Easter Happened - 4.20 Sermon

Happy Easter! Jesus lives! In our Easter sermon, we looked at Luke's account of the resurrection, where we learned something incredibly simple, and yet at the same time completely life-changing: Easter happened. ...

He Saved Others - Good Friday Sermon

Why doesn't Jesus come down from the cross? It's what everyone wants to know. They mock him. They ridicule him. They say that if he would just come down, they'd believe in him. But Jesus doesn't. Why? Because he didn't come to save himself. He came to save others. ...

God's Patience Overcomes Our Hostility - 3.30 Sermon

Some stories are worth telling over and over again. Apparently, this is one of those stories. It's one of only two parables Jesus tells that gets repeated three times in three different Gospels. So what is it about this story that's so important? There are two valuable lessons here: one about the stubborn wickedness of the human heart, and one about the unexplainable grace of our God. ...

Trust God's Faithfulness - 3.23 Sermon

Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. That seems to be the go-to reason to study history. But is it the only reason? Why does Paul dig up all these negative examples from Israel's history? We'll see in our sermon that it isn't just to warn us to avoid their mistakes. It's also to encourage us to trust God's faithfulness. ...

Stand Firm - 3.16 Sermon

How do we stand firm as Christians despite the changes all around us? How do we find the strength to keep going even when things get hard? That's what Paul writes to the Philippians about in our text for today. He encourages them to stand firm by following an unpopular example and by focusing on an unseen citizenship. ...