The most important thing for a disciple of Jesus is not knowing exactly when Jesus will come back, but being ready for when He does return. In this passage, Jesus hammers home the necessity of being ready and gives illustrations to His disciples about how to be ready for His return. This sermon also explores biblical evidence for and against the idea of a rapture. 

Pastor Kevin Craft

When we are saved, God transfers our citizenship from darkness to the kingdom of Jesus. That has implications for how we are supposed to live right now on earth. First and foremost, it means we are supposed to be holy. It also has implications for how we interact with government.

Pastor Kevin Craft

When will the temple be destroyed? When will Jesus return? When will be the end of the age? These are the three questions that the disciples ask Jesus. This is an often debated passage regarding the timeline of history. But when we start with what we know, then we are more able to understand the more complex things that Jesus is teaching. 

Pastor Kevin Craft

There are many guides, but not many fathers. A father does more than just pass on information. They are committed, examples, and will admonish when necessary. This is true not only for physical fathers, but even more so for spiritual fathers. God has given spiritual fathers to help carry on the role of discipleship. 

Pastor Kevin Craft

We can find just about any kind of preaching or writing about the Bible through a quick google search. But in an age of so much information, how are we supposed to filter through it all? What kind of Bible teacher should we be listening to?

Pastor Kevin Craft

There is more than one way to ask the question "Why." There can be genuine curiosity, or you can ask it because you don't really agree with what someone else has said. In this passage, we read 4 questions. And as each of them are answered, there are riches of truth that can be learned if one will receive it. 

Pastor Kevin Craft

As Moses hears God from the burning bush, the identity of God becomes more important than how Moses views Himself. 

Guest Preacher Reagan Berry

Jesus continues to clarify who the people of God are. It is not about ethnicity or knowledge - the Pharisees after all won't be a part of the kingdom. Rather it is what one believes about Jesus, and a faith that produces works. 

Pastor Kevin Craft

When we're having a bad day, and someone says something insensitive, we tend to not be very gracious in response. When we go through trials from the hand of God, it may not be instinctive to draw near to God. But Hannah does both of these, pointing us to the good path that God has laid for Christians. 

Pastor Kevin Craft

We often view the ultra-rich as being above the rules. They can hire the best lawyers, fund the politicians, and literally pay people to agree with them. While we would be right to view that as a misuse of authority, sometimes we view God in the same way as money - He is there to promote us and make us successful in what we are doing. But when we put our agenda first and not God's, Jesus says that we will be destroyed. Instead, He puts us to have faith in God and to be people of prayer. 

Pastor Kevin Craft