JCC: Sermons and Teachings

Pastor Danny Long continues teaching on the high priestly prayer of Jesus, as the Lord asks for His followers to have joy, protection, sanctification, and a focused mission.

Pastor Gary shares how Jesus revealed God through His life and His teaching and how the apostles (and eventually we) glorified God through our obedience and unity.

Pastor Gary introduces the high priestly prayer of Jesus in John 17 by explaining that Jesus is both the one offering sacrifices to God and the perfect sacrifice that forgives our sins and grants eternal life to all who believe.

Pastor Gary wraps up chapter 16 with Jesus again predicting His death but also pointing a clear arrow to the “mega” joy that will follow for both Jesus and for us when He overcomes the grave and makes a way to heaven for us.

Pastor Gary explains how Jesus takes on different roles in the court of law over our souls and salvation.

Pastor Gary dispels the myth of the “prosperity gospel” by studying Jesus’s words about the normal persecution and suffering that come to Christ followers in a hate-filled world.

Pastor Gary Musser describes four traits of true love from John 15:9-17.

Pastor Danny describes discipleship by using the vine and gardener metaphor employed by Jesus in John 15:1-8. How do we remain in Christ and what is the fruit that our lives produce?

Pastor Byron covers the gladness at going, the reasons to believe, and the Prince of this World mentioned by Jesus in John 14:28-31.

Pastor Ryan considers how we love and obey Jesus by following the Ten Commandments.

Pastor Byron opens God’s Word for us, where Jesus prepares His disciples for His absence by discussing the gifts of prayer, of the Holy Spirit’s indwelling, and of communion.

Pastor Danny takes us through Christ’s response to the curious disciples’ questions about His identity and purpose, ultimately revealing that Jesus is the full revelation of God and is all we need for salvation.

Pastor Danny outlines Christ's encouragement, promise, and directions for eternal life to His disciples in John 14:1-6.

Pastor Ryan Murphy describes how Christ’s glory on earth was His obedient sacrifice on our behalf and how our dependence on His Spirit daily makes our lives and our church glorious for God.

Pastor Byron Musser discusses God’s sovereignty over even Judas’s betrayal of Christ, as he connects a Psalm 41 prophecy to Jesus’s last night but also to Christ’s eventual resurrection and victory over Satan.

Pastor Byron explains how Jesus washing his disciples’ feet shows His love for them, their need to be cleansed, and the attitude that we should have towards others.

Pastor Ryan concludes the first half of the book of John by looking at Jesus’s final warning to the public before His crucifixion and resurrection, where He again states that He is God in the flesh and that our obedience to His Words will be the determining factor in our doom or salvation.

Pastor Ryan concludes the first half of the book of John by looking at Jesus’s final warning to the public before His crucifixion and resurrection, where He again states that He is God in the flesh and that our obedience to His Words will be the determining factor in our doom or salvation.

Pastor Ryan details Jesus’s last public address before his crucifixion and John’s reflection on the hardness of hearts within the Jewish leadership. Do we have ears to hear of and hearts to trust in God’s forgiveness for our sins?

Pastor Danny teaches on Jesus’s painful announcement of His impending crucifixion but how that death would lead to new life for all who believe in Christ.

Pastor Danny reviews the different characters seen in this passage while highlighting how to follow the example of Martha, Lazarus, and Mary.

Pastor Byron focuses on one attribute of God: His Holiness.

Pastor Danny continues studying the seventh and final miracle of Jesus recorded in the book of John with the raising of Lazarus. He takes us through the waiting, the weeping, the walking, and the watching experienced by both Jesus and the crowd, and invites us to come alive spiritually like Lazarus came alive physically by answering Christ’s call.

Pastor Gary begins the study of Lazarus's death and resuscitation by reflecting on the silence and mysterious ways of God. Although God's timing might not look like ours, we can always trust in His good plan.

Pastor Gary takes us through Jesus’s winter conversation with the Pharisees, where he assures them of his power to hold those who trust in Him forever. He is both the Good Shepherd and the Lamb who was slain to bring us to God.