Ben Keller presents a challenge to be clear, accurate and faithful about the gospel and covenants and Mosaic Law and how Jesus' words here align perfectly with Deuteronomy, Jeremiah, Hebrews, Romans, Galatians and more.
Jesus REX: Pastor James looks at Christ's provocative, declarative adult ministry and how it underscores the imperative nature of the gospel and the absolute monarchy of God.
How do we practically love Jesus, who did everything for - and needs nothing from - us? We find a key expression in Jesus' restorative conversation with Peter: to love the HEAD of the church, we must love His BODY.
Pastor James examines how John the Baptist relates to Jesus, and how at Jesus' baptism we see an amazing glimpse of the Trinity, opening the door to a conversation about what and who God IS and ISN'T.
Lights or Lit... Pastor James looks at the jarring entry of John the Baptist in scripture and what it tells us about the gospel message, God's Kingdom, and our attitude toward "Turn or Burn" preaching.
In our year-long series through the Book of Matthew, Pastor James looks at scripture and Shakespeare… how Macbeth and Herod share some ugly traits, and yet God sovereignly uses everything to fulfill his loving promises. Also, we’re not as far...
The birth of Jesus in Matthew shows us an historical event grounded in reality and marked by faithfulness. The visit of the Magi also demonstrates our proper response of prostration before our Lord and Savior.
As we begin our year-long series through the Book of Matthew, Pastor James invites us to consider why genealogies in the Bible are actually extremely teachable moments about how God works, interacts with his people, and how we can trust Him.
In 1 Peter 4:8-11 Pastor James calls attention to Peter's practical, tangible, actionable definition of "love"... from our hospitality to our words and deeds. Are we going to live these out in 2022?
Pastor James finishes our Advent series showing how scripture reforms our view of "soul" and "strength" in terms of how we're called to love and live for Jesus.
What does LOVE actually mean according the Word of God? What did "heart" mean to the Jewish hearer in Deuteronomy 6? In our third week of Advent, Ben Keller expands on these keywords in what it means to love our LORD with all our heart.
In our second Advent Sermon on the Shema, we look at the term "LORD" and how it's special meaning impacts the manger and magnitude of what happened Christmas Day.
All Shema For Christmas part one: Shema means hear... but what does it truly mean to HEAR? Pastor James looks at the Nativity - and our lives today - through God's great and timeless commandment.
Paul instructs Titus that loving Christ's people sometimes means cutting ties with toxic persons (as Jesus taught and cautioned). We finish with chapter 3's exhortation and rebuke, wrapped around good news for all who hear and believe.
Titus 2 - wherein we look at how our conduct as different demographics of believers directly impacts the world's view of our "doctrine"... a word that sometimes has a strange reception and connotation - even amongst Christians - for which we may...
High Calling, Holy Warning - we begin Paul's letter to Titus with a crash course in what it means to be a Christian, a church leader, and how out greatest threat is not from "the world" so much as those within distorting and claiming a false...
We come to an END of our series in Exodus on the Tabernacle, with the crowning application of God's glory and a look at how he fills and fulfills in Christ the needs of His people for the purposes of His glory.
The Big Setup - wherein we see how a moment of space tourism might parallel the gospel, and how the Lord's Servant sets up and accomplishes God's plan for dwelling with his people.
Meticulous Tent(s) - wherein we look at the precision and care in which God's people worked on his tabernacle of old, and how that may apply to our work on God's "tent" - or tents? - today. What IS God's tent anyway?
"You Have Your Orders" - we transition from tabernacle instructions to what God commands and asks from His people, then and now. Some things - like God - never change!