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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Come & Be Seen
April 25, 2021 13:37 - 13.1 MBJohn 1:4-5, 9-12; 2:23-25; 3:18-21 April 25, 2021 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “I remember my father telling me, ‘The eyes of God are on us always.’ The eyes of God. What a phrase to a young boy. What were God’s eyes like? Unimaginably penetrating, intense eyes, I assumed.” ~ […]
Behold… The Savior!
April 18, 2021 13:39 - 12.8 MBJohn 3:9-21 April 18, 2021 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “The two facts of healing in the physical order are these: A physician cannot heal us unless we put ourselves into his hands, and we will not put ourselves into his hands unless we know that we are sick.” ~ […]
You Must Be Born Again
April 11, 2021 15:40 - 14.3 MBJohn 2:23-3:15 April 11, 2021 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “All other men are specialists, but his specialism is omniscience.” ~ Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), British writer and physician “Why do born-again people so often make you wish they’d never been born the first time?” ~ Katharine Whitehorn (1928-2021), British […]
A Sign of Things to Come
April 04, 2021 15:52 - 28.9 MBJohn 2:12-22 April 4, 2021 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Death and resurrection are what the story is about and had we but eyes to see it, this has been hinted on every page, met us, in some disguise, at every turn, and even been muttered in conversations between such […]
The Sign of Service
March 27, 2021 16:00 - 12.2 MBJohn 2:1-11 March 28, 2021 preached by Pastor Ryan Bouton Download Guide for Home Worship Time of Reflection Quotations “What happens the next morning [the triumphal entry] is not a spontaneous act of outrage but a planned demonstration. Planned for prime time and maximum exposure, it was a ‘demonstration’ calculated to interrupt business as usual […]
A Hope Appraisal
March 21, 2021 00:28 - 12.7 MBHaggai 2:4-9, 20-23; John 6:25-29 (ESV) March 21, 2021 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Guide for Home Worship Time of Reflection Quotations “Human beings are hope-shaped creatures. The way you live now is completely controlled by what you believe about the future.” ~ Tim Keller, NYC-based pastor and author “Christians are no different from the […]
A Purification Appraisal
March 14, 2021 01:00 - 28.1 MBHaggai 2:10-19 March 14, 2021 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Home Worship Guide Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Out, damned spot! Out, I say! (…) What, will these hands ne’er be clean? ~ Shakespeare, excerpt from Macbeth “We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. But mere time does nothing either to the […]
A Motivation Appraisal
March 07, 2021 18:11 - 27.5 MBHaggai 2:1-9 March 7, 2021 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.” ~ John Bunyan (1628-1688), excerpt from Pilgrim’s Progress “Beware of placing even the smallest drop of your confidence on anything apart from the Gospel.” ~ John Calvin […]
A Priority Appraisal
February 28, 2021 14:50 - 13.3 MBHaggai 1:1-15 February 28, 2021 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Worldliness is a spirit, a temperament, an attitude of the soul… It is a gaze always horizontal and never vertical.” ~ J.H. Jowett (1864-1923), British minister and author “Whatever we value most in life becomes our ‘treasure.’ And our treasure […]
Come and See
February 21, 2021 15:20 - 12.8 MBJohn 1:35-51 (ESV) February 21, 2021 preached by Chris Audino Download Time of Reflection Quotations “I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history.” […]
Behold… The Lamb!
February 15, 2021 20:19 - 12.3 MBJohn 1:6-8, 19-34 February 14, 2021 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Joy blossoms in our hearts not as we try harder and harder to grow, but as we see more clearly the depths of our sin and understand more fully our utter helplessness. Only then will we take our eyes […]
Behold… The Glory!
February 07, 2021 19:45 - 11.8 MBJohn 1:14-18; Exodus 33:18-23, 34:5-9 (ESV) February 7, 2021 preached by Robert Moore Download Time of Reflection Quotations “We tend to have a wrong view of law and to think of it as something that is opposed to grace. But it is not. Law is only opposed to grace in the sense that there was […]
Behold… The Word!
January 24, 2021 16:32 - 1 ByteJohn 1:1-5 January 24, 2021 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Our greatest desire, greater than even the desire for happiness, is that our lives mean something. This desire for meaning is the originating impulse of story. We tell stories because we hope to find or create significant connections between things. […]
Going: Considering What It Means To Follow Jesus
January 17, 2021 20:12 - 11.8 MBMark 8:27-37, Matthew 20:25-28 January 17 2021 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “It is the madness of this ‘word of the cross’ that compels us to take it seriously. No one can say that this was some pious invention, for the cross runs counter to all notions of piety. And […]
Seeking Him With Our Whole Hearts
January 10, 2021 17:09 - 13.3 MBLuke 9:22-23; Luke 12:22-32 January 10, 2021 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Faith is a reasoning trust, a trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently upon the trustworthiness of God.” ~ John R. Stott (1921-2011), English minister and author “Faith is not a refuge from reality. It is a demand that […]
The Way Jesus Walked
January 03, 2021 16:45 - 13.3 MBselected passages January 3, 2021 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations Religion is what you do with your solitude. ~ William Temple (1881-1944), English Anglican priest Prayer is the way we work our way out of the comfortable but cramped world of self, and into the spacious world of God. ~ […]
Walking With God: Anna & Simeon
December 27, 2020 16:19 - 11.4 MBLuke 2:22-39 December 27, 2020 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one’s thoughts.” ~ Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015), American author and speaker “The Lord is […]
The Weary World Rejoices
December 25, 2020 00:52 - 6.85 MBIsaiah 9:2, 6-7 December 24, 2020 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Sermon Passage Isaiah 9:2, 6-7 (ESV) 2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. 6 For to us a child is born, to us a […]
Walking With God: The Incarnation
December 20, 2020 23:13 - 12.7 MBHebrews 1:1-4, 2:10-18 December 20, 2020 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Advent is a time of waiting, of expectation, of silence.” ~ Dorothy Day (1897-1980), American writer and social activist “The Son of God did not want to be seen and found in heaven. Therefore he descended from heaven into […]
Walking with God: Mary
December 13, 2020 16:13 - 12.6 MBLuke 1:26-47 & Luke 2:18-19 December 13, 2020 preached by Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Advent is a time of waiting, of expectation, of silence.” ~ Dorothy Day (1897-1980), American writer and social activist “The Christian story is precisely the story of one grand miracle, the Christian assertion being that what is beyond […]
Walking With God: Joseph
December 06, 2020 14:27 - 11.4 MBMatthew 1:18-25 December 6, 2020 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Advent is a time of waiting, of expectation, of silence.” ~ Dorothy Day (1897-1980), American writer and social activist The only people whose soul can truly magnify the Lord are…people who acknowledge their lowly estate and are overwhelmed by the […]
The Grace of God
November 30, 2020 16:26 - 16.3 MBselected passages from Ephesians 1 & 2 November 29, 2020 preached by Pastor Don Willeman Download Time of Reflection Quotations “The grace of God is love freely shown towards guilty sinners, contrary to their merit and indeed in defiance of their demerit. It is God showing goodness to persons who deserve only severity and had […]
The Goodness and Severity of God
November 21, 2020 23:35 - 9.55 MBselected passages (NASB) November 22, 2020 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Home Worship Guide Time of Reflection Quotations “It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant […]
The Justice & Wrath of God
November 15, 2020 18:08 - 13.3 MBNahum 1:2-3, John 3: 13-21, 31-36 November 15, 2020 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “A god who is all love, all grace, all mercy, no sovereignty, no justice, no holiness, and no wrath is an idol.” ~ R. C. Sproul (1939-2017), theologian and pastor “One of the appeals of idolatry […]
The Jealous Husband: God’s Loving Jealousy
November 08, 2020 17:18 - 1 Byteselected passages November 8, 2020 preached by Robert Moore Download Time of Reflection Quotations “For my name’s sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off. Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the […]
The Love of God
November 01, 2020 16:48 - 11.8 MB1 John 4:7-16 November 1, 2020 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance.” ~ John […]
Knowing & Being Known By God
October 25, 2020 15:56 - 10.3 MBselected passages (NASB) October 25, 2020 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.” “To be […]
Knowing God in His Wisdom
October 18, 2020 17:24 - 13.9 MB1 Corinthians 1:18-2:8, James 1:5-6, 3:13-18 October 18, 2020 preached by Pastor Chris Audino Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” ~Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek Philosopher “The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight. Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will […]
The Word of God
October 11, 2020 15:44 - 11.9 MBselected passages October 11, 2020 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 whoever we […]
The Faithfulness of God
October 04, 2020 20:24 - 1 ByteJeremiah 32:36-41, 33-14-26 October 4, 2020 preached by Scott Sottosanti Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter with me now. Because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long […]
How Do We Know God?
September 27, 2020 15:43 - 11.7 MBSelected Passages (NIV) September 27, 2020 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations Sermon Passage Selected Passages (NIV) Romans 1:18-20 18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about […]
The Majesty & Greatness of God
September 20, 2020 15:33 - 1 Byteselected passages September 20, 2020 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “When we lose sight of the majesty of God, we invariably fill the gap in our vision with the fable of the majesty of someone else.” ~ Jen Wilkin (1969-present), American writer, speaker and teacher “Nourish right conceptions of the […]
The Study of God
September 14, 2020 16:25 - 15 MBJeremiah 9:23-24; John 17:1-3 September 13, 2020 preached by Pastor Don Willeman The Christ Restoration Church sermon for this date was not recorded. You can hear a similar message from Pastor Don Willeman in Hanover below. Download Time of Reflection Quotations “It’s not what you know. It’s who you know.” ~A Common Proverb “My hands, head, […]
True Grit
September 06, 2020 17:20 - 12 MBPsalm 71 September 6, 2020 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “As disciples, we find not some, but all of our strength, hope, courage, and confidence in God.” ~ Henri Nouwen (1932-1996), Dutch Catholic priest, professor, writer and theologian “True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but […]
Genuine Faith in Action
August 29, 2020 23:28 - 1 ByteRomans 12:1-2, 9-21 August, 30, 2020 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Guide for Home Worship Time of Reflection Quotations “The household of God must offer a clear and lovely alternative to the madness of this world.” ~ Ray Ortlund, contemporary pastor and author “We don’t come to church, to be a church. We come […]
A Song of Love
August 23, 2020 18:29 - 12.4 MBPsalm 45 August 23, 2020 preached by Pastor Chris Audino Download Time of Reflection Quotations “God created the world to provide a spouse and a kingdom for His Son: and the setting up of the kingdom of Christ, and the spiritual marriage of the spouse to Him, is what the whole creation labours and travails […]
Finding Confidence In His Authority
August 17, 2020 18:22 - 12.6 MBPsalm 71 August 16, 2020 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “The goal at which all the psalm-prayers arrive after their long travels through the unmapped back countries of pain, doubt, and trouble, with only occasional vistas of the sunlit lands, along the way… all prayer, pursued far enough, becomes praise. […]
Praise the Lord!
August 10, 2020 17:49 - 12.5 MBPsalm 148 August 9, 2020 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Our whole business in this life is to restore to health the eye of the heart whereby God may be seen.” ~ Augustine of Hippo (354-430), Christian author, theologian and philosopher “What freedom is found in recognizing that only God […]
Prayer in the Midst of Pressure
August 02, 2020 18:05 - 13 MBPsalm 25 August 2, 2020 preached by Scott Sottosanti Download Time of Reflection Quotations “The other Scriptures speak to us, but the Psalms speak for us.” ~Athanasius (c. 296-373), early church leader “One of the challenges that we have collectively as a society is that in this country we do victory great, we do success […]
The Power of His Promises
July 26, 2020 10:00 - 13.8 MBSelections from Psalm 119 July 26, 2020 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Optimism hopes for the best without any guarantee of its arriving and is often no more than whistling in the dark. Christian hope, by contrast, is faith looking ahead to the fulfillment of the promises of God… Optimism […]
Having a Heart of Hope
July 19, 2020 18:51 - 10.7 MBPsalm 42 and 43 July 19, 2020 preached by Robert Moore Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Too often our practical view of sanctification, discipleship, and counseling takes the short view…We love gazelles. Graceful leaps make for a great testimony to God’s wonderworking power. And we like steady and predictable. It seems to vindicate our efforts […]
The Freedom of Forgiveness
July 12, 2020 16:17 - 9.76 MBPsalm 32:1-11 July 12, 2020 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Forgiveness transcends finite human reason. The mere thought that one’s entire sin account can be utterly eradicated is staggering. Yet it is quite clear that the forgiveness of sins strikes at the very core of human need and experience. It […]
Turning Toward a Gracious God
July 05, 2020 15:28 - 11.8 MBPsalm 51:1-19 July 5, 2020 preached by Pastor Chris Audino Download Time of Reflection Quotations “Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple’s sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent.” […]
An Ancient Path That Leads To Praise
June 28, 2020 19:30 - 11.9 MBPsalm 105:1-15, 42-45 June 28, 2020 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Guide for Home Worship Time of Reflection Quotations “He is short-sighted who looks only on the path he treads and the wall on which he leans.” ~ Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese-American writer, poet, visual artist and philosopher “The secret formula of the saints: […]
A Faith that Works in Prayer
June 14, 2020 10:00 - 13.9 MBJames 5:13-20 June 14, 2020 preached by Abrm McQuarters Download Guide for Home Worship Time of Reflection Quotations “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one” ~Bruce Lee (1940-1973), actor, director and martial artist “I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is […]
A Faith that Works Through Value
May 31, 2020 10:00James 4:13-5:8 May 31, 2020 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Guide for Home Worship Time of Reflection Quotations “Worldliness is a spirit, a temperament, an attitude of the soul… It is a gaze always horizontal and never vertical.” ~ J.H. Jowett (1864-1923), British minister and author “Might like to wear cotton, might like to […]
A Faith that Works Through Limitations
May 23, 2020 23:12James 4:13-17 May 24, 2020 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Guide for Home Worship Time of Reflection Quotations “You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire” “You live as if you were destined to live forever, no thought of your frailty ever enters your head, […]
An Explanation of the Lord’s Supper
May 16, 2020 18:131 Corinthians 11:17-34 (ESV) May 17, 2020 preached by Pastor Don Willeman Download Guide for Home Worship Time of Reflection Quotations “God had one Son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.” ~St. Augustine (354-430), bishop in North Africa “Jesus had the guilty in mind when He hung high and stretched out wide…. […]
A Faith That Works Through Repentance
May 08, 2020 15:58James 4:1-12 May 10, 2020 preached by Pastor Doug Cooper Download Guide for Home Worship Time of Reflection Quotations “We must begin by admitting that people and situations do not cause us to speak as we do. Our hearts control our words. People and situations simply provide the occasion for the heart to express itself.” […]
A Wisdom that Comes down from Above
May 02, 2020 19:28James 3:3-4:12 May 3, 2020 preached by Lindsay Whaley Download Guide for Home Worship Time of Reflection Quotations “Envy is an ulcer of the soul.” ~Socrates, Greek philosopher (470-399BC) “But by the envy of the devil, death entered the world, and they who are allied with him experience it.” ~Book of Wisdom 2:24 (an influential […]