Christ Jesus, the Redeemer King Text: Luke 19:11-27 Pastor Curt Stapleton In the passage leading up to today’s text, we learn that the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost. The plan has always been that Christ…Read more ›

Justified by God Alone Text: Luke 18:9-14 Pastor Curt Stapleton In this popular parable, we see two men: one who doesn’t need a savior, and another who casts himself on the mercy seat of God. We are reminded that knowledge…Read more ›

Your Prayer Life Text: Luke 18:1-8 Pastor Curt Stapleton Prayer is one of our historically valued means of grace. Today’s parable instructs us to be persistent in praying for the kingdom of God to come.

The Agony of Hell Text: Luke 16:19-31 Pastor Curt Stapleton Although the topic of hell is not popular, Jesus did address it frequently during His earthly ministry. If it is a topic that was important to Him, we should pay…Read more ›

The Stewardship of Life Text: Luke 16:1-17 Pastor Curt Stapleton Some of the words of Jesus are among the most difficult to understand in all of the Scriptures. Today’s parable calls on us, as the children of light, to be…Read more ›

The Gospel Goes Forth Text: Romans 10 Pastor Curt Stapleton Today’s text reveals the missionary heart of the Apostle Paul who, in turns, serves a missionary God. As we send the Pavlics out from our midst this morning for the…Read more ›

Jesus: the Glory of God Text: Exodus 34:1-9 Pastor James Pavlic With echoes of today’s passage in John 1:1-18, along with Moses, we are invited to peer into the glory of God as revealed to us in Christ. As we…Read more ›

God’s Mercy Receives Others Text: Luke 15 Pastor Curt Stapleton Our final week in the rich series of parables in Luke 15 helps us to see that there is no punishment or revenge in any of these three parables of…Read more ›

Mercy Runs! Text: Luke 15:11-24 Pastor Curt Stapleton We continue through Luke 15 to the third of the parables of lost things, today’s well-known and well-loved parable of the prodigal son. In it we find an illustration of our Heavenly…Read more ›

Serving Christ and His Bride Text: Acts 6:1-7 Pastor Curt Stapleton A growing church often goes through growing pains, increasing ministry needs. As Mercy celebrates the ordination of a new deacon today, we look at the implied model of this…Read more ›