Sermons

We all experience pain. Everybody hurts. This sermon is the start of a three-part series examining the issue of pain. So, when pain comes, how do we respond to it? Do we make attempts to cover it up or do we go to the source of our pain, where we will find a surprise encounter designed to help us face the pain in our lives? This is a message about that encounter and who it will be with.

Romans 12 ends with an exhortation to bless those who persecute us, to leave judgment to God, and to overcome evil with good. What does this look like practically and what does it mean to “heap burning coals” on your enemy’s head?

On the evening of his crucifixion Jesus met with his disciples. He washed their feet, told them that his time to leave had come, and he introduced a new command. “Love one another” he said. The future, the credibility, of his Church, would depend on their obedience to that command. This sermon looks at the meaning of authentic community and how we carry out this command within our church community.

In Romans 12:3-8 Paul writes about answers to three of life’s biggest questions: “Who am I?”, “Where do I belong?”, and “What am I supposed to do with my life?” This sermon looks at who God says we are, where He says we belong, and touches on the reality of God’s design for our lives.

Romans 12:2 commands us to not be conformed to the pattern of this world. What does that “pattern” look like? This sermon also looks at what it means to have our minds renewed and the amazing truth that God has a plan for us that He wants us to know and experience daily.

This sermon is the start of a series of sermons that looks at Romans chapter 12. Romans 12:1 is the focus this week, in which Paul is urging his readers to offer themselves up as living sacrifices to God. Do you know the truth about God and His character? Do you trust Him with your life? These are prerequisites to the total surrender that is asked of followers of Christ.

Beyond the letter Paul wrote to the church at Ephesus (the book of Ephesians), God had much to communicate to the church there. This sermon brings to a close our study of the book of Ephesians and focuses on one final message that God communicated to that church. It’s a message that none of us can afford to ignore.

This sermon looks at the famous “Armor of God” passage in Ephesians 6. What was this final message that Paul wanted to leave with the church at Ephesus? This passage speaks of our identity, our enemy, and our loyalty and emphasizes God’s desire for us to draw on Him as our strength.

Ephesians chapter six brings us to Paul’s counsel for children, fathers, slaves and masters. This sermon looks at the passage’s relevance for today as we do all things in our lives “out of reverence for Christ." Ephesians 6:1-9

A continuation of the Book of Ephesians. Self-centeredness is an enemy to a covenental marriage. Our cuture focuses on what you get from a marriage or others. The Bible focuses on what you give.