Gospel Life Sermons

The local church is given the great honor and responsibility of sharing the good news of Jesus with the world. And so we go, stepping toward our neighbors, our communities, and the unreached to tell them what we've discovered ourselves: Jesus saves!

The church of the living God, is called to be a pillar, holding high and holding fast to the truth; declaring and displaying the beauty, splendor and glory of Jesus. Every time Jesus makes another disciple and every time another Christ-centered church is planted another foundation and pillar arises in that community! It’s a pillar of truth that shines His light into the darkness to display the cha...

The Church is called to display the glory of God in the local community that God has placed them. It's everyday Christians living everyday lives in everyday places for the glory of God. We can live loved, embrace where God has us, fight our sin, and bless others because of Christ alive in us and when we fall, we can cling to the Savior that loves us and changes us for His glory.

Peter is making it crystal clear that to be Christian is to be part of the local church and the climax of this chapter are verses 9 and 10 and it’s here that Peter answers the question, “What is the church?” The church is NOT a building you go to. It’s NOT an organization you join. It’s NOT a service you attend or a charity you support and definitely NOT a social club or a place for political prom...

We recognize Jesus as Lord. We recognize Jesus as the preferred alternative, despite the difficulties. We recognize the value of material things, and it doesn’t compare with Jesus! We recognize Jesus as Messiah and God! Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life!

In the doctrine of Sovereign Election, we see; The Father‘s plan to love us, The Son’s plan to rescue us and The Spirit’s Guarantee of God’s forever grace. Jesus makes it clear that we can only come to Him if the Father draws us to the Son. And Jesus will save all those who come to Him and never cast them out!

In this passage Jesus tells us about the bread of life, the only ting substantial enough to quiet our spiritual craving and satisfying enough to fill up our souls. He stands in front of a crowd and says in essence. The only way to live is to eat the bread of life. In doing so, Jesus makes the first of seven 'I AM' statements and claims that a rich and satisfying life can only be found in Him.

Moses was the greatest hero the Jewish people had ever known. Not only was he responsible for bringing them out of Egypt, but also governing them as a newly established nation and then representing God to them while delivering to them God's law for human flourishing. John 6 is a clear account that Jesus is the One whom Moses' life and ministry were pointing to.

The story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 might be familiar to us but this story isn’t about fish or loaves - this story is all about Jesus! John wants us to see here that Jesus is amazing...that He’s God, that He’s good, and that He provides like nobody has, can or ever will. 

We are much like the religious leaders that Jesus is addressing in this text. We fail to love God and we seek the praise of man, instead of living for the glory of God. Thanks be to Jesus, for Glorifying His Father perfectly, so that we could one day be with Him in Glory!

People of hope make great witnesses to the grace and glory of Jesus in a fallen and broken world full of people existing without real hope and the assurance of real and eternal life.

The resurrection of Jesus does not mean hope for all people. Hope is only for those who hear Jesus’ words and believe them by choosing to trust Him through faith and repentance.

The healing at the Pool of Bethesda is a celebration of Jesus’ compassion and a demonstration of Jesus’ power. Both His compassion and His power put His divinity on display for everyone to see and yet a group of religious rule-followers use this miracle to plot his murder. The question then must be asked: how will we respond to the compassion and power of Jesus Christ, the Son of God? 

Suffering has a unique way to bring us to Jesus, but the ultimate goal in life, is not the elimination of suffering, but instead the ultimate goal is Jesus. When we trust Jesus by clinging to His promises, we are then able to enjoy the power and presence of Jesus even while we suffering and as a result enjoy His rest!

Jesus is THE Savior of the World. Faith brings us to seek Him and His word draws us to know Him. Nothing is outside of His saving grace.

Evangelism is an intimidating thing for many believers and something we either misunderstand or avoid entirely. Jesus invites us to consider the joy of evangelism in his interaction with the woman at the well and we’re invited to look to Jesus, share Jesus, and be satisfied in Jesus as we tell the world about him! 

Today’s text follows Jesus offering living water to a woman at the well – but in doing so – Jesus first needs to expose her deepest issue that will keep her from receiving it – SHAME. Shame covers people and constantly says to people, “you didn’t just do wrong, BUT you are wrong.” And this is how shame becomes our identity and keeps us from receiving living water. When “I am wrong” becomes WHO I A...

We are all searching for satisfaction and we try to find it in hundreds of ways. Jesus offers all of us, who are weary from the sins we commit and the shame we carry, true and lasting satisfaction. He offers us Himself and if we have Him, then we have Life, that is full and eternal.

Our attitude toward the truth determines the outcome of our lives. If we don’t love the truth, if we resist it, we resist salvation. But if we do love the truth then we embrace salvation and we receive the reward: the crown of life.

So much of our anger, sadness, coldness, critical-spirit, and refusal to forgive arises because we’ve forgotten who we are and we’re expecting the world to treat us like we’re the groom, but it’s not our party, it’s not our story! JESUS is the groom! Jesus is the Hero! And John knew this and that’s the secret! John is content in life and full of joy because he’s accepted the reality that it’s not...

John 3:16 gives us the good news of what we can saved for but John 3:17-21 invites us to consider what we can be saved from. In this, the gospel doesn't just give us hope for eternal life-the gospel also gives us God's promise of salvation from the punishment and power of our sin!

John 3:16 is spoken by Jesus himself and is part of a “night-time” conversation that Jesus is having with a religious leader named Nicodemus. In an authentic dialogue with Jesus, Nicodemus (the main religious teacher in all of Israel during the time of Jesus) is having his whole perception of God and having relationship with Him flipped on its head. In short, Nicodemus is learning that salvation h...

If the Gospel of John was written that we might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. Then it is very important that we understand WHAT believe means, HOW belief happens and WHO belief is given to. Jesus addresses these things in this passage and shows us that WE ARE BORN AGAIN and brought to BELIEF by grace and grace alone.

Jesus does not deal kindly with extra biblical requirements or religious obstacles to enjoying the relational realities of the New Covenant with God made possible through His life, death and resurrection.

Jesus delivers to us a NEW COVENANT by his perfect life lived, substitutionary life died, and bodily resurrection from the dead – all of this is a gift of grace, to be received by faith, that when received makes sinners supernaturally children of God.