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Gospel of John - John 12.1-11 Jobey McGinty What does a reasonable response to God look like? Living a good, moral life? Trying our best? Serving others? Though all of these responses may seem reasonable, proportion matters. God has given us everything, and through Jesus He has purchased even our eternal life. The only reasonable response, then, is to give Him everything. However, we often live un...

 Gospel of John - John 11.45-57 Jobey McGinty Jesus came to this earth not just simply to make salvation possible, but to actually save. His mission wasn't to throw the proverbial "Hail Mary" pass in hopes that some of us may catch it. He came to run the ball Himself, securing salvation for those that that His Father gave to Him, and He declared that He will lose none of them, that all those...

1 John 3.11-18, 1 John 4.7-12 Tyler Willis God's love was demonstrated by the giving of His Son. We as Christians have been called to lay down our lives for one another and consider the needs of others over our own. In 1 John, John tells we are to love one another and in John 13, Jesus tell us this is how the world will know that we are His disciples by our love for one another. Our testimony to t...

1 Corinthians 13.1-7 Casey Barnes What is love? In this sermon, Pastor Casey explains how biblical love is others-centered and self-sacrificing. When we model ourselves after the way Jesus loved, we have a reward in Heaven that motivates us to love and hold the interests of others above our own, even in difficult circumstances.

The Gospel of John - John 11, the Raising of Lazarus Jobey McGinty God is not in a hurry to get you out of trouble. We often are, and we pray that God would be, but it is rare that our timing is lined up with God's will and timing. He is not in a hurry to get us out of our trouble, but He is always going to do everything right on time, and for perfect reason.  Jesus wept in John 11 as He witn...

Gospel of John - John 10.22-42 Jobey McGinty If you could lose your salvation, you would. The only reason you continue forward is because Jesus has promised that you would. Jesus tells us, "Father is greater than all, and no one will snatch them out of His hands," and "they will never perish," and elsewhere in the Word we are told that "nothing can separate us from the love of Christ," and th...

Gospel of John - John 10.1-21 Jobey McGinty There are many things that promise us comfort, protection, happiness, and satisfaction: money, comfort, political power, lust, etc. But none of those things will lay their lives down for us, and even more so, none of them can give us everlasting life. These "false shepherds" try to lure us away, and we often, sadly, follow after their voice. But there is...

Gospel of John - John 9 Jobey McGinty We quickly ask "why me?!" when bad things happen to us. And it makes sense, given our finiteness and limited perspective that we would wonder this. Often, we make assumptions about God and about suffering. In this story, Jesus' own disciples, when they happened upon a man who was born blind, asked, "why was this man born blind? Was it because of his own sin, o...

Weapons of Peace - Philippians 1.27, 28 Jobey McGinty God has called us, His church, to His mission on this earth.  And He has not just left us guessing and unarmed for this battle, but our Prince of Peace has given us weapons of warfare as instruments to help us fight for the peace of God to rule and reign in our hearts.

Weapons of Peace - Matthew 6.7-13 Jobey McGinty God has called us, His church, to His mission on this earth.  And He has not just left us guessing and unarmed for this battle, but our Prince of Peace has given us weapons of warfare as instruments to help us fight for the peace of God to rule and reign in our hearts.

Weapons of Peace - Hebrews 4.12, 13 Jobey McGinty God has called us, His church, to His mission on this earth.  And He has not just left us guessing and unarmed for this battle, but our Prince of Peace has given us weapons of warfare as instruments to help us fight for the peace of God to rule and reign in our hearts. Each year, our church spends three weeks reminding ourselves of what our mi...

Psalm 207 Jobey McGinty Every year, on the last Sunday of our year, we spend our last time of corporate worship together in Psalm 107.  In this Psalm, the psalmist exhorts the people to consider God's steadfast love, and if they have seen it in their lives, then "let the redeemed of the Lord say so."  In the midst of the congregation and the elders, it is important for us to declare God'...

Romans 3:23 Jobey McGinty Christmas commemorates the most unlikely event in human history: God Himself came down to die in our place. He did this not because there was anything worthwhile in us to die for, or because we had done anything to deserve this gift, but simply because of His grace and love for lost sinners.  Because of His birth, life, death, and resurrection, we have the hope of a...

If you have found yourself getting upset, irritated, frustrated, or annoyed at the events of this year, or if you have been long fighting a heart that is quick to argue, opinionated, defensive, or insists on being proven right, this walk through of Chapter 2 of "If You Bite and Devour One Another" should serve as some much needed medicine. I can't say enough about this book and the way it walks us...

Advent: War and Peace - Philippians 4.4-9 Jobey McGinty If you have been stressed, angry, frustrated, annoyed, fed up, irritated, anxious, or worried...if you’re tired of all of this and find your blood pressure rising or mood lowering, this sermon is for you. All of us, to some degree, deal with these things on a daily basis. Our minds and hearts are infiltrated with thoughts and feelings that ov...

Join me as I walk though the main points in these workshop style videos going through Alexander Strauch's book, "If You Bite and Devour."  This book, based on Galatians 5.15 which tells us as Christians that "if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another,"  is a rich resource of Scripture and biblical wisdom to help us to not give in to the desire...

Advent: War and Peace, Isaiah 9.6, 7 Jobey McGinty Independence results in separation. Sometimes independence is good, such as a teen moving out of the house and becoming responsible, or a people coming out of the oppression of a nation or other people group. But there is always a separation.  Throughout human history, man has time and time again declared independence from God. Instead of com...

Gospel of John - John 8.48-59 Jobey McGinty It is natural and normal to fear or have some kind of anxiety over the thought of death, be it our own or of our loved ones.  We fear the separation, or maybe the mystery of it. But Jesus gives a radical promise, that those who keep His Word will never see death. It is as if we pass from one room into the next; it is the difference between being hit...

Gospel of John - John 8.31-47 Jobey McGinty We often here the quote, "the truth will set you free!"  But what this assumes is that you are not free; that you are enslaved to something. The more we think about this, the more insulting it becomes.  "I don't need to be free, I'm already free!," we decry.  But we are not. We are born into the slavery of sin, and we can't change that by...

Gospel of John - John 8.12-30 Jobey McGinty Both the moon and the sun are sources of light for us, but only the sun has light in itself. The moon is merely a reflection of the sun. Jesus is the light of the world. Any light we have (character, goodness, purity) is given by Him, and darkness in our hearts and minds can only be done away with if we draw closer to the true light. And as that light sh...

Gospel of John - John 8.1-11, Matthew 7.1-5 Jobey McGinty It's a famous story. A bunch of self-righteous religious leaders want to have an adulterous woman stoned for her sin. But Jesus shows compassion.  God's Word warns us not to judge wrongly or self-righteously. We're told that whatever amount of judgement we give, we will be judged by that same measure. We ought instead to hope and aim f...

Galatians 5.14-15 Jobey McGinty Paul tells the Galatian church, "if you bite and devour each other, beware that you don't consume each other." Today, not just in our country, but in our churches, we are biting and devouring each other. We are lobbing verbal grenades and shaming anyone who doesn't see or believe things exactly as we do. Christians are turning on other Christians in their own church...

Psalm 61 & Romans 8 Tyler Willis In this week’s sermon, pastor Tyler reminds us of God’s sovereignty which transcends every season of life. During these difficult times, and the seasons and trials that have and will come, we can take refuge in God’s steadfast sovereignty. His love for us, demonstrated on the cross, is a rock we can stake our lives on. He is a strong tower in times of trouble (Psal...

Mark 8.34-38 Casey Barnes Are you living open-handedly for the sake of the Gospel? Jesus tells us that if we want to be his disciples, we must deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow him. In this sermon, Pastor Casey examines a life poured out for the Gospel, which is one that is self-denying, avoids worldliness, and centers its hope on a future citizenship in Heaven.

Gospel of John - John 7.25-52 Jobey McGinty Is your life marked as one that is overflowing with the Holy Spirit? Or do you sometimes doubt if the Holy Spirit is really at work in you because you can't feel Him or sense Him? The good news is that Jesus promised that every single person who believes in Him and has been born again will absolutely receive the Holy Spirit as a promise to live and work...