Posts with the category “sermons”

This sermon emphasizes the importance of relationships within the church community, arguing that true Christian life is about more than just an individual relationship with God; it’s about being part ...  Read More

Peter addresses the reality of living in a hostile world and emphasizes the presence of the devil, our spiritual adversary (literally "hostile enemy). Satan is described as a prowling lion, seeking to...  Read More

BIG IDEA: The only way to minimize hostility is through humble authority and humble submission to authority....  Read More

Peter urgently reminds us to live with purpose and love in the limited time we have, to be sober-minded. ...  Read More

Peter offers a graphic description of a society engulfed in debauchery—a picture startlingly similar to certain segments of American culture. He challenges us, as followers of Christ, to live differen...  Read More

Hostility is contagious. In our lives, whether at work, school, or home, hostility has a way of seeping in and affecting us more deeply than we might expect. It's like bringing home the stress of a ba...  Read More

We cannot have a church that doesn’t feel like it belongs to every generation. They are not the church of the future, they are the church… today. Right now. ...  Read More

As we travel, we will experience societies and cultures and circumstances that are either unfamiliar or unique and often will be unsettling. Why would we add a new value to our church? The world we ...  Read More

The Bible specifically mentions Jesus’ crying three times. I’m certain there were more, we just don’t know about them. He wept over Jerusalem as He approached the city because of their sin, he wept i...  Read More

To truly live, the seed has to leave its old self behind. There has to be death before there can be life. The grain dying is actually a really good thing because it brings about new life, more life, b...  Read More

Jesus is a complex person. He defies categories. He mocks stereotypes. He cannot be reduced or compartmentalized. He’s an enigma....  Read More

So Jesus tells a story where a man who gets beat up and is left in a heap half dead on the side of the road. Two religious men, a Priest and a Levite walk by and do nothing. They ignore the man. A thi...  Read More

Our longing for peace and contentment would drive us to a place of simplicity, but life in our fallen world offers lies and cheap substitutions. When our lives become overcomplicated and stressful it ...  Read More

God loves me…loves us. When I was the most unlovable…When we are the most unlovable…God loves us. When we didn’t believe in Him…When we had rejected Him…God loves us. In our weakest moment…God love...  Read More

The local church should be a shining light to its community and world. But when we become individualistic and lazy, we become the stumbling block....  Read More

The great commandment has been called great because it’s just as prominent. In terms of wayfinding, it’s a landmark that can be seen from miles in every direction....  Read More

Wayfinding refers to the techniques used by travelers to discover unmarked routes. These techniques include but are not limited to dead reckoning, maps (earliest known maps are of the stars), compass,...  Read More