Sermons

What does love, loyalty and lamentation look like amid sorrow...

Danger in the land, displacement from home and death in the family.

Our Savior is born in Bethlehem.

Generosity is kind and necessary, rewarded by God, pleasing to God, an act of faith and a response to grace!

The Lord Provides For Us To Be Content (10), the Lord Teaches Us To Be Content (11-12) and the Lord Strengthens Us To Be Content (13)

Jesus comforts and reorients His disciples.

Rejoice in the Lord, request help from the Lord and reflect on the good things of/from the Lord

Remain steadfast and stand strong in the Lord.

5 Marks of Maturity

Our ability to rejoice in the Lord is amplified when our hearts are resting in the finished work of Christ alone.

We are called to model humility after Christ's example.

Jesus sent out the 72 disciples to usher people into the Kingdom of God. While not everything in this passage is “prescriptive” there is good application for us today as for how we can faithfully & biblically engage the world evangelistically.

Jesus sent out the 72 disciples to usher people into the Kingdom of God. While not everything in this passage is “prescriptive” there is good application for us today as for how we can faithfully & biblically engage the world evangelistically.

We must keep the cross of Christ in our “cross-hairs” if we are to have any hope of denying ourselves, picking up our cross and following Jesus. Our joyful obedience will be the byproduct of keeping our eyes on His.

There is no one on earth who is worthy of salvation. That's the whole point of the gospel. God came to save sinners who could not save themselves. However, it is clear that when a soul truly grasps what Christ has done for them on the cross, that which they could not have done for themselves, their life begins to look very different. That person now desires to LIVE for Christ & to HONOR Christ in...

Our Salvation is coming, our Savior is to be honored and our self-denial is necessary.

The Lord our God is a majestic gracious God who is with his children and saves his children from their perils and sin.

God is sovereign over all things (the good, bad, and ugly). And God’s plan is unfolding exactly as He purposed. God (surprisingly) uses great adversity to advance His gospel message to the ends of the earth. Our trials and suffering have no power to stop us (or even slow us down) from fulfilling the task God has given us to glorify Him with our lives & make disciples of all nations. We are called...

In this passage we get a window not only into the heart of a pastor, but the prayer of a pastor for a congregation that he loves. 1. Paul first shares that he gives thanks to God for the Philippians and for their partnership with Him in the gospel. 2. Then, Paul reminds them of God’s faithfulness to believers to finish what He begins. This helps them (and us) endure in gospel ministry (which is ve...

The opening greeting of this letter is uniquely Christian... it reminds us of (1) WHO we are in Christ, and (2) HOW we are to live for Christ

A true Christian shows no partiality towards others because we imitate God’s perfect love demonstrated in Christ, who is the fulfillment of the Law and Prophets.

We are called to fix our eyes on God and trust His sovereign hand.

We are to flee from temptation, knowing that our flesh is weak.

Jesus is our highest and ultimate treasure in this life.