Church at the Armory

America just celebrated her 250th birthday. Can she make it to 500? A politician may answer that question by talking about healthcare, education, the economy, or national security. But this is a pastor’s take. If we want America to make it to her 500th birthday, there are three things we must protect, preserve, and regain.

There is a cause: a cause for creation and life itself, and a cause for our salvation. Light. Life. The cause of Christ. That is the cause the Church must hold dear. This message explores the cosmological argument for the existence of God and how that truth reaches down into the life of the believer.

Inaugurated Eschatology is a theological framework that helps believers understand where we are in the biblical timeline—living after the cross and awaiting the Day of the Lord. Understanding what has already been accomplished and what has not yet come, but is still to come, helps protect us from theological error and disillusionment. This message serves as a general introduction to this important...

The New Covenant has a specific locality: the heart. The heart is the inner self, the true self. It is the center of our thoughts, desires, affections, and will. It has the capacity for both good and evil, truth and deception, faith and unbelief. The good news of the New Covenant is that God promises to give His people a new heart. This message explores the key to receiving that new heart. How can...

Are we under the Law? The answer is yes and no. But really, that’s an incomplete question. We are under the Law of Christ (Paul’s words). In this Pentecost Sunday message, celebrating when the Law was given to Moses on Mt. Sinai, we will look at the “law” that we, as New Covenant believers, ARE under.

Amy Burns is the Executive Director of the Hannah Pregnancy Center, a local resource for women facing the needs of pregnancy. Guided by a Christ-centered approach, the center’s mission is to provide life-affirming services that empower, enhance, and support individuals at every stage of life. This is a full-circle testimony from Amy that is sure to encourage you or someone you know.

Most often, we view the gospel of Jesus Christ as a means of entering heaven or avoiding hell. But God’s intention has always been to know His people and to be known by them. This message is about that, and it will also include our communion service.

There’s a key insight that is often overlooked when it comes to Jesus overcoming the testing and temptation in the wilderness. He overcame by using Scripture, but what Scripture did He use? The commandments, specifically those found in Deuteronomy 6 and 8. What does this teach us about overcoming our own temptations and tests?

Psalms 22, 23, and 24 form a powerful “Christ arc,” carrying the reader from the cross to the ascension of Jesus. Together, they paint a stunning prophetic picture of His final days on earth. See these Psalms in a way you may have never seen before.

How to win in the wilderness. The wilderness doesn’t define you, it refines you.

This Easter message presents the Gospel of Christ, the One who was, and is, and is to come. This is a simple clear salvation message for anyone who needs to hear it.

This message explores both the Palm Sunday crowd and the crucifixion crowd, Romans and Jews alike. It challenges us to consider how we categorize people, especially those we deem evil or comparable to those who stood at the foot of the cross and mocked Jesus. Do we truly see people as redeemable?

As we approach Passion Week, this sermon focuses on the moment when Jesus needed help. The image of Simon carrying the cross is an intentional picture given to the Church, revealing that God chooses to co-labor with humanity in the fulfillment of His eternal plans and purposes, as displayed through the gospel.

This is the story of two different kings making offers to Abram in Genesis 14. The king of Sodom and the king of Salem present Abram with a choice that feels very familiar to us all. It reveals what Abram believed about who his true source was, and the choice he makes takes his faith journey to the next level.

The moon is not a source of light; it reflects the light of the sun. This sermon is about reflecting God’s light in a dark world. Drawn from 1 Peter 3 and Peter’s words to a suffering church, it presents a code of conduct for Christians living in dark times.

Wendell Miller, a former missionary and local church pastor, shares stories from his missionary journeys and an important lesson on The Art of Forgetting . This message is sure to encourage you and give you hope!

Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that studies knowledge. In simple terms, it asks: How do we know what we know? What is the source or foundation of our knowledge or beliefs. This message is meant to reaffirm our epistemological confidence in the Word of God as the thing we stand on for knowledge, wisdom and our worldview.

There are many titles given to the Messiah in the Old Testament: Mighty Warrior, Cornerstone, Branch, Son of Man, Redeemer, and Deliverer, to name just a few. But have you ever considered one of the more obscure titles given to Him: the Tent Peg? This message explores that powerful and often-overlooked image. I also highly recommend the book Gospel of the Skull Crusher by Joel Richardson, which I...

When death comes to those we love, we have “more than a memory”, we have a hope. This message is about that hope: the resurrection of the dead, because He was resurrected from the dead, what Paul calls “a fact.”

This message examines the four covenants given to Israel in the Old Testament, the fourth of which is the New Covenant. It explores the New Covenant in a way you may not have considered before.

This message asks a simple yet profound question: Who is the aggressor, the Church, or the “gates of hell”? The classic discourse of Matthew 16 is approached with a fresh perspective.

This sermon from Pastor Andrew Runnels focuses on what we are to do when we are between the promise and fulfillment. Using David’s life as a lesson, we can see that the journey to receiving fulfillment is not as simple as making things happen, but instead a commitment to repent when we stray from dependence on God.

This Christmas message explores the birth of Christ through the lens of His home town Nazareth. It’s more than just His history, it’s Bible prophesy hiding in plain sight.

Abram (Abraham) is known as the father of our faith. He believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness. But what exactly did he believe? Was it merely what God would do in his own future, or did he recognize how God was using him to fulfill a prophecy from the past? This sermon explores the true nature of Abraham’s faith and what it was ultimately all about.

This sermon walks us through the flood and the righteous line from Noah to Shem to Abram. Along the way, we see God establish a covenant, the first mention of a covenant in Scripture, and we continue tracing the seed line that will ultimately bring forth the One who will crush the serpent’s skull.