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Where are you at spiritually? Perhaps you are someone who struggles to believe the doctrines of Christianity. Something is standing in your way——but what? What’s stopping you from believing the claims of Christ? In today’s sermon text from John 12 we find three barriers/obstacles/hindrances to belief: confusion (“I just don't understand”), arrogance (“I know better”), and apathy (“Who cares?”). Listen as Pastor Luke Herche addresses each of those barriers in turn, showing us what to believe, what gets in the way, and why it matters.

Part of a series on The Gospel of John

From Sunday Worship, November 19, 2023.

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Repentance is the secret, often forgotten power of the Christian life. It is one of the primary tools the Holy Spirit uses in our lives to bring about spiritual growth and change. It is not something you do once and then put it aside, but it’s a daily part of Christian life and a secret power of daily growth in grace. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on 2 Corinthians 7:5–13a, breaking down this secret power of change into five parts:

• The Simple Act of Repentance

• The Instrumental Cause of Repentance

• The Internal Source of Repentance

• The Ultimate Result of Repentance

• The External Fruit of Repentance

From Sunday Evening Worship, November 12, 2023.

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Where does your confidence lie? You have to put your confidence in something. Everybody does. We put our confidence in things that make us feel worthwhile, important, right, blameless, because in our hearts and in the heart of every person there is a longing for righteousness. In Philippians 3:4–7 Paul shows this pattern working out in his own life through one of the most interesting self-disclosures in Scripture. Listen as Pastor Josué Pernillo preaches on this passage, showing how we are tempted to put confidence in who we are and in what we do––but what we need is an external confidence found only in Christ.

Part of a series on Philippians.

From Sunday Worship, November 12, 2023.

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In John 12:20, Jesus says that the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. But what does it mean to be glorified? Why is it so important? In this sermon on John 12:20–33, Pastor Luke Herche preaches on the glory of Jesus Christ, showing us the time of Jesus’ glorification, the method of Jesus’ glorification, the purpose of Jesus’ glorification, the fruit of Jesus’ glorification, and the pattern of Jesus’ glorification.

Part of a series on The Gospel of John

From Sunday Worship, November 5, 2023.

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Who is Jesus? People have all kinds of different ideas about him, often whatever best supports their own agendas—everything from an enlightenment thinker to a civil rights protester to a present-day hipster. Everyone wants to remake Jesus in their own image. But all of these distorted versions of Jesus leave people confused about who he really is. In John 12, we find a diverse crowd of people interacting with Jesus, and the one thing they all have in common is that they don’t yet see Jesus for who he is. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on John 12:9–26, 31–33, probing possible answers to the question, “Who is Jesus?” (A wonderworking spectacle? A nationalistic hero? A bitter rival? An enigmatic puzzle?) and finally concluding that only when we see Jesus as the Lord who is lifted up will we come to see him for who he really is.

Part of a series on The Gospel of John

From Sunday Worship, October 29, 2023.

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What has your attention? What has your love? Your loyalty? Your enthusiasm? What are you devoted to? What is the object of your lavish devotion? There may be many answers to these questions, but in the end there are only two real options: devotion to Christ or devotion to self. This is the dichotomy presented by Mary and Judas in John 12:1–8, in which Mary anoints Jesus’ feet with an expensive perfume. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on this passage, showing us the object of lavish devotion, the act of lavish devotion, the challenges to lavish devotion, the practice of lavish devotion, and the motive for lavish devotion.

Part of a series on The Gospel of John

From Sunday Worship, October 22, 2023.

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We live in a confusing time. Deception is rampant. It is hard to discern truth from error. And this is not just true in our time. Deception is an enemy as old as the Garden. In the book of Philippians Paul ties joy and truth and salvation together, helping us to clearly see through the lens of the gospel and of scripture who we are and how we should understand the world. Listen as Pastor Josué Pernillo preaches on Philippians 3:1–3, focusing on the fruit of joy, the enemy of joy, and the power of joy.

Part of a series on Philippians.

From Sunday Worship, October 15, 2023.

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In the book of 2 Timothy, the Apostle Paul writes to Timothy to encourage the young pastor in his pastoral work. By this time, Paul had been living——and suffering——for the gospel for thirty years, and with his impending death looming he wants to pass the baton on to his protégé. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches from 2 Timothy 4:1–8 on the occasion of the ordination and installation of Josué Pernillo, echoing Paul’s exhortation to “preach the word,” and drawing our attention to the challenge of gospel ministry (“people with itching ears”), the call of gospel ministry (“preach the word”), and the hope of gospel ministry (“the crown of righteousness”).

From Sunday Evening Worship, October 8, 2023.

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Joy is one of the main themes of Paul’s letter to the Philippians—and one of the main themes in all of Scripture. As we examine the first verse of Philippians chapter 3, in which Paul exhorts his brothers and sisters at Philippi to “rejoice in the Lord,” we begin to understand that Christians are a people of joy in Jesus Christ. Listen as Pastor Josué Pernillo expands on this theme in three movements: the obstacles and opponents, the command of joy, and the source of joy.

Part of a series on Philippians.

From Sunday Worship, October 8, 2023.

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What gets in the way of you seeing Jesus for who he really is? Some people think that if they could only see Jesus and his miracles for themselves, then they would believe. But the truth is that ‘seeing’ is not the answer, and more facts don’t lead to more faith. We already have plenty of evidence—the heavens themselves declare the glory of God! So if seeing isn’t the answer, what is? Listen as Pastor Luke Herche teaches from John 11:45–57, drawing out four important truths: First, not everyone who sees believe. Second, fear stops us from seeing rightly. Third, fear causes us to sabotage ourselves. And fourth, only Christ’s love can cast out fear.

Part of a series on The Gospel of John

From Sunday Worship, October 1, 2023.

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