Gospel Life Sermons

The storyline of Scripture rests squarely on the promise of a coming Messiah. Therefore, the author of Hebrews demonstrates that Moses’ mistreatment ultimately pointed to Jesus – the suffering Servant (from Moses’ vantage point) – was to come to forever redeem the people of God! Which is why Moses, himself, in Deut. 18 wrote that a prophet would come who was greater and would fulfill all of the pr...

GIVING FAITH is the intentional passing down or giving away the opportunity for another person to have faith! It involves living life in such a way that faith in God is showed and shared! It’s not just a passing down of information about God, it’s a way of living that upholds or reveals where your hope and help comes from!

Sacrificial faith lives from what God has said through his WORD. This kind of faith rests and relies upon what God has already done and lastly, this kind of faith entrusts the future to God’s care.

Though the world says "seeing is believing," for the followers of Jesus, "believing is seeing." It is by faith that we set our gaze ahead of us, looking to Jesus (who sits at the right hand of the throne of God) and to all that He has promised and prepared for us. This is how we glorify Christ in our living and in our dying: by seeking Him and desiring His kingdom; trusting that who He is and what...

Do you ever have a hard time believing in the promises of the gospel? We talk about them, proclaim them, and celebrate them, but sometimes it's hard to convince ourselves of them when we're walking through life's circumstances. In the same way, Sarah struggled to believe God's seemingly illogical promise to her. But the story of Sarah shows us that faith isn't about believing in the promise, it's...

A Trusting Faith is a faith that acts. It moves and responds to the call of God. It’s a faith that bears pain, sees growth and leans on the character of God. A Trusting Faith is a faith for real life.

Great faith is fueled by a great view of God.

Walking with God, therefore, is not dependent upon the strength of our faith to hold us and keep us close to God, but on the strength of God and his promise to never leave us or forsake us and provide all we need to live in this life for his glory and our joy.

God requires perfection, therefore the only way to be in a relationship with a perfect and holy God is to be perfectly righteous from your birthday to your death day. BIG IDEA: Christian faith relies upon and relates to God completely banking on the full and finished work of Jesus.

Christian faith is banking on the promises of God to be certain and sure and we know they are because they’ve been completely fulfilled in and through the person and work of Jesus! Therefore, Jesus is the only certain place because he’s the only certain one to direct your faith.

Ring in the New Year this Sunday with Gospel Life Church! This will be a time to “Reimagine the Church” and see the need in 2021 to love, serve, and pray for our church. We will be hearing about the next few years and how we will be praying for God to move in our church. This service will be family-style, include communion, and consist of singing, being reminded of the gospel, celebrating Jesus, a...

On our final Sunday of 2020 and last week of our study in James, we see our need for Christ once again. Whether we are in need of healing or we are dead in our sin, we have a God to run to. James reminds us to ask for prayer when we are sick and listen carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it. We also see our responsibility as disciple-makers to purse people and help "Sin...

We're living in an unprecedented time in the history of the world and this reality brings with it uncertainty, anxiety, and for many hopelessness and fear. Thankfully we worship a God who speaks plainly and precisely and is willing to meet people in the chaos by generously providing a sure and steadfast hope. The Book of James boldly reveals an unshakable God who freely gives and graciously provid...

Advent and the celebration of Christmas is a glorious reminder that our past, present, and future hope does not rest on our willingness, but on the willingness of the ONE from whom the angels sing, the shepherds worshiped, and the kings searched for on that first Christmas morning. Christmas is a declaration of the willingness of Jesus!

The promised Messiah, the Savior of the world, was born on Christmas day to save sinners and destroy death forevermore. This is what we celebrate during the season of advent! The one lawgiver and judge, Jesus Christ, is the only one who can save sinners and destroy death, and He did this through his perfect life, substitutionary death, and triumphant, bodily resurrection! Jesus is the only Judge w...

We celebrate God's calling, provision, and grace of sending off our first church plant, Sufficient Grace Church. SGC will be located on the South Hill of Puyallup and will be led by elders, Noah and Jeremy, and elder candidate, Andrew. Gospel Life will be sending off a little over 100 people from our body to start the new work. God is good! It's all about Jesus!

James presents this section for anyone who’s ever been in a fight before and is given to us as a way of helping us understand what’s really going on when you and I begin to experience conflict. Wars among us are caused by wars within us. Conflict in my life is caused by conflict in my heart. The flesh carries out what the heart wants.

Godly wisdom cannot be attained from intellectual effort or practical experience, but instead, it's received from time spent with God and walking closely with Him by faith. Godly wisdom, unlike worldly wisdom, sees things from an eternal perspective. Godly wisdom’s foundation is faith in the eternal promises of God. Therefore, the source of God’s wisdom is God himself, so to receive it, we must be...

James continues his examination of the relationship between faith and works by exposing the tongue, which represents our speech and communication. He paints a detailed picture of the wicked potential that we can expect from our tongue. This description allows us to see that our tongues are a window to our fallen hearts that need saving and renewing. When our hearts are redeemed by Jesus, our tongu...

Real, saving faith by grace through faith in Jesus always produces the good fruit of mercy! Authentic faith is visible, expressive, and active. The people of God show loving care and concern for others.

Our world is polluted because of the sin of partiality – it’s everywhere and in everything. Therefore, every Christian and every church must consistently examine their personal lives and corporate practices, so they can remain free of this devastating sin that destroys lives, uses people, and leads to idolatry. When they do, they’ll remain to be SALT and LIGHT in their community as God intends.

In this section of Chapter 1, James is NOT writing to tell us what to do to be saved. Instead, he is telling us what saved people do. We are deceived, at some level, if we think we love Jesus and the Gospel without telling others about the One we love. You can have perfect doctrine in your head but worthless religion in your heart.

God is winning and working in our world by advancing His Kingdom. God’s people are re-created by God’s grace, and therefore, empowered to participate in His work of making disciples and planting churches through their doing.

During the trials of life, we are most vulnerable to temptation – each temptation becomes a test of our faith, to either trust God, follow Jesus, and grow in maturity OR to be deceived to take matters into our own hands, give way to sin, and experience death.

Riches have a way of insulating and protecting us from needing and relying upon God. They have a unique way of keeping you from finding your hope and security in God’s promises alone. Money doesn’t make good on its promises, but God ALWAYS makes good on his promises!