Heritage Sermons

Acts 17:13-34 | Mile Markers for the Mission | Mark Vowels Missionaries serve in settings that are often quite different from their homeland in terms of worldview and culture. They must learn to communicate the gospel to their target audience in ways that are both biblical and effective. It seems, however, that more and more we too are living in a society which is quickly changing its social and m...

Leviticus 26 | An Invitation to Life with God | Trent Hunter We're familiar with the line, "they lived happily ever after." It marks a good end to a good story. That is not how the book of Leviticus ends because Leviticus is not the end of the story. But it does point us there. Leviticus 26 presents us with a series of blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience. Most of the chapter is cur...

Leviticus 25 | An Invitation to Life with God | Trent Hunter Some of us are into restoration projects, whether it's houses, cars, or a set of old toy trains. We put our heart and soul into these projects to bring them to life. The Lord is about a restoration project, and he is putting his heart and soul into it. It's us. That's the message of Leviticus 25 and the Lord's instructions for Israel con...

Leviticus 23 | An Invitation to Life with God | Trent Hunter If the lights are on, someone might be home. If the lights are on and food is on the table, then someone is definitely home. Leviticus chapter 24 is the heart of the book of Leviticus and the goal toward which the entire book has been leading us. Here we find a picture of the light of God's lamp shining on twelve loaves of bread continua...

Leviticus 23 | An Invitation to Life with God | Trent Hunter You can learn a lot about a person by looking at their calendar, who they are with, how they spend their time, etc. The same is true for groups and nations. A nation's national calendar, with its special occasions and holidays, tells a story. Special occasions in our own country such as July 4, Thanksgiving, and Memorial Day, remind us w...

Leviticus 21-22 | An Invitation to Life with God | Trent Hunter There's a lot about priests in the Bible. But we don't talk much about them. We know that Jesus is our high priest. We understand that he fulfills the expectations of the old covenant priesthood. But what does it mean that the church is a royal priesthood? And what can Leviticus 21–22 teach us about our role as such? Why did God prohi...

Psalm 103 | Worship | Matt Jackson We engage in various activities throughout each day, some more necessary or fulfilling than others. But there is one activity that ought to bring His people more joyful satisfaction than any other: the glorious occupation of worship. Worship of our triune God is what we were created for, and what will occupy our energy for all eternity. Unfortunately, the worship...

Psalm 78 | Psalms | Jason Read Whether it’s the name of someone you just met or the list for the grocery store, our memory often fails us. Forgetting can be awkward, embarrassing, and frustrating. In Psalm 78, God gives us the story of a forgetful people. But more than just a name or bananas, they forgot the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. And this has...

Leviticus 20 | An Invitation to Life with God | Trent Hunter Under the old covenant the Lord required the punishment of death for various sexual sins among his people. This was not a sanitary process, but involved stoning and in some cases burning the bodies afterward. What would God have us to learn and to do from a text like this? Listen in to this sermon from Leviticus 20 and find out.

Leviticus 19 | An Invitation to Life with God | Trent Hunter Leviticus 19 includes the most quoted verse in the New Testament: "you shall love your neighbor as yourself" (19:18). It also includes a command not to breed cattle with different kinds of cattle, sow two kinds of seed in a field, and wear garments of cloth made of two kinds of material" (19:19). In fact, these two verses sit right along...

Leviticus 18 | An Invitation to Life with God | Trent Hunter Leviticus 18 is one of those chapters that can be embarrassing to read out loud if you're not alone. In this sermon we're going to read it out loud, all together. This is a chapter filled with prohibitions concerning sex, commands for the good of God's people, and most importantly for our fellowship with him. In many ways this chapter is...

Leviticus 17 | An Invitation to Life with God | Trent Hunter Christians talk about blood all the time. We even sing about it. No one else does that. Why do we do that? We know that Jesus' blood is precious, but why? We are starting into the second half of the book of Leviticus. So far, blood has been strangely both dangerous, separating us from God, and life-giving, bringing us to God. In this ser...

Leviticus 16 | An Invitation to Life with God | Trent Hunter

Leviticus 12-15 | An Invitation to Life with God | Trent Hunter Leviticus 12–15 are some of the strangest chapters in the Bible. Here we have laws about menstrual cycles, various skin diseases, and bodily discharges. Israelites ruled unclean could not approach the presence of God. Why not? What was the Lord's intention through these ancient and seemingly cruel laws? And what does all of this have...

Leviticus 11 | An Invitation to Life with God | Trent Hunter The book of Leviticus teaches us about what it takes to bring God and humanity together. Light destroys darkness and God's holiness destroys sinners. But as we've learned, if we come to God with a holy sacrifice through a holy priest we can live with him. And then there is Leviticus chapter 11. Listen in and ponder what God might be teac...

Leviticus 10 | An Invitation to Life with God | Trent Hunter Strange fire and the death of two priests named Nadab and Abihu. What does this have to do with the death of Christ? On Good Friday we continue our series through the book of Leviticus, now in chapter 10. We've learned about the sacrifices God requires for fellowship with him and about the priesthood he sets apart to mediate our relation...

Leviticus 9 | An Invitation to Life with God | Trent Hunter A soldier gets off the plane after returning from war. A bride enters the church through the back doors. The President enters the room. These are momentus and weighty occasions. These are not just any other people and these are not just any other appearances. In this sermon we enter the story of Leviticus for the appearance of the Lord in...

Leviticus 8 | An Invitation to Life with God | Trent Hunter How can we know abundant life with God in his presence forever? Leviticus 1–7 gave us the beginning of God's answer to that question: we need sacrifice. Leviticus 8 continues with another stage in God's plan: we need a priesthood. We need a hard-reset on the idea of a priest, an essential part of God's salvation plan and yet, for a variet...

Leviticus 4:1-6:7 | An Invitation to Life with God | Trent Hunter We have a problem. Everyone knows that much. But humans do not agree on what that problem is or who that problem is with. According to Scripture we have a problem of forgiveness. We have offended a holy God and are guilty before him as sinners. This is the central problem that drives the Bible's story of which Levitucus plays a cent...

Leviticus 1:3-3:17 | An Invitation to Life with God | Trent Hunter Leviticus gets off to what feels like a slow start with instructions for five different offerings. Why so many offerings? How are they alike and how are they different? What help are these ancient rituals for my present-day walk with the Lord and for our communion as a church? In this sermon we will reflect on the first three of th...

Leviticus 1:1-2 | An Invitation to Life with God | Trent Hunter Life. Other ideas come to mind when we think of Leviticus: rock badgers, laws about fabric, cloven foot animals, and many things that might disturb you if I mentioned them here. What do these have to do with our relationship with God? What do these have to do with life, even abundant life with God? Listen in and find out as we explore...

Colossians 3:12-19 | Sing! | Joe Rigney In this sermon we turn our attention to one of the big singing texts in our New Testament. Interestingly, this is not a passage mainly about singing but about our life together as a church. Singing, as we will see, flows into our life and from our life together. How kind is the Lord to give us this gift!

Genesis 3 | GO Week '22 | Andy Naselli In the first sermon of this year's GO Week, we hear about how God gave us a passion to spread the Gospel. This sermon from Genesis 3 connects the serpent theme with the rest of the Bible and we hear about how he will try to prevent us. 

Romans 11:36 | Go Week '22 | Andy Naselli The first sermon in the annual GO Week, a week bookended by two sermons in which we set our attention on God's global purposes. Here's one way to express our purpose as a church: we exist to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples through Jesus Christ. We will kick it off as Andy Naselli preaches from Romans 11:36...

1 Peter 5:12-14 | Elect Exiles | Trent Hunter Two words came to mind as we studied Peter's closing greetings: toughness and tenderness. Those sound like opposing ideas. But biblically speaking, you need both to have either one. Listen in and hear the conclusion of our Elect Exiles series.