Southwood Sermons

This life is rigged. It only works God's way. Follow His path and you will experience blessing, peace, joy and fulfillment. Follow the world and you will experience frustration, conflict and failure. Maybe not immediately, but eventually. Your choices, both small and large, will matter today and for eternity. So which way will you choose?

What do you do when life goes from bad to worse? Join us as we learn to have hope in the midst of life's trials.

Three biblical encouragements to strengthen any mom in the throes of motherhood, along with practical advice from a panel of four wise Southwood moms.

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-8

William Barclay said, "There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why." Discover the why as we study the last words of Jesus.

Speaker: Benjamin Pinkerton Scripture: Galatians 5, John 8:32

The risen Savior has victory over the world He rules.

Everyone suffers in this life. If you haven't, you simply haven't lived long enough. But when suffering comes, you can find strength by fixing your eyes on the PLAN and the PAIN of the cross.

That's not fair! How many times have you heard your kids say that? How many times have you said or thought that yourself?! We want life to be fair, but God wants something better. Discover the better-than-fair grace of God as we celebrate the resurrection of His Son which made that grace possible.

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: Mark 15

All God's commands can be boiled down to one, simple word: love. But what does it actually mean to love God and others? Discover both the crushing bad news and uplifting good news of one of Jesus' most famous statements.

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: Mark 14

Follow Jesus, the humble, sacrificial Servant as you strive toward true greatness. Set aside the world's definition of a great life, along with it's scheming and it's pride. Trust Jesus. He will exalt you at the proper time.

For better or worse we'll be on the internet and social media till death do us part. So we must learn how to live online as followers of Christ, and as parents, how to train our kids to do the same. Discover biblical principles and research-based practices to guide your online life. [PARENTAL WARNING: This sermon may not be appropriate for very young children. It is, however, appropriate and neces...

In accepting Jesus as the Christ, we are accepting the God who asks us to abandon self-satisfaction for the struggles of self-sacrifice.

As Jesus lays out the Lord's Prayer and tells us to pray "Thy Kingdom Come", by praying this we are anticipating, representing, and proclaiming the future Kingdom of God.

As Jesus lays out the Lord's Prayer and tells us to pray "Thy Kingdom Come", by praying this we are anticipating, representing, and proclaiming the future Kingdom of God.

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: Mark 6:7-52

Who gets to be in charge of your life, you or Jesus? That's a question we get to answer every day. When Jesus didn't look like or act like they expected, the leaders of Israel rejected Him. Will you learn from their mistake and trust Jesus as your King even when He doesn't fit your expectations?

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: Mark 1:16-2:17

Jesus' miracles prove His authority and provide a preview of His kingdom.

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: Mark 1:1-15

Our Father's love knows no limits. As He has forgiven us, and because He has forgiven us, we can forgive others. And as we forgive, others experience the love of our Father through us. Let us then learn to forgive.

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: Ephesians 5:22-33

When Jesus returns He will turn the world upside down. What the world values now will not be valued then; and what the world dismisses now will not be dismissed then. Discover what to do now so you can have a life worth celebrating when Jesus returns.