What God Imparts to Human Hearts.

A Sermon on Isaiah 64

A Place For Thanks

No one likes to talk about sin. Sin is uncomfortable. However, it is unreasonable to avoid the discomfort of confronting sin. We need to confess and confront our sinfulness because there we hear the Good News that God endured discomfort to give his unreasonable grace and remove sin from us. You are forgiven.

The life of Christian is a place for grace in Christ. What if a group of Christians were willing to be a place for grace for others… even when it seemed unreasonable and felt uncomfortable?

This sermon is based on the book of Hosea.

A Place For Giving

What does "A Place For You" mean for you and for our church? Find out in this week's sermon on 2 Samuel 7.

It’s easy to let our past to define us – for better or for worse. However, allowing our past (even if it is good) to define our identity inevitably leads to an identity crisis! What happens when you – a “good” person – do a bad thing? Do you cease being “good” anymore? Can a “bad” person ever become “good” again? And how do you explain it when you or another “bad” person does good things?

That binary way of thinking of people as either “good” people or “bad” people misses an important Truth: “ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and ALL are justified freely by God’s grace” (Romans 3:23-24).

What that means is that you are not completely good. And you are not permanently bad! In other words, in this life you are both a sinner and a saint. Are you “good” or “bad” person? Neither. Really. But you are a richly, immensely, ridiculously, fabulously, eternally, “blessed” person because, in Christ, God made you one with Him (Romans 3:25).

This sermon is based on the Romans 3:21-28 and 4:1-8.

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” That sounds nice, but it’s not true. Words have the ability to hurt our feelings, ruin reputations, and damage relationships. Because unkind words can stick in our minds for a long time, it’s easy to believe the lie “I Am What Other People Say or Think About Me.”

But have you considered what God says and thinks about you?

God’s Word helps. God’s Word heal. God’s Word sets hearts at peace. Because God Word tells us that he was delivered over to death for us and raised to life for us and our justification…even while we were still sinners.

Listen is as this sermon tells you all about what God Says and thinks about you!

This sermon is based on the Romans 4:25-5:8.

How do you describe yourself to someone new? Statistically speaking the very next thing you say after your name is “this is what I do.” Our jobs, professions, vocations are very important to us. But are they too important?

America is one of the wealthiest and most technologically advanced countries in the world and it is also one of the Top 5 “workaholic countries” in the world. 55% of people admit to already checking their work email while they are still lying in bed in the morning. Half of the workforce would agree that they “define themselves by the jobs they do or the companies they work for?” Because Americans place so much value on our work, we start to look to our work – our jobs, what we do –to provide things it was never intended to give.

But you are not defined by what you do for work. You are defined by whom you go to for rest. Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Jesus gives rest that is so amazingly good that He satisfies your every need, he fulfills you, and validates you no matter what your past performance has been. He cares so much about your identity and your self-worth that he came for you and comes for you still to assure you of who you are in Him!

This sermon helps people understand that Christianity is not for good people who work hard. It’s for bad people, broken people, and people burdened out who have finally given up and throw themselves on the forgiving mercy of Jesus, which gives rest for your souls!

This sermon is based on Matthew 11:25-30.

Materialism has been a chief vice in American culture for a long time. Even though we know materialism is calling our name, we still fall into it – specifically, we start to define ourselves and others by it: the amount of money we have, the number of things we have, the looks we have, the lifestyle we have, the education we have. How do we break free from living the lie that “I am what I have?”

The Truth always destroys the lies we believe. God’s Word tells us that we are, actually, what we have because we have 1. hope in an eternal inheritance! 2. security in God’s power! and 3. joy in our salvation!

Don’t ever forget who you are and what you have in Christ!

This sermon message is based on 1 Peter 1:3-9.

Certain parts of the Bible may make it seem that Christians hanging out with non-Christians is a bad idea. But the Bible is more nuanced than that. The Bible says more than that! Rubbing shoulders with those who do not believe in Jesus is the best way to share the hope that only the Savior can give. So, should a Christian is comfortable or courageous? This message is about how Christians can invest in those who are unchurched – even when it is uncomfortable – and, most importantly why Christians can do just that!

Check out this sermon message based on John 17:15-20.