Monument Presbyterian Church

How do we see others with compassion like Jesus does?

The God of the Bible is a God of compassion. Yet, culturally and even in church spaces, compassion can feel like it is at a low point. How does the church reclaim compassion and lean into its centuries old Christian identity?

Jesus closes his Sermon on the Mount by presenting a choice… one way is the narrow path that leads to life and the other is a wide path that leads to destruction. Which one will we choose?

Jesus teaches about ways we respond to others. What does it look like to respond to people in wisdom and love?

We often think of how God works in the Bible through power, but what does it mean to be formed through weakness?

Fellowship is an important part of our spiritual formation. Are we currently prioritizing our own lives instead of valuing the people that God has placed around us?

Jesus instructs against letting possessions become our focus, calling us instead to live simply and trust God. How might we rethink our relationship with our “stuff”?

The Lord's Prayer is prayed by billions of people each day. It is the most well known prayer in the church. But what is it really about and what can we learn from this thing that can become so very rote? Today's sermon explores the way the Lord's Prayer shapes us into God's people. 

We often play to an audience of people, even when they aren't physically present. And this audience dictates what e do and how we act. It even follows us into our religious lives. But in today's passage, Jesus invites us to not play to that audience of others and instead play to the only audience that matters - God. He shows how we can make religious practice about others and not God. And he invit...

Jesus calls his followers to become a radically different kind of community—people of truth, peace, and integrity who refuse retaliation. By loving even our enemies, we reflect the character of God and bless others when it would be easier to strike back.

In today's sermon, Jesus begins to share his vision of what it looks like to live in the Kingdom of God. He takes Old Testament law and begins to unpack the real meaning behind it. But what we find isn't just a set of rules. No - Jesus gives us a staggering view of his vision of human worth and dignity, challenging us to live differently because of it.

What exactly are the Beatitudes? In we find Jesus announcing who is part of the Kingdom of God - and the list is surprising...

The Sermon on the Mount is Jesus longest, uninterrupted teaching. It can be challenging, uncomfortable, and direct. And so perhaps because of that, we have found all sorts of ways to domesticate Jesus' words. But what if he really did expect his followers to live out the ethic implied in this sermon? We will begin our series by looking at the end of the Sermon on the Mount to learn how we might re...

In our final Worship series sermon, Pastor Megan talks about how worship creates a different pattern and rhythm for us. This habit helps create people who encounter God regularly.

True worship is when two or more are gathered to focus their hearts on God and cherish Him. But that means something… you are TOGETHER with other PEOPLE. And often that is where the trouble begins. That means you will sit next to people you don’t like with different opinions, shades of beliefs, and hygiene habits. It means you will be next to old and young. It means you will be uncomfortable. But...

Guest preacher Heather Mikelson leads us in worship and calls us to follow Jesus into unknown places.

Knowing the good life isn't enough; we need God's grace to live it. Prayer, Communion, Baptism, confession, and worship sustain us in our relationship with Christ.

If worship is simply directing our heart toward God and worshipping Him above all else, why do we go to church? Why do we call that worship? And how is getting up on Sunday mornings to go to church at all related to our heart? Audio from Megan's sermon on June 21, 2026.

We’ve spent a lot of time on the law. But there’s likely still one big question lingering: What do we, as Christians, do with the law now? Because on the one hand, Jesus says in the Sermon on the Mount that He did not come to abolish the law—not one jot or tittle—but to fulfill it. And on the other hand, Paul says: “You are not under the law.” So what are we supposed to do with that? Do we follow...

Over the past several weeks, we’ve been learning to see the law differently. Not as a random collection of rules— but as a gift. It is a way of life that marks us, allows us to live with a holy God, and shapes our moral and ethical imagination. It presents a vision for human flourishing. And when we begin to see it that way, something shifts. The law becomes beautiful, compelling, and even desirab...

Not all of these laws are trying to do the same thing. These are not abstract moral ideals dropped into a vacuum. They are laws given to a real people, in a real place, in a real moment in history. A people learning how to live together and be formed into a community that reflects the heart of God. When we begin to see that, something shifts. Audio from Megan's sermon on May 31, 2026.

Audio from Jeff's sermon on May 5th, 2026.

Not all of the laws we’ve been reading are trying to do the same thing. Some laws guide moral behavior. Some regulate worship and sacred space. But there is another category—one that is easy to miss. Laws that are not primarily about right and wrong…but about identity. Practices that mark out a people as belonging to God. Audio from Tyson's sermon on May 17, 2026.

This week marks a turning point in our series: how do we actually begin to understand these laws? Because when we read passages like these, they can feel strange, archaic, even unsettling. Isolating someone with a skin disease? Menstrual cycles and childbirth described as “unclean”? Rules about contact with the dead? These laws feel weird to us. Often, when we encounter these laws, we respond in o...

If you’ve ever tried to read the Old Testament law straight through, you’ve probably felt a bit disoriented. Some laws make sense. Others feel strange. And some leave you wondering what to do with them at all. Part of the challenge is the word itself. We call it “law”—but that word carries assumptions. It makes us think of modern legal systems: precise, exhaustive, and meant to be applied the same...