IFEC Sermons Podcast

In Part 3 of our Summer Psalms series, Manuel lead us through Psalm 116 and reminded us of a comforting truth: no matter how weak our prayers may feel, our God listens. This sermon speaks to the moments when we know we need to pray, but our hearts are tired, our minds are scattered, and the words are hard to find. Through the testimony of the psalmist, we see that God does not wait for our prayers...

As part two of our new series, Summer Psalms, José Pablo Daza led us through Psalm 51 in a message titled “From Guilt to Grace.” Written by King David after his sin with Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah, this psalm provides one of Scripture’s clearest pictures of genuine repentance and the transforming mercy of God. The message confronts us with the reality that even David—a man after God’s own h...

In Part 1 of our Summer Psalms series, Pastor Javier led us through Psalm 121 and explored a question every believer faces: Where does our help come from? As pilgrims journeying through life, we all encounter mountains along the way—health challenges, family struggles, financial pressures, and the daily call to follow Christ in a fallen world. Through Psalm 121, we were reminded that our confidenc...

Are you merely getting by in your faith, or are you fully invested in following Christ? In this message from Return to the Gospel, we explore 1 Corinthians 15 and the life-changing reality of the resurrection. Discover why we need resurrection, when it will happen, and how Christ's victory over death transforms the way we live today. Because Jesus conquered the grave, our labor is not in vain, our...

This powerful exploration of 1 Corinthians 15:42-49 JD confronted us with a profound truth: our bodies are deteriorating, yet we have an incredible hope. We live in a world obsessed with reversing aging—cosmetic industries, experimental medications, anything to delay the inevitable decay. But Scripture reveals something far greater than any fountain of youth we could imagine.  Our current bodies,...

In this message, we were reminded of the incredible hope we have in Christ through 1 Corinthians 15. Paul points us to the picture of a seed—what is buried appears to die, yet God brings forth something far more glorious. In the same way, our weak and perishable bodies are not the end of the story. One day, God will raise His people with glorified, imperishable bodies free from pain, sickness, and...

What does it truly mean to live in light of the resurrection? This past Sunday through 1 Corinthians 15:29-34 pastor Javier challenged us to examine whether the doctrine of resurrection is merely something we confess on Sundays or a transformative reality that shapes every aspect of our lives. Drawing from Jesus' confrontation with the Sadducees in Matthew 22, we're reminded that God is not the Go...

This message centers on the command, “Arise and shine, for your light has come.” Spoken to a people who had lost everything, God didn’t call them to stay in their pain—He called them to rise, reminding them that His glory was still with them. It challenges us not to settle in our struggles or past, but to move forward in faith. Throughout Scripture, “arise” is a call to step into what God is doing...

Psalm 100 brings us back to a simple but important question: Why do we worship God? It shows us that worship is more than a Sunday habit—it’s the natural response of people who truly know Him. We’re called to shout with joy, to serve with gladness, and to come before Him with confidence—not to earn His favor, but because of the grace we’ve already received through Christ. At the center is this tru...

What if everything we believed about our faith hinged on a single historical event? This powerful exploration of 1 Corinthians 15:20-28 reminds us that the resurrection of Christ is not merely a nice story or religious symbol—it is the bedrock of our entire hope. We live in a world that feels like a conveyor belt of bad news, where our bodies decay, relationships struggle, and unexpected diagnoses...

In a world drowning in information, where over 500 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute, we face an unprecedented challenge: distinguishing truth from falsehood in our spiritual lives.  In this exposition of 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Pastor Javier lays out a critical question that plagued the early church and threatens believers today—what happens if we deny the resurrection? Paul dism...

In the midst of life's overwhelming waves, we're invited to return to the foundational truth that anchors our souls: the gospel of Jesus Christ. Drawing from 1 Corinthians 15, we're reminded that when circumstances feel unstable and challenges keep hitting us one after another, we don't need something new—we need to remember what is eternally true.  The message called us to four critical actions:...

What does biblical love actually look like when people fail us, disappoint us, or wound us? In this exploration of 1 Corinthians 13:7 pastor Javier challenged us to reconsider everything we thought we knew about love. We discovered that when Paul says love 'bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things,' he's not calling us to become doormats for abuse or to tolerate...

This past Sunday pastor Javier continued to expand on Paul’s definition of love according to 1 Corinthians 13:6, in doing so we we're challenged to examine what truly brings us joy. The message confronted us with an uncomfortable truth: love isn't neutral—it has convictions, boundaries, and specific affections.  As pastor Javier unpacked verse 6 we discovered that Biblical love refuses to celebrat...

We often think of love as a feeling that sweeps over us, but this past Sunday pastor Javier message challenged us to see love as something far more powerful—a way of life that reveals the very character of God.  Drawing from 1 Corinthians 13, we discovered that Biblical love isn't tested in comfort but in conflict. It's easy to say 'I love you' when everything is smooth, when people agree with us...

In a world where people Google 'what is love' over 6.6 million times a year, we find ourselves more confused than ever about this fundamental human longing. Our culture has given us everything from John Lennon's 'all you need is love' to Whitney Houston's 'learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all,' yet we remain unsatisfied and searching.  This past Sunday through our sermon of 1 Cori...

This past Sunday through his exposition of 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 pastor Javier challenged us to examine the foundation beneath everything we say, know, and do. We were invited to imagine a world without love—where spiritual gifts operate, theological knowledge abounds, and sacrificial acts occur, yet something essential is missing.  The sermon revealed a sobering truth: we can possess the most impr...

In this powerful exploration of 1 Corinthians 12, Pastor Javier reminded us of a truth we desperately need to hear: God is the sovereign architect of His church. Just as we need repeated reminders in our marriages and daily lives—like those multiplication table songs or persistent requests to fix a shirt button—we need constant reminders of how God's church functions.  The passage walks us through...

What if the very thing our culture trains us to resist—dependence on others—is actually the design of God for His church? This past Sunday in our exploration of 1 Corinthians 12:14-27 pastor Javier confronted our modern obsession with independence and self-sufficiency, revealing that we were created for interdependence within the body of Christ.  In this text Paul uses the human body as a powerful...

What does it truly mean to be a spiritual people? In this profound exploration of 1 Corinthians 12 Pastor Javier challenged us to reconsider everything we thought we knew about spiritual gifts and church unity. We discover that possessing spiritual gifts doesn't automatically make us spiritually mature—just as eating at McDonald's doesn't make us hamburgers!  The Corinthian church had plenty of gi...