Son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.” ~ Saint Augustine “I believe I am not mistaken in saying that Christianity is a demanding and serious religion. When it is delivered as easy and amusing, […]
It is Finished
March 26, 2023 18:35 - 43 minutes - 15 MBJohn 19:15-30 March 26, 2023 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Behold the wonder! There He hangs upon the cross! This is the greatest sight you will ever see. Son of God and Son of Man, there He hangs, bearing pains unutterable, the just for the unjust, to bring us to God. […]
Behold Your King
March 19, 2023 21:08 - 41 minutes - 14.4 MBJohn 19:1-16 March 19, 2023 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “The essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man. Man asserts himself against God and puts himself where only God deserves to be; God sacrifices himself for man […]
A Telling Testimony
March 12, 2023 14:26 - 42 minutes - 14.6 MBJohn 1:35-37, 40-46; 1 John 1:3; Revelation 6:9 March 12, 2023 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Evangelion” (that we call the gospel) is a Greek word, and signifies good, merry, glad and joyful tidings, that makes a man’s heart glad, and makes him sing, dance and leap for joy.” ~ […]
Identifying With Jesus In Our Brokenness
February 26, 2023 14:44 - 40 minutes - 14.1 MBPsalm 51:1-12, 15-17 February 26, 2023 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “The reason why our prayers so often fall flat, or come out ‘stale,’ is because they have been uprooted from the soil of the word of God. Prayer is the way we work our way out of the comfortable […]
Hope for Our Disgrace
February 12, 2023 14:02 - 29 minutes - 10.2 MBJohn 18:12-27 February 12, 2023 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “I used to advertise my loyalty and I don’t believe there is a single person I loved that I didn’t eventually betray.” ~ Albert Camus (1913-1960), French philosopher and author “There’s always been a religious strain in me. I can’t […]
The Arresting Power of Jesus
February 05, 2023 15:06 - 31 minutes - 10.9 MBJohn 18:1-11 February 5, 2023 preached by Abrm McQuarters Download Time of Reflection “With the power of God within us, we need never fear the powers around us.” ~ Woodrow Kroll “Only in the Cross of Christ will we receive power when we are powerless. We will find strength when we are weak. We will […]
Sanctified in the Truth
January 29, 2023 16:08 - 37 minutes - 13.2 MBJohn 5:37-40; 17:6-19 January 29, 2023 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Americans have…a new rule written into their mental operating systems: Do your own thing, find your own reality, it’s all relative… Today, each of us is freer than ever to custom-make reality, to believe whatever and pretend to be […]
A Glorious Life – Part 2
January 23, 2023 00:26 - 36 minutes - 12.9 MBJohn 17:10-26 January 22, 2023 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “I am restless. I am athirst for far-away things. My soul goes out in a longing to touch the skirt of the dim distance. O Great Beyond, O the keen call of thy flute! I forget, I ever forget, that […]
A Glorious Life
January 15, 2023 15:40 - 30 minutes - 10.6 MBJohn 17:1-3, 6-19 January 15, 2023 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “What are you really living for? It’s crucial to realize that you either glorify God, or you glorify something or someone else. You’re always making something look big.” ~ Ken Sande, contemporary engineer, lawyer and conciliator “Your ability to […]
This is Eternal Life
January 08, 2023 18:38 - 26 minutes - 9.27 MBJohn 17:1-5 January 8, 2023 preached by Abrm McQuarters Download Time of Reflection Quotations “The glory of God always comes at the sacrifice of self.” ~ A.W. Tozer “Live a life of prayer, giving glory to God and continually listening for His guidance.” ~ Mary C. Neal “The Glory of God, and, as our only […]
A New Life
January 01, 2023 15:07 - 36 minutes - 12.6 MB1 Peter 1:1-7 & Romans 12:1-2 January 1, 2023 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “…if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ…” ~ […]
And His Name Shall Be Called…Immanuel
December 25, 2022 19:06 - 24 minutes - 8.68 MBMatthew 1:18-25 December 25, 2022 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Everything in the Hebrew worldview militated against the idea that a human being could be God. Jews would not even pronounce the name ‘Yahweh’ nor spell it. And yet Jesus Christ—by his life, by his claims, and by his resurrection—convinced […]
What’s in a Name?
December 24, 2022 19:06 - 23 minutes - 8.17 MBMatthew 1:18-25 December 24, 2022 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Sermon Passage Matthew 1:18-25 (NIV) 18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because […]
And His Name Shall Be Called…Prince of Peace
December 18, 2022 16:25 - 32 minutes - 20.6 MBIsaiah 9:1-7 (ESV) December 18, 2022 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Grace remits sin, and peace quiets the conscience. Sin and conscience torment us, but Christ has overcome these fiends now and forever. … These two terms, grace and peace, constitute Christianity. Grace involves the remission of sins, peace, and […]
And His Name Shall Be Called…Everlasting Father
December 11, 2022 15:34 - 33 minutes - 11.5 MBIsaiah 9:1-7 (ESV) December 11, 2022 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “The central miracle asserted by Christians is the incarnation. They say that God became man.” “My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered time after time… The Incarnation is the supreme example; it […]
And He Shall Be Called…Mighty God
December 04, 2022 20:21 - 35 minutes - 12.3 MBIsaiah 9:1-7 (ESV) December 4, 2022 preached by Pastor Don Willeman Download Time of Reflection Quotations “The central miracle asserted by Christians is the incarnation. They say that God became man. If the thing happened, it was the central event in the history of the world.” ~C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) in Miracles “…a stable once had […]
The End Is Joy
November 20, 2022 18:12 - 40 minutes - 13.9 MBJohn 16:16-33 November 20, 2022 preached by Josh DePasacreta Download Time of Reflection “The best way out is always through.” ~ Robert Frost (1874-1963), American poet “The only lasting and fully satisfying joys for any man lie on the other side of a cross.” ~ Walter J. Chantry (1938-present), American pastor and editor “The will of […]
The Help of the Spirit
November 13, 2022 15:43 - 35 minutes - 12.3 MBJohn 16:1-15 November 13, 2022 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “There is a vast difference between self-conviction and Holy Spirit-conviction. When God convicts, He gets specific with us about our sin… He uses specific Scriptures. And His kindness toward us leads to a hopeful conclusion of repentance and dependence. Self-conviction, and […]
Rejection Is To Be Expected
November 06, 2022 19:55 - 36 minutes - 12.8 MBJohn 15:18-16:4a November 6, 2022 preached by Josh DePasacreta Download Time of Reflection Quotations “The only sin God cannot forgive is the sin of rejecting Christ. Turn to Him in repentance and faith and He will forgive.” ~ Billy Graham (1918-2018), American minister and evangelist “The fact that my continuous and public rejection of Christianity […]
I Have Called You Friends
October 30, 2022 14:37 - 38 minutes - 13.3 MBJohn 15:12-17 October 30, 2022 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Nothing is more sacred, more useful, more difficult to find, more pleasant, and more profitable than true friendship. Without authentic spiritual friendship, it is next to impossible to be happy in this life. A person without friends is more like a […]
Abiding in Christ
October 23, 2022 14:52 - 37 minutes - 13 MBJohn 15:1-11 October 23, 2022 preached by Pastor Ryan Bouton Download Time of Reflection Quotations “It seemed to me for that living way up there and looking down on the rest of us would make him proud. After a while I saw where that was wrong, and under my breath I said, ‘No, it wouldn’t. […]
Preparations for Peace
October 17, 2022 00:08 - 35 minutes - 12.3 MBJohn 14:15-31 October 16, 2022 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “If God be our God, He will give us peace in trouble. When there is a storm without, He will make peace within. The world can create trouble in peace, but God can create peace in trouble.” ~ Thomas Watson […]
Tangible Glory
October 09, 2022 21:40 - 33 minutes - 11.7 MBJohn 14:6-15 (ESV) October 9, 2022 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “The central miracle asserted by Christians is the incarnation. They say that God became man.” ~ C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), British writer and Christian apologist “The doctrine of the Incarnation means that two distinct natures (divine and human) are united […]
Glorious Love Part 2
October 02, 2022 15:03 - 38 minutes - 13.3 MBJohn 13:36-14:6 October 2, 2022 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German writer, scientist, statesman, theater director, and critic “There is one element that is worth […]
Glorious Love
September 25, 2022 14:47 - 38 minutes - 13.4 MBJohn 13:20-38 September 25, 2022 preached by Abrm McQuarters Download Time of Reflection Quotations “God bestows His blessings without discrimination. The followers of Jesus are children of God, and they should manifest the family likeness by doing good to all, even to those who deserve the opposite.” ~F.F. Bruce “What defines us as Christians is […]
A Glimpse of Glory
September 18, 2022 15:46 - 33 minutes - 11.8 MBJohn 13:1-17 September 18, 2022 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Glory is the beauty of God unveiled!” ~ Sam Storms (1951-present), American theologian and author “How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My goodness how the time has […]
The Story of Jesus
September 11, 2022 16:26 - 31 minutes - 11.1 MBselections from John September 11, 2022 preached by Pastor Chris Audino Download Time of Reflection Quotations “…if two thousand years of pious handling had not dimmed both John’s story and its demand, this gospel would still be seen as the burning outrage it continues to be, a work of madness or blinding revelation.” ~Reynolds Price […]
Walking Fruitfully with God
September 04, 2022 14:17 - 39 minutes - 13.6 MB2 Peter 1:1-15 September 4, 2022 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “If you wish to make anything grow, you must understand it, and understand it in a very real sense. ‘Green fingers’ are a fact, and a mystery only to the unpracticed. But green fingers are the extensions of a […]
Walking with God in Us
August 28, 2022 18:04 - 32 minutes - 11.2 MBEphesians 3:14-21 August 28, 2022 preached by Josh DePasacreta Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Satan always hates Christian fellowship; it is his policy to keep Christians apart. Anything which can divide saints from one another he delights in. He attaches far more importance to godly intercourse than we do. Since union is strength, he does his […]
Walking Circumspectly with God
August 21, 2022 14:49 - 35 minutes - 12.3 MBPsalm 39:4-13, Psalm 90:1-4, 12-17 August 21, 2022 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Even in our best shape we are a brittle piece of mortality. Your life is a breath, don’t waste it.” ~ Lecrae Devaughn Moore (1979-present), American musician, record and film producer, record executive, actor, and entrepreneur “There […]
Walking With God Through Anxiety
August 15, 2022 03:02 - 37 minutes - 13.1 MBLuke 12:22-34 (ESV) August 14, 2022 preached by Mike O’Leary Download Sermon Passage “I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.” ~ Jim Carey (1962-present), Actor “Worry is like a rocking chair; it keeps you moving but doesn’t get […]
Walking with God… in Gratitude
August 07, 2022 14:40 - 34 minutes - 12 MBselected passages August 7, 2022 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “I doubt that there is such a thing as a measure of spirituality, but if there is, gratitude would be it. Only the grateful are paying attention.” ~ M. Craig Barnes (1956-present) American author, professor, and current president of Princeton […]
Walking with God… with Integrity
July 31, 2022 12:28 - 32 minutes - 11.4 MBselected passages July 31, 2022 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching” ~ C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), British writer and lay theologian “The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on his […]
Walking with God as Our Refuge
July 24, 2022 19:15 - 35 minutes - 12.3 MBselected passages July 24, 2022 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “To whatever we look for any good thing and for refuge in every need, that is what is meant by ‘god.’” ~ Martin Luther (1483-1546), German theologian, author and hymn writer “Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, […]
Walking with God in Distress
July 17, 2022 16:48 - 32 minutes - 11.4 MBPsalm 116 July 17, 2022 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “In the Old Testament, action begins with eyes. So when Yahweh expressed His love for Israel, He told Moses, ‘I have surely seen the affliction of My people’ (Ex. 3:7).” “Paying attention is the first step of incarnation, of going […]
The Requirement of a Walk With God
July 10, 2022 19:20 - 29 minutes - 10.3 MBMicah 6:1-8 July 10, 2022 preached by Abrm McQuarters Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Walking with God doesn’t lead to God’s favor; God’s favor leads to walking with God.” ~Tullian Tchividjian “Whoever says ‘I know him’ but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps […]
Walking with God in Loving Community
July 03, 2022 13:37 - 32 minutes - 11.4 MBI John 4:19-21; I John 1:6-7; Galatians 6:1-2; II Thessalonians 1:3-4; II Corinthians 1:3-4 July 3, 2022 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “We usually recoil from the cost of love, thinking it is an alien substance, but it is the essence of love. This is strangely encouraging because when the […]
Walking in Loving Obedience
June 26, 2022 17:50 - 1 second - 1 ByteI Jn 1:3-11; II Jn 2:4-6; III Jn 3:3-6 (NIV) June 26, 2022 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “There is, then, a great gulf between the understanding that God accepts us because of our efforts and the understanding that God accepts us because of what Jesus has done. Religion operates […]
Walking in a Teachable Way
June 19, 2022 15:47 - 31 minutes - 10.8 MBPsalm 86 June 19, 2022 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Expertise implies a kind of rigidity. If your cup is full, it cannot accept more water.” ~ Faisal Hoque, author and leader in technological innovation “To be Christian, faith has to be new – that is, alive and growing. It […]
Enduring Faith
June 12, 2022 15:42 - 39 minutes - 13.7 MBHebrews 12:1-2 June 12, 2022 preached by Joshua DePasacreta Download Sermon Passage Hebrews 12:1-2 (ESV) 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 […]
The Wonder of the Walk
June 05, 2022 15:16 - 30 minutes - 10.5 MBPsalm 8 June 5, 2022 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “The truth of God’s limitless power would be absolutely terrifying were it not paired with the truth of his limitless goodness.” ~ Jen Wilkin, contemporary author, teacher and speaker “Nourish right conceptions of the majesty of God in your minds. […]