Sermons - The Village Church

The pronouncement of God’s glorious plan and the culmination of all His prophecies came first to the shepherds. His kingdom would be different and this great, scandalous exchange of death for life was first offered to the outcast.

Overcome with her new position as the mother of our Lord, Mary sings her Magnificat to God. She chooses worship over worry, humility over pride, and remembrance over forgetfulness, modeling to us the path of ever-increasing joy.

It can be easy to think that Jesus showed up “all of a sudden” to be Messiah, perform miracles, die, and resurrect, but He has always been. He is the eternal, active agent holding all things together by the Word of His power. He was with God from the beginning, and, even in the womb, He was Lord.

As we read and recount the story of Christmas, it is apparent that God chooses the meek and the lowly to be recipients of His blessing. He uses the most unexpected people to set in motion the most extraordinary story ever told.

Ninety percent of our culture’s current messaging is bent to the negative, culminating in an “age of anxiety.” But God offers us a joy detached from life’s circumstances and a peace that holds and guards us forever.

We are passionate and intentional about lost people coming to faith in Jesus and churches being planted in the cities of greatest need. This weekend we commissioned the Youngs to go plant a church in west Fort Worth, Texas.

Because of Christ, we regard no one according to their flesh, but see God’s image in them. As ministers of reconciliation, we must never forget that His arms are not too short to save whomever He wishes.

Jesus is referred to as “Lord” in Scripture 750 times. It is His most frequent title and His most subversive. In the Roman empire, Christians resisted Caesar’s perverse “family values” and instead lived by countercultural ethics and morals, recognizing Jesus “is the head of all rule and authority.”

All authority belongs to God. All government authorities are mere stewards of His authority. So we as children of God and temporary citizens of earth seek to obey the law, do good in our cities, and push against the darkness of our day.

We don’t have to make sense of or master every topic. If we can master this one truth, we can make a difference in this world—that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the hope for the whole world.

The building of an empire is the search for a “God-less Eden.” It leads us to worship selfishness, wealth, violence, and oppression.

There is no other leader in history who has leveraged all power, privilege, and position for the good of humanity like Jesus. But how do we rest in Him when He isn’t on the ballot?

The world is being held hostage by evil forces to such a degree, that it can only be freed by a radical in-breaking of God. In our day of trouble, it will not be baby Jesus who comes to rescue us, but “Christus Victor”—Jesus, the warrior.

Without deep relationships and a devotion to reach those far from God, our unique gifts, wirings, and placements terminate on ourselves and we become as stagnant and lifeless as the Dead Sea. There is a way that feels right but leads to bondage and decay. God’s way is a promise of life and freedom.

It is easy for us in the West to think we have no idols while disregarding the worship we give to comfort, approval, control, and power. The gospel stands as the ever-present reminder that we serve a living God and only He deserves our worship.

The unique, God-given picture of the future is one of every tribe, tongue, and nation worshiping face-to-face with Jesus. It will be a great gathering of the saints—a people purified, perfect, without division, and without shame.

After a long day of ministry, Jesus called the disciples to take a boat across the water and promised to meet them on the other side. Knowing a storm was heading their way, Jesus set the disciples up to behold one of the greatest miracles of their lives. He showed Himself as supernatural, persona...

We see our brokenness as a curse, but it can also be a blessing, a pathway to dependence on God alone. In Exodus, God works in the ordinary and mundane to bring about His purposes. He doesn’t need a special set of skills found only in Moses, only Moses’ obedience and willingness. In our brokennes...

To be Jesus’ disciples, we must unfollow ourselves, give up the world, and follow Him. It won’t be easy, but it will be beautiful.

He was rich, so they thought he was blessed. He was young, so they followed his charisma. He was a ruler, so they marveled at his power. Christ saw this man for who he really was, and called him to trade it all in for a genuine faith.

When discerning God’s will for our lives, we might miss His “when” and “way.” David was to be king, but it would take 15 years marked by heartache, trial, and pain. God’s timing and plan shaped David into the kind of king God wanted him to be.

God promises His people that if they humble themselves, pray, seek Him, and turn from wickedness, He will hear them, forgive their sins, and heal their land. We respond to this promise with passionate prayer, tenacious seeking, and radical repentance. O God, please hear us and heal us.

When we look around us, do we see a world gone mad or do we, like Jesus, see the plentiful harvest? The world is ready for the good news of Jesus, but how can they hear it if no one is sharing it? So we pray to the Lord of the harvest, that He might send laborers from among us into our neighborho...

Whatever your age, someone younger is always paying attention to you. So how do we go the distance, with integrity, and bless the generations coming after us? We wait for the Lord, keeping His way, knowing He has all authority in heaven and on earth. We don’t give up, and we walk humbly with our ...

In the upside-down kingdom of God, losing is winning, dying is living, weakness is strength, and our enemy is our brother. In the abrupt conclusion of Jonah, we see all people—every tribe and nation—are at risk of falling under God’s abundant grace. For He has mercy for whom He has mercy and comp...