SERMONS
Past sermons and series
I Timothy: A Field Guide for Building a Healthy Church: An Honorable Ambition
Today’s sermon covers the topic of Spiritual Leadership…and looks specifically at the honorable ambition of aspiring to be qualified leaders who help build up a church that spreads the life changing message of Jesus throughout the world.
Scriptures: I Timothy 3.1-16
I Timothy: A Field Guide for Building a Healthy Church: A Healthy Team
Today we study one of the hardest sections of the New Testament to interpret—one that will teach us how men and women who love and follow Jesus can serve together powerfully in a local church.
Scriptures: I Timothy 2:8-15
I Timothy: A Field Guide for Building a Healthy Church: God Our Savior
Today we dig deep into five powerful verses that show us the heart of a healthy church, the Gospel that flows from our God who Saves, and from Jesus our Mediator and Ransom
Scriptures: I Timothy 2:3-7
I Timothy: A Field Guide for Building a Healthy Church: The Priority of Prayer
Today we learn about the priority of prayer in waging the good warfare of following Jesus.
Scriptures: I Timothy 1:18-2:7
I Timothy: A Field Guide for Building a Healthy Church: The Law and the Gospel
Today we learn the roles of the Law, God’s Word, and the Gospel in our lives.
Scriptures: I Timothy 1:8-17
I Timothy: A Field Guide for building a healthy church: Two essential practices of a church
We begin a new series on the book of I Timothy—using it as a field guide to help us build a healthy church. Today we see two essential practices of a healthy church.
Scriptures: I Timothy 1;1-7
ONE THING: Transformed by Jesus
We continue our 2025 kickoff series where we look at the ONE THING passages in the Bible, asking God to show us what matters most in our lives in 2025.
Scriptures: John 9
ONE THING: A Jesus Centered Life
We continue our 2025 kickoff series where we look at the ONE THING passages in the Bible, asking God to show us what matters most in our lives in 2025.
Scriptures: Philippians 3:7-14
ONE THING: Seeking the Face of God: Psalm 27
We continue our 2025 kickoff series where we look at the ONE THING passages in the Bible, asking God to show us what matters most in our lives in 2025.
Scriptures: Psalm 27
The Songs of Christmas: Simeon’s Song: Luke 2:21-35
Today, Keith Guess walks us through Simeon’s song in Luke 2:21-35, a song of praise sung to rejoice in God’s faithfulness to His promises to His people.
Scriptures: Luke 2:21-35
ONE THING: What Jesus says matters most: Luke 10:38-42
At the start of 2025 Jesus teaches us about what ONE THING is essential for us to live a powerful year with Him
Scriptures: Luke 10:38-42
The Songs of Christmas: The Angels’ Song: Luke 2:8-14
The night of Jesus’ birth, the Bible tells us that myriads of angels appeared suddenly and sang to some humble shepherds…..
Scriptures: Luke 2:8-14
Our Savior Emptied Himself: The Jesus Song: Philippians 2:5-11
Pastoral resident Jake Leohr walks us through a powerful passage that contains a song of praise sung by the early church to celebrate Jesus’ humility that He demonstrated when He came to earth, as a human, and humbled himself by becoming obedient to His Father’s plan to save the world by dying on the cross.
Scriptures: Phiippians 2:5-11
The Lord Remembers: Zechariah’s Song: Luke 1:5-25; 67-78
We learn essential truths about waiting on God from the lives of John the Baptist’s parents, John and Elizabeth
Scriptures: Luke 1:5-25; 67-79
Aligning our Story with God’s Story: Mary’s Song: Luke 1:46-55
In the first sermon in our Songs of Christmas series, we look at Mary’s song of praise
Scriptures: Luke 1:26-55
God’s Heart vs. Our Hearts: Jonah 4
Jonah 4 shows God’s attempt to reveal the prophet’s heart to see if he has God’s mercy and compassion for sinners.
Scriptures: Jonah 4
The God who gives Do-overs: Jonah 3
Jonah 3 teaches us that our God is rich in mercy, a God who is able to save anyone who turns to Him in repentance.
Scriptures: Jonah 3
Jonah: Our God Saves: Jonah 2
In Jonah 2 we see Jonah’s prayer to God from the belly of a great fish, and we see the heart of a God who saves the proud, the helpless, the idolatrous, and the religious
Scriptures: Jonah 2
Jonah: Our God Pursues: Jonah 1
Today we begin our study of the book of Jonah and discover that our God is a God who pursues us!
Scriptures: Jonah 1
Distinctives of a Jesus Centered Church: Citizens of Heaven
Today we study look at the distinctive of Jesus centered church as being citizens of heaven
Scriptures: Acts 4:23-36; 5:27; Mark 12:13-17