Covenant Grace Church

How are we to be transformed by the renewing our minds? We must think rightly about ourselves by growing in humility and grace, and we must think rightly about the church, a union and communion of believers using their gifts to bless one another and display the Gospel to the world. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on August 15, 2021.

Our Missionary Identity: 4 Maxims 1. No one believes the Gospel without being told the Gospel. 2. Your scars for the mission are beautiful. 3. You are simply the messenger. 4. Trust the power of the message. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on July 25, 2021.

Why did Israel reject their Messiah? What did human self-righteousness have to do with it? What is self-righteousness? How can it keep us from knowing and loving God? What can be done about it? This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on July 18, 2021.

The covenant promise of baptism is meant to strengthen our faith. In it we are reminded that we are clean in Jesus–our moral stain has been removed, we are new in Jesus–our immoral heart has been replaced, and we our filled with the Holy Spirit–we are no longer powerless against sin. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on July 11, 2021.

God is faithful to His promises! How is this demonstrated through His sovereign election of all believers? Knowing that God's choice wasn't based upon our goodness or "good" works should humble us and give us confidence and courage as we share the Gospel with a lost world. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on July 4, 2021.

If you could have one wish, what would it be? How about "God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose"! How can we know & trust this promise? Because God is unleakingly sovereign, shockingly brilliant and incomparably good. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on June 20, 2021.

It seems the prayer life for most Christians can be a struggle. Romans 8:26-27 brings great encouragement, showing us why the Holy Spirit helps us in prayer and how the Spirit helps us. This message was preached by Pastor Josh White on June 13, 2021.

What is this world and our lives coming to? God's answer: Incomparable Glory! Yet while we wait... the creation is groaning for this glory. And we groan not only because we suffer but because we've tasted the first fruits of our future glory with Christ. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on June 06, 2021.

What does it mean to be adopted by God? How does the Father, Son & Holy Spirit participate in our adoption and what is the outworking of this reality in the life of a believer? This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on May 30, 2021.

The Ascension reminds us that Jesus is right now reigning in heaven with all authority to empower us, His church, to live for Him here on earth. And He has showered gifts upon us through the Holy Spirit so that we might be equipped to do the work of the ministry. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on May 16, 2021.

Christians have always been resident exiles on this earth. How should we live as we sojourn here? Jeremiah gives us five (5) strategies so that we might not only live but thrive as strangers and aliens in a foreign land on Mission with our dear Savior. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on May 9, 2021.

The Gospel does not leave us "saved" but "enslaved." Rather, in and through the Gospel we experience true freedom. The answer to Paul's cry of despair (Romans 7:24) is a call to believe in the Gospel and its power to free us from habitual sin and trust in the Holy Spirit's to enable us to live out our life in Christ. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on May 2, 2021.

What can we expect when we rely on the Law or on our own power in our fight with sin? Utter failure (i.e. Romans 7). The Law is no match for sin's power; we are no match for sin's power. The Gospel is the only remedy for sin's power. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on April 25, 2021.

True freedom is the desire to do what's right and the ability to do it. However, to be truly free from habitual sin we must hate it and allow Christ His rightful place on the throne of our heart. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on April 18, 2021.

Can we be set free from habitual sin? Yes, unlimited grace doesn't just forgive us, but also frees us! Grace empowers our efforts through our union with Christ. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on April 11, 2021.

How would you answer these questions? Where did we and all of our world come from? What went wrong with us and the world? How will the world be made right? How can we be made right? Paul answers these critical questions in Romans 5 by looking at the story of Adam and the story of Christ. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on March 28, 2021.

Before Christ, we were ungodly, sinners, enemies of God and helpless to do anything about it. What was God's response? He sent His Son to the cross in a great cosmic swap: our sin for His righteousness. Let us rejoice and exalt in God. This message was preached by Pastor Marcelo Tolopilo on March 21, 2021.

With God as our greatest treasure, we experience the happy anticipation of the full revealing of God's glory; we are able to rejoice in our suffering because it is producing endurance, proven character and hope; and God gives us His Holy Spirit who pours God's love into our hearts. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on March 14, 2021.

Just like Abraham, by faith in Christ we receive a credited righteousness, an instantaneous righteousness, and a new identity and inheritance. And that same faith changes us over time as we grow in the likeness of our Savior. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on March 7, 2021.

"Let us wonder; grace and justice join and point to mercy's store; when through grace in Christ our trust is, justice smiles and asks no more: He who washed us with his blood has secured our way to God." Through Christ we experience justification, redemption, and propitiation. What more could we ever want? He has provided for our deepest need. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on Febr...

Mankind is under the power of sin. Sin rules and reigns and has a universal impact. We see it in our speech and in the harmful outworking of our actions on society. Romans 3 addresses the root problem of our dilemma. This message was preached by Gabriel Medina on February 21, 2021.

Paul rightly instructs in Romans 2 that judging others won't save you, right doctrine won't save you, group identity won't save you, and externalism won't save you. Only Christ through the true gospel is able to humble and transform us from the inside out. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on February 14, 2021.

God's wrath is His steady, unrelenting, unremitting, uncompromising opposition to evil in all its forms. Wrath is not an attribute of God, but is His righteous and just response to sin. Why and how has God's wrath been revealed in our culture? How do we as God's people minister to a God-rejecting culture? This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on February 7, 2021.

"The heavens declare the glory of God... Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge" (Ps. 19:1-2). Creation points to a Master Craftsman: His power and His person. Do you know Him? This message was preached by Pastor David Dietrich on January 31, 2021.

What makes all human beings valuable and worthy of protection? How do we know that the unborn are human beings? How does Christ connect with the answer to these questions? This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on January 24, 2021.