Southwood Sermons

Discover six words that encapsulate the true meaning and significance of Christmas.

Speaker: Wes McElheney,Matt Myer Scripture: Matthew 1, Luke 2

It is human nature to forget God's goodness in our lives. We fixate on the negatives instead of the positives, which leads us towards disbelief and disobedience. But there is another option. Discover how to create a new habit of REMEMBERING; a habit that will inspire faith and obedience for you and your children.

God shows his protection and deliverance of Israel through the most unlikely of things... a talking donkey and a half-prophet.

Speaker: Trey Corry Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30

How do we build great communities, churches or families? It all comes down to how we build into our relationships. Join us as we look at how Paul challenges the Thessalonians to build a healthy church.

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: Romans 8:29-39

God calls His people to risky obedience in situations that fill us with fear. While we can't control that legitimate feeling of fear, we can control what we focus on and who we listen to, and that choice carries eternal consequences. Discover the secret to courageous faith in the face of fear!

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: Romans 8:1-17

God gave Israel a rhythm for worship - daily, weekly, annually and generationally - because all of life is intended for worship. We get out of rhythm when we listen to another song - life is food, or houses, or career, or sex, etc. We get back in rhythm when we consciously, actively seek to praise God through all that we say, do, think and feel because He is worthy of our entire lives.

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: Romans 7

God's plans are precisely followed to build the Tabernacle: a dwelling in the very midst of His people demonstrating His passion to be with us and vividly foreshadowing Christ's atoning work.

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: Romans 6

What comes to your mind when you hear the word "holy"? If you're like most people, you probably think of words like, "boring" and "self-righteous." The Bible tells us, though, that holiness is anything but boring, and it is definitely not self-righteous. Instead, holiness means that we are reserved for a special purpose, to know and to represent the character of God. Nothing could be more importan...

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: Romans 5:1-11

Your work matters as much to God as your church attendance because God created you to work. Discover what God's Law says about your vocation.

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: Romans 3:21-30

What fool would make a statue of a calf and worship it? Turns out, it's us! We are as prone as the Israelites to try to reduce our God to an idol we can control. Let us learn from their failure and pain to turn from our golden calves and cling to the only God who Saves.

Speaker: Benjamin Pinkerton Scripture: Romans 2-3

Rules without relationship bring rebellion. But, a relationship without rules brings frustrations. God sets the 10 Commandments to separate a people to himself and bless their lives. However, the rules reveal our hearts.

Speaker: Jason Johnson Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Even though we often find yourselves in the messy middle of life where the reality of life's circumstances haven't at all lived up to our initial expectations and hopes, Exodus 15-18 teaches us that God can heal our bitterness, refresh our fatigue, provide our satisfaction, overcome our adversaries, and spread our burdens. In fact, the greatest miracles of God may actually be right in the midst of...

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: Romans 1:1-7, 15-17

Witness the awesome power of God delivering His people from slavery and death, and discover two tools to help us remember our own deliverance in Christ.

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-13, Jeremiah 18:1-5