OUR YOUNG MEN'S SERMONS

The Mill Creek Church of Christ has a long and storied history when it comes to helping train young men to preach the Gospel of Christ. The congregation, which can trace its beginnings as far back as 1884, has always had a soft spot in its heart for those men—young or old—who want to use their talents to help spread the good news about salvation.

To that end, the Mill Creek congregation has opened both its door and its heart to those who have a desire to preach, and has provided a proving ground of sorts to those who needed a place to “get their feet wet” or “test their mettle” as they prepared and presented sermons. Some of the young men who have spoken at Mill Creek can quite literally say that they gave their very first public lesson within the confines of the small, rural building in which the congregation currently meets. And a number of those youngsters grew up to be not only faithful Christians, but also Gospel preachers!

The tradition of training young men to serve the Lord in a public way is very much “alive and well” at Mill Creek. Currently, there is one young man—Blake Brown—who speaks regularly at Mill Creek’s worship services, in addition to reading Scriptures and leading singing. In the past, two of our former young men, Justin Schumacher and Tyler Mullins, also presented sermons and read Scripture for us. The members are Mill Creek have seen these youngsters grow, mature, and flourish as they have created and presented their lessons. It is by no means an exaggeration to say that the boys have done a truly outstanding job with each of their presentations. And it is a mild understatement to say that the Mill Creek members have been richly blessed by every one of those presentations. The young men take their role in public leadership at Mill Creek very seriously. And it shows in everything they do—whether it is the professional way they handle God’s Word as they read it aloud before the congregation, the confident approach they use to lead singing, or the powerful and persuasive manner in which they present their sermons.

As Blake, Tyler, and Justin progressed in their efforts, and as they began to realize and utilize more of their talents, some of us at Mill Creek thought that the time had come to share some of the fruits of their labors with the rest of the world. Fortunately, the World Wide Web and the Internet make that not only possible, but also fairly simple. As a result, we came up with the idea of putting the boys’ lessons on the Mill Creek Website. We asked the young men and their parents if this would be agreeable to them, and they gave their approval.

So, it is with great pleasure that we make the boys' sermons available to you via our Website. There is no doubt in our minds that you will be blessed by what you read here—just as we have been blessed by hearing the boys make their presentations in person. As the young men continue to grow “in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18), and as they, like the young Jesus they are trying to emulate, continue to grow “in favor with God and men” (Luke 2:52), we will continue to post their sermons on this Website. We, of course, get to see their visible and impressive progress on a weekly basis. We invite you to return to our Website frequently to enjoy the boys' new future offerings that we will be posting. As you do, we suspect that you, too, will come to realize the progress they are making as they mature in the faith. We are very proud of these young men, and we want to do everything within our power to help them recognize and develop their God-given talents so that they can put them to use in Christ’s kingdom, both now and in the years to come.

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BLAKE'S SERMONS
NOTE: Sermons are available in both PDF and html formats; handouts are available only as PDFs.
   19 + 20 = 8?!  [PDF]  [html]
   Aaron—A Good Man Who Did a Bad Thing  [PDF]  [html]
   Abraham and Ishmael  [PDF]  [html]
   Adam and Eve: Earth's First Couple—And Its First Sinners  [PDF]  [html]
   The Ants Versus the Lazybones!  [PDF]  [html]
   A Boy, a Bear, a Lion, and a BIG Man  [PDF]  [html]
   Bats—Animals that "See" with Their Ears (sermon)  [PDF]  [html]
   Bats—Animals that "See" with Their Ears (handout w/pictures)  [PDF]
   "Behold...I Will Make a New Covenant"    [PDF]  [html]
   Be Like the One—A Study in Gratitude to God  [PDF]  [html]
   Blessings that Come from Being a Member of Christ's Church  [PDF]  [html]
   The Brain—A Pumpkin in Your Head?  [PDF]  [html]
   Broken Pitchers, not Broken Promises  [PDF]  [html]
   Bug-Eating Plants as Evidence of God's Existence (sermon)  [PDF]  [html]
   Bug-Eating Plants as Evidence of God's Existence (handout w/pictures)  [PDF]
   Daniel—A Young Man Who Refused to Do Wrong  [PDF]  [html]
   Darwin, God, and Little Annie  [PDF]  [html]
   The Day the Sun Stood Still  [PDF]  [html]
   Dinosaurs and the Bible (sermon)  [PDF]  [html]
   Dinosaurs and the Bible (handout w/pictures)  [PDF]
   Electric Eels—"Shocking Evidence" of God's Existence  [PDF]  [html]
   Enoch—One of Only Two Men Who Went to Heaven without Dying  [PDF]  [html]
   "Excuse Me, Is that a Plank in Your Eye?"  [PDF]  [html]
   "Everyone's Doing It"  [PDF]  [html]
   "The Fool Has Said in His Heart..."  [PDF]  [html]
   From Physical Riches to Spiritual Rags: The Sad Saga of Solomon  [PDF]  [html]
   God Uses a Miracle to Make More Christians [PDF]  [html]
   A Good Time to Disobey  [PDF]  [html]
   The Great Gulf  [PDF]  [html]
   How Did We Get the Bible? [Part 2]  [PDF]  [html]
   The "Hub" of the Bible  [PDF]  [html]
   I Don't Get It!  [PDF]  [html]
   "I Have Given You an Example, that You Should Do as I Have Done to You"  [PDF]  [html]
   The Importance of Always Telling the Truth  [PDF]  [html]
   The Importance of Obeying God  [PDF]  [html]
   Important Bible Questions  [PDF]  [html]
   "In the Fullness of Time...God Sent Forth His Son"  [PDF]  [html]
   An Introduction to the Old Testament  [PDF]  [html]
   "Is There Any Word from the Lord?"  [PDF]  [html]
   "I Will Gather You to Your Fathers"  [PDF]  [html]
   "Jacob—A Man Who Learned the Hard Way How to Trust in God [Part 2]"  [PDF]  [html]
   The Jesus Lizard as Evidence of God's Existence (sermon)  [PDF]   [html]
   The Jesus Lizard as Evidence of God's Existence (handout w/ pictures)  [PDF]
   Jesus—The Master Questioner  [PDF]  [html]
   Jesus—The Master Story Teller  [PDF]  [html]
   John the Baptist—The Forerunner of the Messiah  [PDF]  [html]
   Jonah—A Real-Life Fish Story  [PDF]  [html]
   Joshua—And the Day the Sun Stood Still  [PDF]  [html]
   Malicious Monarchs, Faithless Followers, Preaching Prophets—And Two Kingdoms in a Real Mess  [PDF]  [html]
   "A Memorial Forever"  [PDF]  [html]
   "Mercy or Meanness?"  [PDF]  [html]
   The Miracle of Creation  [PDF]  [html]
   Modern Medicine from an Ancient Book  [PDF]  [html]
   Moses, a Rod, a Rock, and a Regret  [PDF]  [html]
   Moses—The Sheherd Whom God Used to Save His People  [PDF]  [html]
   The Never-Ending Kingdom  [PDF]  [html]
   Noah—Carpenter, Preacher, and Obedient Patriarch  [PDF]  [html]
   The Peril of Ignoring the Warning Signs  [PDF]  [html]
   The Reticent Queen...Who Saved an Entire Nation of People  [PDF]  [html]
   The "Rock of Ages"—And "The Stone that Was Cut without Hands" [Part 2]  [PDF]  [html]
   A Scribe, a Cupbearer, and a King's Grandson Rebuild the Beloved City of David  [PDF]  [html]
   Smart Birds, Weeping Prophets, and Disobedient Citizens  [PDF]  [html]
   Sodom, Gomorrah, and a Woman Who Turned into a Pillar of Salt!  [PDF]  [html]
   "Strange Fire"  [PDF]  [html]
   Ten Spies Who Wouldn't—And Two Spies Who Couldn't [Part 2]  [PDF]  [html]
   That Is...Incredible! [Part 1]  [PDF]  [html]
   The Urgency of Teaching—And the Importance of Learning  [PDF]  [html]
   "There Are More with Us than There Are with Them"  [PDF]  [html]
   Tough Assignments from God  [PDF]  [html]
   Twelve Men Who Would not Bow!  [PDF]  [html]
   Why Could Some of Christ's Followers Do Miracles?  [PDF]  [html]
   When Our Heroes Disappoint Us  [PDF]  [html]
   Why Should Christians Study and Learn God's Word?  [PDF]  [html]
   A Wise Man and a Foolish Man  [PDF]  [html]
   "You Have Seen the End Intended by the Lord" (The Story of Job)  [PDF]  [html]


JUSTIN'S SERMONS
NOTE: Sermons are available in both PDF and html formats; handouts are available only as PDFs.
   The Angle on the Anglerfish (sermon)  [PDF]  [html]
   The Angle on the Anglerfish (handout w/pictures)  [PDF]
   An Archer—That Is a Fish?! (sermon)  [PDF]  [html]
   An Archer—That Is a Fish?! (handout w/pictures)  [PDF]
   Baptism's Unique Role in God's Plan of Salvation  [PDF]  [html]
   The Bombardier Beetle as Evidence of God's Existence (sermon)  [PDF]  [html]
   The Bombardier Beetle as Evidence of God's Existence (handout w/pictures) [PDF]
   Boys, Bears, and Baldness  [PDF]  [html]
   Christ Forgives a Man's Sin—And Proves It by Working a Miracle  [PDF]  [html]
   Clouds, Christ, and Hypocrites  [PDF]  [html]
   Elijah—One of Only Two Men Who Went to Heaven without Dying  [PDF]  [html]
   "Evil Companions Corrupt Good Morals"  [PDF]  [html]
   Fiery Serpents, Bronze Serpents  [PDF]  [html]
   God Threatens to Make People Out of Rocks!  [PDF]  [html]
   God Works a Miracle for Us—The Resurrection of Christ  [PDF]  [html]
   God's Directions on How to Get Home  [PDF]  [html]
   God's Gecko Glue (sermon)  [PDF]  [html]
   God's Gecko Glue (handout w/pictures)]  [PDF]
   The Great Dinosaur Controversy (sermon)  [PDF]  [html]
   The Great Dinosaur Controversy (handout w/pictures)  [PDF]
   Hosea—The Prophet Who Proved that God Is Love  [PDF]  [html]
   How Did We Get the Bible? [Part 3]  [PDF]  [html]
   How We Can Know that the Bible Is from God  [PDF]  [html]
   The Human Body—An Incredible Machine  [PDF]  [html]
   Huxley, God, and Little Noel  [PDF]  [html]
   The Importance of the Life and Death of Jesus  [PDF]  [html]
   "I Will Gather You to Your Fathers"  [PDF]  [html]
   "In the Fullness of Time..."  [PDF]  [html]
   Jesus—The Master Teacher Who Taught through Parables  [PDF]  [html]
   Joseph—A Young Man Who Refused to Do Wrong  [PDF]  [html]
   The King Who Thought He Was a Cow!  [PDF]  [html]
   Lions, Tigers, Christians, and Heaven  [PDF]  [html]
   A Miracle Causes a Man to Almost Lose His Soul  [PDF]  [html]
   Miracles—Or Magic?  [PDF]  [html]
   Nehemiah—A Man Who Refused to Give Up!  [PDF]  [html]
   The Origin of Satan and Sin  [PDF]  [html]
   Prophets, Pots, and Promises  [PDF]  [html]
   Samson—A Man of Riddles  [PDF]  [html]
   Sheep, Wolves, Serpents, and Doves  [PDF]  [html]
   "The Son of Man Has Come to Seek and Save that Which Was Lost"  [PDF]  [html]
   Sweat, Science, and the Scriptures  [PDF]  [html]
   Tall Towers and Terrible Tyrants  [PDF]  [html]
   "Thank You, God!"  [PDF]  [html]
   Three Men Who Would not Bow!  [PDF]  [html]
   The True God of Heaven Battles the False Gods of Egypt  [PDF]  [html]
   Victory "In Christ!"  [PDF]  [html]
   Why Are We Respectful?  [PDF]  [html]
   When the Walls Came Tumbling Down  [PDF]  [html]
   Why Should Christians "Go to Church"?  [PDF]  [html]
   Witches, Warlocks, and Wicked Kings  [PDF]  [html]


TYLER'S SERMONS
NOTE: Sermons are available in both PDF and html formats; handouts are available only as PDFs.
   Abraham and Isaac  [PDF]  [html]
   Abraham Receives His Promised Son—And Then Has His Faith Sorely Tested  [PDF]  [html]
   Abraham—The Friend of God  [PDF]  [html]
   "And Be Thankful"—A Study in Gratitude to God  [PDF]  [html]
   Baby Boys, Bibles, and Blood  [PDF]  [html]
   Belshazzar—The Strange Saga of a Drunken King, a Pair of Knocking Knees, a Detached Hand, and a Doomed Empire  [PDF]  [html]
   The Bible Is from God  [PDF]  [html]
   Birds, Prophets, and Christians  [PDF]  [html]
   The Creation of the World  [PDF]  [html]
   "Farewell to God"  [PDF]  [html]
   How Did We Get the Bible? [Part 1]  [PDF]  [html]
   "I Always Do Those Things that Please My Father"  [PDF]  [html]
   "Jacob—A Man Who Learned the Hard Way How to Trust in God [Part 1]"  [PDF]  [html]
   Jesus Tears Down a Wall—And Builds a Kingdom!  [PDF]  [html]
   Joseph—The Young Man Whom God Used to Save His People  [PDF]  [html]
   Joshua—And the Day the Sun Stood Still  [PDF]  [html]
   The Lion of Judah  [PDF]  [html]
   Look What Happens When We Refuse to Listen to and Obey God  [PDF]  [html]
   Miracles, Moses, Men...Amalekites, Armies, and Arms  [PDF]  [html]
   "The Most High God Rules in the Kingdoms of Men"  [PDF]  [html]
   Oh, to Be a Bee! (sermon)  [PDF]  [html]
   Oh, to Be a Bee! (handout w/pictures)  [PDF]
   One God, Two Brothers, and Three Rebellious Men  [PDF]  [html]
   A Pharaoh, a Shepherd, and a Promise  [PDF]  [html]
   A Piece of Land and a Pack of Lies  [PDF]  [html]
   Plucked from Obscurity and Elevated to Royalty: The Sad Saga of Saul  [PDF]  [html]
   The "Rock of Ages"—And "The Stone that Was Cut without Hands" [Part 1]  [PDF]  [html]
   The Sad Situation of the Supernaturally Strong Sinner  [PDF]  [html]
   Ten Spies Who Wouldn't—And Two Spies Who Couldn't [Part 1]  [PDF]  [html]
   That Is...Incredible! [Part 2]  [PDF]  [html]
   "There Is One Greater with Us..."  [PDF]  [html]
   Triumph in the Midst of Tragedy—God's Prophetic Promise of the Coming Christ  [PDF]  [html]
   Two Men Who Would not Bow!  [PDF]  [html]
   A Wealthy Landowner, a Leased Vineyard, and a Dead Son  [PDF]  [html]
   What Is God Like?  [PDF]  [html]
   What Was Missing?  [PDF]  [html]

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