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America's founding ideals were deeply influenced by the biblical understanding that our rights come from our Creator and that true liberty begins with a people who are governed from within rather than controlled from without. This message explores how the freedom Christ purchased for us—freedom from the curse of the law and righteousness by faith—helped shape the language of liberty found in our n...

For Freedom's Sake - Mike Crane by Forward Church Sermons

Men need a plan, something to put their hand to that’s built on the foundation of Christ…what’s yours? You can ask God and he will help you. Let’s talk about how to develop that plan in this year’s Father’s Day message.

Make everyone feel like they’re your favorite The body of Christ is a family. We all have a unique expression of the Holy Spirit within us that is needed in the body of Christ and in the world. When we love one another, it nurtures our unique calling. And the world is starving for what we have.

Jesus was obedient to the death of the cross, this is the central truth of our faith. Your response is to make sure your thoughts are in agreement with what he accomplished in his obedience, casting down every other thought that contradicts what Christ experienced for you. This message walks you through Isaiah 53 as an example of his to bring your thoughts captive.

Enjoy a great message from the Camps this final Sunday in Mental Health Awareness Month.

This message explores the battle for the mind through the lens of scripture, neuroscience, and the finished work of Christ, revealing how beliefs formed in the heart shape our thoughts, emotions, and perception of reality. Learn how to bring every thought captive to the obedience of Christ and cast down every lie that contradicts what Jesus accomplished through His death and resurrection.

Join with us today as we hear from our special guest, Meredith Lord.

A mother’s peace is not found in her children’s outcomes, but in being anchored in Christ as her source, helper, and identity. When she becomes healthy in spirit, soul, and body and keeps God first, she creates a stable, life-giving atmosphere where her children can thrive without carrying the weight of her purpose.

Mental health Month - Susan Coryell by Forward Church Sermons

In this message, we expose the difference between emotional hype that acts like a mystical sugar pill and mature faith in the truth of the gospel that anchors us in what God has already completed in Christ. Paul’s call to walk by faith and not by sight invites us to stop leaning on external stimulation and instead live from the settled, eternal reality that is already ours.

When the Word is truly received, the works will naturally follow as a result of how you see the Word.

When we place our faith and hope in Christ, it allows Him to do a work in us, to remove our dead root of sinful nature and replace it with His life. It’s as if we were buried with Him, and then raised when He was raised to new and eternal life. From then on, in Him we truly are alive.

Jesus entered the darkness of Psalm 22—fully bearing our separation—so that through His once-for-all sacrifice as our High Priest, He secured eternal redemption and established a new covenant where we are forever made righteous in Him. Now, as new creations, we don’t strive to become—we live from what He finished, resting in His work while His resurrection life flows through every part of us.

Family Sunday - March 29, 2026 by Forward Church Sermons

God is not the source of trials or temptation—He is the one who gives wisdom, strength, and a way through what we face in a broken world. When we see Him clearly, prayer becomes confident, faith becomes steady, and our hearts rest in His goodness.

Through the Spirit and the finished work of Christ, believers can know the things God has already freely given and pray with confidence where His will is clearly revealed. In areas where Scripture has not specified the details—such as personal plans, timing, or direction—we humbly seek His guidance, trusting His grace and leadership along the way.

Since God already knows our needs and desires to give good things to His children, prayer begins by hearing and believing what He has spoken. Faith is born through the Word, and as we receive God’s promises into our hearts, His living Word shapes our thoughts, guards our hearts, and produces the fruit of His will in our lives.

Because our Father already knows what we need, prayer is not informing Him or persuading Him — it is partnering with Him. As righteous sons and daughters, we bear one another’s burdens and pray for one another boldly and confidently, expecting healing and restoration in a hurting world.

In this conversation, Justin Merrill explores the profound themes of grace, identity, and the nature of God through the lens of the parable of the Prodigal Son. He emphasizes that the parables of the lost sheep, lost coin, and lost son collectively reveal God's relentless pursuit of humanity and His desire for restoration. The discussion highlights the contrasting perspectives of the younger and e...

Perfect love is not flawless love — it is mature love, and mature love casts out fear. When we try to love from insecurity, survival instinct, or a need to be completed by someone else, fear filters what we give and receive. But as we allow God’s love for us—revealed fully in Christ—to mature in us, we become whole in Him and are finally free to love others without fear.

This message reveals the New Covenant reality that the anointing is not a special experience or office, but Christ in you, the indwelling Spirit given in full measure to every believer. Church offices exist to serve, not to exercise lordship, and spiritual gifts are diverse expressions of the same Spirit working in all, not evidence of different anointings. When we rest in Christ and commit to lov...

When James and John sought authority and position, Jesus rebuked them and redefined greatness, declaring that His kingdom does not operate through lording power but through self-giving love and service. In Christ, authority is not a hierarchy to climb but a life to give, flowing from union with Him and expressed by loving one another rather than ruling over one another. Clint Byars Lead Pastor | F...

God makes His presence and voice known in an atmosphere of love. Jesus defines His commandments not as rules to perform, but as living in the love the Father has for us and letting that love flow back to God and toward others. As we receive God’s love, abide in it, and love one another, we experience His manifested presence, His joy, and clear fellowship with Him.

Jesus never taught us to relate to the Holy Spirit as distant or unpredictable. In this message, we look at how the Spirit takes what belongs to Jesus and makes it known to us—so we can walk with God relationally, in truth, peace, and confidence as friends of God.