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Colin helps us see from Paul's letter to Timothy that the foundation of the gospel builds us up in godliness. Godliness is of value in every way for this life and the life to come as we have our hope set in Jesus, not ourselves.

In this first sermon in our new series on Revelation, Pastor Matthew sets up what will be for us an exploration in imagination and experience as we take in the revelation of Jesus Christ, from Jesus Christ.

What are you building your life on? What is your foundation? Is it solid? Will it hold in all the circumstances, situations, and people that come at you in your life? In this second sermon on Jesus’ interaction with a religious law expert (from Luke 10:25-37), Jesus reveals his answer to such questions, answers that lead to present and eternal life.

In this sermon on the National Sanctity of Human Life Sunday 2020, Pastor Matthew takes us to a familiar teaching from Jesus and shows us how we must love our unborn neighbor.

As Jesus makes his way to the cross, he is very intentional about preparing his disciples for his departure. In so doing, he does the same for us—prepares us. He prepares us for life in a difficult world, filled with trials and sorrows and trouble. One of the most powerful weapons he gives us for living on the Jesus way may surprise you.

God’s grace is necessary for salvation and necessary for every Christian marriage to be working as designed, through Grace to Submit and Grace to Lead.

Colin helps us see, through Isaiah 61:1-3, that the LORD’s favor in Christ shows us the very mission of God to bring hope and joy in this life. God will fulfill His mission for His glory, but also as its fulfillment brings Him delight when sinners are saved to be called His sons and daughters by Jesus' life, death, and resurrection by the power of the Holy Spirit.

One of the ironic realities of Christmas is that in the midst of all our festive expectations for this time of year, the brokenness and the darkness of the world don’t go on holiday just because it’s a holiday. The question is: how will we respond to the darkness? In this Christmas series, we will explore four kinds of Christmas, which are actually four approaches to life. In our final sermon in the series: the Stable.

One of the ironic realities of Christmas is that in the midst of all our festive expectations for this time of year, the brokenness and the darkness of the world don’t go on holiday just because it’s a holiday. The question is: how will we respond to the darkness? In this Christmas series, we will explore four kinds of Christmas, which are actually four approaches to life. This week: Santa.

One of the ironic realities of Christmas is that in the midst of all our festive expectations for this time of year, the brokenness and the darkness of the world don’t go on holiday just because it’s a holiday. The question is: how will we respond to the darkness? In this Christmas series, we will explore four kinds of Christmas, which are actually four approaches to life. This week: Scrooge.

At some point in following Jesus, every disciple will have to face a season where they don’t desire or delight in GOD as they once used to. So what do we do when we don’t desire God? Thousands of years ago, there was a congregation of believers facing the same question. They had become cold and dead in their affections, and they were desperate for revival. Psalm 85 tells the story of their path back to God, a path we can walk on today.

Many in America see a nation in crisis, with our citizens regularly shrieking at each other and unable to honor one another with reasoned, civil discourse about the challenges that face us as a people. How should Christians engage in such an environment, even as it seems our faith and beliefs clash with the direction of our culture? Does the Bible give us any direction about our role in the political arena? It does, and it leads us to the example of Jesus himself.

In an interaction between Jesus and a man in a crowd, we learn how to live a generous life filled with contentment and joy.

A life of discipleship following Jesus is filled with joy. And while that is manifestly true, it doesn’t mean following him is always easy. So when you face the persecutions and enter those difficult parts of the journey, how will you prevail? In what may seem like a passing moment in the life of Jesus, he teaches us volumes about connection and community.

While the interaction between Peter and Jesus recorded by Matthew may be brief, it is packed with tremendous significance for his disciples. For in just a few moments, Jesus teaches us who a disciple is, and what a disciple does, and the centrality of the church to it all.

As we continue our series on the Next Steps to following Jesus, we learn that while the life of the Christian is marked by the commands of Jesus, we must not forget that one of those is the command to CELEBRATE. Come and hear the story of how it has always been this way with God and his people.

In this familiar-to-Christians story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman, we discover that we have far more to learn here about Jesus and his heart than we do about the woman at the well. His teaching to the disciples, in short? Go, and share.

Since Jesus teaches us that his disciples must worship (John 4:24), it becomes critical to understand what exactly worship is. In the story of his interaction with a woman at the well, we discover Jesus revealing what worship is, how we worship, and why we must worship. Come, and See.

In the most famous of Jesus’ sermons, the Sermon on the Mount, we find the great demands of Jesus on the life of his disciples. But as the remarkable Savior he is, along with his great demands, Jesus provides even better promises. And those promises may be found in the persistent and relational nature of talking with God.