Gospel Life Sermons

Jesus is THE Savior of the World. Faith brings us to seek Him and His word draws us to know Him. Nothing is outside of His saving grace.

Evangelism is an intimidating thing for many believers and something we either misunderstand or avoid entirely. Jesus invites us to consider the joy of evangelism in his interaction with the woman at the well and we’re invited to look to Jesus, share Jesus, and be satisfied in Jesus as we tell the world about him! 

Today’s text follows Jesus offering living water to a woman at the well – but in doing so – Jesus first needs to expose her deepest issue that will keep her from receiving it – SHAME. Shame covers people and constantly says to people, “you didn’t just do wrong, BUT you are wrong.” And this is how shame becomes our identity and keeps us from receiving living water. When “I am wrong” becomes WHO I A...

We are all searching for satisfaction and we try to find it in hundreds of ways. Jesus offers all of us, who are weary from the sins we commit and the shame we carry, true and lasting satisfaction. He offers us Himself and if we have Him, then we have Life, that is full and eternal.

Our attitude toward the truth determines the outcome of our lives. If we don’t love the truth, if we resist it, we resist salvation. But if we do love the truth then we embrace salvation and we receive the reward: the crown of life.

So much of our anger, sadness, coldness, critical-spirit, and refusal to forgive arises because we’ve forgotten who we are and we’re expecting the world to treat us like we’re the groom, but it’s not our party, it’s not our story! JESUS is the groom! Jesus is the Hero! And John knew this and that’s the secret! John is content in life and full of joy because he’s accepted the reality that it’s not...

John 3:16 gives us the good news of what we can saved for but John 3:17-21 invites us to consider what we can be saved from. In this, the gospel doesn't just give us hope for eternal life-the gospel also gives us God's promise of salvation from the punishment and power of our sin!

John 3:16 is spoken by Jesus himself and is part of a “night-time” conversation that Jesus is having with a religious leader named Nicodemus. In an authentic dialogue with Jesus, Nicodemus (the main religious teacher in all of Israel during the time of Jesus) is having his whole perception of God and having relationship with Him flipped on its head. In short, Nicodemus is learning that salvation h...

If the Gospel of John was written that we might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. Then it is very important that we understand WHAT believe means, HOW belief happens and WHO belief is given to. Jesus addresses these things in this passage and shows us that WE ARE BORN AGAIN and brought to BELIEF by grace and grace alone.

Jesus does not deal kindly with extra biblical requirements or religious obstacles to enjoying the relational realities of the New Covenant with God made possible through His life, death and resurrection.

Jesus delivers to us a NEW COVENANT by his perfect life lived, substitutionary life died, and bodily resurrection from the dead – all of this is a gift of grace, to be received by faith, that when received makes sinners supernaturally children of God.

Biblical Soul Care is the process of entering into a loving relationship with another person to help them understand their sin and suffering biblically and apply the good news of Jesus Christ to their lives by faith. We all need this type of care and every believer is called to extend this care one another. Join us as we learn what this looks like, why it matters, and what it means to be a church...

The suffering of Jesus our Savior didn’t begin on the cross, it began at his birth and continued to all the way to his death, and it was all for our redemption and salvation. 

Darkness is everywhere and we get discouraged when we consider the sin, suffering and evil of this world. We need something to light up that darkness and it can’t be our Christmas lights, our cell phone lights, or our spotlights. We need the True Light, Jesus Christ, to come and at Christmas we remember that this Light has broken through the darkness! And if Jesus is the Light, you and I don’t nee...

We chase empty things this time of year that leave us feeling disillusioned and without hope. This season, may we instead worship Jesus in His righteousness and be filled with joyful hope as eternal citizens of his Kingdom. He is our true north.   

What happens when we try to be our own little kings and queens and what happens when we place our hope in the rulers of this earth? We don’t have to look any further than the book of Isaiah to learn that brokenness, sorrow, and despair follow those that try to rule their own lives. However, there is hope! In the midst of their sin, God gives his people the promise of a Wonderful King, a Mighty Kin...

Jesus calls His first disciples. They are not who we would choose if the goal was to get your message to the whole world through them. But He shows His great and glorious grace, by choosing the weak and foolish things in this world to shame the strong and wise.

In children’s books, John the Baptist is usually portrayed as having long shaggy hair, a scuffled beard and he’s often seen eating a steady diet of wild honey and dried locusts. All this may be true, but God’s Word wants us to know that his appearance certainly wasn’t the most important thing about him. This passage shows us that John the Baptist was the last prophet pointing to Jesus and it will ...

The good news that God would provide a way for sinners to be reconciled to himself was first proclaimed in the Garden of Eden. When Adam and Eve sinned, God promised the seed of the woman would be born who would bring victory over sin and its inevitable effects - death. Then the rest of the OT traces this promised seed of God, all the while reminding us of God’s grace and mercy and sovereign plan...

John doesn’t start his gospel account with a genealogy, a background, or even the story of the birth of Christ. John’s gospel starts with this: “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God...” John wants us to know from the start that Jesus is God and he uses John 1:1-13 to give us 19 more doctrinal statements about the person and work of Jesus Christ in order that...

The reason John wrote this account of the life of Jesus can be summarized in one word: BELIEVE. Our culture is big on belief, you could say there is a belief in belief. But John invites us into something more. In this sermon we will answer three questions: What do we need to believe? What does it mean to believe? And why do we need to believe not just in belief, but believe in Jesus? 

The King has given his servants resource and charged them to "engage in business until I come." Having woke up this morning and seeing that He hasn't yet returned means there is more business to do! How will you use your money, calendar, and energy to engage in Kingdom business until the King returns?

God gives us everything we own and enjoy, meaning everything we have is His. If only the Church used what it had for the Glory of God and the serving of others, the way the world uses what it has to serve self… We start to use what we have for His Glory and other's good when we clearly see what Jesus has done on our behalf. Jesus PAID IT ALL. ALL TO HIM WE OWE. 

This story and subsequent parable invite us to consider how God’s grace forms, fuels and guides God’s people to love generously. In fact, Jesus Christ came to save big sinners and when those big sinners receive God’s grace, the worst of sinners become the most generous saints!

A disciple becomes generous when they remember the gospel that contains the power to propel them to distribute the mercy and grace they are regularly receiving from God - to the glory of Jesus and good of others!