Mercy Fellowship Sermons

Answering a different question. The beginning of Mathew 24, Jesus is answering, "when will the temple be destroyed and Jerusalem left desolate?" Here His language shifts and so does what he is addressing. In the remainder of Chapter 24 and 25 Jesus addresses His return in glory, the end of the age, and the restoration of all things. With pastors claiming to be prophets and secular professors sound...

Here is where things really get tricky. There are distinct perspectives on the end times, depending on which you hold you'll see this text differently. There are three ways to handle the first three verses. 1. They are all talking about the second coming of Jesus and the end of history as we know it. 2. Verse 29 is talking about the intermediate period (now) and verse 30-31 alone are talking about...

Jesus has painted a dark picture of what was to come for the world and even for the church. His people are not to be deceived, to endure, and keep proclaiming the gospel of certain triumph for those who Trust Jesus. The context of what Jesus teaches next matters for proper understanding. For Jerusalem there will be judgement coming.

Jesus has just been preaching in the temple. He ends the sermon with, "your house has been left desolate" and yet finished with hope; if they trusted Jesus. He then left the temple. Disciples want clarification and Jesus gives them robust teaching on more than they asked for.

Jesus is a preacher preaching His last sermon before going to the cross. While calling out the hypocrisy of the Pharisees and Scribes, warning about their teaching, Jesus closes His sermon pronouncing woe to the whole city of Jerusalem and foretelling the destruction of the temple.

Jesus aims His sights targeting the religious Pharisees and Scribes. Seven times Jesus pronounces Woe. This section is more lawsuit or legal indictment then a Sunday sermon. Woe is a comprehensive term, both a charge and a verdict. True evil has been committed and without a charge in condition righteous punishment will come. It also includes compassion, sorrow, and regret. it does not delight in d...

Jesus' arrival into Jerusalem created Holy disruption to produce pure devotion that led to unholy opposition. Jesus met each challenge with clarity and correction eventually leaving His opponents speechless. With the opposition temporarily silenced, Jesus turns His focus back to teaching the gathered crowds and His disciples the values of His Kingdom. While it is important to the articulate who yo...

Guest preacher Kaleb goes over Psalm 91.

Join us as Carl DeyArmin preaches from Psalm 40

This collection of divinely inspired songs was brought together into a rich anthology to help us have a realistic and artistic voice for understanding the complex relationship between God and His People. The collection is brought together for a purpose. For a people, both individual and corporately, to be able to navigate and make sense of the God, the world, their lives and hearts in a language t...

Today we welcomed Pastor Jared Lyda from All of Life Church in Post Fall, ID as our guest preacher.

Your conscience can either cooperate with the Holy Spirit or it will compete with the Holy Spirit.  Guest Preacher, Pastor Bill Clem, talks on how to tune your conscience to be in tune with the Holy Spirit.

This Sunday we welcome guest preacher Jeff Pots from Hope community church.

What is the greatest commandment? With the Herodians losing their debate about politics and the Sadducees silenced about their sad theology, the Pharisees come at Jesus again to test him. This time they get a lawyer to question Him about the Law of God.

We are all theologians. We all have certain beliefs about God. Theology matters because what you know and believe about God impacts how you engage with the rest of the world. Good theology leads to flourishing, and bad theology leads to error at best or destruction at worst. However, when you get too concerned about minutia, you miss the big picture concepts and truths of the God whois over all th...

Jesus Continues his teaching in response to questions about his authority. Using a parable about a royal wedding feast, Jesus shows what a faithful response to the King's invitation looks like.

If Jesus is not only a King, but THE King of Kings, then how individuals and nations collectively respond matter. If we desire Jesus as our savior, then we must also pledge allegiance to Him as our King. Other figures can command our respect, obedience, and affection. However, it is King Jesus who we must continually recognize as our greatest authority and the one whom all our actions flow from an...

“The central figure in all the Bible, Jesus Christ is a man of sorrows who knows suffering…. When you are suffering my hope is not that you get all the answers to your questions, but that you meet Jesus in your suffering." We were honored to have our friend Pastor Loren Anderson from The Fellowship at Bend preaching at Mercy Fellowship 

Parables are simple stories used to tell significant truths. Jesus continues to engage with the gathered leaders and crowds to reenforce where all authority rest and where all honor is due.

Holy Disruption brings unholy opposition. Jesus arrived and aggressively cleaned out the temple of money changers and pigeon dealers restoring it to a house of prayer and place of healing. People who benefit from oppression do not respond well to the status quo being overturned. Jesus returns to the temple facing challenges to His authority.

Jesus brings Holy Disruption to prepare (and renew) a place for Pure Devotion. Jesus has triumphally arrived in the city of Jerusalem with fanfare from many who have great expectations of what He will accomplish. While intentionally entering with clear messianic symbolism, Jesus is not there to overthrow Roman occupation but to accomplish eternal salvation for His people overcoming sin and death....

Guest Preacher Carl DeyArmin gives us the good news from Acts 16: The Gospel is for Everyone & The Gospel can Transform Anyone.

We all desire glory and believe self promotion is the best path to achieve what we want. Jesus consistently shows the values in His Kingdom are different. In God's Kingdom the path to glory is not self promotion but selfless sacrifice. There is a crown ahead but there is a cross first.

The disciples who left everything, want to know "what about us? What is our reward?" Jesus assures them there are great eternal rewards for those who follow him, it will all be worth it. Here Jesus teaches them with a parable about his great generosity to those who follow him.

We value material possession and comfort, so we find our worth in our wealth. Jesus cares about our spiritual poverty and where we find our ultimate security. We will never be saved by our possessions, when they consume us sometimes we need to be saved from our possession.