Legacy Church Sermons

Building your life on the Bible is a big commitment - it’s fair to ask whether it deserves your trust. What reason do we have to believe the Bible is actually God's Word, and that God is making Himself known through this book? There are good reasons to trust what He’s said, even while we’re still working through our questions.

Studying Psalm 73, written by the worship leader Asaph, we see what Scripture has to say about why it seems that wicked people are always winning. Asaph believes God is good, but what he sees troubles him. People living without regard for God seem prosperous, while his faithfulness feels costly. Asaph struggles until he enters God's sanctuary. His circumstances may not have changed, but his perspective begins to shift. Bitterness has affected his own heart. Asaph begins the psalm envying people whose lives appear easier. By the end, he recognizes something greater than their prosperity. Even in his confusion, God has not abandoned him. 

Does God exist? It’s the question underneath so many of our other questions about faith and life. In Psalm 19, David points us to the evidence that God has been revealing Himself all along. What if He’s already speaking, and we’re still learning to recognize the message?

One of Legacy's culture codes, "Grace Without Compromise", matters in every close relationship: someone else's wrong doesn't make my wrong right. “They started it” might explain my reaction. It doesn't excuse it — in a marriage, after a marriage, or while you're waiting for one. In 1 Samuel 25, David does something Nabal appears unwilling to do: he listens. He receives correction and changes direction. David could have justified himself by pointing to Nabal's behavior. Instead, he recognizes that his response was about to become sinful too.

Our relationship with Jesus should transform every other relationship in our lives—including our relationship with money, giving, and generosity. In Philippians 4, Paul shows us that generosity is about more than what leaves our hands. It reveals what is happening in our hearts, allows us to participate in what God is doing, and teaches us to trust God as our ultimate source.

Have you ever gotten just enough of a taste of something to make you hungry for more? God gives us real tastes of His goodness now - not because this life is the whole feast, but to remind us where the story is going. The taste is real, the promise is true, and home is ahead.

Our guest speaker, Kirk Gentzel, continues our "Tables" series by looking at Peter's post-denial interaction with Jesus and reminding us that the same kindness and forgiveness offered to Peter is available to all of us today.

What happens when Jesus eats with the "wrong" people? In Luke 5:27–32, a meal with Levi and his friends reveals something surprising about the heart of Jesus—and challenges us to consider who belongs at His table and why.

We all want to be noticed, valued, and assured that we have a place - but when our identity is up for a vote in every room, even humility can become image management. In John 13, Jesus shows us a different way: before we can serve like Him, we must first receive what only He can give. When Jesus secures our place, we are free to leave our place - with nothing to prove and someone to serve.

Some of us are table setters; others are table sitters. But what happens when we become so busy serving people (or even serving Jesus) that we miss the person right in front of us? As we begin our new series, Tables, Jesus’ encounter with Mary and Martha invites us to rediscover what the table is really for.