Recent Sermons
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A Biblical View of the Church: Committed to the Community
Hebrews 10:24-25 Being members of a church community brings responsibilities, including our relationships with one another in the body, and our activity in the body. Hebrews 10:24-25 examines some characteristics of the church and what we are called to be committed to. -
Making Disciples (Part 2)
There are appropriate approaches to evangelism — not necessarily technique, but emphasizing different aspects of the gospel depending on the person. The goal is to please God by pointing sinners to Christ. -
Old Testament Worship (Part 1)
Worship of the living and true God is essentially an engagement with Him on the terms that He proposes and in the way that He alone makes possible. In the Old Testament, true worship depended on God’s self-revelation of Himself and His act of redemption. -
A Biblical View of Man (Part 2)
John 3:1-10 Only through a new birth can a spiritually dead person be made spiritually alive and be freed from the trespasses and sins in which he lives. The doctrine of regeneration is presented from four perspectives. -
The Jealousy of God
Since God alone deserves honor and glory, He requires exclusive loyalty from His subjects. That loyalty is expressed in our worship first of all. There are at least five dangers to avoid so that we don’t provoke God’s jealousy. -
A Biblical View of Man (Part 1)
Ephesians 2:1-3 Paul gives us two facts about lost man that help us understand just how grace his situation is — and just how necessary it is for God to intervene to help man. Man lives in a state of spiritual death and bondage. -
A High View of God’s Word (Part 2)
Psalms 1:1-6 Everything a believer needs for life and godliness — the health of the inner man and living a life that is pleasing to God — is found in Him and His Word. -
Making Disciples (Part 1)
Making disciples has to do with evangelism — seeking to win people to Christ. There are several important features of evangelism, including the means and the content. -
A High View of God’s Word (Part 1)
Psalms 1:1-6 A commitment to a high view of God keeps us on track as Christians — and as a church — and that reality leads us to the second element of our philosophy of ministry: a high view of Scripture. Psalm 1 is perhaps the most carefully developed expression of the idea of “two paths” to choose in life; it shows God’s word as the “path to happiness.” -
A High View of God (Part 2)
Psalms 115:1-18 There are two realities of God that Isaiah highlights that affect how we approach ministry: that God is sovereign and a tender a shepherd.