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Join us again this week as we continue our sermon series in Exodus with chapter 2 verses 1-25. As Exodus 2 begins, Israel is still suffering under slavery and oppression, and Pharaoh’s command to kill the Hebrew baby boys remains in effect. From the Israelites’ perspective, it could easily seem as though God is absent. But behind the scenes, He is already working. In this sermon, we see God’s rema...

Join us this week as we kick off our brand new sermon series going through the entire book of Exodus, starting from the beginning with Chapter 1 verses 1-6. Exodus continues the story begun in Genesis and gives us one of the clearest Old Testament pictures of the life and saving work of Jesus. But the story begins in a dark place: Israel is trapped in Egypt under a new Pharaoh who fears their grow...

Join us again as we continue our sermon series of the Gospel of John with Chapter 12 verses 37-50.

Join us again this week as we continue our sermon series in the Gospel of John with Chapter 12 verses 12-36. What does true glory actually look like? In John 12, Jesus enters Jerusalem to the sound of cheering crowds, waving palm branches, and cries of “Hosanna.” From the outside, it looks like the high point of His public ministry. The people are ready for a conquering king. But Jesus has somethi...

Join us again this week as we continue our sermon series in the Gospel of John with chapter 12 verses 1-11. After eleven chapters of John’s Gospel and seven miraculous signs, the evidence surrounding Jesus has reached a breaking point. People are being forced to decide what they believe about Him. John 12 presents three very different responses. The religious leaders hate Jesus so deeply that afte...

Join us again this week as we continue our sermon series in the Gospel of John with chapter 11 verses 45-57. Why do some people see overwhelming evidence for Jesus and still refuse to believe? John 11 ends with one of the most striking contrasts in the Gospel of John. After Jesus publicly raises Lazarus from the dead, many witnesses believe in Him—but others immediately report what happened to the...

Join us again this week as we continue our sermon series in the Gospel of John with chapter 11 verses 28-44. Death is one of the most painful realities every person eventually faces. Even when we know death is coming, the loss of someone we love can permanently change us. John 11 shows us that Jesus does not stand at a distance from that pain. When Jesus arrives at the tomb of Lazarus, He already...

Join us again this week as we continue our sermon series in the Gospel of John with chapter 11 verses 1-27. What do you do when Jesus doesn't make sense? John 11 begins with one of the most confusing moments in Jesus' ministry. Lazarus is gravely ill, Mary and Martha send for Jesus, and... He waits. The One who has the power to heal intentionally delays until His friend has been dead for four days...

Join us again this week as we continue our sermon series in the Gospel of John with chapter 10 verses 31-42. One of the most common modern claims about Christianity is that Jesus never actually claimed to be God. But in John 10, Jesus’ own words tell a very different story. In this sermon, we examine Jesus’ statement, “I and the Father are one,” the Jewish leaders’ accusation that He was making Hi...

Join us again this week as we continue our sermon series in the Gospel of John with chapter 10 verses 19-30. Can a Christian lose their salvation? In John 10, Jesus makes one of His clearest and most comforting promises: “My sheep hear my voice… I give them eternal life, and they will never perish.” In this sermon, we examine Jesus’ teaching about His identity as the Messiah, the doctrine of elect...

Join us again this week as we continue our sermon series in the Gospel of John with chapter 10 verse 11-18. Jesus describes the world as a dangerous place inhabited by spiritual wolves. Sin, temptation, deception, and death threaten the sheep—and we cannot protect or save ourselves. We need a shepherd. In John 10:11–18, Jesus declares, “I am the good shepherd.” He proves this claim by laying down...

Join us again this week as we continue our sermon series in the Gospel of John with chapter 10 verses 1-10. Everyone seems to have a different answer for where the good life is found. We are told to pursue success, pleasure, wealth, achievement, self-improvement, or the approval of others. Yet these competing voices continually promise more than they can deliver. In John 10:1–10, Jesus makes a str...

Join us again this week as we continue our sermon series in the Gospel of John with chapter 9 verses 13-34. Everyone in John 9 witnessed the same extraordinary evidence: a man who had been blind from birth could suddenly see. Yet while the healed man increasingly recognized who Jesus was, the Pharisees became increasingly determined to reject Him. This sermon examines the difference between spirit...

Join us again this week as we continue our sermon series in the Gospel of John with chapter 9 verses 1-12. Why does God allow suffering? In John 9, Jesus encounters a man who had been blind from birth. While the disciples assume his suffering must be punishment for a particular sin, Jesus explains that his blindness would become an opportunity for the works and glory of God to be displayed. By giv...

Join us again this week as we continue our summer sermon series in the Gospel of John with chapter 8 verses 37-59. The religious leaders claimed Abraham as their father and God as their own, but Jesus challenged their confidence by exposing what their response to Him revealed about their hearts. What does it mean to be a true child of Abraham? Why is rejecting Jesus ultimately rejecting God? Why d...

Join us this week as we kick off our summer sermon series, continuing from the last two summers with part three in our look at The Gospel of John. Today we look at false belief and true freedom as expressed in John chapter 8 verses 30-36.

In the final week of our Building Together series, we look at what the New Testament teaches about church growth. Should a local church care about growing? Should we aim to reach more people, make more disciples, and expand the work of ministry? From Acts 2, Matthew 28, and other New Testament passages, we see that the early church was constantly growing because it was committed to the mission Jes...

Join us again this week as we continue our sermon series about building our church together. You can visit Walnut Creek Church - Altoona online at wcaltoona.org

Join us this week for a brand new sermon mini-series on what it means to build a church together, starting with Matthew 28 verses 16-20. Nearly ten years ago, a small team left downtown Des Moines to plant Walnut Creek Church in Altoona. What began with a handful of families meeting in a renovated 150-year-old building has grown into a thriving church committed to making disciples of Jesus Christ....

Join us this week as we finish our sermon series in Genesis, looking at chapters 46-50. After nearly four years and 64 sermons through the book of Genesis, we arrive at the final chapters of Scripture’s first book. Genesis 45–50 brings Joseph’s story to its conclusion and ties together the major themes that have run throughout Genesis from the very beginning: God’s promises, God’s blessing, God’s...

Join us again this week as we continue our sermon series in Genesis with chapter 45 verses 1-28. After twenty years of betrayal, deception, separation, and suffering, Joseph finally reveals his identity to his brothers. What follows is one of the most emotional and beautiful moments in all of Scripture. In Genesis 45, we see Joseph choose forgiveness over revenge, reconciliation over bitterness, a...

Join us again this week as we continue our sermon series in Genesis with chapter 44 verses 1-34. Genesis 44 brings Joseph’s final and most important test. Twenty years after selling their brother into slavery, Joseph recreates the circumstances of their greatest sin to find out whether his brothers are still the same men, or whether God has transformed them. What follows is one of the most powerfu...

Join us again this week as we continue our sermon series in Genesis with chapter 43 verses 1-34. What would you do if God asked you to give up the thing you care about most? In Genesis 43, Jacob faces an impossible choice: Hold onto Benjamin or risk losing everything. Trust God or cling to control. At the same time, something powerful is happening beneath the surface. Judah begins to change. The b...

Join us this week as we pick up our Genesis sermon series where we left off, continuing with chapter 42 verses 1-38. What happens when hidden sin finally comes to the surface? In Genesis 42, Joseph’s brothers come face to face with the guilt they've avoided for 20 years. They thought they could bury it and move on from it, but God had other plans. We'll examine why Joseph tests his brothers, the m...

Join us again this week for the final sermon of our Easter series, where we continue with Mark chapter 16 verses 1-8.