Covenant Grace Church

What is worth suffering for, toiling for, struggling for? What kept Paul going in the midst of suffering? What will keep us going? This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on August 11, 2024.

Who is Jesus? He is the image of the invisible God, the pre-eminent One. He is the Creator and Sustainer of all things, the One who is the reason for everything. He is the One who will reconcile the heavens and the earth and make all things new. Are you trusting in Him? Don't you want to? This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on August 4, 2024.

How should we pray for one another? Paul shows us by actually praying for believers in this passage. His prayer is that our "doing" would flow from our increased love for and knowledge of God. This is the God who has qualified us to share in Christ's inheritance, who has delivered us from the domain of darkness, and who has transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son. May our hearts be filled...

How have you been affected by the ancient lie that we need Jesus plus something else? Let Paul remind you that the pure gospel is all we need and is transformative. It produces and increases faith in Christ and love for the brethren. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on July 21, 2024.

God always has the first word in our service as He calls us to worship, and He always has the last word as He pronounces a blessing, a benediction over us. Regarding this benediction, 1. What is the source of blessing? 2. What is the substance of blessing? and 3. How do we secure a blessing? This message was preached by Pastor Josh White on July 14, 2024.

What is baptism and why is it important? Why do Christians need baptism? Augustine describes it as a visible sign of invisible grace. It is a sign of our clean heart and new life in Christ and of His Spirit given to us to enable us to walk in that newness of life. This message was preached by Dan McIntosh on June 23, 2024.

What part does preaching play in the liturgy? The message of preaching is designed to lift up Jesus crucified and resurrected, to extol the nature and character of God, to learn about Christian ethics among many other things. The message of preaching is also accompanied by the power of preaching to transforms the lives of God's people. This message was preached by Dan McIntosh on June 23, 2024.

Why should we confess our sin? Confession is coming home to the One Who loves us most. We confess our sin to find joy, to walk honestly with God, to receive God's rescue, and to have a deeper walk with God. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on June 16, 2024.

Four hundred times God commands us in the scriptures to sing. Our audience changes the way we sing. In Colossians 3:1-17 Paul reminds us that we sing to God but we also sing for one another. When we sing it helps us meditate on who our God is and when we sing of Him it changes us. "But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength; yes, I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning, for Y...

The call to worship involves God himself personally inviting us into His presence to worship Him. He initiates this call; it is a call for us to assemble with His people, the church; and it is a call to enjoy Him. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on June 2, 2024.

What is Christian unity? How do we as the church work through disagreements to unity? Christian unity is a call to Personal Humility, to Corporate Unity and to maintain Gospel Priority. This message was preached by Pastor Josh White on May 26, 2024.

Pentecost, what does it mean? It was at this time that Jesus, seated at the right hand of the Father, sent the Holy Spirit to not only come upon His people but to indwell them. On Pentecost, God kept His promise to send the Helper to us. Now we live in His power and eagerly await His return. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on May 19, 2024.

Jesus ascended into heaven. What does it mean? It means that Jesus, right now, is reigning as King. It means that Jesus has sent His Spirit. And it means that Jesus' kingdom has begun and will fully come on this earth physically in the future. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on May 12, 2024.

The joyful conclusion to the book of Ruth is centered around the birth of a child and points ultimately to the hope of our future Kinsman Redeemer, the Lord Jesus. Jesus is a qualified redeemer, a willing redeemer, a complete redeemer and a redeemer for everyone. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on May 5, 2024.

Ruth needed a kinsman redeemer and God led her to Boaz. Boaz was not proud nor judgmental nor selfish. He was humble, sacrificial, gracious, and he points us to our greater Redeemer, Jesus, who is all of those things and more. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on April 28, 2024.

God is at work to bless us even in the very ordinary events of our lives. The book of Ruth shows us God's hesed love working through His providence, His precepts and His people. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on April 21, 2024.

Ruth is one of the best short stories ever written; it's rich in grace and points powerfully to Christ. In it we see God never makes light of our suffering but pours out His hesed love, His goodness, kindness and covenant faithfulness. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on April 14, 2024.

We all have doubts. Let Jesus speak directly to your doubts as He did to Thomas. Jesus takes our hopelessness in this world and turns it to pure hope. He can give us faith. He can solve our greatest need. Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.” This message was preached by Pastor Gabe Medina on April 7, 2024.

In the resurrection, Jesus proved His claim of who He is, Jesus has decidedly removed our sin, and we can have confidence that we will also be resurrected. Connecting with the hope we have in the resurrection can take time and the Lord is persistent and patient to keep bringing us this hope. There is a day of ultimate celebration coming. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on March 31,...

Why did God allow bad things to happen on Good Friday? First, to glorify Christ, second to defeat death forever and third to bring about ultimate good. God can use the worst pain, the worst suffering for our good and His glory. This message was preached by Pastor Josh White on March 29, 2024.

Who is God? What is He like? For people who don't believe in God, ask them what kind of God do they not believe in and then take a moment to introduce them to the One True God. He is Independent, Triune, Unchanging, Infinite, Good, Wise, Just and Love. And these only begin to scratch the surface. How great is our God. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on March 23, 2024.

Isaiah's vision was of God seated on His throne high and lifted up: holy, holy holy. God's utter uniqueness sets Him apart from all He has made. Yet this unapproachable holy God is the One who approaches us with His grace. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on March 17, 2024.

Who is the Holy Spirit and what does He do? He is a person not an impersonal force and His work in the lives of believers is profound. From giving us spiritual life to producing fruit to guaranteeing our inheritance in Christ, the Holy Spirit is a gift from the Father & Son to His people. This message was preached by Pastor Josh White on March 10, 2024.

Who is God the Son? He is God; He is the Creator of all things; He is true God from true God, begotten, not made. He comes forth from the Father, sharing the Father's essence from all eternity. He is fully God and fully human, retaining both for all eternity. Let's all marvel and be in awe of our God. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on March 3, 2024.

What is the disposition of God the Father toward us? Scripture tells us He loves us because He loves us. His love for us is not dependent upon our performance. And because He loves us He sent His Son so that we might know and experience the Father's love. This message was preached by Pastor Gabe Medina on February 25, 2024.