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Luke: To the Least, the Last, & the Lost - Luke 2.41-52 Jobey McGinty Many believe faith should make life simple. Clear answers. Easy growth. But Luke shows us a different picture. A young Jesus stays behind in the temple, and even His parents are confused and anxious. Real faith often includes tension. Questions. Waiting. The lie is that closeness to God means we always understand what He’s d...

Easter - Colossians 3.3, 4 Jobey McGinty The storm is coming for all of us. We all fail God's standard. Romans 3:12 says it plainly: "No one does good. Not even one." The wage of sin is death—judgment we can't escape through effort or goodness. But Jesus didn't just show us the standard. He lived it perfectly. And He offers to trade places with us: He takes our failures, we get credit for His perf...

Hebrews: The True and Better - Hebrews 13:14-16 Jobey McGinty We live in a world that tells us love is earned. That our worth is measured by our work, our fear managed by control, our sin balanced by effort. It sounds right. It feels familiar. But it never brings rest. Hebrews reminds us, “Here we do not have a lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.” In Jesus, our home is not built on...

Hebrews: The True and Better - Hebrews 13,8-10 Jobey McGinty Sometimes we start to believe that grace needs help. That it's not enough and we need to supplement with our own rule following, etc. Hebrews gently exposes that lie. It reminds us that our hearts are not strengthened by what we do, but by grace. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” He has not changed. His work is...

Hebrews: The True and Better - Hebrews 13:20-25 Tyler Willis We often feel the pressure to hold life together through our own strength — to work harder, try more, and fix ourselves. But Hebrews closes with a benediction that tells a better story. God is the One who brings peace, who raised Jesus from the dead, and who shepherds His people with faithful care. He is also the One who equips us with e...

Hebrews: The True and Better - Hebrews 13:7, 17-19 Jobey McGinty Many of us carry quiet wounds from church. From leaders we trusted. From people who should have cared for us. And over time, those wounds can shape how we hear Scripture… or whether we want to hear it at all. Hebrews says, “Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and i...

Hebrews: The True and Better - Hebrews 13:1-6 Jobey McGinty We all feel the pressure to do better—to love more, to get life right—and beneath that pressure sits a quiet fear that everything depends on us. Hebrews reminds us of a different way. Because of who Jesus is, because of what He has done, and because God has promised, “I will never leave you or forsake you,” we are freed to live differentl...

Hebrews: The True and Better - Hebrews 12:18-29 Jobey McGinty We all know the feeling of wanting to draw near to God but feeling unworthy or unsure. Hebrews 12 reminds us that our nearness to God isn’t based on performance or perfection. We haven’t come to Mount Sinai—a place of fear and distance—but to Jesus, and to grace. Through Christ, God invites us close, not because we are strong but becaus...

Hebrews: The True and Better - Hebrews 12.12-17 Jobey McGinty We all know the tension of wanting real change, but feeling stuck in the same patterns. We tell ourselves that repentance means trying harder, feeling worse, or cleaning ourselves up before God. But Scripture invites us into something far more hopeful. Hebrews reminds us that God’s discipline flows from love, not anger. From a Father wh...

Hebrews: The True and Better - Hebrews 12.3-11 Jobey McGinty We all long for seasons where life feels blessed. When things are working. When joy feels close. When faith feels easy. But we often assume that God’s favor only looks like comfort and clarity. We quietly believe that struggle means distance. That discipline means disapproval. That dry seasons mean God has stepped back. Hebrews reminds u...

Hebrews: The True and Better - Hebrews 12.1 Jobey McGinty We all want to finish well. But somewhere along the way, faith can feel heavy. We get tired. We stumble. We quietly wonder if endurance is really possible. The world tells us the answer is to try harder. To be stronger. To keep proving ourselves. But that lie only deepens our shame and leaves us running alone. Hebrews reminds us of a better...

Training for Godliness - Proverbs 27.6 Jobey McGinty In our journey of faith, we often struggle with the idea of training and correction. We may believe that we can grow on our own, without the guidance of others. Yet, the truth is that God designed us for community and mutual support. Proverbs 27:6 reminds us that 'Faithful are the wounds of a friend.' It’s in the loving correction of those aroun...

Training for Godliness - Psalm 150.6 Tyler Willis In our journey of faith, we often feel the weight of our prayer life. We might believe that we should have it all figured out by now, but the truth is, prayer is a continual starting line in our relationship with Jesus. Just as we breathe to live, prayer is essential for our spiritual vitality. Today, let's explore the beauty of prayer as we deepen...

Training for Godliness - 2 Timothy 3.16-17 Tyler Willis Continuing the series on Training in Godliness, we learn from 1 Timothy 4:6 that the Word of God is the essential "protein" for spiritual growth. Just as junk food harms the body, consuming the world's fear and slander trains us in anxiety. Holiness requires active training, not drifting. With the Holy Spirit as our helper, we must move from...

1 Timothy 4.1-8 Jobey McGinty We start our new year as we always do, with a short sermon series that reminds us of the basics and shines a light on critical role of the Word, Prayer, and Gospel Community in our lives. In this first sermon from Timothy, we see Paul instructing Timothy to be nourished in the words of faith. This "taking in" is the first step of training—we must feed on sound doctrin...

Psalm 107 - Jobey McGinty As we do every year, we close out 2025 remembering God's goodness to us through the lens of Psalm 107. We are reminded that if God’s steadfast love endures forever, then the redeemed of the Lord ought to say so. The Psalmist describes four types of people God redeems: the wanderers who are lost and aimless, the prisoners sitting in darkness due to rebellion, the fools suf...

Advent: Behold the True and Better - Luke 2.21-40 Jobey McGinty We conclude our Advent series by looking at Luke 2, witnessing the beautiful passing of the torch from the Old Covenant saints to the arrival of the Messiah. We look to Simeon and Anna, who faithfully waited into their old age for God's promises to be fulfilled. They remind us that Jesus is the Consolation of Israel, coming to bring c...

Advent: Behold the True and Better - Luke 2.1-52 Jobey McGinty While the world looked at Caesar Augustus as the ultimate authority, the Christmas story reveals that the heart of the king is merely a stream of water in the hand of the Lord. God ordained a global census, mobilizing millions of people and causing massive inconvenience, just to move one family from Nazareth to Bethlehem to fulfill the...

The Holy Spirit is not merely a force; He is the fully divine third Person of the Trinity, sent as our indispensable Helper, Guide, and Comforter . His primary role is applying the salvation Christ purchased directly to our lives. At conversion, the Spirit acts as our Seal and Guarantee of redemption, ensuring we possess an imperishable inheritance kept safe for us. This sealing confirms our Adopt...

Behold the True and Better - Luke 1.8-25,56-80 Tyler Willis God’s plan for redemption was not a backup plan but something foretold through the prophets. Even so, Zechariah, a priest who knew the stories of old, still doubted the angel Gabriel’s message that he and Elizabeth would have a son. His doubt reveals how our knowledge doesn’t always equal belief. But God’s faithfulness remains even when w...

Advent: Behold the True and Better - Luke 1-7, 26-55 Jobey McGinty God's strength is displayed not through earthly power, but through weakness. He came not as a superhero or a conquering king with an entourage, but as a helpless baby born to poor parents in a lowly town. This was God's plan to show that He is stronger than sin and death! Like Mary, who believed God's promise despite her humble sta...

In this class we look to further understand salvation, exploring the theological debate between  Calvinism (Reformed Theology)  and  Arminianism (Wesleyanism) , particularly focusing on the "five points" of disagreement. A central point of discussion is the nature of the  atonement , contrasting the Arminian belief in  unlimited atonement  (salvation made possible for all) with the Calvinist view...

Hebrews: The True and Better - Hebrews 11.23-28 Jobey McGinty Moses had a pretty amazing life. He had all the fame and treasure of Egypt right at his fingertips. But when he grew up, he refused it all. Why? Because he chose to get mistreated with God's people rather than enjoying the "fleeting pleasures of sin."He had an eternal perspective. By faith, he saw something the world couldn't: the "repr...

Hebrews: The True and Better - Hebrews 11.11, 12, 17-22 Jobey McGinty Faith is not about believing so strongly that God will give us what we want. That is the prosperity gospel—a lie. Instead, faith is believing and laying hold of the things God has already promised. Like Sarah, who considered God faithful even when she doubted and laughed at His promise, we must repent of cynicism and hold fast t...

Hebrews: The True and Better - Hebrews 11.7-16 Jobey McGinty The world encourages us to be ambassadors for the pleasures of this life, but we are citizens of a better, future homeland. Like Noah, who built an ark for an unseen event, and Abraham, who left his home for an unknown country, we must acknowledge that we are strangers and exiles on this earth. Our earthly pursuits are merely a path towa...