the things you do for love
Based on the episode in Acts, when the people of Lystra stone Paul and leave him for dead … and later he gets up and goes BACK INTO THE CITY … this sermon is about “the things you do for love”.
It explores the concepts of why we do what we do, and how we can change our lives by starting at the level of our internalized beliefs. When those beliefs are guided by God’s truth and Spirit, we can regularly and naturally live as Jesus did: forgive without condition, serve without appreciation and love others without expecting anything in return.
father's day sermon video
the prodigal's father
Many of us have heard the story of the Prodigal Son applied to one who is coming to Christ for the first time. In this sermon, we are challenged to take a fresh look at this familiar parable, what it teaches us about God, and how His children understand their identity and feel about their relationship with Him.
suffering Well?
Most of us try to avoid suffering as much as possible and when it does find us, we try to eliminate it as quickly as possible. We don’t like it when others cause us to suffer, and we run away from tragedy. But in the book of 1st Peter, we find a very different perspective on suffering. What if our response to suffering actually affects the dark forces of evil at work in our world? What if God has called us to suffer, and what if learning how to “suffering well” is an important part of the Christian life?
design and destiny
This sermon, from Revelation 3, is about how humans are designed and destined to be co-rulers with God of His creation. In this service, an announcement was made that our lead pastor’s 36-year-old son, Tim, had just died suddenly of a brain aneurysm, leaving behind his wife and three young children. As a church family, we were in shock and all of our hearts were heavy with pain at this tragic news. This was the most difficult sermon I have ever preached. Not because of the text or the topic, but because of the corporate grief and loss we were all feeling. The passage itself was a perfectly timed reminder that we long for God to bring a final end to death and the curse, and bring forth the restoration of His original intention in the form of the New Heaven and New Earth.
