Listen to Pastor Matt Ford preach from Psalms 2:1-12 about "Freedom is something everyone wants, but true freedom is something only King Jesus gives." In this series we will see the Psalms through a new lens and find beauty, wisdom, and truth were many Christian have too quickly read past the richness of the gift of Psalms.

1.) Freedom is something everyone wants

2.) Freedom apart from God is terrifying.

3.) But true freedom is something only King Jesus gives. 

Listen to Pastor Matt Ford preach from Psalms 1:1-6 about "Jesus is the blessed man–we share in his blessing by abiding in him." In this series we will see the Psalms through a new lens and find beauty, wisdom, and truth were many Christian have too quickly read past the richness of the gift of  Psalms.

1.) The book of Psalms is a collection of prayers sung by God’s people.

2.) The Psalms teach us to pray, giving us godly words for our fallen nature.

3.) The Psalms embody the deepest theology, demonstrated in prayer and song.

4.) Psalms 1 and 2 are the doorway into the whole Psalter.

5.) Christ is the only one worthy to pray and sing the Psalms, but the gospel “worthies” us to join him in doing so.

6.) Approaching the Psalms with Christ at the center enhances cherished intimacy with him.

Listen to Pastor Matt Ford preach from Matthew 6:19-24 about "Christians are masters over the money God gives them, for the glory of the Master they love." This series expands on the Gospel Culture series from Colossians to show how that culture revels itself in everyday living. This sermon was preached on August 7th, 2022.

1.) Two different means of "laying up":

2.) Two different treasures:

3.) Two different masters:

4.) Two different realities:

5.) Two types of heart:

6.) What a Christian really wants are:

Listen to Pastor Matt Ford preach from Philippians 4:4-9 about "Gospel-belief overcomes anxiety by abiding in Christ." This series expands on the Gospel Culture series from Colossians to show how that culture revels itself in everyday living. This sermon was preached on July 31st, 2022.

1.) Fear transforms into anxiety when you abandon God.

2.) Anxiety takes control when you believe the lie: God has abandoned me.

3.) Anxiety stops when abiding starts.

4.) We abide in His presence and peace.

5.) We abide with Him by abiding with His people.

6.) We abide with anticipation of His promises, remembering His track-record.

7.) We abide by receiving common grace.

8.) We abide by trusting in His grace.

Listen to Pastor Matt Ford preach from Colossians 3:1-17 about "Christians are killers of sin, being satisfied with Christ who died for their sin." This series expands on the Gospel Culture series from Colossians to show how that culture revels itself in everyday living. This sermon was preached on July 24th, 2022.

1.) Sin is any thought, feeling, word, or deed that comes from a soul that doesn’t find its ultimate satisfaction in God.

2.) God’s warning is love to those who belong to him.

3.) God puts love for himself in us by showing us his wonder.

4.) The murdering of sin doesn’t focus on not sinning, but on loving and enjoying God.

5.) “Whatever your hand finds to do, do with all your might,” seeking satisfaction in Jesus.

Listen to Christian Wall preach from Ephesians 5:1-6 about "Defining holiness: God is holiness." This series expands on the Gospel Culture series from Colossians to show how that culture revels itself in everyday living. This sermon was preached on July 17th, 2022

1.) Want to be holy? Imitate God your Father. 

2.) Our holiness is given to us by Christ alone, right now. 

3.) God's love is perfect and holy- we must pratice that holiness.

4.) Say "No" to things outside the character of God. 

5.) In the area of sex, imitate the heart of God

6.) In the area of finances, imitate the heart of God

7.) Holiness is imitating our Father God.

Listen to Pastor Matt Ford preach from 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 about "We live, in every way, as ambassadors of the Kingdom of joyful glory." This series expands on the Gospel Culture series from Colossians to show how that culture revels itself in everyday living. This sermon was preached on July 10th, 2022. 

1.) Sharing the gospel means knowing the gospel.

2.) Sharing the gospel means believing the gospel.

3.) Sharing the gospel means living the gospel.

4.) Sharing the gospel means enjoying the gospel.

5.) Sharing the gospel means loving people who don’t believe the gospel.

Listen to Pastor Matt Ford preach from Romans 12:1-2 and John 17:13-19 about "Christians live as natives in this world, and foreigners of Christ’s Kingdom." This series expands on the Gospel Culture series from Colossians to show how that culture revels itself in everyday living. This sermon was preached on July 3rd, 2022.

1.) Everything in this world belongs to Jesus Christ, and it’s all fallen, in need of Jesus’ redemption.

2.) Jesus is truly God, who became truly Man, murdered for his confrontation of the fallen world he participated in.

3.) The believer is made just before the Lord for their faith in Christ and, as a newly born foreigner, progresses in sanctification and realizing more and more of their new nativity.

4.) The Kingdom of God has arrived and on its way, and we--who believe--we live waiting for its consummation: its complete fulfillment and arrival.

Listen to Pastor Matt Ford preach from Dueteronomy 6:6-7, Judges 2:6-14, and Psalms 103:6-18 about "Fight for and protect the joy of the next generation with the glory of Christ." This series expands on the Gospel Culture series from Colossians to show how that culture revels itself in everyday living. This sermon was preached on June 26th, 2022.

1.) The mission of raising children is the responsibility of all Christians.

2.) The mission of raising children is a fight--a fight for joy in glory.

3.) The mission of raising children is decreed by the gospel.

4.) The mission of raising children is evangelism.

5.) The mission of raising children is completed by Christ

Listen to Pastor Matt Ford preach from Ephesians 5:22-33 about "Christian spouses give one another joy by reflecting the glory of Christ.". This series expands on the Gospel Culture series from Colossians to show how that culture revels itself in everyday living. This sermon was preached on June 19th, 2022.

1) When a wife trusts the Head of the Church, she can trust the head of the home.

2) The husband who wants a happy life with his wife, lays down his life for his wife.

3) Christian spouses give one another joy by reflecting the glory of Christ.