Columbus Evangelical Church Sermons

For some, the holidays are a season of celebration, joy, and new memories. For others, they're a painful reminder of loss, loneliness, or difficult circumstances. So how do we navigate the highs and lows of the holidays together?

In Romans 12:9–16, the Apostle Paul challenges us to love one another in a way that goes beyond words. Discover what it means to genuinely rejoice with those who rejoice and mourn with those who mourn.

Because real love shares the joy and carries the sorrow.

Mission doesn’t always mean traveling far—it starts where you live. In this session, we’ll discover how to serve our families, neighbors, and coworkers with the love of Christ. By embracing mission at home, we bring the gospel into everyday spaces and make Jesus known right where He’s planted us.

Jesus calls us not only to grow personally but to go outward in service. This session explores what it means to step beyond our comfort zones—whether across the street or across the world—to serve others in Jesus’ name. We’ll see how living missionally expands our faith and reflects God’s heart for the nations.

Faith grows best in community. Beyond our closest friends, God places us in the wider church to encourage, challenge, and support one another. In this session we’ll see how living connected to the body of Christ deepens our walk with Him.

Even Jesus didn’t walk alone—He had Peter, James, and John by His side in key moments. We need trusted, close friends who know us deeply and walk with us through both highs and lows. This session will challenge us to find and invest in our “Core 3.”

Prayer isn’t a ritual to check off, but a conversation with our Father. Jesus teaches us to pray with focus, trust, and dependence on God. This session helps us move from duty-driven prayers to life-giving dialogue with Him.

God’s Word is not optional; it’s essential. Just as our bodies need food, our souls need Scripture. In this session we’ll discover how daily time in God’s Word nourishes our faith and equips us to stand strong.

What if the secret to Big Faith isn't about trying harder, but about knowing Jesus more deeply? Throughout our Big Faith series, we've explored the extraordinary stories of ordinary people who trusted God with their relationships, resources, futures, and even their suffering. But as we reach the grand finale of Hebrews' Hall of Faith, we discover something even greater. All these stories ultimately point us to Jesus—the author and perfecter of our faith. In this final message, we'll explore what it means to fix our eyes on Jesus, reconsider where we're investing our time and priorities, and discover why growing in faith is ultimately about growing in our relationship with Him. Whether you've followed Jesus for decades or you're still exploring what it means to believe, this message is an invitation to take your next step toward Him.

Can you still trust God when He doesn't give you the outcome you hoped for?

Hebrews 11 is filled with extraordinary stories of faith—people who conquered kingdoms, escaped danger, witnessed miracles, and experienced God's incredible deliverance. But halfway through the passage, something unexpected happens. The stories of victory give way to stories of suffering, persecution, and loss. And yet Scripture celebrates both groups for their Big Faith.

In this week's message from our Big Faith series, we'll discover how the stories of other believers strengthen our own faith, why trusting God doesn't always mean escaping difficulty, and what it means to hold on to a hope that's stronger than death. Because Big Faith isn't just trusting God when everything works out. It's trusting Him even when it doesn't.

What if your greatest weakness is exactly where God wants to demonstrate His strength? Moses seemed like an unlikely choice to lead God's people. He questioned his own abilities, faced the most powerful ruler in Egypt, and eventually found himself trapped between an approaching army and the Red Sea. Yet Moses demonstrated extraordinary faith—not because he was capable of handling everything himself, but because he trusted the God who could. In this message from our Big Faith series, we'll explore how Moses' example challenges us to grow in our spiritual dependence on God and courageously participate in His mission to the world. Sometimes Big Faith isn't about what we can accomplish for God. It's about what God can accomplish through us when we learn to depend on Him.