Sermons
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January 1, 2023 Sermon
It is significant that the first “topic” Paul writes on is thanksgiving: gratefulness for this imperfect church filled with fairly new believers. Paul’s gratefulness specifically revolves around the fact that the Thessalonians don’t just believe Christ on an intellectual level, but rather that the Gospel is transforming how they live and act.
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December 25, 2022 Sermon
Jesus’ work in His life and through the cross is offered to all who trust Him. This Jesus, our King, has done everything necessary for our eternal salvation and our everlasting joy.
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December 11, 2022 Sermon
True faith endures across time, rather than being a “feeling” or “experience” that only lasts for a moment or while life is going well.
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December 4, 2022 Sermon
Jesus is the object of our faith. We don’t have faith in “faith,” no: we have faith in Christ! His arrival at that first advent gives us hope for His return at the second advent.
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November 27, 2022 Sermon
Because of this, we read that Moses was a faithful servant in God’s house. Yet, Christ is greater: He is a Son, and therefore has authority over God’s house. We can be a part of that “house” (family, household, generation) by trusting in and clinging to Christ.
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November 20, 2022 Sermon
This is what the entire letter has been about: Christian relationships. What Paul is calling Philemon and Onesimus to is the same thing he examples at the end of the letter: Jesus Christ changes how we relate to each other.
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November 13, 2022 Sermon
Paul regularly prays for Philemon – not just generally, but with thankfulness specifically on account of how Philemon has been living out his beliefs in ways that glorify Christ and build up others.
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November 6, 2022 Sermon
Church Chairman Richard Gordon brings a message of thankfulness from Colossians 1.
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October 30, 2022 Sermon
Times of transition are times of learning to care for Christ’s church and times of trusting in the Lord of the church more than in our own “heroes” or preferences.
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October 23, 2022 Sermon
The good news for our sin-soaked hearts is that God is greater, His mercy is higher, and His plans are better than we dare to hope or believe. This is why Joseph’s call to his brothers is what we so often hear from Jesus Himself: don’t be afraid.
