Gospel Life Sermons

Why would someone give in the local church? Money is a sensitive topic for all of us and frankly it’s a strange concept to give money away when the world tells us to keep it all for ourselves. But here's why we give: our giving praises, points to, and provides a picture to others of our God – our Lord Jesus Christ!

God is sovereign over everything and everyone. This truth is meant to free us from the fear of what is happening in the world around us and to help us speak the word of God boldly to those who do not yet know Jesus! God in his sovereignty brought about the death of his son Jesus, so that his plan of salvation would come to pass. Nothing can stand in the way of our God!

Acts 4 introduces us to a new era in the early church – an era marked by persecution, suffering, and opposition. However, at the moment that we would expect their momentum to slow, we discover the opposite. The gospel advances, God’s people are emboldened, and more people come to know Jesus than ever before. Here’s the lesson: only the gospel can turn a trial into a pulpit!

Biblical Soul Care, a ministry of Gospel Life Church, provides a compassionate environment to help individuals navigate their sin and suffering biblically by applying the Gospel of Jesus Christ to their lives by faith. We believe that the Bible’s model for discipleship is in relationship and through the local church, and that requires us as believers to be willing to walk in the light and be known...

The good news of Christmas is not found in our holiday parties, Christmas movies, or eggnog. Instead, the good news of Christmas is found in the celebration that Christ came to heal us and Malachi 2:17-3:4 prepares the hearts of God’s people for the Son of God that will rise with healing in His wings!

The people and the priests in Malachi's day had forgotten the might, majesty, and mercy of the Lord of Hosts. They were offering God their left-overs and their half-hearted worship. They had lost their fear of the Lord. The same thing happens in our lives today. Thank God for Jesus, who was sent to suffer and die for our sins of dishonoring God and to restore the reverence, honor and awe that God...

When we think about the story of Christmas we think about mangers and shepherds and wise men, not sunrises, but that’s exactly what the close of the Old Testament wants us to think about. In the midst of the darkness of sin, Christmas declares that the Son has come to bring light and healing to us, and the opening of Malachi declares that when our doubting is loud, God’s love is louder. 

A miracle happens in Acts 3, but it isn’t the main event. The miracle points to the gospel, celebrates lives changed by the gospel, and opens the door for people to repent and believe. In this, Acts 3 shows a gospel demonstration followed by a gospel explanation that leads others to a gospel invitation, and through Peter and John we learn that faith in Jesus shines bright for Jesus!

Acts 3:1–10 shows that Jesus, after his death, resurrection, and ascension, continues to bring outsiders into the presence of God through the power of His name.

There are a lot of things we can be devoted to in this life, a thousand things we can give our time, energy and commitments to. In Acts 2 we see the very first Christians in history devoting themselves to 3 main things. They were continually: Devoted to Gods Word. Devoted to Gods people. Devoted to worshipping God. This created a community that put the love of Jesus on display for one another and...

Acts 2:14-41 gives us the first gospel message proclaimed by someone other than Jesus in the New Testament. It sets a pattern for what the gospel is, what it requires, and what it accomplishes in the lives of those who hear it. In short, the gospel is the message of redemption for our responsibility for sin, calling us to a response of remorse and repentance that leads to revival through the resur...

Pentecost is often remembered for the way that God’s people spoke in tongues but Pentecost isn’t about speaking in tongues. Instead, Acts 2:1‑13 shows us what happens when God gives His people His Spirit: His power fills them, His presence rests on them, and His people are gathered to proclaim His gospel for the glory of Jesus! 

Decision-making can feel daunting. God’s people once rolled the dice to know His will, but now His Spirit is available to guide the Christian’s every step. Because of Jesus, we are led, empowered, and sent—trusting God, following His Spirit, and joining Jesus in His mission.

The Books of Acts introduces us to Jesus’ disciples and their expectations about what they thought the resurrection accomplished. In their mind, they thought that Jesus rose to restore God’s Kingdom to the Jews. Jesus tells them that he rose to bring the invitation into God’s kingdom to the whole world instead. With that, we learn that the mission of Jesus is about witnesses, not winning, because...

There is something inside everyone of us, that thinks we can make it through life without the mercy and grace of God. It is why sin is so rampant in our hearts and why prayer/praise are often not found in our mouths. What a gift of God’s grace to give us the gift of Faith, so that we would stop striving to find life in our own strength and gladly receive true life as a blood bought gift from God....

Grace is scary, grace is risky, and more often than not, grace feels like an abstract idea that just doesn’t seem to hit home. However, the message of the gospel is a good news announcement to unworthy sinners about how they can be made worthy through the work of another in their place. You think I’m a sinner? You don’t know the half of it. I’m way worse than you know but way more loved than I cou...

The secret to a satisfied life isn't found by asking "Who am I?" but by discovering "Whose I am"? We will explore how living in union with Christ, "in Christ alone" (Solus Christus) we find everything our hearts are searching for—not through self-improvement or secular promises, but through the radical union described in Galatians 2:20: "I have been crucified with Christ... it is no longer I who l...

Sola Scriptura means that we submit to Scripture’s authority, stand on Scripture’s claims, and share Scriptures good news about Jesus for the world to hear! Join us as we learn and grow in understanding how the Sufficiency of Scripture shapes our gospel understanding and lives as believers for the glory of God!

The Westminster Confession of 1647 says that "man’s chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.” This idea, rooted in the Reformation, comes to us directly from the Word of God and the Bible teaches us that God displays, defends and delivers us for His glory through the promise of His gospel. Therefore, through faith in Christ, each of us can truly say: Sola Deo Gloria.  

The Bible is filled with one-liners that sound right, look good, and seem helpful for the challenges we tend to face in life. But what if these one-liners have been misunderstood? What if God really does give me more than I can handle? What if His plans to prosper me weren’t specifically about me? And what if asking for anything in Jesus’ name isn’t as simple as it sounds? The Bible is the unfoldi...

The Bible is filled with one-liners that sound right, look good, and seem helpful for the challenges we tend to face in life. But what if these one-liners have been misunderstood? What if God really does give me more than I can handle? What if His plans to prosper me weren’t specifically about me? And what if asking for anything in Jesus’ name isn’t as simple as it sounds? The Bible is the unfoldi...

The Bible is filled with one-liners that sound right, look good, and seem helpful for the challenges we tend to face in life. But what if these one-liners have been misunderstood? What if God really does give me more than I can handle? What if His plans to prosper me weren’t specifically about me? And what if asking for anything in Jesus’ name isn’t as simple as it sounds? The Bible is the unfoldi...

The Bible is filled with one-liners that sound right, look good, and seem helpful for the challenges we tend to face in life. But what if these one-liners have been misunderstood? What if God really does give me more than I can handle? What if His plans to prosper me weren’t specifically about me? And what if asking for anything in Jesus’ name isn’t as simple as it sounds? The Bible is the unfoldi...

The Bible is filled with one-liners that sound right, look good, and seem helpful for the challenges we tend to face in life. But what if these one-liners have been misunderstood? What if God really does give me more than I can handle? What if His plans to prosper me weren’t specifically about me? And what if asking for anything in Jesus’ name isn’t as simple as it sounds? The Bible is the unfoldi...