What really grieves the Holy Spirit is not the big-ticket items but, bitterness, wrath, anger, and clamor. Underlying all of that is the wisdom of man and not the “foolishness of God.” By this no one can boast that we brought anything but our need to our salvation. To learn more, listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on Oct. 29, 2023.

As Christians, we pray for our leaders so that we may have a society that is peaceful and honoring to God. We want our society to honor God because God desires His gospel to run. He desires that all people would be saved. God’s greatest interest is not in lengthening the American dream. God’s idea of the highest and best society is not 1950s America. He has something else in mind—that this kind of society serves; this kind of society complements; this kind of society supports—that is the salvation of all people. Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on October 22, 2023 to learn more.

Mankind, with our own wisdom, all we want to do is take our wisdom and employ it with pride to build up towers of Babel for ourselves. We try to build up our way to heaven by our own power without God. That’s what we do with our wisdom. So God, in His wisdom—which is outside the system of man’s wisdom—chose to bring the good news of the gospel (the good news of Christ, the way to salvation and the way out of our insanity) not by way of human wisdom. Not by anything within the human system. Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on October 8, 2023 to learn more.

God chose both a message and manner of communication that would be seen as implausible. Because our wisdoms damns us, God, in His wisdom, chose to use folly to bring the gospel. Listen to this

The church has lived so long with the notion that if I don’t agree, I’ll break off and start another “frozen chosen” other there and that’s how we will gain agreement. But God commands us to be united and He never commands something that is impossible for us to do. Our entire salvation was not founded on man-made wisdom or knowledge. This is not wisdom or knowledge we can grasp by our own wisdom or knowledge, but it is based on the “foolishness of God.” Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on September 17, 2023 to learn more.

For so long the North American church had no perceivable opponents—they were there, just in waiting. We had no opponents except ourselves, of course. So, we divided, and divided, and divided which only made it easier when our real enemies did appear—especially in the last decade—to further divide us and conquer us. But we are the superior force. Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on September 10, 2023 learn more.

Because Jesus is risen from the dead, He is King of everyone and everything. Everything is now under His rule. When anything or anyone comes under His rule, He redeems it or them; He transforms it or them. That thing or person is still itself and yet at the same time new. Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on August 27, 2023 to learn more.

It’s been said that blind optimism for a Christian is naïve. It is blind foolishness. These days it is getting harder and harder to be naïve. But on the other hand, to be pessimistic is atheistic—blind unbelief—which is getting easier and easier to fall into. In this passage, Paul would have nothing in either. Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on September 3, 2023 learn more.

The nature of prayer must consider the triune character of God. Prayer to the Father is war-like. Prayer that stands on the Son is personal. Prayer in the Spirit is transforming. Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on August 20, 2023 to learn more.

Our worship is warfare. It asks God’s Kingdom to come now. Our worship should be: simple, spiritual and intelligible. Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on August 13, 2023 to learn more.