Coast Bible Church

John addresses the tension in the family of God between parents and young adults and the good that can come from it.

Pastor Tom teaches us what the Bible says about hate in a Christian's life.

Can you be a Christian and hate your brother? Learn what happens when this sin continues and is not dealt with early on.

What is new, now, about this old command, this command from the very beginning?

In his Easter message, Pastor Tom discusses the "regime change" brought about the resurrection of Jesus Christ and encourages believers to share His life and our hope with the world.

Drawing from 1 John 2:3-6, Pastor Tom teaches on the doctrine of the Trinity. "The one and the three are the mystery's key."

Be on a mission the way Jesus is on mission. What could possibly turn people like us into a person like that?

Misconceptions about how we come to know God. How do we come to know God according to John?

Misconceptions about "knowing God."

Pastor Tom preaches on how to go about reaching others for Christ.

Because we will one day find ourselves in times of crisis, Pastor Tom encourages us to invest in supportive relationships that will help us keep our focus on the Lord.

Beliefs of those who will not accept or do not believe that they are sinners and how to evangelize them.

What the "perfect" believe about themselves and God. Are you a do-gooder, a relativist, or an antinomian? What God requires of us and why in order to walk in His grace.

If you have eternal life, are you living it now? Are you walking in the light or in darkness?

Teaching on the meaning of eternal life in 1 John, Pastor Tom encourages believers to apprentice themselves to John to learn the art of living eternally.

Teaching on 1 John, Pastor Tom discusses the ideal unified, self-giving Christian community, reminding us that nothing beats becoming one in Christ.

Teaching from Romans 12:1-2, Pastor Tom discusses the meaning of "reasonable service" and worship that is pleasing to God

In Part 2 of his message on peace, Pastor Tom reminds us that restoring peace to our lives begins with crying out to God.

Drawing from Psalm 128 and Leviticus 7, Pastor Tom illustrates the components necessary for peace by comparing them to various parts of a bicycle.

In his New Year's Day message, Doug Harrison exhorts believers to "do life" together (in worship, prayer, exhortation, and fellowship) mindful of the tremendous impact we can have on each other.

In the second of his Advent messages, Pastor Tom continues discussing how things get shaken up when God arrives, reminding us that the good of God's future is worth the troubles of His present.

Illustrating from Matthew 2:13-23, Pastor Tom reminds us that God's arrival shakes things up, encouraging us to remember that, when crisis comes, God hasn't abandoned us, He's just arrived.

Teaching on Ephesians 6:18-20, Pastor Tom compares a routine, "fast food" type of prayer life with a prayer life that is so rich, variegated, and engaging that it is like a "sumptuous feast."

Teaching on the sword of the Spirit in Ephesians, Ch. 6, Pastor Tom cautions against allowing the "spirit of the age" to operate insidiously on our imaginations, immobilizing and blinding us to the truth of our robust inheritance--present and future--in Jesus Christ.

Teaching on the sword of the Spirit in Ephesians, Ch. 6, Pastor Tom cautions against allowing the "spirit of the age" to operate insidiously on our imaginations, immobilizing and blinding us to the truth of our robust inheritance--present and future--in Jesus Christ.