JCC: Sermons and Teachings

Pastor Gary describes the significance of the five witnesses which testify to Jesus’s divinity in John 5:31-47. Will the evidence convince you to surrender your heart to Christ?

Pastor Gary reveals the importance of Christ’s claim of unity with God the Father. Putting our faith in God the Son’s death and resurrection brings us into a saving relationship with God forever. John 5:16-30

Pastor Gary continues the story of a paralytic’s healing by examining the legalistic responses of the religious leaders. Making secondary things the primary things means we miss out on the heart of God, a heart filled with mercy and grace towards broken people. John 5:8-16

Pastor Gary teaches on the healing at the pool of Bethesda and compares it with the spiritual path to healing Christ offers each of us. John 5:1-15

Pastor Gary traces the steps each of us must make towards faith by examining the royal official’s request for his dying son’s healing to Jesus. John 4:45-54

Pastor Danny Long shares many things we can learn from Jesus’s loving and challenging encounter with the woman at the well. John 4:1-42

Pastor Gary describes the difference between having a positive self image by the world‘s standards and having a God-given self image by examining the perspective of John the Baptist as Christ’s ministry grew. John 3:22-36

Pastor Gary reveals how John 3:16 is "the Gospel in miniature" by laying out 6 truths to be found in this key verse.

Pastor Gary uncovers the details of a secret night meeting between Jesus and a religious leader named Nicodemus. We don’t need to be a little better or change a few things about ourselves; we need to be completely born again by faith to enter God’s family. John 3:1-15.

Pastor Gary draws parallels between Jesus cleansing the temple and the changes God wants to make inside each Christian, we who are living temples of the Spirit of God. John 2:13-25

Pastor Ryan Murphy asks two questions about Jesus’s first public sign—why did he choose a wedding for the setting and why was wine his first miraculous transformation? God uses the marriage metaphor to communicate his love and blessing to his wayward people. John 2:1-11

Pastor Gary tells of Jesus’s growing band of disciples in John 1:35-51 and explains how we simply tell others to “come and see” the Lord and God does the rest. He is the stairway to heaven for people to return to God.

Pastor Gary unveils the forerunner to Jesus, John the Baptist. As the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy, John pointed the world to Christ, while surrendering his own pride and admitting his need for a Savior. John 1:15-34

Pastor Gary delves deeply into verse 14 of John chapter 1, marveling at the mystery of God becoming a man. Jesus was fully man and fully God, and that gives people like us hope to live holy and righteously by the Holy Spirit. John 1:14

Pastor Gary continues through the first thirteen verses of John’s gospel, marveling in the universe’s creation and sustenance by God the Father through God the Son. Yet, for all the scientific complexity of the world He has created, the biggest marvel is that he came to die for your sins and to know you intimately as His child.

To start off our new sermon series in the Gospel of John, Pastor Gary Musser gives insight to the need and purpose of the four Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John.

Byron Musser answers to the question "What is the Gospel?"

Pastor Gary lays out the different reminders for the believer, such as reminders to pray, encourage, support, to be responsible, and to hold leadership accountable within the church.

Pastor Gary sprints through both 2 John and 3 John, highlighting how we are to walk in truth and love together in our Christian community.

Pastor Danny Long brings our study in 1 John to an end by explaining, defining and identifying idols in our lives. Danny describes how we can remove idols and how to keep God as our main focus.

Concluding Remarks Pastor Danny Long delves further into the topic of prayer, considering how we should pray for each other and how we can live lives of freedom as children of God. 1 John 5:16-20

Pastor Ryan continues in 1 John 5:13-15 by wrestling with the promise that God will always welcome us, hear us, and answer us. But how do we pray the right prayers? And how do we become the right kind of people? Two encounters with Jesus in Mark 10:35-52 help us answer those questions.

Pastor Gary discusses how moral lies, doctrinal lies, and social lies can keep us from more intimate fellowship with God. Meanwhile, obedience to God, trust in His Word, and love for others ground us in the truth. 1 John 4:20-5:13

Pastor Gary shows us how God’s love results in comfort from the Holy Spirit, forgiveness from sin, and confidence on the day of judgment. 1 John 4:13-19

Pastor Gary defines God's love and what it entails for the believer. 1 John 4:7-12