Sunday Sermons

John 5:30-47. The Jewish authorities had already been challenging Jesus' authority and even looking for ways to destroy him and he gave four witnesses that revealed he was the Christ.

Matthew 1:1-2:12. In this lesson, we want to look at when Jesus first came into the world, the first time the world got a look at Jesus when he was born into this world.

Isaiah 53:1-12. God told of the coming Savior through his prophet Isaiah hundreds of years before Jesus came. He told us that God would send his servant to suffer for our sins so we could be saved from them. This was a greater deliverance than they would get from Babylonian captivity, because it was deliverance from captivity of sin and eternal death.

Revelation 2:1-7. If we neglect to evangelize we cannot be surprised when the church declines and dies. This happens if we lose sight of our mission to tell others about Jesus.

Jesus has sent every New Testament Christian out on a mission. He has sent us out to accomplish the most important mission of all humankind – to continue the mission he gave his twelve apostles; to be his witnesses by telling others about him.

1 Peter 4:10-11. Today was our annual "Service Sunday" where we have a shorter sermon followed by presentations about ways to get involved in the work of the church.

Matthew 13:44-46. In this lesson, we’re going to look at two short parables that tell us about the value of the kingdom of God.

Hebrews 12:18-29. Gathering for various occasions is something people do. This morning, we’re going to look at the value of gathering as the Lord’s church.

Romans 15:1-7. Have you walked up to the front door of a home, and the owners had a mat at the front door that said, “Welcome”? If you didn’t know the people, but saw their welcome mat, you probably assume they mean it, but you won’t know until you knock on their door, will you? It’s not until you interact with them that you actually know if they mean what they say. How do you know if you’re welcome somewhere? Because they have a sign? No. It’s based on how they treat you, right?

Galatians 3:26-29. Everyone wants to belong. In fact, God created us with a need for relationships; a need to belong.

In Romans5, there are four “therefore's”, and even though this is considered one of the more difficult passages to understand, we want to look at Romans 5 to see what we learn from these "therefore's". We won’t be able to cover every detail, but we’ll understand the big idea of God’s message for us that Romans 5 shows us the blessing of salvation we have in Jesus and makes God’s grace and love that much sweeter.

The gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, tell us about the works and words of Jesus. This morning, we’re looking at the last words of Jesus recorded in Matthew’s gospel where we find our next “therefore” and we’ll see what Jesus has to say to us.

It’s the Tuesday before the Friday Jesus would be crucified and in Matthew 21, Jesus is in Jerusalem in the Jewish temple and he’s going to tell a story about some wicked farmers who had been entrusted with a landowner’s vineyard. This parable has something to say to the religious leaders of the Jewish people, the future of God’s people, and also to us today.

In Romans 12:1, Paul has an urgent plea. He desperately wanted the Christians reading this letter to understand something and do something that was extremely important. Paul pleads with Christians to do this urgent thing because of all God has done for us.

Colossians 3:1-17. In our passage today on the theme of “Therefore”, Paul says three times, “Therefore”, and each time he has something more to say to Christians about how to live as a Christ follower.

Paul assures Christians that they have a victory waiting for them when Jesus does return. It’s because of this victory that Christians have in Jesus that we should live a certain way here on earth.

Matthew 6:19-34. Jesus gives us three choices we make and everyone makes these choices. We must choose our treasure, choose how we look at life, and choose our master. For those who choose to treasure the things of God, set their eyes on the things of God, and choose the good and perfect God as their master, they can therefore face life with faith instead of anxiety.

3 John. The apostle John wrote his third letter to a close friend and one of the main points, the main point we want to make this morning, is to “Imitate Good”. Verse 11 of 3 John simply says, “do not imitate evil but imitate good”. John makes it very clear: followers of Jesus are to imitate is that which is good, not evil. There are a lot of things to imitate in our culture, but the Bible says we’re to make sure the things we imitate are good. “Good” here means what is upright and acceptable to God. It’s not just whatever you say is “good”.

2 John. Love letters are less common today than they used to be. Today people would more likely text or direct message, but there is something nice about a written letter. 2 John is a unique kind of letter. The apostle John wrote to another congregation while he lived in Ephesus like he was writing to a woman he loved. In 2 John we find that John immediately speaks of “the truth”. John wrote in his first letter about following God’s truth and not being deceived and falling away from the truth. Truth is very important. You can’t know God without knowing his truth. You can’t be saved without learning of God’s truth. And you can’t maintain your salvation, as John has explained, without remaining faithful to God’s truth.

1 John 5:1-21. Like the last few words of wisdom you might give in a conversation with someone you care about, John closes his letter with essentially one main point: Hold on to your faith. John explains how Christians can know they have eternal life. He then reminds us we need to believe in Jesus as he is revealed by God in Scripture. And finally, John writes some things about holding on to our faith with a surprising ending.