Saints Peter and Paul Sermons

During the season of Lent, we've been reading through the Gospel of Luke (and preaching on stories/events unique to Luke). For the last two weeks, we've heard Jesus speaking in parables. Through them, He's been teaching about the danger of self-righteousness (Parable of the Two Debtors) and the importance of serving others - especially those different than you (The Good Samaritan)....

In this sermon, Pastor Aaron walks us through the Parable of the Good Samaritan. This parable might be one of the best known parables, or at least the title of it is well known. Jesus tells this parable to speak to the heart of a lawyer putting him to the test. And, this parable still speaks to our hearts as well, in a myriad of ways. 

In Luke 7, we hear a story familiar to the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke). A "scandalous" women enters the house of Simon, the Pharisee, and anoints Jesus with tears and perfume. But what comes next, in Luke's Gospel, is unique. Jesus - "the Teacher" - as Simon calls Him, tells the parable of the two debtors. In it, He pronounces peace to the woman, judgement u...

This is the first sermon in our Lenten journey through the Gospel of Luke. During this sermon series, we will be highlighting texts that only appear in Luke's Gospel.  This sermon looks at the only instance recorded in Scripture of Jesus as a young boy.

Throughout the "Gifted for Good" series, Pastors Aaron + Kevin walked through Paul's 1st letter to the Corinthian Church. While Paul was addressing issues specific to that congregation - there were universal principles for the church that Paul was also establishing. One of them being: as a Christian - you are gifted for good! In this sermon, Pastor demonstrates the universal nature...

Everything that we've talked about so far in 1 Corinthians really comes to a head when the Corinthian congregation gathers together for worship. The prophets are speaking over one another. The tongues-speakers are all speaking at once with no interpreters. It's a chaotic and confusing environment where the message of Jesus is not being clearly shared among the people or as a witness to t...

In the late 1960s the "Charismatic Movement" began in the United States. This movement emphasized the power of the Holy Spirit - moving and working within God's Church - through "spiritual gifts" (charismata in Greek). One of the most highlighted gifts of that movement was: speaking in tongues (prophecy was a close second!). But this gift isn't "new"! In 1 C...

1 Corinthians 13 is a familiar passage because it is often read at weddings due to its descriptions of what love looks like. But this passage is sandwiched in between all of the issues that Paul has been dealing with causing conflicts in Corinth. In this sermon, Pastor Aaron walks through this passage describing the supremacy of love, the character of love, and the absolute necessity of love in th...

Many people around the world are "members" of a Church. Why do we use that word? What does it mean to be a "member" of the Church? In 1 Corinthians 12, we're given the biblical answer. As "members" of the Church that Jesus established - we're confessing the reality that we are actually connected to HIS body. We, individually - and as the whole - represent Ch...

The Bible teaches that when a person believes in Jesus as their Lord, by faith, they are granted the Holy Spirit. Whoa. Re-read that! If you are a Christian (i.e. you've been birthed into the Christian Church by faith/baptism) - that means that YOU have the Holy Spirit working inside of you. But what does that mean? How does it look? What's the point? In this sermon, Pastor Kevin conside...

In this week's sermon, we look at the good gift that God gives to us in the Lord's Supper.  Pastor Aaron walks us through two important questions, "What is the Lord's Supper, and Why is it Good?"

This is the first sermon in a series called Gifted For Good based in the latter chapters of 1 Corinthians. Over the next few weeks we will be seeing that all of the gifts that God gives to us are for the good of our neighbors.  In this first sermon, we are introduced to the concept of Christian freedom. In Christ, we have many freedoms, but what are these freedoms for? Not just for our own persona...

At the end of chapter 2 of Luke - the Christmas Story flashes forward to an episode from the young boy-Jesus' life. He is 12 years old and headed to the Temple in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. But, during the trip, Jesus is lost! Can you imagine how Mother Mary felt? She was entrusted with the caretaking of the Savior of the world...and He slipped through her grasp! Her salvation - gon...

In the ongoing Christmas narrative (yes, the Christmas season continues!) -- we see four characters who are "waiting." In Luke 2:22-39: Mary, Joseph, Simeon, and Anna are all waiting for something...from a significant Jewish ritual to the "consolation of Israel." So...what are you waiting for? What are your overarching hopes in your life? What are they hinging on? In this sermo...

This final sermon of our Advent series "Foretold," looks at the birth of John the Baptist, and Zechariah's exclamation of praise for the deliverance that God is bringing through Jesus in Luke 1:57-80. Yet, prior to that, John must come to prepare the way for the Lord. Are you prepared to meet Jesus?  He's coming for you. To deliver you out of darkness and the shadow of death an...

In this week's sermon, our focus is on the visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. This is an incredible interactions. The young, unmarried girl who has miraculously conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit. And the old, barren woman who has miraculously conceived with her husband by the power of the Holy Spirit.  These two are relatives, and Mary goes from Nazareth on a 4 day journey to the hill c...

In Luke, chapter 2, when Jesus' birth is announced by angels to the shepherds, the angels declare: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!" But when the angel Gabriel announces Jesus birth to Mary, the announcement looks different: "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you." Peace a...

For this first Sunday in Advent, we turn our attention to Luke chapter 1. Luke chapter 1 is often overlooked as we jump straight into the Christmas narrative in Luke chapter 2. But, that's often how it goes with Christmas, isn't it? We rush right ahead. As soon as the Halloween decorations are down at Walmart, the Christmas ones are up. We're too quick to jump ahead to fulfillment,...

In Revelation - the apostle John gives us a glimpse of what's coming - at the end of all things. Yes, there is an ending. Not just to the Scriptural Narrative, but to the world as we know it. And then, something new. As Semisonic once penned: "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." But we're not thrust into an endless cycle of rebirth and recreation. W...

In the Scriptural narrative, Jesus death and resurrection is the climax of the story. It's everything that everyone had been waiting and hoping for. But...there's still more to the recorded story of history after the climax. This sermon focuses on the words of the Scriptures that take place after the ascension of Jesus into heaven. The New Testament is filled with the people of God livin...

Everything in the story has been pointing to this movement. It's all about Jesus. Every page of the Old Testament has been gearing up for His arrival. Jesus is the one who fulfills everything that every person in the Old Testament was incapable of doing.  In this sermon, Pastor Aaron walks through the Bible to demonstrate that Jesus is the perfect prophet, priest, and king. 

David is one of the most central figures - not only in the Bible - but in history. His biography is longer than any other from ancient history. Statues of David can be found from Venice, Italy to Washington D.C. More stories from his life are recounted in Scripture than that of Abraham or Moses. In the New Testament - one of David's Psalms (110) - is quoted more than any other passage from th...

Moses is one of the most well known characters in the Bible. Multiple episodes from his life feature prominently in children's Bibles and Sunday School lessons. His story is covered in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. But, the events of his life end up becoming themes that carry on throughout the Old and New Testaments, and even meet us today.  In this sermon, Pastor...

In Genesis 12, God comes down. No, this is not the "incarnation." This is not the virgin birth of Jesus. But it sets a certain pattern (which Jesus will ultimately fulfill!) - of God partnering with humanity to achieve His goals. God meets with a man named Abram, calling him from his homeland, and thrusting him into a quest for the salvation of all mankind. Sound epic? It is. And it&apos...

The 2nd major movement with the Scripture is the fall into sin.  In our first sermon, we established that God is the creator of all things. We discussed that what we believe about our beginnings affects our every day reality.  In this 2nd movement of Scripture, we looked at the origins of where sin and all its horrible effects come from. Because, what we believe about the origins of sin also affec...