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The Revelation of Jesus Christ
September 06, 2015 01:36 - 131 MBIn the opening sermon in the Revelation series, we first looked at the foundations for understanding the book of Revelation. We discovered that it is essential for Christians to study, think about and discuss the end times. When we give our attention to the end times without losing sight of the responsibilities of today, we discover more deeply the beauty and majesty of God’s character and complexity of His ways, and join the rest of creation in increasing our longing to see Jesus return and...
Fix Your Eyes on Jesus
August 30, 2015 22:28 - 130 MBAfter 13 sermons covering 12 of the 13 chapters of Hebrews, we wrapped the Hebrews sermon series this past Sunday. Throughout this series, we found that the resounding message of Hebrews is incredibly relevant to our everyday lives. In the same way the author points these early Christians to put their faith into practice and endure suffering since Jesus is better than anything else in heaven and on earth, God has challenged us to do the same. By fixing our eyes on Jesus and learning to se...
The Fruit of Saving Faith
August 23, 2015 20:34 - 97.5 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday we looked at the fruit that comes out of our lives when we truly trust in God for our salvation. Jesus taught that where there is saving faith, there will also be an outward evidence. In the same way that a tree produces fruit according to the nutrients provided by the roots, our faith serves as a foundation or “root system” for our lives. There is a fine line between obeying God because you don’t want Him to be mad at you and obeying God because you have fa...
Draw Near
August 16, 2015 00:23 - 116 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, Hebrews 10 draws our attention to the truth that the God of the Bible is one who desires to be near His people. By fully trusting in the finished work of Jesus on the cross, God has invited us to draw near to Him in full assurance that He will take hold of our lives and lead us towards maturity in Christ. Through the work that Jesus has done on our behalf, we can now walk in an intimate relationship with God. Our relationship with God is based upon the truth o...
Jesus, A Better Sacrifice
August 09, 2015 20:07 - 95.8 MBIn the sermon his past Sunday, we looked at how Jesus’s performance on our behalf transcends into every area of our lives. Through his perfectly righteous life, we are made righteous in every area of our lives. Despite the performance-based trap of our culture, in Christ we have been set free from having to offer repeated sacrifices to make up for our inadequacies and shortcomings. Because Jesus has offered once and for all a better sacrifice than we could offer, we don’t have to perform ...
Jesus, A Better Way
August 02, 2015 15:57 - 117 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday we looked at Hebrews 9:1-14 to see how Jesus provides a better way for God’s people to enter into worship. We looked at how Jesus has replaced all of the items of Old Testament temple that were used to worship God. Jesus has become the light we need, replacing the lampstand; Jesus has become the bread of life for us, providing an unending invitation to fellowship with God at the table of his goodness by faith; Through Jesus’s sacrifice the temple curtain tha...
Jesus, A Better Covenant
July 26, 2015 23:51 - 95.7 MBThe Supremacy of Christ
July 19, 2015 19:57 - 95.2 MBAnchored in Jesus
July 12, 2015 20:09 - 103 MBAs we continued the Hebrews sermon series this past Sunday, we looked at the fleeting things in our lives that we look to as anchors. Even though we find identity, joy, purpose and security in our spouses, our children and even in our careers, these things hold no guarantee for tomorrow. In the second half of Hebrews 6, God reveals that the true anchor for our lives is the promise that He makes to us in Jesus. Just as Abraham anchored himself in faith to the promise that God made, we too hav...
Teach Them
July 05, 2015 06:17 - 94.7 MBIn the final sermon in the Family Matters series this past Sunday, we looked at the biblical mandate for family discipleship. In Deuteronomy 6, Moses challenges the leaders of the home to take responsibility for teaching their children and their children’s children to love the Lord with everything they have. We began by looking at the goal of discipleship: to love God with everything you are. Distinct from religious activity, true discipleship leads to a deep and abiding relationship with Go...
The Heart of a Woman
June 28, 2015 14:28 - 114 MBIn the second sermon in the Family Matter sermon series this past Sunday, we looked at how God created the heart of the woman to be a detail-oriented nurturer. It’s the woman who pays attention to the details of life, keeping her husband’s feet anchored to the ground and nurturing spiritual growth in her children. We also looked at how the fall has distorted the beautiful heart of the woman, causing her to be anxious and troubled about things that are less important, things that can’t be c...
Biblical Masculinity
June 21, 2015 21:55 - 115 MBThe first sermon in the Family Matters series this past Sunday, we looked at what true biblical masculinity is for the man of God. We saw that while God created both men and women in his image in order to display his glory throughout creation, he...
Rooted in Jesus
June 14, 2015 21:55 - 126 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked in Hebrews 5:11-6:12 at how the author of Hebrews both challenges and assures the church of Hebrews in their relationship with Jesus. As Christians, truly rooted in relationship with Jesus, we are to be...
Jesus, The Better Priest
June 07, 2015 23:40 - 74.4 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how the author of Hebrews presents Jesus as a better priest in Hebrews 4:14-5:10. In contrast to earthy priests, Jesus is able to enter into the presence of God on our behalf without hesitation or the burden of his own sins. Jesus is the perfect priest because He is always qualified to mediate between us and God. And at the same time, He is also able to completely relate to our struggles and understand our temptations and suffering. When compa...
Rest in Jesus
May 31, 2015 23:23 - 117 MBAs we continued the Hebrew sermon series this past Sunday, we looked at what it truly means to rest in Jesus. From Hebrews 3 and 4, we learned that our need for rest has less to do with our physical condition and more to do with the eternal condition of our souls. Our invitation to rest in Jesus is the hope of the Gospel. Those who believe the Gospel share in Christ's performance on their behalf. His faithfulness and worthiness become ours by faith. Because we believe, we are considered fai...
Pay Attention to the Gospel
May 24, 2015 23:25 - 108 MBIn the second sermon in the Hebrews series we looked at the significance of the words of Jesus. Since He is more superior than the angels (Hebrews 1), we should pay close attention to His message. Hebrews 2 reminds us that everything is subject to Jesus's authority, including death itself. Because of His great victory over death and the great salvation that He offers us in love, we should pay attention to the Gospel. Rather than seeing the Gospel as a means to salvation only, we should b...
Jesus is Better
May 17, 2015 23:22 - 103 MBIn the opening sermon in the Hebrews series, we looked at how Jesus is better. In the opening chapter of Hebrews, the author sets Jesus apart from creation and the angels. We see that Jesus is more glorious, powerful, and satisfying than anyone and anything else that’s in Heaven or on Earth. Despite this truth, as part of creation, we tend to find our fulfillment in much smaller things. We find satisfaction and worth in our careers and our families. We turn to the ideas of man to heal the...
A Mother's Request
May 10, 2015 19:54 - 87.7 MBIn the Mother’s Day sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the heart behind the mother’s prayer for her children. With good motives, mothers can still miss the will of God for their children. We looked at two examples of mothers praying for their children and the contrast between Hannah's request for a son (1 Samuel 1) and the request of the mother of James and John for her sons (Matthew 20:20-28). From Hannah’s example, we were challenged to see our children as His children, laying our de...
Living the Mission
May 03, 2015 01:18 - 116 MBIn the final sermon in the sermon series, A Church United, we looked at the call from Jesus for His followers to live on mission in their every day lives. As Jesus invites us to follow Him, his invitation includes giving our lives as a living sacrifice for the mission. Every believer has been called to lead the nations to trust Jesus as the Lord of their life and join His mission. Do you have a mission for your life? In what ways do you feel like God is challenging you to be more inten...
Christ & Culture: Heaven, Hell, & Eternal Destiny
April 29, 2015 06:00 - 218 MBGrowing Together in Community
April 26, 2015 07:34 - 117 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the biblical description of the Christian community and what it means to be the church. We learned that the nearness of our relationships with one another should reflect the intimate relationship between...
Gathering in Worship
April 19, 2015 01:18 - 124 MBIn the second sermon in the series, A Church United, we looked at the key elements of corporate worship and how it miraculously affects the lives of believers. We learned that corporate worship is much bigger than simply singing songs about Jesus. Corporate worship includes biblical teaching, the ordinances of baptism and communion, fellowship and prayer. When believers gather together in true worship, God miraculously works to draw saved into community and the lost into salvation.
Why Unity Matters
April 12, 2015 21:48 - 116 MBWe launched a new series this past Sunday on the unity of the church entitled, “A Church United”. In the first sermon of the series, we looked at why unity matters. In Ephesians 4:1-6, the Apostle Paul urges the church to walk in unity and describes our bond as more than simply being nice to each other or singing songs in the same building. As a church, we are called to walk in deep and enduring unity displayed in humility, gentleness and patience towards one another because Jesus died fo...
The Power of Death Undone
April 05, 2015 21:48 - 99.2 MBIn the Easter sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the resurrection of Jesus and its impact on our lives today. In order to understand the fullness of the resurrection, we must understand it within the context of the whole story of the Bible. The resurrection was a real moment in time that dramatically impacted all other moments in time. Reaching backwards to the beginning of human history and reaching forward to the end of human history, the resurrection of Jesus is God’s glorious victor...
Rescue Mission
March 29, 2015 21:55 - 67.5 MBChrist's Return
March 22, 2015 22:30 - 101 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the details surrounding the return of Jesus. There are few topics more debated in Christianity than the timing and series of events surrounding His return. Our focus in this sermon was less on the areas of debate and more centralized on the indisputable biblical Truths concerning the return of our Savior. The Bible paints a clear picture about the nature of His return: there will be subtle and clear hints in the world, it will be impossible t...
Christian Living
March 15, 2015 07:22 - 119 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at biblical mandate for Christian living. The Bible calls us to pursue a lifestyle that reflects God’s character in the fallen world around us. When we first become a Christian by believing in Jesus, we begin our spiritual journey as a spiritual infant. Through a growing knowledge of Jesus, combined with hard work and human effort, God causes us to grow into a mature reflection of His image, effectively and fruitfully living the mission He has call...
Baptism
February 22, 2015 22:25 - 81.1 MBThis past Sunday, we took a look at the ordinance of baptism as a part of our Unity of Faith sermon series. We began by looking at how baptism originated with Jesus and how He commissioned the church to continue baptism for all believers as expression of their faith. We learned that baptism is not the point of salvation, but instead, it is an outward symbol of the transformation that has already taken place inside the life of a Christian. Baptism symbolizes that a believer has confessed the...
The Church
February 15, 2015 22:26 - 123 MBAs we continued the Unity of Faith this past Sunday, we looked at the identity and role of the church according to Jesus. In Matthew 16:13-20, we looked at Jesus’s statement, “on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” In this short, but enlightening statement, Jesus reveals that his church will be a people who gather together, unified by faith in who He is. As His people, He calls the church to grow into His image together as a community and s...
The Church
February 15, 2015 16:52 - 123 MBAs we continued the Unity of Faith this past Sunday, we looked at the identity and role of the church according to Jesus. In Matthew 16:13-20, we looked at Jesus’s statement, “on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not...
The Human Condition
February 08, 2015 22:23 - 61.4 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the foundational truth about human nature. We saw that through Adam’s disobedience in the Garden, sin and death entered the world and spread to all of mankind. Because of Adam’s sin, the glorious image of God was exchanged for the image of betrayal, and human nature was permanently bent towards sin. In Romans 5, the Apostle Paul compares the magnitude of Adam’s betrayal to the magnitude of the Jesus’s rescue. When we behold the extent that Jesus w...
The Bible
February 01, 2015 15:22 - 26.3 MBIn the Unity of Faith sermon series this past Sunday, we looked at the purpose of the Bible. We learned from the Psalms that God intends for the Bible to be read, and His words are to be treasured more than anything else on earth. God gave us the Bible to give us direction in life’s decisions by illuminating the path of righteousness. We also learned that, even though the Bible was written by human authors, the words of the Bible are inspired and superintended by the Holy Spirit. By faith, w...
The Work of the Spirit
January 25, 2015 04:30 - 26.1 MBAs we continued the Unity of Faith series this past Sunday, we looked at the work of the Holy Spirit. The Bible teaches that the Holy Spirit of God is active throughout all of human history, creating the universe, supernaturally filling men and women in the Old Testament to accomplish God’s purposes in redemption and now He transforms the lives of those who believe the Gospel to become more like Jesus. How do we know when the Spirit of God is speaking? Can you see the evidence of the Holy Sp...
The Work of the Son
January 18, 2015 21:56 - 18.8 MBThe Work of the Father
January 11, 2015 21:50 - 20.4 MBAs we started the new Unity of Faith series this past Sunday, we began with the foundational question, “Who is God?” While there is no way to answer that question in one sermon, we observed how God has chosen to reveal himself through the Bible as a God of three persons from the same source. This foundational truth lays the foundation for all Christian theology and establishes the essence of our unity of faith. While looking at this truth, we discovered something about ourselves as well. In...
Who is God?
January 04, 2015 21:51 - 21 MBAs we started the new Unity of Faith series this past Sunday, we began with the foundational question, “Who is God?” While there is no way to answer that question in one sermon, we observed how God has chosen to reveal himself through the Bible as a God of three persons from the same source. This foundational truth lays the foundation for all Christian theology and establishes the essence of our unity of faith. While looking at this truth, we discovered something about ourselves as well....
Rejoicing in the Journey
December 28, 2014 21:49 - 21 MBGood News of Great Joy
December 21, 2014 21:53 - 13.8 MBRejoicing in Our Eternal Security
December 14, 2014 01:35 - 21.6 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we were challenged to consider the balance between working hard for Jesus and resting in the work that Jesus has done on our behalf. In Philippians 3:1-11, the Apostle Paul challenged us to loosen our grip on the things we possess here in this life, including our own achievements, and to rejoice in the Lord because he has achieved secured our eternal position with God in heaven. Can you, like Paul, consider the most valuable things on earth as nothing compar...
Rejoicing in Living for Others
December 07, 2014 09:31 - 19.4 MBAs we continued in the Philippians sermon series this past Sunday, we looked at what it takes to walk in complete joy. In Philippians 2:1-18, the Apostle Paul used the example of Jesus to show us that complete joy is found in Christian community. Complete joy is found in living counter-intuitively to human nature, by emptying ourselves to live self-sacrificially for others and humbling ourselves to walk in obedience to Christ. In Christ, we find our fullest sense of joy when we walk in obedi...
Rejoicing in Things that Last
November 30, 2014 09:31 - 23.7 MBAs we continued in our series through the book of Philippians, The Apostle Paul uses his own life as an example to call Christians to rejoice in the things that matter most in life. Rather than fixating and grumbling about things we don’t like in this temporary life, he calls us to focus on things that last like the eternity of others, biblical truths, unity in the church, our own salvation and the mission of Christ. Do you consider things that are eternal as more valuable than the tempo...
A Reason to Rejoice Part 2
November 23, 2014 09:31 - 23.1 MBIn the second sermon from Philippians, Paul shifts our focus from what God has done in our livescorporately to what He is doing in our lives individually. Paul begins this section by reminding the Philippians Christians that God is faithful to finish the work he began in us when he saved us. Even though our sins have been forgiven and our eternity is secure at the moment of salvation, God continues to cultivate our hearts by expanding our capacity to love, learn and live in pursuit of holine...
A Reason to Rejoice Part 1
November 16, 2014 09:31 - 17.8 MBWe began our journey through Philippians this past Sunday by looking at ten reasons we have as Christians to rejoice corporately and individually. Rejoicing is a significant theme in Paul’s letter to the Philippians church and Paul begins his letter by pointing out that Christians belong to the koinonia. This one Greek word implies that the Christian community shares in a common grace, a common love, and a common sacrifice for a common mission. How is fellowship in the church different f...
Walking in Freedom
November 09, 2014 09:31 - 88.4 MBIn the sermon on Galatians 5 this past Sunday, we took a deep look at the freedom we have as Christians. The Apostle Paul begins this sect ion of his letter by reminding us that in Christ, we have been set free to walk in unrestricted harmony with God and His people. We learned that walking in freedom requires submitting to the Holy Spirit’s lead in our life and walking in rhythm with the truths of the Gospel. Are there areas in your life that God is calling you to stand in freedom rat...
No Turning Back
November 02, 2014 09:31 - 23.6 MBWe continued the Letters to the Church series in Galatians this past Sunday by looking at how absurd it is for Christians to turn back to the things that we turned away from when we met Christ. In Galatians 4, Paul writes from a personal perspective about the time he has invested in the Galatian believers. He is concerned that if they turn back to the small things in life, his investment in their life is now vain. Rather than scolding the Galatians, Paul subtly points out that compared to kn...
Walking in the Father's Pleasure
October 26, 2014 09:31 - 16.8 MBIn our Family Fellowship Sunday services this past Sunday, we took a deep look at the source of our identity and ambitions for life. In Matthew 3:13-18, Jesus demonstrates what it means to trade your dreams for the mission of God. We learned that the mission of God is more exciting, more fulfilling and provides more joy than anything we could ever dream up for ourselves because our identity isn’t contingent on how well we perform. Following Jesus means that we willingly trade our dreams for ...
One Kingdom Under God
October 19, 2014 18:45 - 22.2 MBAs we continued the Galatians series this past Sunday, we looked at the full story of the Gospel. In Galatians 3:7-9, Paul reminds the church that the Gospel of Christ is the story of the Bible. We saw that the Gospel has always been a Gospel for the nations, uniting ethnicities and creating one kingdom under the sovereign authority of Christ. As we surveyed the Old and New Testament, we saw a beautiful portrait of the nations flowing like rivers towards the presence of God, standing shoulde...
Reconciled
October 12, 2014 15:53 - 22.7 MBIn the second sermon of the Galatians series this past Sunday, we looked at the impact that the Gospel has on the relationships we have with others. Because we have been invited into a community, the way we live out our faith in Jesus always has an affect on the community of Christ. In the same way that our faith removes the barrier between God and us, it also removes all barriers between those within the community of Christ, including those who we don’t like, those who are different from us...
No Other Gospel
October 05, 2014 14:00 - 21.9 MBIn the Letters to the Church series, we started our journey through the book of Galatians this past Sunday. Pastor Jason pointed out how Paul boldly opened his letter to the churches in Galatia by reminding them that there is no other Gospel. The power of the Gospel lies within the Gospel without being modified or added to. As it is, The Gospel has the power to transform the worst of humanity into the perfect image of Jesus. Rather than conforming people into a religious mold, the Gospel fin...
A Living Sacrifice
September 28, 2014 04:03 - 22.5 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, Pastor Jasonconcluded the series on Romans in Romans 12:1-2. While this isn’t the last chapter of Romans, we were able to see Paul’s shift in chapter 12 to begin drawing life application from the theology of chapters 1-11. This last section of his letter begins with a clear call to live as “blank checks” before God out of the mercy we have received by presenting our lives as living, holy and acceptable sacrifices to God. As we engage in a lifestyle of faith an...