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A study of Proverbs 6 on diligence vs. laziness (sloth), the sluggard, and biblical wisdom for hard work. This sermon explores the ant as a model of diligence, examines seven diagnostic markers of sloth from Proverbs, and turns to 1 & 2 Thessalonians for three biblical pathways to growth: abiding in Christ, godly community, and God-given assignments. Topics covered: Proverbs 6:6-11, laziness i...

In this sermon, Pastor Carl Gulley explores what happens when the fear of the Lord and the love of God are held together, drawing on Isaiah 6, Proverbs 19:23, Psalm 111:10, Psalm 112:1-2, Proverbs 8:13, and Philippians 2:8-11. Using Isaiah's throne room encounter as the central text, Gulley challenges listeners to move beyond two common distortions of God: either treating Him as a distant, wrathfu...

In this Father's Day sermon, Pastor Carl Gully uses the metaphor of natural horsemanship to explore how God pursues relationship with His children through love rather than force. Key themes include God as Father, trust and trauma healing, steadfast love and faithfulness, the character of true authority and the difference between slavery and friendship with God. Drawing from Proverbs 3:3-4, the mes...

Drawing from Proverbs 24:3-4, Pastor Zach Daniel teaches that the same wisdom, understanding and knowledge God used to create the cosmos is available to every family today, an invitation to bring God to the center of family life. The fear of the Lord becomes the cornerstone that secures a household, marriage is cultivated through both delight and discipline and parents are called to mirror God's l...

In this message from Proverbs 13:20, we are invited to discover what the Bible teaches about choosing good friends and becoming a good friend. Friendship is not passive; it requires intentionality and developed skills. The book of Proverbs offers practical wisdom on how to cultivate godly friendships and become the kind of friend God calls us to be.

In this message from Proverbs, Mick Murray defines the difference between the wise and the fool, noting that it comes down to a posture of listening. Drawing from over a dozen passages in Proverbs, the sermon traces a consistent thread: the wise receive commandments, desire to understand, heed advice and restrain their words, while the foolish talk too much, vent without restraint and dismiss or e...

Pastor Mick Murray opened our summer series through Proverbs, asking the question, "Where are we spurning wisdom today that might lead to burning the house down in the future?" Drawing from Proverbs 1:1-7, he defined wisdom as hearing God's Word and walking in His ways, a definition that finds its fullest expression in Jesus Christ, whom Paul calls "the wisdom of God." He unpacks what wisdom is, w...

Pastor Carl Gulley delivers a Graduation Sunday message rooted in Isaiah 55:11, reminding graduates and the church that while we do not have what it takes in our own strength, the Word of God does. Through stories of his mother faithfully praying Scripture over their family, Jesus using Scripture in the wilderness, and Jason Ramos’ testimony of transformation, Carl called believers to pray God’s W...

Maddie Echols delivered a message rooted in her own profound loss of her son, Houston Blaze, who lived only 30 minutes after being born in October 2024 following a fatal in utero diagnosis. Rather than offering easy comfort, she made the case that Jesus is not a distant God but a Man of Sorrows who enters fully into our pain, and invites us to do the same through the biblical practice of lament.

Pastor Jason Ramos brought a message rooted in Ephesians 5:8 and the healing of a blind man in Mark 8, showing that in Christ we are not merely rescued from darkness but transferred into an entirely new kingdom (Colossians 1:13). Using the blind man's two-stage healing and his own testimony of freedom from addiction, Pastor Jason called us to stop tolerating the fruitless deeds of darkness and to...

Pastor Jeremy King revealed that the Armor of God in Ephesians 6 is not just a metaphor but the Father's own armor, the very protection God wore when He fought for His people in Isaiah 59, now given to us as sons and daughters adopted into His family through the blood of Jesus. Yet many believers still struggle to walk in that armor because they are still wearing the armor of their old kingdom, th...

God designed power to flow outward, lifting others rather than securing ourselves. In this message, we redefine power as influence, something every person carries in every relationship, shaping people and environments through words, presence and choices. From the Garden, where humanity was free to help others flourish, to the distortion of power through sin and insecurity, this teaching traces how...

In Ephesians 5:1–15, Pastor Mick Murray called the church to live from a secure, God-given identity before addressing the hard realities of sexual immorality, impurity and covetousness. In Christ, we are fully forgiven and invited to imitate the Father as beloved children. True biblical love, rooted in the self-giving sacrifice of Christ, stands in direct contrast to sexual immorality, which at it...

In this message from Ephesians 4:17-32, the Apostle Paul calls the church to remember their baptism not merely as a spiritual milestone, but as a living map for how to walk every day in a manner worthy of God's calling. Using this imagery of the early church's baptismal practice, he shows that believers have put off the old self and have been united with Christ in both His death and His resurrecti...

In Ephesians 4, the apostle Paul marks a pivotal turn from the first three chapters of the letter, which focused on our extraordinary riches in Christ, to chapters four and five, which focus on how we are to walk in light of those riches. Because of everything Jesus has done for us, we are invited into a new way of life: walking in a manner worthy of our calling. This walk is not a solo journey bu...

If you have ever wondered whether God truly loves you, whether He sees your pain and still cares, you are not alone. In Ephesians 3:14-21, the Apostle Paul drops to his knees and prays one of the most powerful prayers in Scripture, asking God to make His love not just a fact we believe but a reality we actually experience. This message is an invitation into that same prayer. Paul prays for two thi...

In Ephesians 2, Paul reminds us of the sobering reality of our condition apart from Christ. We were dead in our trespasses and sins, following the course of this world and the prince of the power of the air. Like Adam and Eve in Genesis 3, we crossed God’s boundary and deserved justice. Yet into that hopeless condition comes one of the most powerful phrases in Scripture: “But God.” Because of His...

This message reminds us that God's promises and purposes for our lives have no expiration date. Drawing from the life of Abraham, who was called by God at age 75, the sermon challenges us to believe that we are heirs of a promise that stretches to the ends of the earth. Whether we are young or old, God still has a significant role for each of us in His kingdom work. Three truths are highlighted in...

In this message, Zach Daniel teaches from Ephesians 1 about the Apostle Paul, who even while imprisoned carried the Ephesian church on his heart and consistently prayed for them. Like the Old Testament priests who wore breastplates with 12 stones representing the tribes of Israel, Paul carried the names of believers before the Lord in prayer. He demonstrates for us what it means to have a ministry...

This message casts vision for the new season at Antioch, centered on God's heart for His family. The biblical theme of family runs from Genesis through Revelation. The church is called to be a healthy, grace-filled family that brings other orphans in, learning to live under God the Father's rule and reign together. The promise of the Holy Spirit is not just for us individually, but for our childre...

This message calls us back to the foundational question that shapes everything else in our faith journey: who is Jesus? Pastor Jimmy shared about his encounter with Mark Zuckerberg in 2017, where he identified four questions everyone is asking, whether they realize it or not: Who is God? Who am I? Who are my people? What is my purpose? While the world offers countless solutions to these questions...

This sermon calls believers to recognize and resist the many distractions that dull our spiritual hunger and pull our focus away from God. It invites us to reflect on the challenge of living faithfully in a world filled with constant interruptions, drawing connections between our present struggles and those faced by biblical figures and saints throughout history. The message reminds us that distra...

In this message, Pastor Carl Gulley teaches on Psalm 85, a prayer of longing for the arrival of a King. Written by the sons of Korah, whose father rebelled against Moses and died when the ground opened up, this psalm carries profound weight. These are people who had no right to write Scripture, yet God's grace allowed them to pen 12 chapters of our Bible. Their cry, "Will you not revive us again?"...

This message from Pastor Carl Gulley invites us into a powerful truth that the God of the universe does not force His presence on humanity. Instead, He waits to be wanted. Drawing from Isaiah 44:3 and the pattern of God's movement throughout history, we're reminded that revival and fresh outpourings of God's Spirit come when people genuinely hunger for His presence.