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The Miracle of Redemption
July 29, 2018 15:11 - 47 minutes - 43 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the miraculous work of God in redemption. 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 says that God chose us in our weakness in order to redeem us by working in us and through us for His glory. He takes what is weak, makes it strong and then uses it to save the world. This is the essence of our redemption: God redeems us, not because of how lovable we are or how much potential we have, but in order to display His power as the Great Redeemer. God chose us, not based on ...
Approved and Entrusted
July 22, 2018 05:40 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how the finished work of Jesus is enough to earn God’s approval for us and secure our calling in ministry. In 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8, Paul reminded the church that this was the basis for his encouragement and confidence to share the Gospel boldly in the midst of much persecution. This is also why Paul didn’t give in to the temptation to become a people pleaser or seek to find his value and worth in the applause of man. Paul understood that Jesus a...
Freed From Shame
July 15, 2018 05:41 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBThis past Sunday, we looked at how sin and shame can impact our lives. Through the story of the Exodus, God reveals how the sin of Israel and the sin of the Pharaoh brought shame upon the people of Israel. Just like the people of Israel, shame tries to identify us as worthless and unacceptable, and pushes us far from people and the presence of God. However, God shows Himself to be faithful to claim us as His own and make us new creations through the work of the cross. Although the cross is ...
Dead Men Made Alive
July 08, 2018 05:41 - 19 minutes - 17.4 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at Paul’s description of life before and after salvation. Prior to our salvation, the Bible calls us a people who are dead in our trespasses and those who walk according to the world. However, because of God “being rich in mercy because of His great love,” He moves us from death to life. This salvation process is only made possible through the faith that He gives us. As His workmanship, we are then made more like Him daily as He produces good work...
Hope in Suffering
July 01, 2018 05:40 - 41 minutes - 37.5 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how the Gospel produces hope in our suffering. In Romans 5, Paul reminds us of the justification that we have through our faith in Jesus and how that justification brings us peace with God and access into God’s presence. Additionally, our faith in Jesus has secured for us God’s forgiveness for our sins and eternal adoption as God’s children. All of this gives us hope not in the circumstances of this life but, rather, in a hope that is founded in t...
God's Abounding Grace
June 24, 2018 05:40 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how God’s abounding grace works in our lives to eradicate sin and transform us into the image of Jesus. In Romans 6, Paul give us two primary commands in our battle against sin: consider ourselves dead to sin and alive to Christ and present ourselves near to God rather than near to sin. Paul says that when we obey the command to consider our identity and our worth according to the Gospel, we are empowered to draw near to God rather than drawing n...
Walk in the Light
June 17, 2018 05:41 - 36 minutes - 33 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how the Gospel calls us to walk in transparency with God and each other. In 1 John 1, the Apostle John admonishes the church to understand that our confession of sin is what opens the door to true fellowship. John says that if we claim to have no sin in our lives, we are essentially calling God a liar and declaring that we have no need for the Gospel. To live as though there is no sin in our lives is to live in disbelief of the Gospel. This is wh...
Perfected in Weakness
June 10, 2018 05:40 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how God’s power is perfected in us in the midst of our weakness. In 2 Corinthians 12, we saw how the Gospel leads us to boast in our weakness rather than hiding or pretending to be something we are not. The Apostle Paul writes to the church in Corinth, encouraging them from his own experience, that God takes the things that Satan uses to harass us and uses them to humble us and, ultimately, make us stronger. Paul's conclusion is that if Christ's...
The Chief of Sinners
June 03, 2018 05:40 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the humble confession of the Apostle Paul to Timothy, when Paul openly declared himself the “chief of sinners.” Through looking at Paul’s confession, we were reminded that Jesus didn’t come to rescue people who think they have it together. Jesus came to save sinners. In contrast with what much of the Church today believes, the sign of true spiritual maturity isn’t the absence of repentance; it’s the growing presence of Christ-exalting, Gospel-sat...
The Heart of the Laborer
May 27, 2018 05:40 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at Matthew 9:35-38 and focused on a powerful word that reveals the heart of Jesus: compassion. Much of the work Jesus did during his earthly ministry displayed the compassion He had for others. In this passage, Jesus saw the harassed and helpless and didn’t judge them or turn His back on them; He felt compassion for them. Jesus challenged His disciples to have this same kind of compassion. In a world full of the harassed and helpless, laborers are n...
Shepherding a Child's Heart: The Partnership Between the Church and the Home
May 20, 2018 16:18 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we were reminded that parents and the church are key components in God’s plan to shepherd children. Parents are called by God to be the primary faith developers of their children and to perpetuate the faith to future...
A Woman After God's Own Heart
May 13, 2018 05:40 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBFor our Mother’s Day sermon this past Sunday, we looked at Sarah’s response to God’s promise in Genesis 18 and 21. Through her example, we see a beautiful picture of what it looks like to be a woman after God’s own heart. Through her lack of faith, God turned Sarah’s self-doubt and fear into faith in God’s power to do what seemed impossible. Being a woman after God’s own heart means that your identity is rooted in what God alone thinks of you and what God alone has promised you. Being a wom...
The New Heavens and The New Earth
May 06, 2018 05:40 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the Bible’s Gospel Story conclusion in Revelation 21 and 22. In this passage, God reminds us that He is the author of the story and the Bible is ultimately about His redemption plan to rescue the nations from sin and death and restore all things to the condition they were originally created to be at the beginning of the story: “Very good.” What makes this good news for us is that Jesus has done all of the work and made the ultimate payment on our...
The Final Restoration Part 2: The Preeminence of Christ
April 29, 2018 05:40 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked again at the final restoration that God promised. Revelation 19 begins with the mighty sound of the nations gathering together in the great wedding hall, where Jesus will claim the Church as His bride. In this passage, we see a beautiful picture of our worship and community being fully and finally restored. Jesus rides into the wedding hall, at just the right time, to rescue his bride from the villain. Jesus is no longer postured to endure the injus...
The Final RestorationPart 1: The Final Glorification of the Saints
April 22, 2018 05:40 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we were reminded that we are God’s children and, therefore, we are saints because of the finished work of Christ on the cross. The Holy Spirit reminds us who we are in Christ during our journey through sanctification, as we become more like Him every day. Paul reminds us that, since we are children of God, we are awaiting our inheritance of glorification as heirs with Christ. At the revealing of the sons of God, creation will be set free from its bondage to c...
Re-Created in the Image of Christ Part - 2
April 15, 2018 05:40 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the second part of God’s re-creation work in our lives. Last week, our focus was on the work that God has done to restore everything that was lost in the Fall. Our focus this week is on how our efforts fit into the amazing work that God is doing in us. Fueled by the love of Christ, we are compelled to put our old selves to death and walk in the new life that we have in Him. Through the death and resurrection of Jesus, we have been set free to pur...
Re-created in the Image of Christ
April 08, 2018 05:40 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the impact that the resurrection of Christ has on our lives. God has restored everything that was lost in the Fall. Through faith in Christ, we are re-created as image bearers and stirred once again to worship the one true God. In Christ, every barrier that kept us from dwelling in genuine fellowship with one another has been put to death, allowing us to dwell in abiding and transparent community with one another. And in Christ, our mission to mu...
The Rescue - Part 2
April 01, 2018 05:40 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we continued looking at God’s great Rescue. We recognized that the resurrection of Jesus is the greatest singular moment in the Gospel Story. Jesus came to do what no person in the Old Testament had been able to accomplish. All of man’s attempts to save himself fell short. The sacrifices in the temple weren’t enough. The pursuit of a high standard of morality was never enough. Jesus did what no man or woman can do; He lived his life in perfect obedience and f...
The Rescue - Part 1
March 25, 2018 05:42 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the part of the Gospel Story where the rescue begins to takes place. The first four books in the New Testament, referred to as the Gospels, contain the story of God’s Son stepping down from His throne and into our world to become flesh and live a perfect life of obedience to the Law of God in order to rescue us. Through faith in Jesus alone, His perfect obedience becomes our perfect obedience. Everything that is required of us to enter Heaven was...
The Promise of the Rescue
March 18, 2018 05:40 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we continued our journey through the Gospel Story by looking at one of the primary themes in the Old Testament. From Genesis 12 through the book of Malachi, we see God making and reiterating his promise to rescue mankind from sin and death. Through every small story in the Old Testament, we see a perpetual cycle of man’s struggle with sin and God’s promise to rescue. At the end of the Old Testament, the Gospel Story leaves creation with the lingering promise ...
The Fall
March 11, 2018 05:40 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we continued our journey through the Gospel story. We looked at the fall of humanity and the impact that sin had on our God-designed purpose for worship, community and mission. Through believing the lie of the serpent, Adam and Eve sinned by engaging in self-worship, the root of all sin. Once our worship was distorted, our community and our mission followed. Self-worship leads to self- centered community. When we are engaged in self-worship, we only engage in...
Creation
March 04, 2018 05:40 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the beginning of God’s Gospel story. The story began with the account of how and why the universe was created. In this narrative, we see that the first man and woman were created with the primary purpose of reflecting God’s image in the created world. God was building for Himself a Kingdom of image bearers, through multiplication and living in community. Even though this plan became distorted through sin, God sent His son, Jesus, to rescue what w...
The Hero of the Story
February 25, 2018 05:40 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBThis past Sunday, we began The Gospel Story sermon series. In this series, we will be looking at how all of the small stories of the Bible come together to tell one epic story of redemption. In God’s redemption story, Jesus is the hero. The Bible tells the story of Jesus coming to rescue His people from sin and death. This story continues today in our lives. When we trust Jesus as our rescuer, He becomes the hero of our story and God begins writing a redemption story with our lives. When we...
Compelled to the Mission
February 18, 2018 05:40 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we revisited Isaiah’s story from week 2 of the All In series. We looked at Isaiah’s response to God’s forgiveness in his life and asked the question: “Why did Isaiah respond to the forgiveness of God with complete devotion and surrender?” In 2 Corinthians 5, the Apostle Paul explains that our salvation compels us to live for Christ and no longer live for ourselves. Isaiah’s experience compelled him to let go of trusting in himself and completely trust in God....
Our Mission
February 11, 2018 05:40 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how the first church devoted itself to the mission of Jesus immediately after hearing and responding to the Gospel at Pentecost. Those who were saved were baptized and devoted themselves to the mission of Jesus inside and outside the church. Their devotion was evident by the way their hearts overflowed with gladness and generosity toward one another through sharing their resources generously for the mission of Jesus. Do you live in gratitude an...
My Mission
February 04, 2018 05:42 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBIn the second sermon of our 2018 All In series, we looked at Isaiah’s response to his encounter with the Holy presence of God. Like Isaiah, when we encounter the presence of God, it leads us to repentance and surrender. We surrender our deep, desperate situation to Jesus, as the only hope we have of being rescued. The redemptive rescue of Jesus leads to the mission of Jesus. Everyone who has been saved by Jesus has also been called to His mission. God calls us to engage and invest in the sa...
The Mission of God
January 28, 2018 05:42 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBIn our first sermon of the 2018 All In series this past Sunday, we looked in Matthew 25 at a parable in which a wealthy man went on a journey and entrusted his servants to manage his resources while he was gone. Through this parable, we are reminded that everything we have belongs to God, and we have been entrusted with God’s resources according to our abilities. Therefore, God expects us to invest everything He has entrusted to us for His Mission through giving generously to the church, li...
Living the Mission 2018
January 21, 2018 16:18 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBThis past Sunday, we concluded our SR Vision series by answering the question: “What does it truly mean to live the mission in our everyday lives?” As we read in God’s Word, we found that the motivation for living God’s mission comes from our new life...
Growing Together in Community 2018
January 14, 2018 05:42 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBThis past Sunday, we continued in our SR Vision series by answering the question,“What is Biblical community?” We discussed that Biblical community is designed by God, with an intentional purpose to eternally change the lives of those who are in Christ Jesus. Biblical Community is set apart because it is solely centered on the Truth of the Gospel. When we live in true Biblical community, we reflect God’s purpose and glory. We do this by living out the Gospel in our everyday lives and walkin...
Worship
January 07, 2018 05:40 - 34 minutes - 31.1 MBAs we kicked off the SR Vision sermon series this past Sunday, we began by looking at what worship truly is and what it has to do with God’s work in transforming our lives. With New Year’s Resolutions fresh on our minds, most of us have been evaluating the changes we want to see in our lives in 2018. As we seek positive change, we need to remember that true change doesn’t come from behaving differently; it comes from beholding the glory of God. WE can’t change US. We are only changed by beh...
A Son is Given
December 24, 2017 05:40 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBIn the final sermon of the Advent series, we looked at the essence of Christmas. What is Christmas really about? Christmas isn’t merely the celebration of the birth of Jesus, but it is the celebration of God’s plan to rescue sinners through Jesus. God gave his Son as a gift to us, that He would live a perfect life, die a sacrificial death and resurrect victoriously over death. Through faith in Him, we can have peace with God and peace with our fellow man. Through God’s gift, His one and onl...
The Son of Abraham
December 17, 2017 05:40 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBIn the third sermon of the Advent series, A Son is Given, we looked at the significance of Jesus being called the Son of Abraham. The Apostle Paul saw a very deep and profound connection between Jesus and Abraham and, according to Paul, this was the center of the Gospel. He even mentions that when God made his original promise to Abraham in Genesis 12, God was “preaching the Gospel beforehand” to Abraham and because Abraham believed God, it was credited to him as righteousness. This is the ...
The Son of David
December 10, 2017 05:40 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBIn the second sermon of our Advent series, A Son is Given, we looked at the significance of Jesus being identified as the Son of David. In order to understand the real meaning of this title, we looked deep into the Old Testament to a promise God made to King David in 2 Samuel 7 that God would establish the throne of David forever through one of his descendants. When the Angel Gabriel tells Mary she will give birth to the Son of God, he indicates that this baby will be the One to whom God re...
A Child is Born
December 03, 2017 05:42 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBAs we move through this Advent season, we are focusing on Jesus as the Son of God who was given for us. In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at prophesy about the birth of Jesus from Isaiah 8 & 9. Isaiah announced, 700 years before the birth of Jesus, that God would send a light to shine in the midst of our darkness and bring hope to our hopelessness. The “light” would be God’s own Son, born into the world to guide our lives as a wonderful and wise Counselor and lead us as a powerful K...
The Pursuit of Holiness
November 26, 2017 05:42 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday we looked at how God calls Christians to pursue holiness. Created in the image of a Holy God, our lives have been marred by sin, and God’s holy image has been distorted by our disobedience. Through our faith in the obedience of Jesus, God is restoring His image in us through the process of sanctification. This is the life-long process of being transformed into the image of Christ. Even though God is the one who transforms, He calls us to participate in this tr...
Testimonies & Baptisms
November 19, 2017 05:42 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBIn our services this past Sunday, we took time to share and celebrate the work God has done in our lives through the Desires of the Heart sermon series. As we walked through each sermon in the series, we looked at the idols of dreams, relationships, performance, being right, control, comfort and possessions. Most of us discovered that our idols are the good things that God has blessed us with that we turn into ultimate things. Our prayer and hope throughout this series has been for God to d...
Repentance - The Great Exchange
November 12, 2017 05:40 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBIn the sermon this past week, we answered the question, “Now what?” Now that we have started to identify idols in our lives, what do we need to do to see these idols removed? Idol worship is not simply disobeying God; it’s setting our whole hearts on something besides God, which always plays out in disobedience. Our idols meet us in our need for comfort, security, significance, acceptance, love, satisfaction and peace. By itself, removing the idols leaves a vacuum in the soul in our deepest...
The Idol of Possessions
November 05, 2017 05:42 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBIn the sermon this past weekend, we looked at the final idol in the Desires of the Heart series: The Idol of Possessions. In Luke 12, Jesus stops his teaching to address a question about inheritance from a man in the crowd. Instead of directly answering the man’s question, Jesus takes the opportunity to teach the crowd about the idol of possessions. Using a parable, Jesus points out that what the man is really after is much deeper than filling his pockets and his barns; he is looking for so...
The Idol of Comfort
October 29, 2017 05:42 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the idol of comfort. In 2 Corinthians, we learn about God’s perspective on comfort and how that contrasts with the American Dream theology of the modern church. The Bible draws a distinction between pursuing comfort for the flesh and seeking comfort for the soul. God Himself is the one true source of comfort for the human soul and He provides this comfort to His people through two primary avenues: His presence and engagement with a Biblical commu...
The Idol of Control
October 22, 2017 13:01 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the idol of control. This idol reveals itself as we look for our satisfaction in our ability to control the things around us. We place great value on these worldly things because we falsely believe that we...
The Idol of Being Right
October 15, 2017 05:42 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the idol of being right. Although there is nothing inherently wrong with desiring to be right, when we allow that desire to become so significant to us that it causes arguments and divisions, the desire has become an idol that is more important to us than our desire to be loving. The idol of being right hinders us from extending forgiveness when we’ve been wronged and being gracious towards those with whom we disagree. Jesus calls us to not only c...
The Heart of God in Tragedy & Suffering
October 08, 2017 05:42 - 46.1 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we took a break from the Desires of the Heart series to look at the heart of God in the midst of tragedy and suffering. When tragedy strikes, the first human response is to ask the question, “Why?” Questions like “Why did this happen?” or “Why did God allow it?” seem to beg to be answered. In Romans 8, the Apostle Paul reminds Christians that suffering can’t be understood by looking at the event itself. In order to understand God’s heart and perspective on suf...
Performance Driven Idols
October 01, 2017 07:18 - 62.7 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how Jesus sees performance-based idols in the story of Martha and Mary. In Luke 10, Jesus addresses Martha’s idol of performance and, through her example, we see how performance-driven idols negatively impact our most important relationships. Performance-driven idols occur when we allow our satisfaction in life to hinge on our performance or the performance of others. When our lives are driven by idols of performance, the result is that, like Mart...
All Member Meeting 9-24-17
September 24, 2017 23:22 - 109 MBAll Member Meeting on September 24th, 2017. Updates on: Community Groups New Vision for Men's & Women's Ministry Life of the Church New Building & Finances
The Idol of Relationships
September 24, 2017 05:42 - 72.6 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at another example of how a good thing can become an idol when we allow it to become the ultimate desire of our hearts. In Genesis 22, we saw how God tested Abraham to refine his desires and expose the ultimate object of his love when He called Abraham to sacrifice his only son, whom he loved deeply. God was not calling Abraham to end his love for his son but, instead, calling Abraham to love and trust Him more than anything else on earth. In this ex...
The Idol of Dreams
September 17, 2017 05:40 - 33.2 MBIn the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at the idol of dreams. Like many other things that become idols in our lives, dreams can be good things that become idols when we turn them into ultimate things. When we make our dreams ultimate, we tend to bulldoze over people to get what we want, neglect our most important God-given callings and destroy relationships in the wake of pursuit. The true and sad reality is that even if we attain the goals of our dreams, whether a career, a relationship...
The Folly of Idol Worship
September 10, 2017 05:42 - 33 MBThis past Sunday, we looked at Isaiah 44 as we continued our Desires of the Heart series. We discussed the foolishness of idol worship and yet how common it is in each of our lives to create and keep idols. When we unleash our desires and pursue idols, it causes a deep desperation. This desperation leads to compromising our principals in order to possess and protect the idols. Sinful heart attitudes are the metaphorical doorway to the room where we keep our idols. These sinful heart attitud...
What Are Idols?
September 03, 2017 05:42 - 35.7 MBThis past Sunday, we opened the Desires of the Heart series by looking at how the Bible describes and defines idols. Beyond the idea of statues or figurines, we looked at how anything that God has created “good” can be distorted into something we idolize. When these good things somehow shift in our hearts to become things that we trust in to make us happy, bring us comfort or give us security, they become our idols. Idols are the things that our hearts treasure. While idols can be hard to s...
It Takes a Village
August 30, 2017 21:59 - 71.9 MBAt 'It Takes a Village' hosted by our Women's Ministry, we learned about God's design for biblical community and the importance of embracing the community that God has placed around us within the church.