Here is a list of recent messages. Click on a sermon link to find out more.
Future with Christ is not only a spiritual reality. Paul longed to be “further clothed” with his resurrection body. Christianity does not teach that people will be “disembodied spirits” in the new heaven and the new earth. The final state for the believer in Christ is to have a resurrected, glorified, physical body which is…
Steadfast love -something we can count on. Do you begin the New Year with a sense of ambivalence? Are you done with resolutions? Maybe you simply want more good things and less bad things this year. From God’s perspective, the solution to beginning a new year is not to try harder in human strength. The…
Is Grace intolerant? Grace molds us and warns us from doing certain things because we have been forgiven by Christ. Does grace caution us in the way we talk, live, and in our decisions? Yes, Grace is intolerant. Titus 2:11-14 tells us that since the grace of Jesus Christ has been made fully manifest, then…
The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. There is a vivid contrast between those who belong to God and those who are under the sway of the evil one. This passage outlines 3 contrasts between children of God and children of the devil- identity, worship, and practice.…
A contrite heart- what does it mean to be lowly and contrite? Psalm 34:18 says that God is close to the brokenhearted. Prepare your heart for Christ’s coming with this passage from Isaiah. The contrite are comforted [14] And it shall be said,“Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people’s…
Jesus came to inaugurate the Kingdom of God. He brought God’s power and presence in human flesh. We hunger for Jesus to come again and bring the Kingdom of God into its fullness. Message from John 18:33-40. First Sunday of Advent. Listen to another advent Message- Fear Not for I have Redeemed you Read an…
God the Father has planned a glorious future for his children! That future glory makes all of our suffering worth it. Message from 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 How can we keep going in faith? How do we keep from losing heart, becoming discouraged, or giving up? Only the hope of a glorious future with Christ will…
God’s power displayed through ordinary people seems like a paradox. Ordinary, earthenware vessels- that is what we are. Yet God delights in displaying His power through ordinary people in the midst of their affliction. Why? So that we would know that it is truly God at work and not ourselves. Corrie Ten Boom said, “There…
“Don’t Give up…Don’t ever give up.” –Jim Valvano at the 1993 ESPY awards Sermon from 2 Corinthians 4:1-6
To listen to this sermon along with sermon notes on FaithLife, click here.