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Gospel of John - John 7.1-24 Jobey McGinty We tend to only see what we want to see, or what we have trained ourselves to see. When we hear something we don't like, we find ways to have it not apply to us. Our inner lawyer comes out to defend us and get us off the hook. But Jesus came to set us free from this spiritual blindness and hypocrisy. He came to shine light into darkness and give us real l...

Gospel of John - John 6.59-71 Jobey McGinty It isn't easy to follow Jesus. His teachings are challenging, His message of dying to self is one of humility and brokenness. In this story, many of His own disciples can't bear listening any longer, and so they turn away. Every day, we have the choice to either follow Christ in His teaching and example, or we can go our own way. And though the other way...

Gospel of John - John 6.35-50 Jobey McGinty In an election year, we become accustomed to hearing lots of promises that we (rightly) expect to become unfulfilled. At least, not to the extent of the promise, if at all. But in His earthly ministry, Jesus made some massively sweeping promises, and yet He will fulfill every single one of them, to their fullest extent. Through the sacrifice He made for...

Gospel of John - John 6.25-51 Jobey McGinty There are many things that satisfy us in life: a good meal, a beautiful sunset, a great conversation with a friend.  But within a few days, or even hours, we want more. It just doesn't last.  But Jesus offers us satisfaction that lasts not just for one meal, or a couple hours, but for all eternity.  And He promises that when we go to Him,...

Gospel of John - John 6.15-27 Jobey McGinty What are you afraid of? Afraid of losing, afraid of what might be in your future? There are constantly storms and waves coming into our lives, often when we least expect it, and they seem to be insurmountable. But out of the darkness of our trials and even our own hearts, a shadowy figure appears and says, "It is I, do not be afraid!"  Jesus reminds...

Gospel of John - John 6.1-15 Tyler Willis In this section of Scripture, we see a miracle from Jesus as he feeds a multitude with just five loaves of bread and two fish. We looked at some responses that took place in the story and how God is pulling us into a more trusting relationship. We can fully rely on God as he has sovereignly loved and continues to love us through his Son Jesus Christ. Jesus...

Gospel of John - John 5.39-44 Jobey McGinty Why is it so hard to follow Jesus sometimes? Why doesn't reading the Word interest us at times? Jesus tells us in John 5 that we shouldn't even expect ourselves to receive Him if our hearts are already full with other lesser things. If you fill your heart and mind with other people or things that offer satisfaction or promises to meet your needs and desi...

Gospel of John - John 5.16-38 Jobey McGinty Oftentimes, the truth hurts.  It pushes on our egos, our pride, our self-made image and identity.  Our natural reaction is to push back, to defend, or distract.  But the truth is meant to be for our good. To help us, change us, and heal us.  Jesus does not leave us in the dark, wondering where we stand with God.  He tells us the...

Gospel of John - John 5.16-38 Jobey McGinty Jesus draws a line in the sand with the religious people of His day. He lets them know that though they may think they are good with God, He lets them know that God is not good with them. However, He lets them know how they can become good with God. His answer infuriates them, yet He makes it clear that He tells them so that they can be saved.  It m...

Gospel of John - John 5.1-18 Jobey McGinty Everyone speaks with an accent, whether we know it or not. Your accent is a product of your culture and environment. Spiritually speaking, thankfulness is the accent of Heaven, and complaint is the accent of Hell. When our minds are immersed in the "culture" of Heaven and God's Word, we will speak with thankfulness on our lips. But when our minds are imme...

Developing Kingdom Work Ethic - John 4:31-54 Jobey McGinty You are always "at work." Whether you at work looking out for your own interests, or the interests of others, we are always living out life with various motivations. When it comes to the people in our lives, we are either serving them, or looking for ways for them to serve us. We are either aiming to share Jesus with them, or we have alrea...

Being Humble with Social Media and Conversation - James 4.6-12 Jobey McGinty These last few months of conversations, social media posts, and news coverage have been marked with division, arrogance, mockery, smugness, and condescension, even among the church and towards other believers. Shockingly absent and increasingly rare is humility, meekness, empathy, discretion, thoughtfulness, and peacemaki...

The Gospel of John - John 3.1-15 Jobey McGinty "You must be born again." There may not be five more important words in the English language. In this sermon, Jesus speaks to one of the most moral, religious, and seemingly passionate followers of God's Law, but even Jesus says to him, "so what? Unless you're born again, it's pointless."  What does it mean to be born again, and why is it necessa...

The Gospel of John - John 4.1-30 Tyler Willis In John 4.1-30 we see Jesus reveal his true identity to a Samaritan women. He offers living water that will satisfy her parched soul for eternity. We see God’s love reach beyond the social barriers that existed for centuries and, like the woman in this story,  we need only look to Jesus to satisfy the longings of our hearts.

The Gospel of John - John 3.16-21 Casey Barnes God’s love is unchanging, always steady, and pursues us even when we are hostile to it. Like a loving Father always ready to invite us in, God’s rich mercy is evident in the sending of His Son as the ultimate gift. As Pastor Casey brings us through arguably the most widely recognized passage in Scripture, timeless truths point us back to the central m...

The Gospel of John - John 2.13-25 Jobey McGinty The love and anger of Christ are not in opposition to each other. In fact, His anger is fueled by His love. In the story where Jesus disrupts the activities He finds in the Temple, it is because of His zealous love and passion not only for His Father and His Father's House, but also for His people. Though Jesus doesn't today drive out our sin with a...

The Gospel of John - John 2.1-12 Jobey McGinty Jesus unveils His public ministry at a wedding. At this wedding, He famously turns water into wine. But why? This water was used by the Jews for ritual cleansing, and as Jesus asks them to fill these jars (about 180 gallons worth!) to the brim, He changes it into the best wine anyone has tasted!   In our lives, we live off of performancism a...

1 Corinthians 9.19-23 Jobey McGinty How do we serve others? How do we enter into a posture of learning, listening, and of humble service, laying aside our rights, or comfort, or preferences, for the sake of others? With racial tension, silence amid racism isn’t helpful, and there are hundreds of thousands hurting, yet we don’t know WHAT to say, how to say it, or when to say it. We have a fear of s...

How the Good Samaritan Fuels our Compassion - Luke 10.25-37 Jobey McGinty On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, an African American man in Minneapolis, died under the knee of a police officer, subsequently setting off protests and calls for an end to injustice and discrimination. Though there are many aspects that are plain and simple, such as the fact that racism is a wicked sin, an affront to God and H...

Gospel of John - John 1.35-51 Jobey McGinty What are you seeking? What do you want out of life? Where do you look to in order to find real satisfaction and fulfillment? For many, we come to a place where we realize we are wandering, and suddenly find ourselves being drawn and intrigued by something that seems bigger than and beyond us. It can be intimidating, frustrating, and even cause some anxio...

James 3.1-12 Tyler Willis Though proportionately small, affect and influence wise, it wields massive power in our lives and in the lives of those around us. Our words can bring life or death to those around us; encouragement or discouragement; unity or division.  Pastor Tyler leads us through James 3.1-12, the most challenging and revealing of Scriptures that help us pursue our hope of taming...

John 1.14-34 Jobey McGinty John the Baptist comes on the scene baptizing people and preparing them for the Savior who is coming. But he quickly tells his listeners that the Savior who is coming has an even BETTER baptism: the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Jesus alone is the one who can immerse us and cover us and fill us in the Holy Spirit, and that baptism is what seals us for the day of redemption...

Proverbs 4:20-27 Casey Barnes Taking words of wisdom into our hearts is vital. Words that we bring into our minds, the words we believe and entertain, all shape how we react and act in this life, and words of wisdom are like a wall of defense to protect us from going astray into sin. The wrong types of words we allow in, however, can serve as a breach in the wall. In this sermon, Pastor Casey walk...

Gospel of John - John 1.6-13 Jobey McGinty God's Word tells us that “flesh and blood” aren’t able to reveal to us that Jesus truly is God.  We can’t simply “see” this on our own, but it must be God who reveals it to us.  Why is this the case?  Spiritually, we are dead and blind, and like how a physically dead man can’t see or understand physical things, a spiritually blind man can’t...

Gospel of John - John 1:1-5,14 Jobey McGinty The opening line of any written work (a book, email, opening arguments of a trial) sets the tone for everything that follows. Sunday, we began a journey into the Gospel of John, and John (an eyewitness and close friend of Jesus') begins with an explosion of declaration from all that he witnessed over three years, and what he maintained as a witness for...