Stonebrook Church, Ames, Iowa, Sermons

Part 2 – Vainglory: the tendency we have to seek prominence, power, and influence through our accomplishments and efforts. Hear about Pastor Matt’s struggles to fend off pride through the power of the gospel.

Vainglory: the tendency we have to seek prominence, power, and influence through our accomplishments and efforts. Listen in about how to battle pride by walking in the gospel.

What is the mission of the church, and how is Stonebrook working to carry out that mission?

Art of Neighboring—Week 2—Taking Time to Love If I were to talk to each of you one-on-one and ask you this simple question, “How has your week been?”, what would be the Number One response? I think it would be, “Oh, I’m so busy.” Busy-ness. In our American culture, Busy-ness is our badge of honor. We wear the badge proudly. We’re getting LOTS of things done. Or at least trying to. Yet, at the same...

Jesus commanded us to love our neighbor as ourselves. Perhaps he meant our literal, physical neighbor? Let’s talk about getting past our greatest obstacle to being a good neighbor: ourselves.

On the last week of a series about Romans, Pastor Brad summarizes the book.

What kind of a man is Paul? Romans 15 gives us much insight into this amazing man of God.

Introduction The Strong and the Weak In Romans 14, Paul introduces two groups of believers: the “strong” and the “weak”. Dave did an excellent job of discussing these two categories last week.  The weak were converts from Judaism who were still stuck in either the Jewish food & festival laws and customs, and/or converts from Paganism who were still stuck with superstitions of their various cults a...

What is Paul saying in Romans 14 about accepting our fellow believers? What is he NOT saying? Let’s take a look at Romans 14 to find out.

Based on the Book of Romans, what should a Christian’s response be to government? Why did God institute government

"Godlike." Romans 12:9-21 – Matt Heerema Romans 12:1 (ESV) I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. THE MERCIES OF GOD (ROMANS 1-11) The first eleven chapters of Romans points out the human condition. We were created by God to be His children, to bring Him Glory by being wh...

Now that we have been saved by grace, how does God want us to live? Brad expounds on Romans 12a in this sermon.

Join Pastor Brad as he summarizes the first 11 chapters of the book of Romans!

How can we put God first with money? What does stewardship mean? Listen to Pastor Brad discuss this important topic.

It is our habit, at the beginning of a new year, to begin with a short series of sermons on the topic of stewardship. The ideal of a new year, and an opportunity to re-set and make resolutions for the coming year. In some ways the changing of the year is a bit of an arbitrary point, but I think turning the calendar over does give us a handy way to package the past and claim the promise that God’s...

  Advent – A Time of Tension Today is the third Sunday of the Advent season. I talked a little about what Advent is a few weeks back, and every year that I do, I get a little feedback that the distinction between Advent and Christmas is fairly unclear. In fact, I can remember, growing up in a mainline church as thinking of the terms as rather synonymous. And they certainly are related.  I wanted t...