Sunday Sermons

How was Abraham able to offer Isaac as a sacrifice to God? By Faith. He trusted God above anyone and everything else. Through that, he was able to hold loosely, even to Isaac, his son, and trust in God. How faith holds loosely... Faith sacrifices greatly Faith hopes deeply

"Faith That Yearns" Four Ways Faith Yearns...

God has created us for relationship. He desires to have connection with us. We see this in the mysterious figure of Enoch and we learn a grand lesson in faith that leads to relationship. Why does faith lead to relationship? God desires relationship with us Relationship with God is a dependent on faith Relationship with God requires specific beliefs: God exists God is rewarder

Rightly oriented faith results in... ...true worship ...received righteousness ...lasting witness

The author of Hebrews gives us a picture of faith and how necessary and practical it is for every day life.

Put off self and put on Christ Pastor Phillip Hamke

Mature Disciples in the Making Speaker: Tom Alworth

Ephesians 4:7-16

God has done much work to unify Himself to His people and His people to one another. We are to strive for unity as the body of Christ, preserving our relationships to the glory of God. Mature disciples strive for unity Unity is maintained in our day to day Unity is sourced from God

The author of Hebrews has been challenging his readers not to quit in their Christian walk, but rather to stay the course. He challenges them to look back to how far they’ve come and look ahead to Christ’s return and the rewards that are coming. Don’t quit... Stay the course by looking back Stay the course by looking ahead

Quitting is not an option in the Christian life. If we quit, we reveal that we truly did not have a relationship with God. We spurn the precious work of Jesus on the cross and we will face God’s dreadful wrath. If we quit... ...we prove ourselves God’s adversaries ...we desecrate the precious sacrifice of Jesus ...we face the wrath of the living God

Life in a world of sin is hard, discouraging, and tough. That’s why we are given promises of the new creation, our future hope, in Scripture. Until then, we do not lose heart in our hardships and suffering. Rather, in the face of these things we rejoice. We rejoice in our Savior who has overcome. We rejoice in the assurance that we will one day see the glorious new heaven and new earth. We rejoice...

Because of everything Jesus is and all that Jesus has done for us, don’t quit in your Christian life, draw near, hold fast and spur on. Because of all Christ is and all He’s done... Don’t give up, draw near Don’t give up, hold fast Don’t give up, spur on

Christ’s work is finished. The text tells us after He did His work, He “sat down at the right hand of God”. Because of His finished work, we receive ongoing perfection, internal transformation and unattainable forgiveness. Because Christ’s work is finished... ...we have ongoing perfection ...we have internal transformation ...we have unattainable forgiveness

We have a major problem, we are totally imperfect! And to make matters worse, any religious system is inadequate to make us perfect. We need a perfect Savior in order to reverse our imperfection and make us perfect.

Jesus’ sacrifice was once for all. It accomplished what no animal sacrifice ever could. Jesus’ sacrifice purified the heavenly tabernacle, it dealt with sin once for all and it gives us an unshakable hope.

Under the New Covenant, believers in Jesus Christ receive great benefits needed to live the Christian life. Jesus is our Mediator, the New Covenant will never change and forgiveness is granted to all who believe!

The author of Hebrews, having laid out the limitations of the Old Covenant, now turns to the reveal how the New Covenant is unlimited. This limitlessness of the New Covenant goes further, is more valuable and cleanses deeper than we could imagine.

Under the Old Covenant, worship was limited. The Israelites could only go so far, only do so much and none of their ritual truly cleansed them of sin. But in Christ, we are unlimited in our access to Him.

What is the difference between the Old Covenant and the New? Why would we need a “New Covenant?” God made a New Covenant because the Old would not accomplish what He ultimately wanted with His people. It was unfit, unattainable and unenduring.