Recent Sermons
When God Trims Your Tree (Daniel 4:1-18)
Our most persistent, persuasive enemy in our relationship to God is PRIDE! Come hear the story of one man's confrontation with God that breaks his pride but engulfs him in joy.
When God Trims Your Tree, Pt. 2 (Daniel 4:19-37)
Is pride hindering you from accepting Christ? Is pride keeping you from some step of obedience or commitment that could result in tremendous joy and effectiveness? Join us as we see King Nebuchadnezzar confronted by God about his pride and cured through a humbling condition that lays him low. God loves us so much that He will take us as we are, but He loves us too much the leave us that way. Hear the testimony of a changed man after his confrontation with God.
When You Walk Through The Fire (Daniel 3:19-30)
Real believers always have some point in their Christian growth where they are forced to 'walk through the fire' of persecution or trial, because they are steadfast in their obedience to God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego are put through their own fiery furnace this morning. What can we learn about these times when we have to endure the heat because of our faith?
The Dream Revealed (Daniel 2:31-48)
Daniel reveals the contents and the interpretation of king Nebuchadnezzar's dream, and an overview of human history from Babylon to the coming Kingdom of God.
Forced to Bow the Knee? (Daniel 3:1-18)
This chapter tells a story of a tyrannical, over-reaching government forcing believers to disobey God in order to obey them. The unconstitutional mandates against Christians and churches (and many other groups) during the Covid pandemic gave us a bitter taste of what this is like. We can learn from Daniel 3 how to respond in such a crisis.
Dream On (Daniel 2:1-30)
God sometimes works through the most unexpected people. King Nebuchadnezzar was a godless, violent, arrogant man yet God gives him a supernatural vision of the history of the world in a terrifying dream. We'll unpack the content of the dream next week, but this week, we'll look at the context for the dream and learn from Daniel how to be a model believer when things go poorly and when things go well.
God Rewards Loyalty (Daniel 1:8-21)
Companies and businesses are always offering points or discounts to their most loyal customers, right? We love loyalty and so does God! How does He reward loyalty? Daniel provides one example.
Democracy Devoid of Justice is a Delusion (Proverbs 24:23-26)
This morning we pause to celebrate our nation's birthday and to reflect on current events through a biblical lens. This morning we look at what the Bible has to say about justice and compare it to the two-tiered justice system which is clearly developing here in the United States.
Post-Resurrection Particulars (1 Cor. 15:29-49)
When it comes to the subject of the resurrection, Paul has to confront the “what about” crowd. They have so many questions and misconceptions about the nature of our future bodily resurrection, that they have thrown the whole doctrine away.
Resurrection Ramifications (1 Cor. 15:12-28)
The Corinthian church wandered from the belief in the bodily resurrection to a rejection of that belief. Today Paul rebukes them for this and points out all the logical fallacies in dismissing a bodily resurrection.
Charismatic Chaos (1 Cor. 14:1-19)
Paul spends more time correcting the errors around spiritual gifts and speaking in tongues than he does any other mistake the Corinthian church is making. Today, he walks through five reasons why speaking in tongues, even it were for today, would be of little to no value.
An Even Better Way (1 Cor. 13)
In the midst of discussing spiritual gifts, especially the gift of tongues, Paul pauses to discuss the main ingredient of the Christian walk that surpasses all gifts and must be the fountain from which those gifts flow.
Spiritual Gifts, Pt. 2 (1 Cor. 12:14-31)
Paul offers up three mistakes around spiritual gifts that we must avoid -- devaluing our own, devaluing the gifts of others, and devaluing the more important gifts.
Spiritual Gifts, Part 1 (1 Cor. 12:1-13)
Today we enter a section of First Corinthians devoted to spiritual gifts. In a day and age where there is much confusion over this subject, let's see "what sayeth the scriptures" and base our understanding on it.
Between Resurrections (Matthew 28)
We know with certainty that Jesus rose from the dead and ascended into heaven. We also know with certainty that one day, we will too. How are we to act while between these two resurrections?
An Open Heart Beats An Open Mouth (Luke 19:28-44)
As we celebrate Palm Sunday, let's see how the Israelites in Jesus' day welcomed Him and compare it to the way Christians today welcome Him, too.
Men, Women, and Worship (1 Cor. 11:1-16)
Paul addresses the very thorny (and relevant) topic of gender roles in the church and how we as believers glorify our spiritual head by aligning with God's design for men and women.
Learn The Easy Way (1 Cor. 10:1-13)
Christians can be hard-headed, can't we? Rather than learn the easy way, by the mistakes of those who've gone before us, we insist on repeating those mistakes and learning the same difficult lessons our ancestors learned. Today, Paul tries his best to prevent us from learning hard lessons the hard way by describing the four main ways believers go off the rails.
Liberty in Love (1 Cor. 8:1-13)
Is it okay for a Christian to drink? Is it okay for a Christian to get a tattoo? Is it okay for a Christian to dance, or go to a movie theater, or to smoke? In Paul's day, the big question was, "Is it okay for a Christian to eat meat offered to idols?" From Paul's answer to this cultural question of his day, we can find the answer to the cultural issues of our day.
Don’t Go Changing to Try to Please…Them (1 Cor. 7:17-40)
Conformity is one of those unnecessary cancers that can affect a church. Women and men feel intense peer pressure to alter their outward appearance so as to conform to the church's expectations. Paul says that it is not necessary to change the outside; it is necessary to change the inside. You be you, so long as you are keeping the commandments of God.