HCF Sermons

The law is explained as a tool to clarify right living, and a tool to define spiritual health. When the law exposes our sin Paul asks: Who can deliver me?, not What can deliver me.

We are all slaves to something, but to what or to whom, determines our true freedom. Paul encourages us to, “Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.” (Galatians 5:1)

Do you know the difference between “Justification” and “Sanctification”? One sets you free from the penalty of sin and the other from the power of sin. With one, sin is pardoned; with the other, sin is subdued. One has everything to do with salvation, and the other with discipleship.

A beautiful argument unfolds that builds upon justification by grace through faith. The next level of growth goes through hardship into joy, from wrath into complete reconciliation.

“What good is unanswered prayer?” Much in every way, but the flesh never likes waiting. Could it be that the benefits of today’s waiting are far greater than tomorrow’s answered prayer?

“Paul’s a poor communicator!” some thought. “His letters are weighty… and his speech contemptible” (2 Corinthians 10:10). But his critics failed to recognize that TRUTH can be weighty and contemptible. Paul is the king of the run-on sentence, but he’s also the champion of Truth! Some believe this single run-on sentence is perhaps the greatest sentence ever written. Come find out why this Sunday as Pastor Tom continues through the Book of Romans.

We are being transformed into God's image through His Spirit and the relationship we have with Him, so that we boldly represent Him to the world as we offer newer, better news through the New Covenant.

Everyone makes mistakes; says something he shouldn’t or in anger, reacts and later regrets it. And everyone who calls himself a Christian practices forgiveness. We offer second chances, don’t we? We release wrongdoers from guilt and help redirect their lives with mercy and grace.

God is our Creator, Maker and Maintainer of both life and faith. As such, what is His final goal for us? According to Paul, it’s “being transformed into the same image...” So, what does that look like?

A God who created the heaven and earth could have calmed the sea from the hills, but it was important for Him to be with His disciples in the storm.