Sermons

What is the doctrine of the incarnation? And why does it matter?

What is prayer? We do it often without thinking about what we're doing, but what really is prayer? When Paul tells us to "pray in the Spirit" he's telling us more about what prayer really is than we may realize. In this passage we learn why we should pray, how we should pray, and what we should pray for.

What is the armor of God? And where was Paul drawing this metaphor from anyway? We'll look at Isaiah 59 in order to draw deeper from Paul's reasoning behind Ephesians 6.

Ephesians 6:10-12 teaches we need to be strong in the Lord and put on the whole armor of God? Why? In order to stand against the schemes of the devil. Who exactly is the devil? And what are his schemes?

The writer of Psalm 88 struggles to find any hope in his situation and feels as if God is completely against him. Is this a biblical way to respond to a difficult situation? Is there any hope in times of darkness?

There are two big ideas that come out of this passage: The first is that this passage, while appearing to support slavery, actually undermines the entire institution- listen to this sermon to find out how. The second big idea is that there is a connection between first century slaves and modern day wage earners so the teaching from scripture does apply.

In part 4 of Paul's teaching on the household, the relationship between parents and children comes into view. How is a Spirit filled child to respond to their parents? How should Spirit filled father's lead their children in Christ?

The promises made to Zerubbabel in Haggai 2 are ultimately fulfilled in Christ in both his first and second coming. Christian, take comfort in God's sovereign rule over all things in his salvation and his judgement!

How does marriage fit into the big picture of Ephesians? Why does Paul bring up this subject where he does in the context of the book?

When Paul instructs the Ephesian church to be filled with the Spirit, what exactly does that mean?

As we get to the end of Ephesians 4, Paul teaches the church how to display the oneness and holiness that we have in Christ.

What do we do when reality doesn't meet our expectations? How does God help us when we need a reality check?

From Haggai 1 Pastor Saunders helped us to see the dangers of spiritual apathy and showed us how Haggai teaches that God's glory is a greater pursuit than our own comfort.

Paul again tells us who we were outside of Christ to remind us just how much grace God has shown us. Then he tells us how to walk in that grace in Christ; emphasizing that our new life is according to the Gospel we heard, not by our own efforts.

In Ephesians 4:7-16, Paul shifts from a discussion on the unity of the church to the diversity of the church within that unity. What makes a church diverse? How does a church stay unified when there are differences amongst members?

**Pardon the technical glitch, we lost audio for the first several minutes of this sermon** In this message from Pastor Dustin Rudolph, we take heed of Paul's counsel to walk in a way worthy of our calling. What is our calling? What does it look like to walk this way? Is this something we are even capable of?

In this elevated prayer for the church, Paul exalts in who the church is and prays that she would better know it. Pastor Dustin makes the argument that this should be our church's prayer as well.