The Well SMTX - Sermons

This past Sunday, Pastor Chris Millar preached from 1 Corinthians and reminded us that while the world points us toward power through success, wisdom, influence, and achievement, true and lasting power is found only in Jesus Christ crucified. When we rely on our own strength to find righteousness, purpose, and life, we miss what only Jesus can give. The gospel changes where we place our trust and gives us reason to boast in the Lord alone.

This past Sunday, Pastor Chris Millar challenged us to consider how the way we see Jesus shapes the way we see the church. In 1 Corinthians 1, Paul gives thanks for God’s grace in a church marked by sin and division, reminding us that Jesus has sanctified His people and that God is faithful to sustain them. When our eyes are on Jesus, we can see the church with greater love, thanksgiving, and hope.

This past Sunday, Pastor Trey Etter challenged us to consider why we sing and what our worship reveals about our hearts. In Psalm 95, we are called to sing because God is worthy of our praise, because we belong to Him, and because worship reminds us to hear His voice and respond with obedient hearts. Our singing is more than an outward expression: it is a response to who God is and an invitation to let His truth shape how we live.

This past Sunday, Pastor Chris Millar challenged us to consider what we are building with all that God has entrusted to us. In Exodus 32, God’s people used what they had been given to build an idol, but later gave abundantly to build the tabernacle, where God’s glory would dwell. What we give reveals what we worship, and when we give toward God’s vision, we invest in what lasts.

This past Sunday, Pastor Chris Millar continued our series, In This Economy, by looking at generosity in 2 Corinthians 8. The Macedonian churches experienced poverty and suffering, yet their joy and generosity overflowed because of God’s grace. Jesus is the ultimate picture of this grace: though He was rich, He became poor for our sake. Because we have received His grace so freely, we can joyfully become people through whom His grace flows to others.

This past Sunday, Pastor Chris Millar continued our series, In This Economy, with Jesus’ parable of the talents in Matthew 25. Jesus reminds us that everything we have has been entrusted to us by God, and faithfulness is not about how much we have but what we do with what He has given us. We were made to multiply what God has entrusted to us through faith, rather than hold on to it out of fear.

This past Sunday, Pastor Mark Strong continued our series, In This Economy, by examining Jesus’ teaching on money in Matthew 6. Jesus reminds us that the things this world tells us to chase will not last. Instead of asking, “What can I get with what I have?” Jesus calls us to ask, “What can I give with what I’ve been given?” When money becomes our master, it can produce greed and anxiety. But when we trust our good Father, we can live with thankfulness and generosity.

This past Sunday, Pastor Chris Millar began our new series, In This Economy, with Jesus’ parable of the unforgiving servant in Matthew 18. We were reminded that while the world tells us to get what we deserve, God invites us into an economy of mercy. We have been forgiven a debt we could never repay, and that mercy frees us to extend mercy to others.

This past Sunday, Pastor Chris Millar continued our Abide series from John 15:18–27, reminding us that our relationship with Jesus defines our relationship with the world. While we are called to stand firm in truth, Jesus also calls us to love people and bear witness to Him through the power of the Holy Spirit. As we abide in Jesus, we are equipped to live faithfully in the world and point others to the Savior.

This past Sunday, Pastor Chris Millar continued our series in John 15 and helped us see what it means that Jesus calls us His friends. Jesus shows us a different kind of friendship, one marked by sacrifice, vulnerability, and pursuit. He laid down His life for us, revealed Himself to us, and chose us, and now He calls us to love others in the same way. When we abide in Jesus, He changes the way we love and helps us become the kind of friends He has called us to be.