Harbor City Church Sermons

Series Title: Gospel Conversations: Paul's Witness in Acts

Series Summary: Our world is filled with “gospel” messages about where our hope lies, where history is going, and what happens after death. Christianity answers all of these questions with the good news of God’s Kingdom and Jesus love shown by his death and resurrection. But how do we share this good news with our friends and family? For many of us, this seems too difficult to try.

In this series, we are looking to the example of the Apostle Paul. We will see how the gospel conversations he has in the book of Acts can help us have similar kinds of conversations today.


This series is being paired with The Witness Practice meetings happening on Monday nights. We hope you will join us for both!

Passages: Acts 13:13-42

Speaker: Omar Ortiz

Paul’s first recorded presentation of the good news in Acts is to a group of Jews and non-Jews worshipping in a synagogue. In this first sermon in our series, we are laying the groundwork for this series and exploring how Paul communicates the good news to people who are already seeking God in some way.

Series Title: Exodus

Series Summary: The book of Exodus contains some of the most familiar stories of the Old Testament. But woven through all of them is a larger story: the Lord is making Himself known. He reveals who He is to Israel, to Egypt, and ultimately to the nations through His acts of deliverance, judgment, provision, covenant, and presence.

Again and again, we see the faithfulness of Yahweh. He keeps His promises and provides for His people, even amid their grumbling, doubt, and idolatry. Exodus invites us not simply to remember these familiar stories, but to see the God who stands at the center of them—and to consider what it means to know and trust Him.

This series will correspond with our Fall Bible Studies. Each week’s sermon will come from one of the passages being explored in our Bible studies.

Want to go deeper into Exodus? We’ve ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠curated the following resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ around the four ways of engaging Scripture that we considered in The Scripture Practice.

Passages: Exodus 39:32-43, 40:34-38

Speaker: Omar Ortiz

At the end of Exodus, Israel has been created into a new community that lives in God’s presence. In this week's sermon, we see how this transformation occurs and what it means for us, like Israel, to live in God’s presence. 

Series Title: Exodus

Series Summary: The book of Exodus contains some of the most familiar stories of the Old Testament. But woven through all of them is a larger story: the Lord is making Himself known. He reveals who He is to Israel, to Egypt, and ultimately to the nations through His acts of deliverance, judgment, provision, covenant, and presence.

Again and again, we see the faithfulness of Yahweh. He keeps His promises and provides for His people, even amid their grumbling, doubt, and idolatry. Exodus invites us not simply to remember these familiar stories, but to see the God who stands at the center of them—and to consider what it means to know and trust Him.

This series will correspond with our Fall Bible Studies. Each week’s sermon will come from one of the passages being explored in our Bible studies.

Want to go deeper into Exodus? We’ve ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠curated the following resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ around the four ways of engaging Scripture that we considered in The Scripture Practice.

Passages: Exodus 32:1-14

Speaker: Omar Ortiz

Israel has seen the Lord’s signs and wonders, heard his voice and entered into a covenant with Him. After all of this, they betray the covenant by crafting an idol of a golden bull. This week we see God revealed as the one who responds to intercession.  

Series Title: Exodus

Series Summary: The book of Exodus contains some of the most familiar stories of the Old Testament. But woven through all of them is a larger story: the Lord is making Himself known. He reveals who He is to Israel, to Egypt, and ultimately to the nations through His acts of deliverance, judgment, provision, covenant, and presence.

Again and again, we see the faithfulness of Yahweh. He keeps His promises and provides for His people, even amid their grumbling, doubt, and idolatry. Exodus invites us not simply to remember these familiar stories, but to see the God who stands at the center of them—and to consider what it means to know and trust Him.

This series will correspond with our Fall Bible Studies. Each week’s sermon will come from one of the passages being explored in our Bible studies.

Want to go deeper into Exodus? We’ve ⁠⁠⁠⁠curated the following resources⁠⁠⁠⁠ around the four ways of engaging Scripture that we considered in The Scripture Practice.

Passages: Exodus 16:1-26

Speaker: Omar Ortiz

Safely delivered from the threat of the Egyptians, the people begin to grumble and complain when they do not have enough food.  Their response, and God’s provision, invites us to reflect on our own lives: How do we respond to the Lord in times of trial? What do our complaints reveal about our hearts?

Series Title: Exodus

Series Summary: The book of Exodus contains some of the most familiar stories of the Old Testament. But woven through all of them is a larger story: the Lord is making Himself known. He reveals who He is to Israel, to Egypt, and ultimately to the nations through His acts of deliverance, judgment, provision, covenant, and presence.

Again and again, we see the faithfulness of Yahweh. He keeps His promises and provides for His people, even amid their grumbling, doubt, and idolatry. Exodus invites us not simply to remember these familiar stories, but to see the God who stands at the center of them—and to consider what it means to know and trust Him.

This series will correspond with our Fall Bible Studies. Each week’s sermon will come from one of the passages being explored in our Bible studies.

Want to go deeper into Exodus? We’ve ⁠⁠⁠curated the following resources⁠⁠⁠ around the four ways of engaging Scripture that we considered in The Scripture Practice.

Passages: Exodus 12:1-13

Speaker: Omar Ortiz

After 9 powerful signs of the Lord’s power, we come to the final sign, in which the Lord strikes the firstborn of Egypt and passes over the firstborn of Israel. In this week’s sermon, we wrestle with the story and consider some of the many ways that this important story works its way into the rest of the story of Scripture.

Series Title: Exodus

Series Summary: The book of Exodus contains some of the most familiar stories of the Old Testament. But woven through all of them is a larger story: the Lord is making Himself known. He reveals who He is to Israel, to Egypt, and ultimately to the nations through His acts of deliverance, judgment, provision, covenant, and presence.

Again and again, we see the faithfulness of Yahweh. He keeps His promises and provides for His people, even amid their grumbling, doubt, and idolatry. Exodus invites us not simply to remember these familiar stories, but to see the God who stands at the center of them—and to consider what it means to know and trust Him.

This series will correspond with our Fall Bible Studies. Each week’s sermon will come from one of the passages being explored in our Bible studies.

Want to go deeper into Exodus? We’ve ⁠⁠curated the following resources⁠⁠ around the four ways of engaging Scripture that we considered in The Scripture Practice.

Passages: Exodus 9:13-35

Speaker: Omar Ortiz

In this week’s sermon we come to the seventh of the 10 signs of the Lord sends to Pharaoh and Egypt, the plague of hail. These signs reveal God’s power while at the same time showing us His willingness to offer mercy.

Series Title: Exodus

Series Summary: The book of Exodus contains some of the most familiar stories of the Old Testament. But woven through all of them is a larger story: the Lord is making Himself known. He reveals who He is to Israel, to Egypt, and ultimately to the nations through His acts of deliverance, judgment, provision, covenant, and presence.

Again and again, we see the faithfulness of Yahweh. He keeps His promises and provides for His people, even amid their grumbling, doubt, and idolatry. Exodus invites us not simply to remember these familiar stories, but to see the God who stands at the center of them—and to consider what it means to know and trust Him.

This series will correspond with our Fall Bible Studies. Each week’s sermon will come from one of the passages being explored in our Bible studies.

Want to go deeper into Exodus? We’ve ⁠curated the following resources⁠ around the four ways of engaging Scripture that we considered in The Scripture Practice.

Passages: Exodus 3:1-15

Speaker: Omar Ortiz

At the burning bush the Lord reveals himself to Moses and reveals to Moses something about his own identity. In this week’s sermon, we explore what Exodus 3 teaches us about the Lord, Moses, and ourselves.  

Series Title: Exodus

Series Summary: The book of Exodus contains some of the most familiar stories of the Old Testament. But woven through all of them is a larger story: the Lord is making Himself known. He reveals who He is to Israel, to Egypt, and ultimately to the nations through His acts of deliverance, judgment, provision, covenant, and presence.

Again and again, we see the faithfulness of Yahweh. He keeps His promises and provides for His people, even amid their grumbling, doubt, and idolatry. Exodus invites us not simply to remember these familiar stories, but to see the God who stands at the center of them—and to consider what it means to know and trust Him.

This series will correspond with our Fall Bible Studies. Each week’s sermon will come from one of the passages being explored in our Bible studies.

Want to go deeper into Exodus? We’ve curated the following resources around the four ways of engaging Scripture that we considered in The Scripture Practice.

Passages: Exodus 2:23-25

Speaker: Omar Ortiz

This Sunday we begin our 8-week series on Exodus, which will accompany our fall Bible studies.  In Exodus 2:23-25, the Lord reveals his compassion. He hears, remembers, sees, and cares for them in their groaning. 

This Sunday we are joined by Pastor Chris Sandoval of Servant Church in Barrio Logan.

Series Title: The Superiority of Jesus

Series Summary: The book of Hebrews begins with the audacious claim: Jesus is God’s last word. Jesus is God’s last word because he is the one who brings together all of the voices of the Old Testament. Jesus is God’s last word because he is the divine Son - God himself speaking to us. With this claim comes a question: Are we listening?

Passages: Hebrews 7:11-28

Speaker: Omar Ortiz

In our final sermon in Hebrews, we see how the author of Hebrews describes Jesus as our perfect High Priest.