Growing Faith Church Sermons

Series: Radical Kingdom: The Birth of the King Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC December 7, 2025 1. Jesus is Abraham's Promised Blessing to All Nations (Gen. 12:3) 2. Jesus is David's Promised Eternal King (2 Sam. 7:4-17) 3. Faith in Jesus Unlocks Our Role in His Story (Matt. 28:19; Rev. 5:9-10) Christmas didn't begin with Jesus' birth in Bethlehem—it started thousands of years earlie...

Series: Radical Kingdom: The Birth of a King Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC November 30, 2025 1. Jesus Fulfills the Promise of the Coming Anointed Savior (Gen. 3:15) 2. Jesus is the Preeminent Anointed Prophet: Listen to Him (Deut. 18:15) 3. Jesus is the Preeminent Anointed Priest: Trust in Him (Heb. 7:23-28; 10:11-22) 4. Jesus is the Preeminent Anointed King: Bow Before Him (Isaiah...

Series: Made for More: Identity, Purpose, and Grace in the Beginning Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC November 23, 2025 1. The Church's Purpose is Not to Settle Down Inside a Building. (vv. 1-4, 8) 2. The Church Must Not Seek to Create a Name for Itself. (vv. 1-5) 3. God Will Judge the Church That Gets Purpose and Identity Wrong. (vv. 6-9) 4. God Will Use the Church to Accomplish His...

Series: Made for More: Identity, Purpose, and Grace in the Beginning Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC November 16, 2025 1. The Curse of Sin is Still Present (vv. 18-21) 2. Our Response to Sin Should be Compassion, Not Condemnation (vv. 22-23) 3. Sin Results in a Curse (vv. 24-29) 4. God Blesses Us to Be a Blessing to Others (10:1-32)  

Series: Made for More: Identity, Purpose, and Grace in the Beginning Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC November 9, 2025 1. God's Grace is Seen in His Timing (8:1-8:19) 2. God's Grace is Seen in His Response to Worship (8:20-22) 3. God's Grace is Seen in His Commands (9:1-17) 4. God's Grace is Seen in His Covenants (9:8-17) The flood story in Genesis reveals God's incredible grace, not...

Series: Made for More: Identity, Purpose, and Grace in the Beginning Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC November 2, 2025 1. We Must Take God's Wrath Against Sin Seriously (6:11-13; 7:21-24) 2. We Must Take God's Sovereignty Seriously (7:6-24) 3. We Must Take Our Walk with God Seriously (6:17-18, 22, 7:1, 5, 9, 16, 23) 4. We Must Take God's Grace Seriously (7:17-24) The story of Noah's f...

Series: Made for More: Identity, Purpose, and Grace in the Beginning Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC October 19, 2025 1. Godly Families Worship the Lord (4:17-26) 2. Godly Families Walk with God (4:19-24; 5:21-24) 3. Godly Families Hope for the Future (4:17-24; 5:28-31) The first biblical genealogy reveals two contrasting family lines that teach us how to build a godly legacy. Cain's...

Series: Made for More: Identity, Purpose, and Grace in the Beginning Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC October 12, 2025 1. Do You Have a Mechanical Attitude Toward Worship? (vv. 1-5a) 2. Do You Have a Defiant Attitude Toward Repentance? (vv. 5b-7) 3. Do You Have an Indifferent Attitude Toward Others? (vv. 8-10) 4. Do You Have an Ungrateful Attitude Regarding God's Grace? (vv. 11-16) Th...

Series: Made for More: Identity, Purpose, and Grace in the Beginning Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC October 5, 2025 1. Sin Results from a Misplaced Identity (vv. 1-6) 2. Sin Destroys Community with God and Others (vv. 7-13) 3. Sin Frustrates Our God-given Purpose (vv. 14-17) 4. Sin Can Only Be Overcome by Amazing Grace (vv. 18-24) Genesis 3 reveals how sin entered the world when Ada...

Series: Made for More: Identity, Purpose, and Grace in the Beginning Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC September 28, 2025 1. God Provides Life (vv. 4-7) 2. God Provides Abundantly for Us (vv. 8-14) 3. God Provides Meaningful Work (v. 15) 4. God Provides Community (vv. 18-25) 5. God Provides a Choice (vv. 16-17) God's original design for humanity in Genesis 2 reveals four essential prov...

Series: Made for More: Identity, Purpose, and Grace in the Beginning Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC September 21, 2025 1. The Sabbath is a Blessing (v. 3) 2. The Sabbath is Set Apart as Holy (v. 3) 3. The Sabbath is a Picture of Grace (vv. 1-3) 4. The Eternal Sabbath Comes Through Faith The Sabbath is not merely a list of restrictions but a divine blessing established at creation wh...

Preached for Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC in a joint service with Macedonia Baptist Church, Liberty, NC September 14, 2025 1. God is There When it Looks Like the End (vv. 1-3) 2. God's Word Builds Up the Broken (vv. 4-8) 3. God's Spirit Brings Life from Death (vv. 9-10) 4. God Will Always Keep His Promises (vv. 11-14) Pastor Brian reflects on the union of a young church and a historic congreg...

Series: Made for More: Identity, Purpose, and Grace in the Beginning Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC September 7, 2025 1. The Image of God Transcends All Other Identities 2. The Image of God Grants Unconditional Value and Dignity 3. The Image of God Provides Our Ultimate Purpose 4. The Image of God Displays the Gospel In a world facing an identity crisis, Genesis 1 reveals our true i...

Series: "Made for More: Identity, Purpose, and Grace in the Beginning" Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC  August 31, 2025   Introduction: "How Do We Approach Genesis 1?" 1. God's Word is Powerful 2. God Acts with a Plan and a Purpose 3. Everything God Does is Good 4. God's Ultimate Creation is Mankind   Genesis 1 reveals profound truths about God's nature and purpose in creation. Rathe...

Series: Made for More - Identity, Purpose, and Grace in the Beginning Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, N.C. August 24, 2025 1. God is Eternal and Ultimate (v. 1a) 2. God Has No Rivals (v. 1b) 3. God Fills the Empty (v. 2a) 4. God Is Our Only Source of Hope (v. 2b) Genesis 1:1-2 reveals four essential truths about God that shape our understanding of life and purpose. God is eternal and ul...

Series: Operation Liberty: Gospel Mission Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC August 17, 2025 1. Ingredient #1: An Obedient Servant (vv. 26-27a) 2. Ingredient #2: A Lost Soul (vv. 27b-28) 3. Ingredient #3: The Power of the Holy Spirit (vv. 29-34) 4. Ingredient #4: A Prepared Witness (vv. 30, 35) Evangelism is a partnership with God where we join His work in the world. The story of Philip...

Series: Operation Liberty: Gospel Mission Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC August 10, 2025 1. There are Only Two Requirements for Heaven (vv. 25-28) 2. Stop Thinking Like a Lawyer (vv. 29-32) We Feel the Need to Justify Ourselves (v. 29) We Try to Change the Grading Standard (v. 29) Logical Calculations Result in Cold Obedience and Self-Righteousness (v. 30-32) 3. The Beauty of a Gosp...

Series: Operation Liberty: Gospel Mission Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC August 3, 2025 1. We Focus on the Problem Instead of Our Part (vv. 6-8) 2. We Forget to Charge Up (v. 8) 3. We Would Rather Stare at Jesus (vv. 9-11) 4. We Don't Feel the Urgency (v. 11) Jesus gave His followers one clear mission: to be His witnesses throughout the world, empowered by the Holy Spirit. Many Chri...

Guest Preacher: Pastor Jonathan Taylor Series: Operation Liberty: Gospel Mission Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty NC July 27, 2025 1. The Confrontation (vv. 1-5) 2. The Cleansing (vv. 6-7) 3. The Commissioning (vv. 8-13) Pastor Jonathan Taylor is a church planter who, along with his wife Brittany, is planting First Love Fellowship in Tarboro, NC.  Their expected launch date is September 2...

Series: Operation Liberty: Gospel Mission Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC July 20, 2025 1. Obey the Simple Next Instruction (vv. 1-3) 2. Obey When You Doubt it Will Matter (vv. 4-7) 3. Obey the Blesser, Not the Blessing (vv. 8-10a) 4. Obey with All You Are Because of All He's Done (vv. 10b-11) Jesus transformed Peter's life mission through progressive steps of obedience. Starting wit...

Series: "Operation Liberty: Gospel Mission" Preached at Growing Faith Church in Liberty, NC July 6, 2025 Our next sermon in this series on invitation and evangelism explores how God restores broken relationships through Christ's sacrifice. When humanity sinned, our relationship with God was broken beyond our ability to repair. God paid the cost by treating Jesus as if He had committed all our sins...

Series: "Operation Liberty: Gospel Mission" Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC June 29, 2025 In Acts 18, Paul's journey in Corinth reveals five essential keys to successful ministry that apply to our mission today. These include accepting that ministry is challenging, making God-ordained connections, preparing for emotional highs and lows, advancing ministry outside church walls, and st...

Series: "New Life, New Church, New Purpose" Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC June 22, 2025 1. Stand Strong Against the Real Enemy. (vv. 10-12) 2. Stand Strong in God's Gospel Armor. (vv. 13-17) 3. Stand Strong in Prayer. (vv. 18-24) The armor of God equips believers for spiritual warfare against demonic forces, not human enemies. This armor includes the belt of truth, breastplate of r...

Series: "New Life, New Church, New Purpose" Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC June 15, 2025 1. The Gospel Transforms All Servant/Superior Relationships (v. 1, v. 5) 2. Servants Submit to the Lord to Gain a Future Reward (vv. 1-3; vv. 5-8) 3. Superiors Lead as Christ's Representatives in Submission to Him (v. 4, v. 9) 4. God Uses Christ-centered Relationships to Change the World (vv. 4-...

Series: "New Life, New Church, New Purpose" Preached at Growing Faith Church, Liberty, NC June 8, 2025 1. The Spirit Proclaims the Gospel to Empower Submission (vv. 18-21) 2. Wives Proclaim the Gospel by Submitting to Their Husbands. (vv. 22-24) 3. Husbands Proclaim the Gospel by Sacrificing for Their Wives. (vv. 25-30) 4. Marriage Proclaims the Gospel by Expressing Unity in Christ. (vv. 31-33) Ma...