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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, December 12, 2021 The work to redeem sinners that began at Christ's first coming will be made complete at His second coming, an event that will sadden unbelievers but strengthen believers. Pastor Steve preaches from Matthew 24:29-31 about the terrifying announcement, glorious appearance, and the promised gathering of the saints to occur upon the return of...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, December 5, 2021 During Jesus’ Olivet Discourse, He answers His disciples’ question about the timing and signs of “the end of the age”—and for many, the future isn’t very bright. In a message more focused more on Jesus’ second advent than His first, Pastor Steve preaches from Matthew 24:15-28, where the Lord reveals 2 more pieces of the puzzle of the End...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, November 28, 2021 Having seen Jesus as the revealed king and the rejected king, Matthew 24:1-14 now gives us a glimpse of Jesus as the returning king. Pastor Steve’s message points to 2 revelations concerning the end of the age that confirm Christ’s intention to return to establish His kingdom, call unbelievers to repent and believe in order to live, and...

Matt Deaver :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, November 21, 2021 A few decades before the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, Jesus warns Israel of this coming judgment—but God’s plan to dwell among His people continues in the person of Jesus Christ. Guest speaker Matt Deaver preaches from Matthew 23:37-39, where God’s loving desire for His people and Israel’s rebellious response becomes a picture...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, November 14, 2021 Our 2021 Haiti mission team took the first half of our service to share about their recent experience ministering in Pignon, Haiti, following brief announcements from Doug Elrick. Afterwards, Pastor Steve delivers the 2nd of a two-part message on the "woes" of Matthew 23. Verses 25-36 reveal two forms of religious hypocrisy—rebellion mas...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, November 17, 2021 A woe is an pronouncement of an inescapable and impending doom, and the woes Jesus gave to the Pharisees become a warning for today’s believers. In Pastor Steve’s message, the woes of Matthew 23:13-24 reveal two forms of religious hypocrisy God abhors pointing us to what God adores. We must be straight on the truth for the sake of the lo...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, October 31, 2021 In Matthew 23:1-12, the conflict between Jesus and the religious leaders of His day is reaching its peak. In Pastor Steve’s message, the Scribes’ and Pharisees’ failed example of leadership actually teaches us valuable lessons in avoiding selfish hypocrisy and aspiring to selfless humility. Worship music permitted under CCLI License #2644...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, October 24, 2021. Jesus struggled with an identity crisis, and people still sometimes have a hard time understanding who He is. But “Who is Jesus?” is the most important question to be asked or answered. In Pastor Steve’s message from Matthew 22:41-46, Jesus interrogates the Pharisees about the deity of the Messiah. In the process He challenges a deficien...

Bob Short :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, October 17, 2021 Jesus said: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Bob Short preaches from Matthew 22:34-40 on Jesus’ response to Pharisees about what love should look like. Bob’s message...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, October 10, 2021 The Sadducees, whose hope ended at the grave, tried to challenge Jesus’ teaching about the Resurrection, but they only revealed their own ignorance of God’s word and power. Pastor Steve preaches about the conflict between Jesus and the Sadducees from Matthew 22:23-32 that unfolds in two acts to prove the reality of our belief in the Resur...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, October 3, 2021 “Pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.” Jesus’ brilliant answer to a question from the Pharisees designed to entrap Him provides an important principal for spiritual people living in a secular world. In Pastor Steve’s message from Matthew 22:15-22 about the Christian responsibility to God and gov...

Kyle Clarkson :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, September 26, 2021 God's mercy is a call, and that mercy is for all. Kyle Clarkson teaches from Matthew 22:1-14, Jesus' Parable of the Wedding Banquet, told to an audience who relied on a system of merit. Kyle reminds us that God's invitation to salvation in Christ is based on mercy and not merit, and the "proper attire" for a wedding banquet is His rig...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, September 19, 2021 The story of the wicked tenants of a vineyard Jesus tells in Matthew 21:33-46 is a parable (from Isaiah 5:7) within a parable. Pastor Steve’s sermon from this passage presents 4 stages—the reality, the response, the result, and the reason for rejecting Jesus—that combine to emphasize the real cost of turning away from the Son of God. St...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, September 12, 2021 While at the Temple in Jerusalem, Jesus took aim at what He saw as lifeless and empty worship that focused on religion rather than a relationship, on ritual rather than true righteousness. From Pastor Steve’s message on Matthew 21:23-32, we see Jesus condemn religious hypocrisy and commend true faith. Believers are challenged to acknowl...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, September 5, 2021 Jesus tipping tables in the Temple, curing the disabled, and cursing a fig tree were confrontational acts. Who was He confronting and what are the lessons for us today? Pastor Steve's sermon from Matthew 21:12-22 provides 3 examples of Jesus' divine authority that confront religious hypocrisy and confirm His identity as a King worthy of...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, August 29, 2021 Creekside’s mission statement—leading people everywhere to devoted relationship with Jesus Christ—requires us to reach out with Christ’s love to a lost and hurting world. Pastor Steve’s philosophy of ministry message leaves us with a recipe for outreach that includes a compassionate concern for the lost and a courageous commitment to good...

Doug Elrick :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, August 22, 2021 “And when He entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, ‘Who is this?’ And the crowds said, ‘This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.’” Doug Elrick preaches from Matthew 21:1-11, the city-stirring triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on a donkey. Doug relays the significance of this day as well as the donkey,...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, August 15, 2021 Giving sight to the blind, Jesus wanted those seeking Him to see and know the depth of His compassion. From Matthew 20:29-34, Pastor Steve outlines a 3 step process exposing Jesus' mercy in order to comfort believers, compel us to seek His mercy, and how to live in response to it. Steve's message follows a brief introduction to baptism and...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, August 8, 2021 Pride is something that is highly praised in our culture but deeply problematic for followers of Christ. In Pastor Steve’s sermon from Matthew 20:17-28, Jesus offers a prescription for abolishing selfish ambition, which is the secret to greatness in the kingdom. “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life—a...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, August 1, 2021 Understanding that “the last shall be first, and the first, last” is a Biblical inoculation against jealousy. From Jesus’ parable about the vineyard workers in Matthew 20:1-16, Pastor Steve warns against a jealousy that presumes upon the grace of a generous God—or grumbles when God appears to be more gracious to others than to us when it co...

Alan Crim :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, July 25, 2021 Jesus told His disciples, “…I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Alan Crim preaches from Matthew 19:16-30, where Jesus challenges a young, wealthy person of influence who must weigh the value of the world’s riches and God’s eternal reward. The rich man’s gre...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, July 18, 2021 The way the world regards marriage and family runs increasingly counter to what God designed, defined and destined them to be. In Pastor Steve’s message covering Matthew 19:1-15, Jesus taught 3 powerful lessons related to family on the permanence of marriage, the parameters of singleness, and the priority of children. Worship music permitted...

Jamel Crawford :: Creekside Church :: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 As a conclusion to our summer series exploring Critical Race Theory, special guest Jamel Crawford spoke to us at Creekside about a Biblical approach to racial reconciliation. Christians are reconciled back to God through Jesus Christ, and the church can model that reconciliation amidst current racial tensions and in light of historic r...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, July 22, 2021 “Then Peter came and said to Him, ‘Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.’” The equation Jesus presented to Peter about forgiveness was solvable mathematically, but in terms of our debt and the limit on m...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, July 4, 2021 Are you partial to partiality? Are you willing to restrict your own freedoms for the sake of others? How does love call us to approach sin in our lives and in the actions of others? In Pastor Steve’s message from Matthew 18:10-20, Jesus teaches that love within God’s family is at times both tender and tough. Worship music permitted under CCLI...