I'll Be Honest

Feeling unsure about God’s plan for your single season? In this message we dive into Colossians 2 and unlock four powerful biblical truths about singleness—God’s sovereign reign, His design for purity, the purpose of singleness in creation, and why your marital status is a gift from Christ. Then, learn a four‑step “stairway” through every trial—acknowledge, justify, approve, and cling to the Lord—so you can face life’s challenges with unwavering faith and joy.

When the fiercest storms batter your soul, walls of self‑reliance crumble—but the living Christ stands like an unmovable cliff. Anchored in Hebrews 4:14‑16, this message lifts your eyes to the High Priest who “was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.” Discover why Jesus is—not was—the One who still walks “upon the billows and hushes the sea to sleep,” who welcomes weary sinners through a door called Mercy and seats them at a feast of Grace.

Luke chapter 11 begins with Jesus' teaching about prayer. First He addresses the content of our prayers in the first four verses (covered in sermons the last two Sundays), then in v5-13 Jesus gives a series of strong encouragements for us to JUST DO IT -- to pray frequently, boldly, and with great confidence in the efficacy of our prayers: 

1. Ask with bold persistence (v5-8).

2. Believe God’s great promises (v9-10).

3. Rest in the Father’s generosity (v11-13). 

Many Christians live content at a distance from God—satisfied with formality, unmoved by His absence, unaware that nearness has been offered. In this sermon, Tim Conway preaches from James 4:8, “Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you,” calling us to wake up to the stunning reality of this promise. This is no light invitation. It is a summons into the manifest presence of the living God—a call to approach with humility, honesty, and holy expectation.

In this sermon, Stuart Olyott highlights the pivotal moment of Jesus’ baptism as a turning point where all three persons of the Godhead—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—are revealed together. He repeatedly challenges us to reflect on the event by asking, “What a moment! What a statement! What a lesson!” He was uniquely perfect, so much so that the Father declared, “You are my beloved son; in you I am well pleased.” This declaration underscores that Jesus’ unblemished life is the standard to which believers can look, for through the glorious truth of of imputation, His righteousness is credited to us, inviting us to offer every moment of our lives to please God.

Ask Pastor Tim | Should I now marry this man—who's been living with me for over three years, promised to be with me for life, and is a widower and nonbeliever?

Bob Jennings | Classic Preaching Gem

It’s possible to give our body to be burned, but as Paul said, if we don’t have love for God, it profits us nothing. Cain was zealous—but it was a false zeal, not in accordance with knowledge.

Moses was zealous, killing the Egyptian—but it was false zeal, not in accordance with knowledge. Saul, in his zeal, killed the Gibeonites and brought a famine upon the land—it was zeal, but not in accordance with knowledge. Nadab and Abihu offered strange fire before the Lord—zealous, but not in accordance with knowledge.

Remember Uzzah? He reached out to steady the ark, but it was false zeal, not in accordance with knowledge. The two blind men, told by the Lord not to speak, went and told everyone—zeal, but not in accordance with knowledge. Peter said, “Lord, this will never happen to You”—zealous, but not in accordance with knowledge. And again, he cut off the man’s ear. Truly zealous—but the Lord said, “No more of this.” A heap of zeal—not in accordance with knowledge.

It’s a sobering warning: zeal without knowledge is not just misguided—it’s dangerous.

Bob Jennings | Classic Preaching Gem | Romans 8:35 - “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”

Tim Conway | James Series | Resist the devil by arming yourself with God’s truth, standing firm in faith, and advancing the gospel—with the certainty that as you oppose him, he has no choice but to flee.

The sermon (given months before Bob died of cancer) exhorts listeners to live by faith now, to confess they are strangers on earth seeking a heavenly country, to reject complacency, to “get their house in order” spiritually, and to press on in love and joy even as life grows short. It’s a poignant reminder that death is inevitable for all, but for those united to Christ it marks the doorway to a reality far greater than anything this world can offer.