Sunday Morning Message

Our indoor worship service is a followup to this morning's Sunrise Service, looking at John 20 and the resurrection of Jesus.

This week is our Spring Family Worship, as we're outdoors at the church for this week's message. Pastor Mike returns to the pulpit, continuing in the 24th chapter of Matthew.

This week's message comes from Patrick Warren. He looks as Jesus warns of a coming desecration in the holy place, urging those in Judea to flee immediately to avoid great tribulation. He cautions against false messiahs and prophets who will deceive many, emphasizing that His return will be unmistakable.

Family Pastor Troy Puryear is in 1 John this week for our family worship, where John testifies to the reality of Jesus as the Word of life, urging believers to walk in God's light, confess sins for forgiveness, and recognize their sinfulness while trusting in God's faithfulness to cleanse them.

In Matthew 24:1-14, Jesus predicts the temple's destruction and describes signs of the end times, including wars, famines, earthquakes, and persecution, urging disciples to endure and proclaiming that the gospel will be preached to all nations before the end comes.

This Sunday looks at Jesus' second critique of the scribes and Pharisees is that they do the religious practices for the wrong audience.

This week's message from Pastor Mike we hear how the Pharisees attempt to test Jesus by asking which commandment in the Law is the greatest.

The Sadducees, a Jewish sect denying the resurrection, try to trap Jesus by presenting a hypothetical scenario about a woman who marries seven brothers sequentially, asking whose wife she will be in the afterlife.

The Pharisees and Herodians, attempting to trap Jesus, ask him if it is lawful to pay taxes to the Roman emperor, hoping to force him to choose between angering the Jewish people or the Roman authorities.

Jesus tells the parable of the Wedding Feast, comparing the Kingdom of Heaven to a king who throws a grand banquet for his son, but the invited guests refuse to attend.

This week's message focused on The Parable on the Talents, who refused to pay the owner His agreed upon share of the crops. Instead, they mistreated and killed the servants he sent and then killed the owner's son.

Pastor Mike looks at the parable of the two sons. Like the parable of the prodigal, this one reveals the stunningly good news that God loves us like a father. God does not hold our sins against us, nor does he expect us to perform and work to earn his love.

We've returned to our series in Matthew, looking at the 21st chapter where Jesus is found in the temple as He is challenged by priests and elders.

Gwathmey hosted the RVA Young Adults Ministry's Night of Worship, featuring musical talents from Parkway Baptist Church, and a message from Pastor Adam Nuckols at Evergrace Baptist Church.

The first message of 2025 continues from the last of 2024, from John 15 where Pastor Mike looks at the requirements and cost of discipleship.

As we get ready for the new year, it's time to grow in Christ using several simple factors. Pastor Mike looks at the five things you can do to spend more time with Him in 2025.

It's the Sunday before Christmas, with Pastor Mike looking at the Pharisee named Nicodemus who approaches Jesus at night, intrigued by his teachings, and asks to understand more about his ministry. This is part one in a two sermon series.

It's the second week in the sermon series about The Gifts of the Wise Men. Pastor Mike looks at the journey of Mary and Joseph and reveals more truths that you may not be aware based on what we read in the Bible.

Pastor Mike begins the Christmas season by looking at part one in the series, "The Gifts of the Wise Men". He shares some of the history pertaining to the scripture as he look into the first part of Matthew 2.

Elder Bill Carter preaches this week, looking at the morning when Jesus, being hungry, discovers no figs on a leafy fig tree. He curses the tree never to bear fruit again, and the tree withers at once. 

In this week's scripture, Jesus has entered Jerusalem and the massive Jewish temple, driving a marketplace out of the temple and overturns the money-changers' tables. Pastor Mike also looks at how He heals the blind and lame people and refuses to silence some children who are praising Him as the Son of David.

It's the last week of Jesus' public ministry, as He heads to Jerusalem. Pastor Mike looks at all the reasons he goes over the final eight chapters of Matthew.

The pastor for Mile One Mission in Newfoundland shares the latest from his country and how they're seeing the Lord work in his city.

Pastor Mike closes out the 20th chapter of Matthew by looking at the story of the two blind men who were healed by Jesus.

This week's message follows Jesus' clear description of His impending death with a poorly timed request from James and John, through their mother.