Sermon celebrating our Covenant Sunday with a look at the transformational story in Luke Chapter 19 of how a tax collector named Zacchaeus' life was changed by an encounter with Jesus, leading him to repent and give generously to restore all he might have taken, and thereby opening the door to salvation for his entire household.

Sermon showing the truth behind the hypocrisy of trusting in our own righteous behavior to save us while ignoring the whole truth about ourselves, vs. the honest humility of acknowledging God's exalted nature and our own sinfulness, and submitting to His authority and mercy where true salvation and abundant life are found.

Sermon using the Luke 17 story of the one leper who returned to offer Jesus thanks for his healing to illustrate the importance of being grateful; as by our thankfulness we show our trust and hope in our Heavenly Father and learn to see the treasures in every situation, opening our hearts to receive as well as to give.

Sermon using Jesus' comments about his Disciples' "little" faith in Luke 17 as a way to illustrate the essential nature of the Holy Spirit's gift to us as a "functional" faith that works, based not in doctrine but in a vibrant and active love for our God and Savior.

Sermon based on the Gospel of Luke Chapter 16, verses 19-31, in which Jesus uses the story of a beggar named Lazarus waiting outside the gate of a rich man who refuses to help him, and the final separation between the two men after death, to affirm our call to us to live out His Holy Word and show mercy and compassion to everyone around us.

Sermon exploring how Jesus' parables of the Lost (the sheep, the coin, and the prodigal son) in Luke 15 illuminate His mission to seek and save all those who are separated from the Kingdom of God with relentless love; motivating us to do likewise and never give up on working to help find the Lost in our world today, and to be found by the True Good Shepherd of the Sheep.

Sermon on what it means to be a Disciple of Jesus, beginning with the strong foundation of accepting the full cost of letting go of everything we hold dear to follow Him, and continuing through a lifetime of friendship and service where we learn to live as He lived and to love as he loves.

Sermon based on Luke 13 and the importance of entering the Father's Kingdom through the "narrow gate, " which was made open for us by the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ and is available to all who obediently follow in His way.

Motivational sermon based on Hebrews 12, encouraging us to "run with endurance the race that is set before us" knowing we are truly supported by a great number of Christians who have run their races before us and are cheering us on to make it to the finish line where our own Crowns of Glory are waiting in the Lord's hands.

Sermon based on the Gospel of Luke 12:32-40, encouraging us to live our lives focused on God's Kingdom culture in our present reality: pushing back the kingdom of darkness on earth with God's rule and reign through Christ, seeing individual lives transformed and the culture around us renewed.