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We are too enshrouded in our own darkness to help ourselves, so Jesus did it all. The Christian life is all about faith in what Jesus did for us on the cross. Listen to the episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on November 27, 2022, to learn more.

In this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on November 20, 22, Jed looks at Luke’s account of the crucifixion and how it is the very center of all we believe as Christians. Listen to learn more. Listen to learn more.

Two important questions are discussed in this episode. Who killed Jesus? And Whom did they kill when they killed Jesus? Listen to learn more from Pastor Jed’s sermon from November 13, 2022.

God is still on a war here and now. The first battle of this war was lost in the first garden. But Christ came to the second garden—He’s the second Adam to do what the first Adam failed to do in the first garden; to completely submit to the Father. This is to advance His kingdom. As the light advances, the darkness recoils from it. The darkness will resist it and darkness resists it even now. List...

In today’s episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on October 30, 2022, It looks at a passage were we enter holy ground, and you can’t enter holy ground and not be changed. Here Jesus calls us to follow after Him on this holy ground. Here we come to the core of God’s work of redemption to save us and at the same time we are coming to ground zero of what it means to be a Christian. Listen to learn more.

In today’s episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on October 23, 2022, he observes four aspects of the Christians’ relationship to politics—four aspects that the Bible describes. Listen to learn more.

We know as Christians, there’s a God and we’re supposed to have faith. And we know that in that faith, God is taking us to heaven. Those are some of the basic facts about Christianity that everybody knows—even non-Christians. The question is; What are we supposed to trust in? What is our faith to rest upon? Listen to learn more in this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on October 16, 2022.

In one way the Lord’s Supper is like a funeral where we look upon Him who we have pierced. And we mourn realizing that is was our sin that put Him there. But it is also like a wedding rehearsal dinner. We look expectantly, joyously to the wedding to come. Listen to this episode to learn more, for Pastor Jed’s sermon from October 2, 2022.

God procession total authority, total capability, total sovereignty to direct everything and He does even the hearts of men. So if that is true, then David asks, “Why do You stand far off with the wicked terrorize and abuse the innocent?” Listen to find the answer in this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on September 25, 2022.

In the face of our threats, we have to ask ourselves, “Who is God?” and “Who will He be tomorrow?” The reason this is so important regarding anxiety, is because what is anxiety but a little false prophet inside of you prophesying about how awful tomorrow going to be. Listen to learn more from this encouraging message from Pastor Jed’s sermon on September 18, 2022.

Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies You have prepared praise. (Matt. 21:16) What was it the children declared with their mouths that was the strength that compelled Jesus to drive out God’s enemies? Joy! The whole universe exists and serves as a theater to display the glory of God, in order that all creation would be humbled like little babies and infants in awe of this glorious creati...

In Ps 7 we’ll see three pillars in delaying with false actuations against us. We’ll also look at how to grow faithfully into the promotions that God grants us. Listen to learn more from this sermon by Pastor Jed, delivered on Sept. 4, 2022.

By what standard do you determine guilt? Everyone believes in a higher standard—a giver of law—a god. The question is to which god are we appealing to? Listen to learn more in this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on Aug. 21, 2022.

Today’s passage is so vital in our world today because everyone seems to be angry. It’s not a matter if, but about what are you angry. We most concern what we do with our anger whether it is constructive for destructive. This passage has, at its center, the issue of anger. There is no better passage for gaining wisdom in understanding anger, and getting ourselves oriented in a right position to do...

These psalms focus on joy—happiness, but not a happy feeling that changes like the waves on the sea. This is happens like Ps 1:3; like a tree that is planted near the stream and yields its fruit though the rest of the land is dried up dust. To Learn more about this kind of happiness and its source, listen to this episode from the sermon by Pastor Jed on July 31, 22.

America is a gift from God’s hand. It’s gifts are a reflection of God’s excellences. So, in that regard, it is good to feel patriotism and love for our country—because we see reflections of God. Yet at the same time we feel grief and fear for our country. God’s word makes it clear what we need. Listen to learn more in this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on July 3, 2022.

Authentic followers of Jesus endure in following Him until the end. Perfectly? No. But in faithfulness and endurance until the end. In today’s passage, Jesus is equipping us for this pilgrimage. Listen to learn more in this episode from the sermon by Pastor Jed on June 26, 2022.

What was Jesus’ goal in teaching us about the end times? He gave us a timeline that we may look at our present and see it rightly, in light of the future. Listen to learn more in this episode from the sermon by Pastor Jed on June 19, 2022.

God finds pride repellant and abhorrent, but humility draws His eye. It invites His smile. It invites His favor; His gives. He loves to draw near to the humble. Listen to learn more in this episode from the sermon by Pastor Jed on June 12, 2022.

God’s people are justified in Christ, and then out of that justification we increasing live lives out of righteousness with each other. And the effect of this righteous living with each other is peace. Listen to learn more in this episode from the sermon by Pastor Jed on June 5, 2022.

When something happens to us, our common response is, “What is God doing in this?” This is not sinful to ask. But this is not getting to the point. But the question should be is “Who are You, God?” This taps into the main powerline of the whole Bible. Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon from May 29, 2022, to learn more.

Jesus faced opposition with common sense and rationality. That is what the world has—what we constantly face. We are told that we become worthy by accepting whatever the whim of rationality is today. But the most important question is not what man thinks about us, but what does God think about us? Listen to learn more in this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon from May 22, 2022.

Christians are not inherently rebellious. We were designed to live under, and in submission to, God. When Adam and Eve chose not to remain under God’s authority is when they sinned. Humans were never designed to live utterly free. There is no such thing a absolute freedom. God appoints rulers over us and we are to pray for them and follow them. But what do we do when our rulers act against God? Li...

There is a moral element to naivety. We are usually naïve because in our pride, we know that there are realities that we know to be true, but we just don’t want to think about it anymore. We can’t imagine the world being that way, so in our pride we decide—as though we are God—that, of course, the world is this way and not this way. Listen to learn more in this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on...

Jesus gave the people a choice. Either follow others to your destruction, for follow your King to everlasting life. Which to you choose. Listen to learn more in this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on May, 1, 2022.