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Intro We are naturally drawn to things that look strong, impressive, and permanent— powerful machines, grand buildings, long-standing institutions. Over time, we begin to assume these things will always be there. We trust them, depend on them, and quietly build our sense of safety around them. That is…

Intro Most of us know what it feels like to do the right things on the outside, while something on the inside slowly goes quiet. You can still read your Bible. You can still pray. You can still show up, serve, give, and sing. And yet, somewhere along the way, God can begin to feel more like an idea to…

Declared Righteous: The Beauty of Justification Bible Passage: Romans 5:1-11 , Galatians 2:15-21 , Ephesians 2:8-9 Intro Please imagine with me for a moment that we are all in a courtroom. The room is silent. The weight of the moment presses in. You are the defendant. Out of the stillness, the bailiff…

Text: Luke 20:1–26 Subject: Authority Theme: Rejected Authority Thesis Statement Luke shows that Jesus’ authority is unmistakable, and that rejection of Him is not a lack of evidence but a refusal of submission. Principle Statement Rejecting Jesus’ authority never looks like open rebellion at first;…

I want to begin this morning by attempting to paint a picture in your mind. I will put a picture on the screen to help give you a head start. This is an artist rendition looking across towards Jerusalem. Jerusalem is alive with sound. Feet on stone. Voices in the air. Pilgrims pressing in from every…

It has been several years since we first opened the Gospel according to Luke together. Some of you were not here when we began. Others were. What I want to begin with this morning is a reminder of the big picture. Before we continue on into Luke chapter 19, we need to pause—not to start over, but to…

Run with Endurance: Keeping Our Eyes on Jesus Introduction As I prepared for our gathering together on this final Sunday of 2025, in seeking the what the Lord would have for us this morning, I believe what the Lord would have for us today is a word of encouragement. The end of the year is a wonderful…

INTRODUCTION We gather on this final Sunday before Christmas having our attention shifted now to the topic of love. I have mentioned before how flippantly we often use the word love. We use it to describe things from our favorite foods, our favorite hobbies, to the people closest to us. We say we love…

We close our series on What It Means to Be a Christian, and we open the Advent season. And the word that sits at the center of both is this one: Hope. But here is the tension that many of us feel, including myself. How do you talk about hope when your heart feels tired? How do you preach about hope when…

“Living the One Anothers: How Ordinary Christians Build an Extraordinary Church” Subject: Community Theme: Practical One Anothers Thesis: Because we belong to Christ and to one another, we must practice the one another commands in real, ordinary, everyday ways within the life of the church. Principle…