Sermon Notes Date: 07/12/2015 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Judges Key Text: Judges 9 Description:  Gideon’s legacy is a sad one. It involves idolatry, civil unrest, fratricide, deceit, retribution, and a large mill stone.  God will not allow evil to go unpunished and Gideon’s son Abimelech meets his demise ultimately from the hand of God who […]

Sermon Notes Date: 07/05/2015 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Judges Key Text: Judges 8:1-35 Description:  Gideon goes from doing things in the Lord’s strength to doing things in his own strength and in that decline we see the rise of sinful leadership and wicked idolatry.  It’s a journey from godly legacy to idolatrous tyrant that […]

Sermon Notes Date: 06/28/2015 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Judges Key Text: Judges 7:1-25 Description:  Sometimes God sends a trial into our lives to loosen our grasp on something that we were holding on to tighter than Christ.  In the case of the Israelites, they saw strength in their numbers as they prepared to battle the […]

Sermon Notes Date: 06/21/2015 Preacher: Keith Barker, elder Key Text: Ephesians 1 Description: Many Christians don’t mature because they have never been taught to recognize their righteousness in Christ. Secondly they need to also learn to rely on their resources. This message from the Book of Ephesians will help to clarify our understanding of these essential truths. Listen […]

Sermon Notes Date: 06/07/2015 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Judges Key Text: Judges 6:11-32 Description:  God raises up a reluctant Judge named Gideon who is hiding in a wine press.  Gideon is not only fearful but His first task is to tear down the community alter to Baal that just happens to be in his own […]

Sermon Notes Date: 05/24/2015 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Judges Key Text: Judges 6:1-10 Description:  God prepares the hearts of His people for rescue by sending a prophet with a message of grace. Listen Now Download Sermon (right click)

Sermon Notes Date: 05/17/2015 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Judges Key Text: Judges 4-5 Description:  The story of Deborah and Barak and God’s deliverance through the hand of the woman Jael may be one of the most disturbing accounts of treachery recorded in the Bible and yet God delivers His people through these shocking events. In […]

Sermon Notes Date: 05/03/2015 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Judges Key Text: Judges 3:12-30 Description:  Ehud, from the tribe of Benjamin, is the second Judge God raises up to deliver His people from the hand of Eglon, King of Moab. Ehud assassinates Eglon in His throne room by plunging a self-made sword into his abdomen and […]

Sermon Notes Date: 04/26/2015 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Judges Key Text: Judges 3:7-11 Description:  Othniel is mentioned as the first Judge of Israel. His story is not spectacular, it’s simple, straight-forward… even boring. But Othniel is not the hero of the story. God is. God is always the rescuer of His people and receives all […]

Sermon Notes Date: 04/19/2015 Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor Series: Judges Key Text: Judges 2:11-3:6 Description:  In this section of the book of Judges, the author introduces the cycles of unfaithfulness on the part of the people and the deliverance from the hand of God. Listen Now Download Sermon (right click)