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June 08, 2025 The Abundantly Kind King | Austin McCann
Scripture Reference: 2 Samuel 9:1-13
Sermon Points:
The Person Covenant Kindness Embraces (vv. 1-8)
The Power Covenant Kindness Exercises (vv. 9-13)
40 min
June 01, 2025The Bread of Life | Samuel Husband
Scripture Reference: John 6:1-14, 25-51
What is our natural response when we don’t have enough patience, kindness, faith, resources, wisdom, or humility? How might our response change if we follow Jesus’ pattern?
Henri Nouwen’s Life of the Beloved: “To identify the movements of the Spirit in our lives, I have found it helpful to use four words: “taken,” “blessed,” “broken,” and “given…” These words also summarize my life as a Christian because, as a Christian, I am called to become bread for the world: bread that is taken, blessed, broken, and given… these four words have become the most important words of my life… they speak about the most divine as well as the most human behavior. They reach high as well as low, embrace God as well as all people.”
Sermon Points:
Bread & the Bible
Living Bread
Leftovers
40 min
May 25, 2025Secure with the Shepherd | Les Newsom
Scripture Reference: Psalm 23
Is there a more appropriately famous Psalm than the 23rd? For good reason God’s people have clung to it in times of distress. But when was the last time we camped out on those images and studied them in hopes of finding new joys of the Christian’s security in Christ?
Sermon Points:
The Sheep and the Shepherd (vv. 1–3)
The Traveler and the Companion (v. 4)
The Guest and the Host (vv. 5–6)
31 min
May 18, 2025Admiring the Priest-King | Les Newsom
Scripture Reference: Psalm 110
A powerful instinct defines our humanity in the object of our admiration. We become like what we admire. David in Psalm 110 penned a verse that was quoted or referred to over 20x in the New Testament. What did he discover that fixated him so much?
Sermon Points:
The Messiah is a King
The Messiah is a Priest
31 min
May 11, 2025Singing Our Guilt | Brian Sorgenfrei
Scripture Reference: Psalm 32
David shows us that guilt can actually lead us to a place of joy. It sounds so upside down in today’s world, however, being honest with guilt and turning to the right place brings freedom, forgiveness and joy. Could our guilt actually be a pathway to joy? Let’s follow David.
Sermon Points:
Defining Guilt (vv. 1-4)
Acknowledging and Confessing Guilt (v. 5)
Cleansing of Guilt (vv. 5, 7)
Walking Daily in Psalm 32
30 min
May 04, 2025What Do I Do with My Hate? | Les Newsom
Scripture Reference: Psalm 137
The Psalms are capable it turns out of exposing the darkest parts of our heart, the places where we experience deep and violent thoughts of hatred. But there is a godly way to manage that emotion. And Psalm 137 provides a vivid, if not disturbing, look into that very thing.
Sermon Points:
Some Explanations
Some Lessons
Some Hope
31 min
April 27, 2025The Power of Praise | Les Newsom
Scripture Reference: Psalm 145
Is there anything worse than feeling down and having some terminally perky religious person tell you to “cheer up and praise the Lord?” Yet, in Psalm 145, David ends his Psalm authorship with a litany of praise to the Lord and commands us to do the same. Why?
Sermon Points:
The Object of Praise
The Nature of Praise
The Future of Praise
32 min
April 20, 2025Reframing Hope | Les Newsom
Scripture Reference: Psalm 16
The emotion of hope consists of having something to look forward to even in the bleakness of everyday life. But David has found the key to celebrating even in the midst of isolation and pain. Only if he can be rescued from the enslaving power of death can he know true hope.
Sermon Points:
The Defeat of Idols (vs. 1-6)
The Delight in God (vs. 7-8)
The Death of Death (vs. 9-11)
30 min
April 13, 2025 Singing Our Doubts | Brian Sorgenfrei
Scripture Reference: Psalm 73
Does doubting mean lack of faith? Does doubting mean immaturity? What does a follower of Jesus do with their doubts? Psalm 73 gives us a window into the doubt of a Psalmist named Asaph. Surely this means the Christian life has a place for doubt, and that doubting can actually lead us to a deeper relationship with Jesus and others.
33 min
April 06, 2025Rethinking Loneliness | Les Newsom
Scripture Reference: Psalm 87
For most of us, when we start to feel the aching sense of loneliness that seems to characterize more and more of modern life, we turn inward to our problems or even our marriages and families for hope. But Psalm 87 introduces us to a different source of joy, the Church.
Sermon Points:
Affection Expressed
Alienation Overcome
Adoption Secured
Fountains Accessed
29 min