Seven Mile Road

In this sermon, we hear Nehemiah say that God had “put it on his heart” to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. For many of us, we pause at those words because we’ve heard them used recklessly before. While we are right to pause, we also need to embrace the fact that sometimes God does call His sons and daughters to really big obediences. Here we work the text of Nehemiah 2 and see what that looks like...

Nehemiah is memoir recounting the time that God’s people gave themselves to the good, hard, dangerous work of reform. Our hope is that the truths in this text will strengthen us as we work to build a strong church in a post-Christian context. In this sermon, we go at two things: 1, getting oriented to the book as a whole 2, working through verses 1-4, where we see how it was Nehemiah’s grief over...

In this final sermon in I John, we hear evidence for believing Jesus and clarity on what trusting in Him means for each of us. The evidence John offers might not be what you expect, but he gives a powerful answer to why you can securely put your trust in Jesus.

As we step into a new church year together. we’re reminded how the Spirit unites diverse people around “one Lord, one faith, one baptism,” and one mission. We are called to pursue uncommon unity a church, and that means fighting against anything that would threaten to unnecessarily divide us. In this sermon, we work the words of Scripture in Ephesians 5:3-5 and I Timothy 5:13 and think on what it...

A 5 minute refresher on how we stay in touch with each other at Seven Mile Road.

In this sermon, we work through John's addresses to three different audiences in the church: "little children," "fathers," and "young men." John speaks words of comfort to folks across the spectrum of spiritual maturity, reminding each of them that God is for them in the gospel.

One of the most devastating things that happens in the life of a church is that sometimes folks who you’ve loved and served and trusted - who seemed like they were all-in on Christ and His church - walk away, leaving behind not only the relationships you’ve built, but their faith in Christ as well. When that happens, it naturally hurts and confuses us. How do we process it? In this sermon, we see...

Heather and Matt talk about everything that's gearing up for the start of a new church year at Seven Mile Road.

In this podcast, we walk through "the anatomy of a Seven Mile Road sermon" by explaining how a message on I John 5:3 was built. Why do we preach the way we do? Listening to these 30 minutes will give you some insight into the process.

In this sermon, we hit the words of I John 5:1-2 where we John spirals back again (again!) and loops all three of his “tests” together like cords in a rope. Sound doctrine, personal holiness, and brotherly love are a package deal. This truth has massive implications for our efforts to build a legit church together. Message Input

In this podcast, we lay down some of the plans we have for student ministry at Seven Mile Road.  

In this conversation, we catch up with Pastor Joie from Restoration Road to get an update in preparation of our visit up to Wakefield this Summer.

In this sermon, we work I John 3:16-18 and 4:7-8 as the Spirit swipes the yellow marker across our souls for counterfeit test #2: the love test. God is love, His gospel defines and displays that love, and His people necessarily show that love to one another.

Matt and Heather chat about all the fun and exciting things we can look forward to this summer at Seven Mile Road. 

In John 2:3-4, the Spirit rolls out for us the first of the three big tests of genuine Christianity that the Apostle John spirals through in his first letter: obedience. “By this we know that we have come to know him: if we keep His commandments.” What does mean by “keep His commandments?” And where does the fuel come from for our obedience? We think on these questions from the text.

In this conversation, we walk through a few "whys" that we thought would be helpful for our church to hear about: 1) Why did we write a book? 2) Why did we host a big conference? 3) Why do we travel on some Sundays over the Summer? 4) Why do we expect that members of Seven Mile Road will "tithe?"

This week we hit 1 John 1:5-10 and the first big idea of John's comfort and clarity: True Christianity always begins with God and ends with honesty and hope. 

In this sermon, we begin our walk through the warm and steadying words of the Apostle John’s first letter to his dearly loved children. He’s writing to Christians whose world had been rocked by the false teachings and ugly departure of a number of prominent folks from their church. John wants to assure them - definitively - of the genuineness of their faith. May all of us sense the same comfort an...

For anyone who wants to listen through the entire text of the first letter of the warm and grizzled Apostle John before we get into the preaching of it this Spring and Summer, here you go!

In this sermon, we tackle I Peter 3 and the Spirit's crystal clear command that men are to honor women in the home, in the church. and in the world. To get there, we work through the meaning of the phrase "weaker vessel" as a ground for why that honoring is so important. 

In this sermon, Matthew Kruse closes the loop with us on his recent leave from pastoral duties by walking us through 2 Corinthians 1:3-10 and preaching on the good intentions and sweet mercies of God in our physical sufferings.