Everyone (Christian, non-Christian…at least in America) knows what it means to be a Good Samaritan. But less obvious is the actual point of Jesus’ story of the Good Samaritan—why did he tell it? What was the point? We find out in this sermon.

Text: Luke 10:25-37

Date: November 7th, 2021

Series: A God-Lived Life

That's really what this is. Because a life as Jesus' disciple is one where he's caring for you (and yes, there's more) through his Word.

Text: 1 Peter 1:22-2:3

Series: A God-Lived Life | The Life of Being a Disciple

Date: October 31st, 2021

So Illumine's got a new ministry center....now what? This sermon takes a look at what life together looks like, and focuses in especially on worship. And by the way...it's not just Christians who worship.

Date: October 10th:

Texts: Romans 12:1; Hebrews 10:16-25

What would life look like if we truly got who we are and what we have?

This message comes from Illumine's first worship in our new ministry center on October 3rd, 2021.

Text: 1 Peter 2:9-12

How should we feeling about moving?

On October 3rd, 2021, Illumine moved ministry centers. We began worship at the facility we've rented for 7 years, and then we drove a few miles away and finished worship at the new ministry center we closed on last week.

So how should we feel about that? Psalm 84 & 1 Corinthians 3 shed some light.

Texts: Psalm 84:1-2 & 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

Date: October 3rd, 2021

Chapter 4 is the nail in the coffin of Jonah being good. If you were on the fence, you can't be anymore. His anger infiltrated his thoughts and words, and even exploded into his actions. Welcome to God's anger management course!

Text: Jonah 4

Date: September 26th, 2021

Proposition: Jonah was halfheartedly going through the motions (you'll find out how we can know that in the sermon). And it's easy for us to do the same.

But the good news is this: we get to do so much better than echoing the king of Nineveh, who said, "Who knows?"

Text: Jonah 3

Date: September 19th, 2021

Some people call Jonah's prayer exemplary, a joy to read, absolutely wonderful...but is it actually all those things? This sermon dives deep into Jonah's prayer and looks at the heart of the issue.

Text: Jonah 2:1-10

Date: September 12th, 2021

Jonah was running. Away from his callings, but also away from the Lord. It is easy for us to do the exact same thing. The big question is: how will the Lord respond?

Text: Jonah 1:1-17

Date: September 5th, 2021

The 10 Commandments plane has landed, and we finished where we started...with the heart. The fact is: we'll never climb the ladder of the 10 Commandments. Fact is, they're more of a brick wall. But that doesn't mean there's no good news today. There certainly is.

Text: 1 Timothy 6:6-10, 17-19 (and Ephesians 1)

Date: August 29th, 2021