Embassy Church Sermons

Pastor Phill, preaches this Sunday (May 14, 2023) on 1 Peter 3:8-12. The big idea this week is that Brotherly and Enemy Love is Gospel Fruit, but our Calling is Gospel Root.

Guest preacher, Pastor Nate Praytor, preaches this Sunday (May 7, 2023) on 1 Peter 3:1-7. The big idea this week is mankind has been created for imitation of Jesus Christ, not absolute autonomy.

Pastor Phill preaches this Sunday (April 30, 2023) on 1 Peter 2:18-25. The big idea this week is that Jesus Christ solves the problem of slavery, suffering, and sin. By becoming a slave himself, Jesus endured suffering and...

Pastor Phill Howell preaches this Sunday (April 23, 2023) on 1 Peter 2:13-17. The big idea this week is that believers are a heavenly people sent to do heavenly politics by heaven's power. The passage shows us how we...

The big idea for this weeks message is that God's elect exiles are not of this world, but they are sent into the nations to glorify God. Simply put, we are "not of" but we are "sent into." This ser...

Pastor Phill preaches this Resurrection Sunday (April 9, 2023) on 1 Peter 2:4-10. The passage shows us why the world may mock and malign believers today. We discover that the living stone not precious to the world is preci...

Embassy member David Marus preaches during our Good Friday service (April 7, 2023) on 1 Peter 2:24-25. The passage shows us our need for healing as human beings. From the text, David explains our illness, our symptom, our ...

Pastor Phill Howell preaches this Sunday (April 2, 2023) on 1 Peter 1:22-2:3. The summary of today's sermon is that, using apostle Peter's language, pure love is only possible through pure heart and pure milk. To...

Pastor Phill Howell preaches this Sunday (March 26, 2023) on 1 Peter 1:17-21. The big idea this week is that as hope produces and empowers holiness, the fear of God protects our hope-filled holiness. Using a plane as an il...

Pastor Phill Howell preaches this Sunday (March 12, 2023) on 1 Peter 1:10-12. The big idea this week is the prophets of old and the angels in heaven gaze at the gospel, the very gospel believers have today. The passage rev...

The summary of this sermon is that God's elect greatly rejoice even during the grief of our exile because of the greatness of our salvation. In this sermon, we examine the text of 1 Peter 1:6-9 and how 1) God's e...

Former Embassy elder Ryan Felabom preaches this Sunday (Feb. 26, 2023) on 1 Peter 1:3-5. The passage shows us how even in the readers' profound grief or suffering, God deserves praise. Ryan teaches us how when we begi...

Beginning a new sermon series, pastoral assistant John Pai preaches this Sunday (Feb. 19, 2023) on 1 Peter 1:1-2. Apostle Peter writes a letter to Christian gentiles and begins by addressing identities. We see who Peter is...

Pastor Phill preaches this Sunday (Feb. 12, 2023) on Psalm 72. The 72nd sermon in the Psalm series, Psalm 72 is a prayer request for justice to be possessed by the King forever blessed who cares for the oppressed.

Pastor Phill preaches this Sunday (Feb. 5, 2023) on Psalm 71. The 71st sermon in the Psalm series, the big idea this week is that if God's righteousness rescued David from impending shame in his retirement, how might ...

Pastor Phill preaches this Sunday (Jan. 29, 2023) on Psalm 70. The 70th sermon in the Psalm series, the big idea is that Psalm 70 teaches us how to pray with holy impatience.

Pastor Phill preaches this Sunday (Jan. 22, 2023) on Psalm 69. The 69th sermon in the Psalm series, the big idea this week is that a passion for God will result in rejection, ridicule, and reproach, but a passion for God...;.

Pastor Phill preaches this Sunday (Jan. 15, 2023) on Psalm 68. The 68th sermon in the Psalm series, the big idea this week is that Psalm 68 is a mash-up of three ascension marches of two earthly mountains that foreshadow o...

Pastor Phill preaches this Sunday (January 1, 2023) on Psalm 66. The big idea this week is that even though everyone worships God for His wondrous works, the psalm teaches us the way for whole-hearted worship. The psalmist...

Pastor Phill preaches this Christmas Sunday (December 25, 2022) on Psalm 65. The 65th sermon in the Psalm series, Psalm 65 paints three poetic pictures of peace. These pictures of peace reveal the portrait of Jesus Christ ...

Pastor Phill preaches this Sunday (December 18, 2022) on Psalm 64. The 64th sermon in the Psalm series, the psalm teaches us how we are in a war, that the greatest weapon we have is our words, and the way God wins is surpr...

Pastor Phill preaches this Sunday (December 11, 2022) on Psalm 63. The 63rd sermon in the Psalm series, pastor Phill explains what David does in the wilderness is determined by his deepest delight. Like David, we should se...