Easter Service:

The good news is that all who trust in Him NOW share in HIS resurrection life, TODAY. 

I emphasize NOW, TODAY because most of us, even Christians, have gotten our understanding of the resurrection, as someone else has said, from Far Side cartoons. We think that resurrection life means living under the soft tyranny of HR hags and nags until we die and meet that great bureaucrat of the sky St. Peter at the pearly gates and are then assigned a cloud to play the harp on. But that is, literally and figuratively, a JOKE.

Not any where near what the world needs. Not what we will

On this Palm Sunday, we look at Jesus’ triumphal entry into the city of Jerusalem as the people put down palm branches and welcome with shouts of Hosanna. First, we’ll look at why they welcomed Him so readily. Then we’ll consider three different aspects of his triumphal entry that are crucially important for us today living as we do in a time when inmates run the asylum. Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on March 24th, 2024 to learn more.

Jesus gave up His rights and surrendered Himself in faith. Faith that on the other side of giving Himself over there would be joy. For the joy set before Him, Jesus endured the cross. The joy of seeing the Father glorified, the joy of resurrection life, and the joy of you and I sharing with Him in that resurrection life. This is how we are to live too—surrendering our lives for the glory of the Father and for others to share in this resurrection life with us. Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on March 17th, 2024 to learn more.

Christ deferred all His interests to the Father, and His interests were to get glory by saving us. Thus, true discipleship means deferring our interests to our neighbors for their good and God’s glory. Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on March 10th, 2024 to learn more.

In these troubled times—for God’s glory and our good—never treat even the best of things that are passing away as though they are ultimate and eternal. We should be drenched in God’s Word, and be informed by God’s Word in all things, and then apply Christ’s commands to all of life. Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on March 3rd, 2024 to learn more.

Defer to the interests of your spouse, for that is the path to glory. It is good to remain single. Marriage is not the highest level of existence—after all, Jesus was single. But not all are gifted for singleness. I you burn with passion than it is better if you marry. Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on February 18th, 2024 to learn more.

In God we are find the blessing that we are prone to search for everywhere else. We are told by the world and our own brain that to surrender is death. To surrender our bodies to God is to die. To surrender or sexual identities to God is to give up all that we are. When in fact, on the other side of that is blessing. Beyond measure.

In this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on February 4th, 2024, Pastor teaches on the 3 pillars of truth from 1 Corinthians 6 that deliver us from sexual sin. Sex is powerful and can easily become a master over us. The question is, “What masters us?” Listen to learn

It’s not Christian to only say, “Can I do this?” Christianity says, “Though I can do this—though it is permissible—will this help or hurt those around me?” If we don’t ask this, we may very well be right and totally wrong at the same time. Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on January 28th, 2024 to learn more.