Melbourne Heights - Sermons

On July 15th, our pastor celebrated his 13th anniversary of being a pastor...he's spent 8 1/2 of those years with us at Melbourne Heights. So, starting this Sunday, July 19, he's going to be reflecting on some of the lessons he's learned over the last thirteen years in a series called "Confessions of a Pastor." And his first confession has to do with that old expression, "If it looks like a duck,...

Over the last few weeks, we've been exploring what's next for our lives and our world as we continue to live through a worldwide pandemic. So this week, we're going to be thinking about what's next for the church. The truth is that church has changed a lot over the last few months, but this change has created new opportunities for our churches to reach out to our world. As we enter into our new no...

Over the last few months, we've all learned just how important it is to be connected with other people...but, at least for right now, we know that being connected with other people might spread a potentially deadly virus. So how are we supposed to interact with others as we enter our new normal? In this episode of our podcast, we'll explore how Jesus interacted with someone that could have made ev...

When our economy shutdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus, many of us realized how poorly we've managed our money in the past. So, as we continue to talk about how we can make our new normal better than our old normal, we'll have to decide what our relationship with money will be like in the future.

Right now, we are living through a time of unprecedented change...so we're all wondering what the future holds for us. But no one can tell us that because it's the choices that we will each make that will shape our new normal. In our time of worship this week, we'll be talking about one of these choices. And that choice is about the mindset that we'll have as we face change.

There is no question that we are living in a new reality due to the coronavirus. But, as stay-at-home orders have been lifted and we start returning to the outside world, we all want to know what the future holds. In this week's sermon, we're starting a new series where we'll be talking about what's next for each of us and our world. And we'll be focusing on the choices that we'll have to make tha...

The word "gospel" means good news. This week, we'll be digging deep into what the good news of Jesus is and we'll talk about how you can receive this good news for yourself.

A lot of people think that all you have to do to get to heaven is to do more good things in your life than bad things. But that's not really how it works. There is no great cosmic scoreboard for your life...and the only thing that can save you is God's grace.

The first part of the Gospel, or the good news of Jesus, is that God loves you. But that's not all there is to the Gospel. In this episode of our sermon podcast, we're going to be talking about why God made you.

This week, we are starting into a new series where we'll be exploring the most basic aspect of our faith...and that's the gospel. So what is the gospel and how does it shape our relationship with God?

We're getting closer to seeing many businesses open up in the state of Kentucky, and that means that we won't be long before we're spending less time at home. But that doesn't mean we should be any less concerned with having healthy relationships with our families.

We have all lost something due to the coronavirus. Some of us have lost family members or friends. Some of us have lost jobs and financial security. Some of us have lost milestone moments like graduations or weddings. Because we have all lost something, we're all grieving. And our grief will impact our relationships at home. So this Sunday, we'll be talking about how we process our grief and how w...

After weeks of social distancing, we're all starting to feel at least a little friction in our relationships at home. This week, we're going to continue to talk about why we're experiencing some of this friction and what we can do about it.

It's been over a month since we started social distancing. And spending so much time at home is starting to cause some friction in our relationships. So starting this Sunday, we're going to be talking about some things that we can all do to have healthier relationships at home.

Easter is going to be a lot different this year. Instead of getting up, putting on our Sunday best, and driving to our church; we're going to be celebrating the news that Christ is risen through our computer screens. That may leave you feeling like it isn't really Easter. But it's at times like these that we need the good news of Easter the most because Easter means that the worst things are not t...

On Good Friday, Jesus finds himself abandoned by his disciples, isolated inside of Pilate's palace, and alone awaiting his execution. Right now, we can all relate to feeling abandoned, isolated, and alone. But, during this week's service, we'll see how God used a man named Simon to show us that we are never alone.

In Matthew 16, Jesus tells us what we have to do to follow him. We have to deny ourselves daily and take up our cross and follow him. But what does that mean for us in this time of social distancing? That's what we're talking about in this week's sermon.

We're two weeks into social distancing to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus, and we're all wondering when life will get back to normal. We believe that life will get back to normal, but we still have to be able to live out our faith where we're at today. That's what we're talking about in this service: how we can live out our faith where we are today.

With the spread of COVID-19, the world around us has changed over the last week. Sporting events have been canceled, grocery stores have been emptied, the stock market has been plunging.   So how are people of faith supposed to live in light of everything that has happened in the last week? That's what we're talking about in this sermon.

On Holy Monday, Jesus enters the Temple in Jerusalem...and he's not real happy about what he sees when he gets there. In this episode's sermon, we're going to discuss what was happening in the Temple, why it was happening, what made Jesus so angry, and what we can learn from Jesus' anger to help us continue to follow God today.

In the weeks leading up to Easter this year, we're taking a closer look at some of the events that take place during Holy Week--the week leading up to Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection. As we explore these events that took place during one of the most difficult times in Jesus' life on earth, we'll learn how we can follow God when we face difficult times too.

The book of Joshua is filled with extraordinary stories - from the people of Israel reaching the edge of the Promised Land, to cross the Jordan River on dry ground, to seeing the walls of Jericho fall. But, in spite of all of these extraordinary events, Joshua ends with a challenge to follow God on ordinary days.

We've all had crazy ideas. Maybe you’ve been crazy enough to jump out of a plane, or go on a spur of the moment trip, or try some wild food concoctions…but you probably haven't come up with an idea as crazy as the one we're talking about in this episode’s sermon. In this episode’s sermon, we're talking about some researchers who had the crazy idea to teach bees soccer. You heard that right. They d...

Faith does not mean that you'll never be scared...faith means that even when you're scared you still trust in God. The people of Israel trusted in God when they were on the verge of entering a land they had never seen. We can trust God when we're facing uncertain times too.

Happy Groundhog Day! Even though Groundhog Day isn’t a federal holiday or an important day in the life of the church, it did inspire a classic Bill Murray movie. And that movie helps sets the backdrop for this episode’s sermon. And that’s because even though none of us have ever had to relive the exact same day over and over again, we’ve all been stuck in a rut and felt like we were living our own...