Southwood Sermons

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: Matthew 5:1-16

Every Christian feels inadequate at prayer. EVERY. CHRISTIAN! But there is hope! You can learn to pray better, bigger, and more consistency by learning from the best prayer warrior in history: God's Son, Jesus.

Speaker: Benjamin Pinkerton Scripture: Psalm 23

What did you expect to find in this life? Happiness? Success? Ease? Let God's realities shape your expectations and you'll find both peace and purpose in life.

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: Psalm 22

In our constant struggle against temptation, it is important that we know what purity means, why purity should be pursued, and how to develop it in our lives.

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: Psalm 105

You can become an expert in God's Word... and you must to be "approved" and "unashamed" when you see Jesus. All you need are a few simple skills to start reading, studying, applying, and ENJOYING the Word of God!

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: Psalm 51

God wants to bless you with both enduring peace and inspiring purpose. Yet these are only possible for those who accurately understand the relationship between obedience and salvation. Discover the secret to peace and purpose.

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: Psalm 1

Want to know how to live a successful life? Simply follow these four steps: be strong in grace, pass the baton, endure the pain, and run for the prize.

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: John 13:31-35; 15:12-17

Some truths are worth dying for, and at the top of the list is the good news we call the gospel. Share it boldly and defend it zealously because in it death is defeated and life is proclaimed.

Speaker: Kevin Barra Scripture: Mark 9:12-29

You can replace fear and despair with courage and hope if you will fan into flame the gifts, power, love, and discipline of the Holy Spirit. Discover how.

Our natural tendency is to make far too much of our disappointments in life and far too little of our blessings. Psalm 103 challenges us to flip that ratio around and focus on God's great power and grace. Discover the power of gratitude.

A thorough study of the end times will draw our hearts to worship God who is in complete control.

The purpose of sanctification is that God's people would be set apart to bring glory to Him and be a blessing to others.

In spite of our modern advancement, we still live in a Spiritual world in which we must engage in a Spiritual Fight.

You didn't earn eternal life, so you can't lose it. The greatest possession in the universe, life forever with God, is both free and secure. Can there be any greater motivation to live like Jesus and to live for Jesus?!

Are you saved? How do you know, and what does that question even mean? As we look deeper at one of the most important topics in Christianity, we'll discover that salvation is bigger, older, and freer than we ever could have imagined.

"Christ died for our sins," so the Bible tells us. What is sin? Why do we have it? How does it affect us? And why did the Son of God have to lay down His life in loving sacrifice because of it?

Who makes up the cast of the church? What determines the calling of the church?

In the image of Himself, God made us to reflect His character and represent His authority on the earth. We are fearfully and wonderfully made, but we are also fatally flawed. Only the work of God's Son can restore in us God's beautiful design and purpose.