We have a tendency to look to the ancient past and assume that we are more mature, emotionally and morally, than those cave-dwellers of the past. But the truth is that we HAVE progressed technologically. And yet it possible to PROGRESS one way, while at the same time REGRESS in other ways - for our generation, that regression is in how we emotionally process our world. We have much to re-learn from David in Psalm 12, in how HE emotionally processed the very real moral decay and threats of his day.

David:

Complains (to God)

Requests (of God)

Listens (to God)

Composed (in the imperfect complexities of life,

Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on June 16th, 2024 to learn more.

Throwing up your hands and saying, there’s nothing to do, except exit the field of battle, and run for the hills.

After all, if the very foundations of society are destroyed, what then can the righteous do? If the institutions that we have created and treasured have become corrupt, what then can good people do? If our elites, who are supposed to affirm the good and punish evil don’t CARE what those words even MEAN, then what hope is there?

But David replies, v. 1, how can you say that to my soul? Because my soul takes refuge in Yahweh. In particular, in three realities ABOUT Yahweh.

Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on June 9th, 2024 to learn more.

We are taking one more look at the Sabbath. Often we consider the Sabbath by looking at Jesus’ conflicts with the Pharisees on the Sabbath. But when we look at a TYPICAL Sabbath of Jesus, we realize that we may be asking the wrong question - NOT, what should we NOT do, but what do we GET to do?

Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on May 26th, 2024 to learn more.

First I want us to see three truths about you, from John’s first letter. Christianity NEVER says, DO this, and then you will BE this. Christianity says, you ARE this, because of what Christ has done. So then, by faith in Him, DO this.

So John, in a sort of poem in his letter, says three things about you, that are already true.

1.”You HAVE OVERCOME the evil one.”

2. “You know the Father.”

3. “You are strong . . . And the word of God abides in you.”

Listen to this episode to learn more from Pastor Jed’s exhortation to graduates in his sermon on May 19th,2024.

Why Does the Sabbath Command Continue?

The first reason is my simplest. Because God did not give 9.5 commandments. He gave TEN commandments, in Exodus 20, and there is no indication in Scripture that we should SHAVE the fourth one.

The Sabbath also continues, because it is pictured in the great prophecy of Isaiah, about God’s Suffering Servant.

Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on May 12th, 2024 to learn more.

What happens when we have a dream, a good dream, even a godly dream that is never fulfilled? We work hard to see it come to fruition, but all we have to show for the hard work is pieces of a broken dream. We know that God could have caused it to be realized, but he remained silent. It is at those moments that we are brought to a choice. A choice that will determine the rest of our lives. Do I walk away from God, or do I wait to see what he will do? Listen to this episode from Pastor Mike’s sermon on May 5th 2024 to learn more.

Life is full of counterintuitive experiences. There is the “right way” and then there is the “way you think is right;” otherwise known as “the wrong way.”

Matthew 16:24–25 (ESV)

24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. (see also: Mark 8:34-35 & Luke 9:23-24)

What does it mean to take up your cross and follow Jesus?

Learn more in this episode from Pastor Mike’s sermon on April 28th, 2024.

The basic question is: How do we glorify God?

Authentic Christian, hear and they believe God’s promises for reward and His warnings. His awakens authentic Christians from their slumber and this faith causes them to run hard after the reward and away from the judgement. Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on April 14, 2034 to learn more.

The church exists for the nations to see, as through a window, the compelling community of Christ’s kingdom. But there are so many other priorities that compete with this one in our lives. In the words of Celebrate Recovery, ‘So often our hurts, hang-ups, and habits get in the way’. Therefore, the only way that we can fulfill this purpose as a church is by letting God and His Word determine the terms of our relationship with each other. Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on April 7, 2024 to learn more.