This sermon focuses on the Lord's Supper as a threshold moment, encouraging believers to look back at Christ's sacrifice, look around at present blessings and community, and look forward to future promises. Pastor emphasizes that Jesus, with eternal perspective, instituted communion knowing the full scope of God's plan from eternity past to future glory. The message calls believers to examine themselves, confess sins, and participate in communion with gratitude for redemption, present grace, and the hope of the Marriage Supper of the Lamb in heaven.

This sermon from Titus 3:1-11 addresses what the church needs to hear in today's world. Pastor Cole Parker emphasizes that the church needs to hear the Gospel above all else. The message explores how believers should live as 'gospel citizens' who are submissive to authorities while maintaining their primary allegiance to God. Paul's letter to Titus deals with opposition from both ungodly and legalistic people within the church itself. The sermon outlines four main points: believers are gospel citizens, the gospel changes us, the gospel produces good works, and the gospel sets our focus on grace. The pastor emphasizes that transformation comes not through human effort but through God's mercy and the work of the Holy Spirit, resulting in regeneration and renewal of believers.

This Christmas sermon focuses on Mary's response to the birth of Jesus, specifically how she 'treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart' (Luke 2:19). The pastor emphasizes that while others were amazed temporarily by the shepherds' testimony, Mary engaged in deep, ongoing reflection about the miraculous events surrounding Jesus' birth. The message encourages believers to pause during the Christmas season, preserve the meaningful spiritual truths, and ponder God's work in their lives - past, present, and future - rather than rushing through the holiday without reflection.

This sermon focuses on the story of the shepherds in Luke 2:8-20, emphasizing how God chose ordinary people to receive the extraordinary news of Jesus' birth. The pastor explores the historical significance of the shepherds being in Migdol Eder (the tower of the flock), where temple sacrificial lambs were cared for, making it prophetically significant that Jesus, the Lamb of God, was announced there first. The message centers on three key responses to God's word: hearing it (receiving messages of peace, joy, hope, salvation, and truth), heeding it (acting in obedience), and heralding it (sharing the gospel with others).

This sermon concludes the eight-part series on the Beatitudes, focusing on the final beatitude about persecution. The pastor begins by sharing a sobering account of Pastor Cameron Michael, who was recently martyred in Pakistan for preaching the gospel, highlighting that persecution of Christians continues worldwide today. The message explores three forms of persecution Christians may face: verbal insults, physical persecution, and false accusations. The pastor emphasizes that true persecution comes because of righteousness and Jesus' name, not because of our own failures or poor behavior. He calls believers to respond to persecution with joy and gladness, knowing that great reward awaits in heaven. The sermon concludes by explaining that the kingdom of heaven is both a present reality through the Holy Spirit's presence and a future hope in Christ's millennial reign and eternal kingdom.

In a chaotic world, believers are called to be peacemakers. True peace doesn't come from human solutions but from God alone, as promised through Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace. As peacemakers, we practice the ministry of reconciliation by choosing restitution over revenge, humility over anger, and sincerity over deception. When we live this way, we demonstrate our identity as children of God and offer hope to a broken world. The result is a peace that stands out in darkness and draws others to Christ.

This sermon focuses on the sixth Beatitude from Matthew 5:8: 'Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.' The pastor explains that purity of heart is not achieved through human effort but through God's work in our lives. He describes six types of purity: primal (God's inherent purity), created (pre-fall creation), positional (our standing in Christ), imputed (God's nature given to believers), practical (our daily pursuit of holiness), and ultimate (perfection in heaven). The message emphasizes that while we are declared pure through Christ's blood, we must participate in practical purity by living according to God's standards. The pastor shares personal stories about his family and ministry to illustrate genuine love and the process of becoming more like Christ over time.

This sermon focuses on the fifth Beatitude from Matthew 5:7, 'Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.' The pastor explains that mercy means giving help to the wretched and relieving the miserable, always demanding action beyond just feeling compassion. Using the parable of the Good Samaritan from Luke 10, he illustrates how mercy sees, sorrows, and serves. The message emphasizes that mercy is an overflow of the mercy we've received from God through Christ's sacrifice at Calvary. True Christians must exhibit mercy because we cannot receive God's mercy and forgiveness unless we are willing to extend it to others, as demonstrated in stories of forgiveness including Corrie Ten Boom's encounter with a Nazi guard.

This sermon focuses on the fourth beatitude from Matthew 5:6: 'Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.' The pastor explains that true spiritual satisfaction comes not from pursuing power, praise, or pleasure like Satan, Nebuchadnezzar, or the rich farmer, but from an insatiable desire for complete righteousness. Using Greek grammar, he emphasizes that this beatitude calls for hungering after ALL righteousness, not just partial goodness. The message distinguishes between positional righteousness (being declared righteous by God through faith) and practical righteousness (living out that righteousness in daily life). Just as adopted children in biblical times had an unbreakable bond with their adoptive parents, Christians should live righteously out of gratitude for being adopted into God's family, not to earn salvation but because they are already His children.

This sermon explores the third beatitude from Matthew 5:5, 'Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.' The pastor explains that meekness is not weakness but rather 'controlled strength' - power under the control of the Holy Spirit. He contrasts this with the world's expectations of strength and aggression, showing how Jesus embodied true meekness through His gentleness and humility. The sermon examines biblical examples of meekness including Abraham, Moses, Joseph, and David, demonstrating how they showed strength under God's control rather than self-control. The pastor emphasizes that true meekness comes through salvation in Christ, being filled with the Holy Spirit, and submitting to God's Word.