Covenant Fellowship Baptist Church Sermons

Pastor Matt continued our series on the Gospel of John today with a look at the second half of chapter 14, where Jesus promises the Holy Spirit, as we learn more about the importance of the Holy Spirit in fulling our relationship to God and experiencing all that he would have for us.

Elder Shawn Bergen continued our series on the Gospel of John today with a look at the first part of Chapter 14, where Jesus talks about the necessity, value, and the purpose of following after him and trusting in him as the Son of God.

Associate Pastor Matt Gille continued our sermon series on the Gospel of John today with a look at the passage where Jesus declares himself to be "the way, the truth, and the life," as we see and learn more about the blessed assurances that we have in God through our understanding of this fact.

Pastor Matt spoke from the 13th chapter of John today, where Jesus gives us a new commandment and predicts Peter's denial as we learn more deeply about what it means to glorify God and to love one another—a process which involves far more selflessness and sacrifice than we might have imagined.

Continuing our series on the Gospel of John, Pastor Matt spoke from a passage in chapter 13 where Jesus washes his disciples' feet, and we learn much about the nature and importance of servanthood in the Kingdom of God.

Pastor Matt took us through the end of Chapter 12 today in our series on the Gospel of John, where we learn more about what it means to be a committed follower of Jesus and how important it is to promptly respond to the voice of Jesus when He speaks to us.

Pastor Jay continued our series on the Gospel of John today with a look at Jesus' triumphant entry to Jerusalem and his teaching on what it means to follow him through losing possession of your own life.

Pastor Matt continued our series on the Gospel of John today with a passage from the first part of chapter twelve, in which Jesus is anointed by Mary; and we learn much about why and how to follow Jesus, as well as what a living relationship with Jesus begins to looks like once it's genuine.

Elder Shawn covered all of chapter 11 today in our series on the Gospel of John, in which Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead and we learn the many reasons to follow Jesus, trusting in His timing for all things as an eternal sense of strength.

Pastor Matt covered all of chapter 10 today in our series on the Gospel of John, in which Jesus is compared to the idea of the Good Shepherd, and we learn how following the guidance of our shepherd makes all the difference in life, especially as he continues to guide us each day.

Pastor Matt covered all of Chapter 9 today where Jesus heals a man born blind, and we learn much about the difference between the spiritually blind Pharisees who remained in sin and the physically blind person who was healed.

Pastor Matt covered the rest of Chapter 8 today in our series on the Gospel of John, discussing the various feasts of Israel and the extent to which Jesus came to set us free from a life of bondage to sin and errant wondering.

Pastor Matt spoke on the first part of the eighth chapter of John today, dealing with the story of the woman caught in adultery and looking at the ways in which this story also relates to our own personal walk with the Lord.

Pastor Matt resumed our series on the Gospel of John today with a talk on all of Chapter 7, covering the Feast of Booths and the ways in which this chapter illustrates the supremacy of Jesus in all things as well as the nature of what it means to be in relationship to him in life. 

On this Easter Sunday, Pastor Matt took a break from our series on the Gospel of John to discuss the miracle of the resurrection and the profound significance that this event has over our daily lives.

On this Palm Sunday, Pastor Jay took a break from our series on the Gospel of John to speak from the passage in Matthew where Jesus enters Jerusalem, drawing out the deep significance of this event and the basic distinction that it illustrates between the fear of man and the fear of God. 

Pastor Matt covered all of chapter 6 today in our series on the Gospel of John, discussing the miracles of feeding the 5,000 and of walking on water, as well as the way in which this passage of scripture ties into the theme of Passover (revealing much about the nature of Jesus and who he is as the "Bread of Life").

Pastor Jay covered the rest of Chapter 5 today in our series on the Gospel of John, discussing the authority of Jesus over the leaders and traditions of his time, and the extent to which that same authority still exists presently over each one of our lives.

Pastor Matt got us started on Chapter 5 this week in our series on the Gospel of John, discussing the miracle of Jesus healing the paraplegic man by the pool on the Sabbath, and the many issues of faith that this story illustrates about Jesus' ministry.

Pastor Matt finished chapter 4 today in our series on the Gospel of John, taking a look at the distinction between miracles and signs and how the former can often become an unnecessary hindrance to finding a life of true faith in God.

Pastor Matt takes us most of the way through Chapter 4 today in our current series on the Gospel of John, discussing the story of the woman at the well in Samaria, where we begin to see the kind of radical grace and love that Jesus' ministry would come to represent. 

Elder Shawn Bergen continued our series on the Gospel of John today with a look at the story of Jesus and Nicodemus, where we see Jesus giving the instruction that we all must be "born again" if we are to enter the Kingdom of God.

Pastor Matt continued our sermon series on the Gospel of John today with a look at the miracle of Jesus turning water into wine, in order to illustrate the nature of who Jesus was and what he means to us.

Pastor Matt resumed our sermon series on the Gospel of John today, with a look at what it means to follow the call of Jesus and to be be his disciple, as modeled upon the initial call of Jesus to his first disciples and various talking points throughout scripture.

We took a break from our series on the Gospel of John today in order to receive a message from our special guest Dr. Samuel Thomas, in which he relied primarily on the book of James to illustrate the evidence of a faith that is genuine and healthy.