Creekside Sermons

What does it mean to be a good neighbor, not only to those who live on your street, but to those who live in your local community? Why is it important for those of us who follow Jesus to be good neighbors? The parable of the Good Samaritan was Jesus' answer to those questions.

If we love God deeply, we will care about the nations. God's kingdom extends far beyond America, because He is building a kingdom composed of men and women from every ethnic and racial group on the planet, a kingdom of people who speak different languages and come from different cultures. One day, we will all worship Him together around His throne. In the meanwhile, we have been commanded to parti...

We all want to have good friends, and we all want to be good friends. God gave us that desire for friendship; we were not meant to walk alone. What does it mean to be a good friend, though? What sort of people should be in our inner circle? What sort of friends should we strive to become? The Bible says a lot about friendship, especially in the book of Proverbs. How can find friends and become fri...

We were made for relationships because we were made in the image of a relational God. And the first relationship God designed for us was marriage - one man and one woman becoming one together as they follow God and love one another. It's not always easy, but when oneness begins to grow, the world sees a beautiful representation of the Triune God - Father, Son and Spirit.

Outside of our relationship with Jesus, no relationship in life is as formative as the relationship between a parent and child. It begins before birth, experiences the greatest amount of change over one's life, and when we're in the roll of parent, demands more time and energy than any other relationship we'll ever experience. So how can we do better, both as children and as parents, in this all-i...

If you want relationships that will help you know Christ better, then there is no better place to be than the Church! The Church is God's family, united around Jesus. We each have a unique role to play as we seek to love one another and to reflect Jesus to the rest of the world. Will you and I step into our roles to serve and to love God's people as He has called us to do?

We all want good relationships. God created us in His image, designed to connect with Him and with other people. Sin makes our relationships hard, though. We are selfish, angry, and entitled; those attitudes damage our relationships deeply. But Jesus can heal and restore our broken relationships, so that they can become all that God intended them to be.

As we enter into the new year, 2020 will be wrought with many storms. Discover how Jesus' identity and ministry encourage believers to go from fear-based surviving to faith-based thriving!

The Christmas season does not always feel as peaceful as it should. In the midst of anxiety, chaos, and the darkness of the world, the coming of Jesus provides us with the hope of real and lasting peace.

Moses was one of the the greatest leaders in history. He was wise, bold, godly, and humble. He led the nation of Israel out of slavery toward the land that God had promised them. But Jesus is even greater than Moses. Moses spoke for God, but Jesus is God. Moses was a great leader, but Jesus is a perfect King. Moses declared God's Law, but Jesus offered eternal life. This Christmas, take a moment t...

As believers we are called and have the opportunity to thankful in all circumstances. We will be looking at how we can grow in gratitude even in difficult seasons of our lives.

Obeying authority is hard. We have a sinful desire to rebel against God and against our earthly authorities. The Bible is clear that our attitude toward authority exposes our attitude toward God. For that reason, it is critical for us to learn how to respond to authority in a way that honors God and reflects His character.

At the border of the Promised Land, the Israelites gave into fear and unbelief. The terrible consequence was that they forfeited their opportunity to experience the life that God wanted to give them. As we seek to follow God, we face a constant battle between trusting in Him or giving in to our fears. We can choose to focus on His power and His faithfulness, or we can choose to focus on everything...

God's plans are precisely followed to build the Tabernacle: a dwelling in the very midst of His people demonstrating His passion to be with us and vividly foreshadowing Christ's atoning work.

God gave Israel a rhythm for worship - daily, weekly, annually and generationally - because all of life is intended for worship. We get out of rhythm when we listen to another song - life is food, or houses, or career, or sex, etc. We get back in rhythm when we consciously, actively seek to praise God through all that we say, do, think and feel because He is worthy of our entire lives.

Your work matters as much to God as your church attendance because God created you to work. Discover what God's Law says about your vocation.

What comes to your mind when you hear the word "holy"? If you're like most people, you probably think of words like, "boring" and "self-righteous." The Bible tells us, though, that holiness is anything but boring, and it is definitely not self-righteous. Instead, holiness means that we are reserved for a special purpose, to know and to represent the character of God. Nothing could be more importan...

All of us are tempted to make God in our image. We want a God that we can control, one who will always approve of our actions and give us whatever we want. The Bible calls that idolatry, and there are severe consequences for it; the path of idolatry leads to destruction and death. However, God is infinitely gracious. He is eager to forgive, He always keeps His promises, and He even lavishes His bl...

God's laws are not arbitrary: They reflect His holiness and His love for His people. His commands are designed for our own good, because we are created to have a relationship with Him and to represent Him to the world. But we also have a problem: We are unable and unwilling to obey His laws. To solve that problem, we need what the law cannot provide us. We need the forgiveness and power that only...

In Exodus 15-18, we see God meet the physical needs of His people while also addressing their greatest need of trusting in Him.

God's final plague was the worst one: The firstborn in every Egyptian home would die, and then Pharaoh would finally let God's people go. For the Israelites, though, they could offer a perfect, spotless lamb as a substitute for their firstborn sons. When God saw the blood, He would pass over that house and they would escape God's judgment. One day, God would send another Lamb, perfect and spotless...

When Moses finally decided to obey God, things did not go as well as he hoped they would. Instead of letting the Israelites go, Pharaoh decided to make their lives even harder! Hadn't God promised to deliver the people out of slavery? If so, why was this happening? God had not forgotten or abandoned His promises. Instead, God allowed Pharaoh to oppose Him, in order to make the point that God alone...

God called Moses to lead the Israelites out of slavery and out of Egypt. Moses did not want the job. He told God he had the wrong guy and should send somebody else instead. But God knew exactly what He was doing. Moses's lack of qualifications was irrelevant, because God would be with him, providing everything he would need to get the job done. All Moses had to do was trust in God and obey His ins...

The people of Israel had fallen on hard times. They were slaves in Egypt, far from their homeland. Where was God, the One who had promised them a land of their own and enough blessing to share with the whole world? Despite appearances, God was still with them, and God was still at work. And the same is true for us today: even when we cannot see what God is doing, and even when our lives look dark...

It is easy to lose focus and to forget about our most important priorities in life. For our church, we want to stay focused on our core values and the mission God has called us to do. Our desire is to share the gospel and make disciples in this community and around the world. How can we stay focused on what really matters?