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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, November 28, 2021

Having seen Jesus as the revealed king and the rejected king, Matthew 24:1-14 now gives us a glimpse of Jesus as the returning king. Pastor Steve’s message points to 2 revelations concerning the end of the age that confirm Christ’s intention to return to establish His kingdom, call unbelievers to repent and believe in order to live, and convince His people to stay faithful, fruitful, and firm in the meantime. Steve’s message follows a couple brief announcements.

Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.

Matt Deaver :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, November 21, 2021

A few decades before the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, Jesus warns Israel of this coming judgment—but God’s plan to dwell among His people continues in the person of Jesus Christ. Guest speaker Matt Deaver preaches from Matthew 23:37-39, where God’s loving desire for His people and Israel’s rebellious response becomes a picture of the sinfulness of all humanity and a compassionate and merciful God patiently calling us to Him. Matt’s message follows a brief update of his family’s ministry in a sensitive region of southeast Asia. To request a copy of this 5 minute update, email [email protected].

Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, November 14, 2021

Our 2021 Haiti mission team took the first half of our service to share about their recent experience ministering in Pignon, Haiti, following brief announcements from Doug Elrick. Afterwards, Pastor Steve delivers the 2nd of a two-part message on the "woes" of Matthew 23. Verses 25-36 reveal two forms of religious hypocrisy—rebellion masked in fake righteousness, and rejection of God's message and messengers masked in fake respect. The challenge for unbelievers is to turn to Jesus in faith, and for believers to live out an authentic faith.

Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, November 17, 2021

A woe is an pronouncement of an inescapable and impending doom, and the woes Jesus gave to the Pharisees become a warning for today’s believers. In Pastor Steve’s message, the woes of Matthew 23:13-24 reveal two forms of religious hypocrisy God abhors pointing us to what God adores. We must be straight on the truth for the sake of the lost seeking God’s kingdom, and for the sake of authentic worship of our Savior.

Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, October 31, 2021

In Matthew 23:1-12, the conflict between Jesus and the religious leaders of His day is reaching its peak. In Pastor Steve’s message, the Scribes’ and Pharisees’ failed example of leadership actually teaches us valuable lessons in avoiding selfish hypocrisy and aspiring to selfless humility.

Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, October 24, 2021.

Jesus struggled with an identity crisis, and people still sometimes have a hard time understanding who He is. But “Who is Jesus?” is the most important question to be asked or answered. In Pastor Steve’s message from Matthew 22:41-46, Jesus interrogates the Pharisees about the deity of the Messiah. In the process He challenges a deficient, tradition-based view of the Messiah, and confirms an accurate view of His identity based on truth fulfilled in Christ so that all will believe in Jesus and declare Him to be Savior and King. Steve’s message follows a brief update from Jude Augusma, a missionary Creekside partners with to serve the Lord in Haiti.

Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.

Bob Short :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, October 17, 2021

Jesus said: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Bob Short preaches from Matthew 22:34-40 on Jesus’ response to Pharisees about what love should look like. Bob’s message highlights the connection between loving God and loving our neighbor, and why and how these two commandments are not only to be learned, but lived.

Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, October 10, 2021

The Sadducees, whose hope ended at the grave, tried to challenge Jesus’ teaching about the Resurrection, but they only revealed their own ignorance of God’s word and power. Pastor Steve preaches about the conflict between Jesus and the Sadducees from Matthew 22:23-32 that unfolds in two acts to prove the reality of our belief in the Resurrection.

Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, October 3, 2021

“Pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.” Jesus’ brilliant answer to a question from the Pharisees designed to entrap Him provides an important principal for spiritual people living in a secular world. In Pastor Steve’s message from Matthew 22:15-22 about the Christian responsibility to God and government, Jesus exposes religious hypocrisy and rebellion against God while encouraging others to accept Him as the Messiah. Steve’s message follows announcements by Tom VanderLinden.

Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.

Kyle Clarkson :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, September 26, 2021

God's mercy is a call, and that mercy is for all. Kyle Clarkson teaches from Matthew 22:1-14, Jesus' Parable of the Wedding Banquet, told to an audience who relied on a system of merit. Kyle reminds us that God's invitation to salvation in Christ is based on mercy and not merit, and the "proper attire" for a wedding banquet is His righteousness, not our own. Kyle's message follows an informative summary of Katie Marquardt's ministry to local Burmese refugees and a prayer send-off for Creekside's mission team headed to Haiti this week.

Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.