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What does it look like to abide in Jesus? In John 15:1-11, Jesus describes himself as the true vine and his disciples as the branches. This sermon explores how the Father’s loving pruning helps us bear fruit and how remaining in Jesus’ love leads to obedience and fullness of joy.

In John 14, Jesus reminds His disciples that they are not alone. Through faith in Him, we receive the Holy Spirit, find peace in the midst of trouble, and are empowered to carry on His mission. Jesus calls us to trust Him, surrender fully, and rest in His promises.

What do you do when your world crashes in? In John 14:1–6, Jesus meets his disciples’ troubled hearts with gentleness, hope, and an invitation to keep trusting him. As he prepares to face the cross, he promises to bring them to himself and declares, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” This message calls us to look to Jesus in our suffering, shift the weight of our burdens onto him, and surren...

What happens when our good intentions get ahead of Jesus? Guest speaker Paul Hoffman explores Peter’s promise to lay down his life and Jesus’ prediction of his denial. Peter’s confidence exposes our own tendency to miss Jesus’ call to love, cling to control, and overestimate our strength. Through his death and resurrection, Jesus goes before us, restores us in our failure, and empowers us to love...

In John 13:18–35, Jesus demonstrates radical love toward His betrayer and calls His disciples to love as He has loved them. We love in response to His freely given grace, reflecting His love in ways that show the world we belong to Him.

In John 13:1–17, Josh Turner explores the love of Jesus, who washes his disciples’ feet and gives his life to make us clean. Because Jesus has served us, we can humbly serve others and reflect his love. This message also marks Josh’s first sermon.

Believing in Jesus means trusting him as Savior and surrendering to him as Lord. In John 12:37-50, Caleb Richardson examines how fear, human approval, and the desire for control can keep us from openly following Jesus. As Jesus’ public ministry comes to a close, he calls us out of darkness and into his light, offering rescue and eternal life while warning of coming judgment. This message invites u...

In John 12:27–36, Jesus faces the cross with a troubled heart, yet remains committed to the purpose for which he came: to glorify the Father and rescue sinners. This message considers what the cross cost Jesus and what it means for the world: judgment, victory over Satan, and the promise that Jesus will draw people to himself. Jesus calls the crowd and us to believe in him and live for God’s glory...

In John 12:12–26, the crowds welcome Jesus as King, but he comes on a donkey with a different kind of victory in view. As Jesus speaks of a grain of wheat dying to bear fruit, Caleb Richardson explores how his coming death brings life to the world and what it means for us to follow him: letting go of our own agendas, serving him, and finding life in him.

In John 12:1–11, a dinner for Jesus becomes a picture of radical gratitude. Lazarus enjoys his presence, Martha serves, and Mary pours out costly perfume. Judas’s response raises a question for us: What do we treasure most? Caleb Richardson invites us to respond to Jesus’ grace with a life of worship - abiding with him, serving him, and giving ourselves to him.

In John 10:19–42, Bob Davis looks at Jesus’ clear claim to be one with the Father and the security of those who belong to Him. Jesus’ sheep hear His voice, follow Him, receive eternal life as a gift, and rest in the promise that no one can snatch them from His hand.

In John 8:12-30, Caleb Richardson unpacks Jesus’ declaration that he is the Light of the World. Jesus brings hope into our darkness and saves us through the cross, calling us not merely to believe that he exists, but to surrender to him as Savior and Lord and keep our eyes fixed on him.

In John 10:1-18, Caleb Richardson explores Jesus as the Good Shepherd who knows his sheep, protects and provides for them, and lays down his life to save them. Because Jesus knows us completely and loves us sacrificially, we can trust his voice, follow where he leads, and invite others into his flock.

After two weeks with a bit of technical trouble with our recordings, we are back in John 8:31-59. Jared Skitt walks through Jesus’ confrontation with those who believed their heritage made them free, exposing our slavery to sin and revealing that true freedom is found only by remaining in the word of the eternal Son, the great I AM.

In John 7:53–8:11, Jared Skitt examines the passage of woman caught in adultery and the religious leaders ready to condemn her. Jesus exposes the guilt of every sinner while offering grace that neither ignores sin nor leaves us trapped in it. Grace does not condemn. Grace transforms.

In John 7:1–52, Caleb Richardson traces the divided responses to Jesus and His invitation to thirsty people: come to Him and drink. Jesus alone gives life, and everyone must decide what they will do with Him.

In John 6:51-71, Caleb Richardson teaches on the hard words of Jesus and what it means to truly follow Him. Jesus calls His disciples beyond casual belief into full surrender, showing that eternal life is found only in union with Christ. When many turn away, Peter’s confession reminds us that Jesus alone has the words of eternal life.

In John 6:22-51, Caleb Richardson teaches on Jesus as the Bread of Life, the only one who truly satisfies the hunger of our souls. After feeding the crowds, Jesus exposes their desire for temporary provision and points them to the lasting life found only through believing in Him.

Caleb Richardson starts in John 6, showing how Jesus reveals Himself as the greater Moses, the true provider, and the Savior who meets His people in impossible places. Through the feeding of the five thousand and Jesus walking on the water, we are called to see Jesus not merely as the one who gives what we need, but as the one we truly need. Jesus is Savior, and He is Lord over all.

Jesus confronts the danger of knowing the Scriptures while missing the One they point to. In John 5:30-47, we see that John, Jesus’ works, the Father, the Scriptures, and Moses all testify to Christ and the call is clear: come to Jesus for life.

In John 5:19-29, Jesus reveals that to look to Him is to see the Father, receive real life, and understand our eternal future. Caleb Richardson calls us to turn our eyes to Jesus as Savior, Lord, and Judge, reminding both kids and adults that eternal life is found only in Him.

Jesus heals a disabled man in John 5:1-18, revealing His authority not only to restore what is broken, but to call us into surrender. He is not merely Savior. He is Lord.

Jesus confronts shallow, “vending machine” faith and invites us into deeper trust. In John 4:43–54, Ryan Griffin shows that true faith is not anchored in signs, outcomes, or miracles, but in who Jesus is and the authority of His word.

In John 4:1–42, Jesus crosses every barrier to meet a weary and isolated woman at the well. We see how Jesus offers living water, exposes our endless thirst, and reveals Himself as the Savior of the world for all people.

In John 3:22–36, John the Baptist’s disciples are troubled because more people are going to Jesus. But John responds with joy, not jealousy: “He must increase, but I must decrease.” This sermon looks at what it means to receive our place from God, rejoice when Jesus is glorified, and respond to the Son who alone gives eternal life. The story does not belong to us. It belongs to Jesus, and by grace...