Sermons

God's preferred method of revelation has always been His Word. His Word is how we can know him intimately. The Apple has not fallen far from the tree. God has given his creatures the ability to speak to one another that we might know one another more intimately. The Bible gives us specific instruction on how to talk to one another in a Christ like way that can breathe life.

Every marriage will end. Will your marriage end with a full heart or a hard heart. God's design for marriage guarantees that at the end of our marriage, until death, that we will come to the finish line with a full heart.

Expectations are a strong mental image which we often associate with hope, future joy or fulfillment. Yet our expectations fail us because we were made for so much more than the broken offerings of this world. Jesus has given us the greatest expectation by his word and backed up by the power of God. Our expectations are either grounded in God's Word or they will fall short and break our hearts.

We know that the Christian life is filled with times of both exhaustion and complacency, but we also know that Jesus has secured for us an ultimate victory that cannot be taken away. Thus, our journey becomes a victorious one. This isn't just about positive thinking; it's recognizing that God is guarding both our inheritance (heaven and perfect communion with him) and our souls. We will persevere to the end not because we become more disciplined people, but because God has promised that he will complete the work he has started in us (Phil. 1:6). That should make a difference in the way we sojourn through this world.

As Christians we can often fall into spiritual routines that allow us to become complacent to the Christian life we are called to live. We think we have it all together and don't realize how desperately we daily need the Word of God until our lives have been put into a tailspin. In this sermon we look at some of the ways God has called us out of spiritual complacency in Romans 12:9-21.

Spiritual exhaustion happens to all of us. The reasons for it can vary but it is most likely that we have begun to look for joy in all the wrong places. Joseph's brothers were exhausted with guilt and shame. They were sorry for the evil they had caused Joseph but were under such guilt and shame that they believed Joseph would condemn them to slavery or worse. We often approach God in the same way. Our shame, guilt, or the evils done to us weigh us down and we try to please God on our own. But Jesus has offered us rest from this kind of religion.

Your legacy is not defined by the amount of people you know or the amount of years you live. Your legacy is defined by your character, your message, and your love. Our character, message, and love is defined by the gods that we serve.

What hope do we have when evil seems to thwart the goodness of God? Can there be true light in darkness? The Bible teaches that God is sovereign and good even over the evil acts of men. But this is not just a lofty doctrine that we know is true. This doctrine affects the way in which we live and the way in which we go about our mission.

Not many of us will have a biography written about us. But we still should consider the question, what will I be remembered for? Judah's story is filled with moral failure and short comings, but by the grace of God, he made progress. His biography is about progress. We too, after we are declared righteous in His sight and by the power of the Holy Spirit in us, ought to strive for progress!