March 23, 2025: Living Stones

1 Peter series message 7

Text: I Peter 2:1-8

In this message we engage a powerful passage that teaches us to grow up into our salvation: leave things behind, mature, keep moving forward. Peter employs intriguing imagery - stones - to help us grasp extraordinary truths of our common salvation.

March 16, 2025: Love Well

1 Peter series message 6

Text: I Peter 1:22-25

Love one another earnestly from a pure heart, having purified your souls and because you've been born again through the living and abiding word of God. Peter continues to expound upon the gospel, the theology of it to include its presentation in our daily lives. The gospel and regeneration cannot be separated from the Word of God. 

March 9, 2025: The Precious Blood of Christ

1 Peter series message 5

Text: 1 Peter 1:17-21

Peter's told us to set our hope fully on our future grace and to live holy lives as God's children. As we live reverently, anticipating our heavenly home, we remember that we've been redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus. Who we live and suffer for is so much greater than the empty way of life from which we were saved! 

March 2, 2025: Be Sober-Minded

1 Peter series message 4

Text: 1 Peter 1:13-21

Peter begins with the holiness of God; Paul closes his letter to the Romans by applying His holiness. The Holy Spirit is telling us that God's holiness amplifies His grace and provides a compelling call to live by the fear of God and not be conformed to worldly passions during our heavenward pilgrimage.  

February 23, 2025: A Pearl of Great Value

1 Peter series message 3

Text: 1 Peter 1:10-12

Previously, we preached through the breathtaking truths and implications of the gospel. In this message, Peter pulls the veil back to show that the Holy Spirit was working through Old Testament writers to point us to the blood-stained cross and the glorious gospel. Truely, we have been gifted and entrusted with the most valuable possession anyone could ever possess!

February 16, 2025: Unspeakable Joy!

1 Peter series message 2

Text: 1 Peter 1:3-9

Peter begins by unpacking the stupendous salvation we have in Jesus Christ. By His great mercy He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus. Our suffering of various kinds prepares us for glory, and therefore we are filled with joy though we have not seen Him with our eyes. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, as we are “receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”

February 9, 2025: A Living Hope!

1 Peter series message 1

Text: I Peter 1:1-5

The relatable disciple is now filled with the Holy Spirit and boldly proclaiming the gospel despite intense persecution. The apostle's opening remarks are breathtaking and saturated with gospel truth to encourage and edify us, and also to prepare us to suffer for our testimony.

February 2, 2025: For He Refreshed Me

Text: 2 Timothy 1:16-18

In the previous message we saw God's gracious promise to never leave nor forsake us, and the many implications that has in our lives. A logical extrapolation of that truth is the human agency He often uses to accomplish His purposes in us. The Apostle Paul was often refreshed and ministered to by individuals we know very little about, how do we fit into the spiritual tapestry of those around us? 

January 26, 2025: You Are With Me

Text: Psalm 23:4

The Apostle Peter tells us that God's divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us to His own glory and excellence, by which He has granted us His great and precious promises. One of His precious promises is that He is always with us. He will never leave nor forsake us. This brings such comfort and courage in adversity and boldness in preaching the gospel. 

January 19, 2025: Not Ashamed

Text: Romans 1:14-17

The gospel proclaims that Christ Jesus died for sinners to reconcile us to God, that He is the only mediator between God and man, and that Jesus Christ is Lord. Let us not grow weary nor ashamed to be His ambassadors, boldly speaking the truth with zeal and reverence.

January 5, 2025: Preach the Word!

Text: 2 Timothy 4:2

Why should believers proclaim the Gospel? Because it is a direct command from Jesus to share the good news of salvation with all people, fulfilling their role as witnesses and bringing hope to others by sharing the power of Christ's sacrifice, which is considered the only way to achieve eternal life; essentially, it is an act of love and obedience to God to spread the message that can transform lives.

December 29, 2024: Worthy is the Lamb: The Realm of His Reign

Advent 2024 sermon series message 5

Text: Philippians 2:9-11

Let earth receive her King is the beautiful refrain we sing during Advent. Philippians 2 moves us from the humbleness of Jesus' advent, and His suffering and crucifixion, right through to His ascension and coronation. What better way to move on from the Advent Season than to declare the Lordship of Jesus and align ourselves fully to that reality as we enter 2025?


December 15, 2024: Worthy is the Lamb: The Unfolding Drama of Redemption

Advent 2024 sermon series message 3

Text: Romans 1:16-17

The story of the Bible is the story of Jesus and redemption. From the moment sin entered the world, God put into motion a plan to reconcile sinners to Himself. Jesus was prophesied in Scripture, appearing in Bethlehem to destroy the works of the devil. Truly, worthy is the Lamb who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. 

December 8, 2024: Worthy is the Lamb: A Humble Advent

Advent 2024 sermon series message 2

Text: Philippians 2:1-11

We use the term advent in conjunction with someone noteworthy or important. Never in the history of the world was there the advent of someone more important or noteworthy than the Son of God. And yet...

Given the deity of Christ we examined in our previous message, His arrival was so humble and unassuming - not to mention His humility in ultimately giving of Himself on a cruel Roman cross. As believers, this same humility is commended to us to imitate. A practical application of our meditation on Sunday will be developing that same humility in our hearts as we engage others in our home, our church, our workplace, and community.

December 1, 2024: Worthy is the Lamb: The Majesty of His Person

Advent 2024 sermon series message 1

Text: Hebrews 1:6

The Lamb is worshiped because of who He is and what He's done. Jesus is better than the angels and greater than the Patriarchs because He is no mere man, He is God. We'll trace this foundational truth throughout Scripture, noting that He commanded worship on that holy night when He appeared in Bethlehem.

November 24, 2024: Christ is Your Life

Text: Colossians 3:1-4

As we land the plane on our mini-series on revival and personal renewal, we focus on a passage that sums it all up nicely. Christ is not the most important element of our life, He is our life. In light of His mercies, His grace, His unconditional love, our redemption, the precious blood and our inheritance, let us live unswervingly for Christ, remaining in Him, the true vine. 

November 17, 2024: Consider Your Ways

Text: Haggai 1:1-9

The Israelites were back in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. They lived in luxurious houses while God's House remained in ruins. Their misplaced priorities were at the root of the challenges they faced in life. The word of the Lord to them has application for us today. In light of the sobering message of God's judgment and also the eternal perspective, do we have misplaced priorities? The time is now to make necessary course corrections, and action > “thinking about it.”