Citadel Square Sermons

Pastor Steve Heron kicks off the fall season with a new discipleship sub-series on Luke 9 called Training The Twelve and preaches from Luke 9:1-9. As Jesus prepares for his departure, the disciples step into their final training for ministry. Modeling their ministry after their Lord, the disciples are sent out to preach and to heal. Meanwhile, Herod, confused about all that is happening, asks the...

Pastor Steve Lindenmeyer continues our Luke series, Jesus: The Savior of the World, and preaches from Luke 8:40-56. This week we will see the power of Jesus over the physical world as he heals a woman with an incurable disease and raises a girl from the dead. We will see the desperation of two individuals in need and the compassion of Christ to heal them, not only physically, but spiritually. This...

Pastor AJ Rankin continues our Luke series, Jesus: The Savior of the World, and preaches from Luke 8:26-39. Jesus and his disciples sail to a Gentile region where they are met by the demon-possessed man. We have seen Jesus exercise his authority over the wind and the waves, and here we see his power over a legion of demons. When Jesus delivers the man from demonic possession, he is transformed by...

Pastor Steve Heron continues our Luke series, Jesus: The Savior of the World, and preaches from Luke 8:22-25. In another scene in a boat with his disciples, Jesus calms the wind and the waves. The disciples are first desperate in the face of certain death and then stunned and fearful at the power of Jesus. Revealing yet another aspect of his divinity, Jesus rebukes them for their lack of faith. Th...

Pastor Steve Heron continues our Luke series, Jesus: The Savior of the World, and preaches from Luke 8:16-21. As Jesus continues his discussion on how we hear the word, he gives a parable and a personal example. While our relationship with the word creates illumination and understanding, Jesus also invites us to consider how the word rearranges our most significant relationships. Even Jesus' famil...

Pastor Steve Heron continues our Luke series, Jesus: The Savior of the World, and preaches from Luke 8:4-15. In the most essential and important of the parables, Jesus helps the disciples see the importance of the word's place in their ministry. Our willingness to not merely hear the word but to hold on to the word amid the seasons of life is illustrated through the use of a parable about sowers a...

Pastor Steve Heron continues our Luke series, Jesus: The Savior of the World, and preaches from Luke 8:1-3. While Jesus has chosen twelve men to be his apostles earlier in his gospel account, Luke takes a few verses to show us how several women experience Jesus and invest in providing for his ministry through sacrificial generosity. Luke invites us to consider the significant role women play in mi...

Pastor Steve Heron continues our Luke series, Jesus: The Savior of the World, and preaches from Luke 7:36-50. Our hearts are tied to what we love. No one knows this more than those who have invested their heart into things, people, and hopes that have let them down. In a familiar story around a dinner table, Jesus invites a Pharisee to consider that the experience of forgiveness has the power to t...

Pastor Steve Heron continues our Luke series, Jesus: The Savior of the World, and preaches from Luke 7:24-35. While John's messengers return to strengthen John's faith, Jesus teaches the crowds concerning the ministry of John. Reminding them that John is the fulfillment of Malachi's prophesy, Jesus also confirms his own identity. Criticizing the response of the people to both John and Jesus, Jesus...

Addison Hamrick, our Student Ministry Director, continues our Luke series, Jesus: The Savior of the World, and preaches from Luke 7:18-23. News of Jesus’ ministry gets back to John the Baptist in prison. Instead of strengthening his faith, it causes him to doubt if Jesus is the promised one for whom God’s people are waiting. John the Baptist reflects many of us. Faith can feel challenging when the...

Jonathan Suggs, one of our Pastoral Residents, continues our Luke series, Jesus: The Savior of the World, and preaches from Luke 7:11-17. As Jesus’ popularity is exploding, He travels south to a small town. There, He encounters and enters into the heart-wrenching pain of a woman who has lost everything. Luke gives us a glimpse into the heart of our Lord towards people with problems too big for the...

Pastor Steve Heron continues our Luke series, Jesus: The Savior of the World, and preaches from Luke 7:1-10. Luke places the story of the centurion and his servant immediately after Jesus's instruction to his disciples. This story of remarkable faith gives us a pattern for how our own life is to be lived. Absent the visible presence of Jesus, this man believes that the authority and power of Jesus...

Pastor Steve Heron continues our Luke series, Jesus: The Savior of the World, and preaches from Luke 6:39-49. In Jesus' next teaching for those that would follow him, he gives three brief pictures related to how we see, how we speak, and how we hear. These parables give us images to consider and warnings of real spiritual danger. But most of all, Jesus encourages us to train our spiritual senses t...

This Sunday, Pastor Steve Heron continues our Luke series, Jesus: The Savior of the World, and preaches from Luke 6:27-38. In this passage, we’ll see how Jesus continues to train and prepare his disciples for their experience in the world as they follow him. He moves from the consequences of a life lived for Jesus to the character that every disciple is called to. Jesus shows us that spiritual for...

Pastor AJ Rankin continues our Luke series, Jesus: The Savior of the World, and preaches from Luke 6:17-26. Jesus descends from the mountain with his newly appointed apostles to teach and heal the crowds and disciples gathering around him. In this section, Jesus pronounces blessings upon those who live by the upside-down way of the kingdom and pronounces woes upon those who live according to the w...

Pastor Steve Lindenmeyer continues our Luke series, Jesus: The Savior of the World, and preaches from Luke 6:12-16. Jesus demonstrates his dependence on the Father as he selects the twelve disciples. This diverse group of men has a unified calling as they are sent out to preach the gospel. God will take these ordinary men and do extraordinary work through them as he establishes the foundation of t...

Pastor Steve Heron continues our Luke series, Jesus: The Savior of the World, and preaches from Luke 6:1-11. If it's not feasting, and it's not fasting, what about the Sabbath? Facing another accusation from the religious leaders of his day, Jesus addresses breaking the Sabbath. Jesus shows us that the Sabbath isn't merely a rule to keep but a rest and blessing that finds its ultimate expression i...

Pastor Steve Heron continues our Luke series, Jesus: The Savior of the World, and preaches from Luke 5:33-39. If Jesus can be criticized for feasting with the sinners, he can also be criticized for refusing to follow the religious practices of his day. Fasting demonstrates a dependence on God like nothing else, but Jesus shows us that there are times when fasting is inappropriate. Using several il...

Pastor Steve Heron continues our Luke series, Jesus: The Savior of the World, and preaches from Luke 5:27-32. Luke captures another dramatic moment where Levi, the tax collector, leaves everything to follow the call of Jesus. While Jesus eats with Levi and all his friends, the religious leaders struggle that Jesus would welcome those who are sinners. Jesus reminds us, that as doctors welcome the s...

This Sunday, Pastor Steve Heron continues our Luke series, Jesus: The Savior of the World, and will preach from Luke 5:17-26. In one of the more well-known passages in all the Scriptures, some friends dig through a roof to get a paralyzed man to Jesus. Jesus has the audacity to respond to their faith with a proclamation of forgiveness which shocks the religious leaders. Their skepticism over Jesus...

Pastor Steve Heron continues our Luke series, Jesus: The Savior of the World, and preaches from Luke 5:12-16. Luke has recounted Jesus's power over demons and sickness, but there was nothing so feared and shameful as leprosy. It was a death sentence that moved its victims to the margins of society. In an emotional dialogue between Jesus and a leper, we discover that Jesus is not only able to heal...

We resume our series, Jesus: The Savior of the World. Pastor Steve Heron preaches from Luke 5:1-11. Luke introduces us to the calling of the first disciples – men who walked, talked, and were trained by Jesus. In an incredible story of Christ's sufficiency and power, Luke shows us the miracle that causes these men to drop everything and follow Jesus. Jesus' word of power creates an incredible catc...

Pastor Steve Heron preaches on Matthew 28:1-15. At the empty tomb, we hear the message that will create the church, that will invite sinners into a relationship with God, and cause the hearts of all who believe to rejoice. Matthew shows us two women who encounter the empty tomb and whose message invites others into faith in what Christ has done. We also see the chief priests create their own versi...

Pastor Steve Heron preaches on Matthew 27:32-44. For Good Friday, we spend time reflecting on the crucifixion scene. Surrounded by enemies and those that deride him, we hear Jesus make no defense as accusations fly and watch as he entrusts himself to the plan of his Heavenly Father. Doubters look on as he shows what it means to be a faithful Son.

This Sunday is Palm Sunday, and Pastor Steve Heron will preach from Matthew 21:1-11. Jesus draws near Jerusalem, beginning the final week of his life. Surprisingly, he enters the city amidst the shouts and rejoicing of the crowds on a donkey. What does this picture tell us about Jesus? Why do the cries of “Hosanna” turn so quickly to “Crucify Him!”? As we enter Holy Week, we will consider what tru...