Kaleo Church

All of the promises of God toward us are Yes in Jesus Christ, and so through Jesus we respond with our Amen to God for his glory. An Amen we proclaim with our words and demonstrate with our lives. A life lived with integrity and faithfulness founded upon God's gospel promises and dependent on the power of the Holy Spirit.

Paul was so overwhelmed that he found himself despairing of life itself. But instead of hiding it or pretending that he was OK, Paul decided to be honest about his condition. In doing so, Paul showed us all that the church is the one place where it is OK to not be OK. He also shows us that God has a purpose for our fears and anxiety, a purpose for our despair and depression, a purpose for all of t...

If God is the God of all comfort, then what does it mean that we are suffering? Does it mean that something is broken between us and God? Not according to Paul. In this passage, Paul describes his suffering as “sharing with Christ in his pain” and describes the way that our God is able to comfort us even in the midst of our greatest suffering.

The Word of God is powerful enough to transform the unrepentant and hard-hearted into thriving and beautiful new creations. Listen and hear how the gospel can truly transform the most cursed things into the most God-glorifying things. 

 It is not uncommon for people to project the way others are treating them onto God. We assume that if our parents are sick of us or if our spouses find us difficult to be around, or if our roommates don’t enjoy us anymore, then God probably feels similarly. But the reality is that nothing could be further from the truth. You see, when it comes to love, our God isn’t anything like us. When it come...

There is a difference between being hungry and lost and being hungry while waiting for food you know is on its way. When we know that food is coming, the hunger that was once so frustrating can be transformed into a reason for joy. In this message, we will discuss how hope can infuse joy in the midst of our hunger.

Often, in the midst of suffering or personal failure, it is not uncommon to begin to wonder if God is really for us. Throughout the Old Testament, we see that from Adam on, even the best of people had times when they felt like God was against them. This war with God came to a climax when God sent his Only Son only to watch people murder him. In this sermon, we will discuss how it is that we often...

What makes hope so important? And how are we supposed to keep ourselves from losing hope in a world of disappointment? These are a few of the questions we will try to answer in this Christmas message about hope.

Gratitude isn’t just something God commands in order to ensure that he gets the credit he deserves, gratitude actually enables us to slow down and extract more joy from the good things that we have been given in life. In this message, we will discuss some reasons for gratitude that remain true in both the best and worst times of our lives. Ultimately, the steadfast love of the Lord endures forever...

What in the world does the future have to do with mission? How should the future promises of God change the way we love our neighbor? Listen and hear how the wonderful realities of us one day seeing Jesus face-to-face changes the way we proclaim the gospel in the present.

Fretting and fear lie to us about our God. They say that our suffering is evidence that God is against us. In this context the command to, "Delight yourself in the Lord" seems like an impossible ask because you will never delight in God if you don't believe he is for you! Instead, you will fear and fret. But the good news of the gospel is that God is for you in Jesus Christ, and he is totally comm...

Summary: There are evil people in this world with massive amounts of power, influence, success, and prosperity. So, how are we as Christians to respond to this fact? How are we to live in the "already / not yet" of Jesus' Kingdom? Psalm 37 helps us navigate the temptations we face because it is honest with us about the difficulty of living in this present evil age, but is committed to help us live...

More than ever, we are being discipled by a culture of hurry and distraction. However, God created a world where rest was a built-in rhythm necessary for all humans to flourish. Listen and hear how the gospel frees us from building an identity in anything other than Christ.

Is your prayer life as messy as your real life? If not, why? What parts of your life are you holding back or shoving down or cleaning up before you bring them to God? Over and over again, we see the Psalmist showing us what it looks like to bring our real, unfiltered selves into the presence of God, even when our real selves happen to be a mess. In this sermon we will explore some of these things...

We talk a lot about “how to become a Christian?” or “how to live the Christian life?” but in this message, we are going to take some time to think about the “why.” What is it that ought to motivate us to follow God? As we look at 2 Kings 13 we will consider 4 different motivations for being a Christian in order to see which one is big enough to keep us following God all of our life.

How would you respond if you looked into the future and perceived a new political leader coming to power that you knew for certain was bent on bringing untold suffering on you and the ones you loved? This was the position Elisha found himself in here in 2 Kings 8. However, Elisha is not the only one who finds himself facing an enemy that is stronger than he is and bent on bringing him harm. Paul t...

  What do we do with our regrets? And how does the promise of restoration deal with all that we end up missing out on in life because of the things we have lost? In this passage, the author of 2 Kings writes to a people who have lost everything and are struggling with regret. He gives us a glimmer of hope and helps us see why we should continue to wait for the LORD even in seasons of significant l...

Sometimes, what makes God’s promises seem difficult to believe is how big they are. In the midst of terrible loss, it can be hard to believe that God has a plan to use even loss for our ultimate good. In the midst of deep loneliness, it can be difficult to believe that God is with us, and in the midst of inexcusable failure, it can be hard to fathom that he continues to enjoy loving us. These are...

Description: Psalm 23 is a well-known Psalm about God as our Shepherd. With lush imagery about green pastures and waters of rest, it is no wonder it's a favorite of many. But what happens when we find ourselves in the valley of deep darkness? Listen and hear about the good news of a Shepherd with his people in the darkness, using it all to help us better know him.

ave you ever found yourself asking, “Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?” It is a question born out of pain and disappointment. A question that comes when we don’t understand why God isn’t fixing something that we care about and we don’t know why. For any of you who have ever wondered, “Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?” this sermon is for you.

Summary: Sin is a failure to believe in God's promises to us, God's presence with us, and God's power for us. When we fail to believe the gospel, we blindly give into the temptations to grasp for control, to be lured away by the enticements of the world, or to give into fear and despair. And so, the constant refrain of scripture is to repent and believe the gospel - to turn away from that which ha...

Have you ever really struggled to forgive someone because you didn’t think they deserved it? Have you ever tried to extract from someone just a little bit of the pain that their sin had caused you? Have you ever hidden your failures in order to feel superior to someone else? If you find yourself resonating with any of these questions, then this sermon is for you.

 All of us have people in our lives who we find difficult to love, but what do we do? How do we love people who have hurt us? In this message, we will consider God’s love for his enemies and how it can enable us to love the people in our lives who we find difficult.

Have you ever tried your best at something only to find out that it wasn’t enough? That is a tough feeling, isn’t it? That feeling that comes over us when we realize that we are not good enough. In this message we will see why it is that we work so hard to be enough. We will also discover how it is that God has chosen to deal with the areas in which we have fallen short.