PASTOR ALAN LATTA

From PHILIPPIANS 3, Pastor Alan declares how to beware of Christ's enemies, be confident in Christ alone, be found resting in Christ's righteousness, be conformed to Christ's death, and the importance being persistant in Christ's purposes.

Unfaithful people are far too common in our culture and in the church. With clear truth and the hope of redemption, this sermon calls us all to cleanse our ways by heeding God's Word.

From Paul's teachings and personal examples we can easily see the importance of being faithful. In this sermon you will hear 3 of the primary characteristics of faithful people and how to apply them.

With honesty and humor, this sermon shoots straight - from and to the heart - concerning the problem of complaining and how to overcome it, which ultimately rests in our treasuring Words of Life from the Bible and allowing them to change the way we think.

By learning how to "work out" what God "works in" enables us to move forward in doing God's will - for our lives - with confidence and full surrender.

Having the mind of Christ in us goes contrary to the ways of the world and the natural way we think. In this teaching, Pastor Alan challenges everyone to embrace the process of God as He leads us to humble ourselves and be conformed to the image of Christ.

In this wrap-up of Philippians Chapter 1, Pastor Alan shares the Top Ten Benefits or Suffering for Jesus.

Writing under the shadow of his potential death, Paul's example encourges us to see death as something better than life and living as something for the sake of others.

At Victory Christian Center in Bloomington, Illinois; Pastor Alan speaks from his most recent life giving perspective on how to be free from the tyranny of temptation, which in a nutshell, is God Himself and our dependence upon Him.

Learning from Paul the apostle, Pastor Alan compares some of the shadows of impending doom that he was facing with our challenges to living the Christian life in the 21st century.

Teaching from the view of The Beatitudes as powerful poetry, Pastor Alan declares how each line builds upon the previous one, demonstrating how our Kingdom walk begins with humilty and continues with humility, from humiliation to exaltation.

Declaring truth from Paul's Letter to the Church in Philippi, Pastor Alan preaches what we should - never and always - do in order to make spiritual progress, in our personal lives, for the sake of the Kingdom of God.

Pastor Alan boldly declares the reality of envy and how to be free from the pain and damage that it causes so many.

Concluding our Tough Questions Series, Pastor Alan declares how we should be equipped to answer this question, "How can you believe in the resurrection?"

Pastor Alan continues our Tough Questions Series by addressing a question that few are asking and many assume they know the answer to without thinking or studying it out for themselves. The oft debated question, "Should all the tithe go to the local church?" is also addressed in this sermon.

The question about Women in Ministry always begins with the "being silent in church" issue, so Pastor Alan Latta tackles this important subject at that point. With great passion for the Scriptures he proclaims the need for Biblical interpretation that is free of contradiction.

In answer to the following complete question, "How can we justify divorce and remarriage for any reason other than unfaithfulness?" Pastor Alan dives into 1 CORINTHIANS 7 to discover that abandonment by an unbelieving spouse is another Biblical reason for divorce. Knowing that God hates divorce, He also forgives sins and justifies sinners, the hearers are strongly cautioned to not presume on His m...

In addressing this question, in our series on Tough Questions Thinking People Are Asking, Pastor Alan Latta joyfully declares and emphasizes the ability of God to save anyone and His great power to sanctify anyone, as He is doing with all who continue to pursue a real relationship with Himself wholeheartedly.

Drawing 10 lessons from Christ's overcoming of the devil's temptations, Pastor Alan declares the ways we can all fend the attacks of our enemy.

Pastor Alan addresses question #6 here of the Tough Questions Series, HOW CAN GOD BE 1 AND 3 AT THE SAME TIME? Using logic, a little science and the Scriptures, this question is easily answered in ways that anyone can understand.

As part of our "Tough Questions Thinking People Are Asking" series, Pastor Alan addresses the concern of unanswered prayer and challenges the hearer to keep on praying in faith and obedience, while trusting God to help as well as to deal with any potential hinderance(s).

In this last of 3 sermons on vision for the new year, Pastor Alan lays out several goals for the Generations Church congregation to accomplish in 2010, by faith and hope, as the Lord Almighty wills.

Using the points made to encourage individual persons in last Sunday's Sermon, Pastor Alan applies those same points to our corporate congregation as a group, emphasizing evangelism and discipleship for the new year.

Drawing his opening illustration from the year 20/10, Pastor Alan Latta encourages the hearers to exist for far more than just the mediocre norm and to go for "less-limits" living with faith, hope and love.

In this 10 minute sermon, Pastor Alan draws his text from the angel's command to Joseph, when he said,"...you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins." This fulfillment of this promise is the greatest blessing that the first Christmas brought to us, which is in having our sins forgiven. To forgive the sins of others as we have been forgiven is the greatest gift we ca...