Trinity Ky Sermons

David Shaffer shares the beauty of God's creation from Genesis 1 and how, when humans turned their backs on God, God did not turn His back on us. 

We are saved by grace through faith.  Salvation isn't just about being forgiven and avoiding hell, it's about being healed from the disease of sin that has broken the image of God within humans and broken the intimate relationship that God and humans shared before sin entered.  Thus, grace works not only to forgive us, but to fill us with God's holy love, shaping us to be more like Christ and leading us to life to the full here and now, not just when we die.  In our sermon, we look at a Wesleyan outline of how Grace meets us in different stages of our walk with the Lord. 

Scripture tells us that we are made in the image of a Trinitarian God and that relationships are good for us and our growth in Christlikeness.  Today Pastor John encourages us to stretch ourselves to become a little more relational, and to grow in our listening and attention skills as we seek to love others the way that God loves us. 

People around us seem to be getting more and more lonely as our culture moves more toward individualism and isolationism.  Our Scriptures teach that our Loneliness reminds us that we are made for relationship with an infinite God and other humans.  Jesus, who was in perfect relationship within the Trinity, came down and experienced our loneliness, so that we could be made right with him and others, and experience the love and joy of holy relationship. 

To finish out our series on Wealth and Money, Pastor John discusses the parable of The Rich Man and Lazarus as well as what the bible generally says about generosity, especially toward the poor. We challenge you to ask God how he is inviting you to grow in your generosity!

Today we continue discussing a biblical view of money as Paul teaches Timothy to find contentment by seeking God.  The human drive for more and more is inside of us and is extremely prevalent in the culture, and so we must turn to the Lord for help in counteracting the pull of these powerful forces in our lives. 

We begin our sermon series on Wealth and Generosity.  Pastor John talks about the parable of the dishonest steward and the lessons we can learn from this teaching of Jesus. 

Today Charlotte and John talk about how folks in Denmark are changing the color of streetlights to help bats, and the practice of simplicity!

Today we discuss Jesus' answer to the Pharisee who asked him what the greatest commandment was.  Loving God and Neighbor are deeply intertwined and cannot be separated. Too often in our world today, Christians allow fear and/or a desire not to take responsibility for loving others to get in the way of loving others.  Pastor John contrasts what he sees as 'Fear the World Christianity' and 'Love your Neighbor Christianity'.

Today we discuss the Christian Value of Religious Liberty and how that has developed through church history, as well as advocate for Christian Tolerance in our times, despite raising intolerance of others.  We as Christians need to stand up for other's right to disagree with us even when we deeply disagree with their faith or lifestyle.