Sunday Sermons

1 Samuel 17:1-58. We find that the Philistines, one of the main enemies of Israel in the OT, have drawn up for battle against Israel. Saul was king of Israel, and he had his army lined up ready for battle. They stood on either side of a valley, ready to fight. Then, out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath of Gath. He was a real giant! This was common battle strategy. You coul...

Matthew 16:13-19. Matt Perkins preaches on the origins of the Lord's church. In this lesson we see where Jesus said he would establish his church on the confession of faith in him. His church was also foretold in the Old Testament when God gave Daniel a vision about a great and eternal kingdom. Jesus only established one church and the terms of admittance to the kingdom are the same as Peter made...

2 Corinthians 7:10-11. “Restoration” is when something is returned to either its original condition or even improved. Everyone has experienced brokenness in some way. All you have to do is keep living and you’ll experience some more. Sometimes what is broken is our purity. That happens because of sin. Sin causes impurity. Sometimes the problem is ongoing sin that causes the brokenness. Sometimes t...

James 3:13-18. "Motivation” is a word we use when we’re talking about accomplishing something. We generally think of motivation in a positive way. But that’s not the whole story about motivation, is it? There are times when people do things to get ahead and they have wrong motivations. There are times when people to bad things to others because they have sinful motivations. Christ followers are to...

Hebrews 13:4. Hebrews 13 lists several moral instructions for the Christian that the author wants to leave with us as he concludes this letter. One of those instructions is about marriage. Laws and social norms may change and say it’s okay to do whatever you want, but that doesn’t mean God changes his plan for marriage. Maybe you’re not married, and maybe you will be one day. But live today the wa...

2 Corinthians 11:1-3. We live in a culture filled with all kinds of elements. Many good, but not all. Many elements in our culture are spiritually toxic. I don’t want to be doom and gloom about culture, because, as I said, there are many great things to enjoy in life. But if we’re going to be followers of Jesus, we’ve got to see that there are spiritual pollutants we need to keep from. We need to...

Matthew 5:8. How pure is your private life? What percentage would you give yourself? Your private life includes your home life around those closest to you, and who you are and what you do when no one is around. Followers of Jesus are called to be pure in every way, in every part of their lives, including pure in their private lives. In fact, Jesus said that only the pure in heart would see God. We...

Proverbs 20:11. This Sunday morning was our Senior Sunday and our Youth Minister, Kenley Dover preached on our example being pure. What you do matters, how you do it matters, and who you hang out with matters.

1 John 3:1-3. Moms like things clean. And we’re glad they do. That’s really good. In this new series, we’re kind of talking about that. We’re going to be talking about “Passionate Purity” and looking at purity from different angles. Today we’re looking at purity for our future. Moms are also concerned about our future, aren’t they? But more important than our future on this earth is our eternal fu...

Galatians 5&6. In this lesson, we look at the last two chapters of Galatians where Paul says the Christian has true freedom. But what kind of freedom? Political freedom? No. Freedom from morality? No. Jesus came to give a freedom of far greater value than any kind of freedom on this earth. Then Paul illustrates for us what a person's life looks like who is free in Christ.

Galatians 4. In the letter Paul wrote to the Christians in Galatia, he is straining to communicate to them that being a Christian is the best thing possible. He wants them to know that there’s nothing better than being a Christian. And the pure gospel is all they need. They don’t need to add anything or take anything away. Remember, the false teachers had been telling these Christians that to trul...

Galatians 3. Paul is the one who taught the Galatians about Jesus, and he can’t believe they’ve been so easily led astray by these false teachers that came through teaching Gentile Christians that to be truly right with God they have to follow some parts of the old law in addition to putting their faith in Jesus. He asked a series of questions to get them to think back about when they became Chris...

Bro. Howell Ferguson and his wife were with us this morning. He shared about the great work of the Chimala Mission in Bible class and preached a great sermon.

Galatians 2. False teachers wanted the Gentiles who became Christians to also follow some of the old law and taught them that they weren’t right with God until they also followed the law. This is Paul’s whole point in writing this letter to them – to show them that Jesus is enough. Jesus is sufficient. But Paul couldn’t have talked about the new life he had in Jesus and the blessings of being in C...

Galatians 1. It has been said that Galatians is a commentary on Jn. 8:31-32, where Jesus said, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free", because the gospel frees us. The truth that Jesus taught gives us true freedom. Paul writes to the churches in Galatia because they have been led astray by false teachers teaching a "diffe...

Acts 21:37-22:16. There’s a common belief that a person is saved when they say they believe in Jesus. It’s taught that at the point a person puts their faith in Jesus, whether that’s in the privacy of their home, at a worship event, at a campout, or at any time, then they’re saved. It’s usually taught that you need to say certain words or a say a prayer that accepts Jesus and then you’re saved. Al...

Matthew 27:22-23. In this series we’ve looked at how Jesus the Christ was promised, how he was presented to the world as the Christ, how he was revealed by the testimony of witnesses to be the Christ, and this morning we’ll conclude this series by looking at how Jesus was received by people as the Christ. Jesus was rejected by many, but he was also received by many. Those who rejected him sent him...

John 5:30-47. The Jewish authorities had already been challenging Jesus' authority and even looking for ways to destroy him and he gave four witnesses that revealed he was the Christ. Jesus was revealed as Christ, Lord, Savior, and King, yet they would continue to reject him and therefore reject salvation. But for those who put their faith in him, their lives were changed forever.

Matthew 1:1-2:12. In this lesson, we want to look at when Jesus first came into the world, the first time the world got a look at Jesus when he was born into this world. Last week, we looked at Isaiah 53, which promised the Savior would come and suffer for our sins. Isaiah also prophesied in Isaiah 9:6-7, "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given…" telling about the Savior who would be born...

Isaiah 53:1-12. The point of the Bible is Jesus. The Old Testament, Genesis-Malachi, is about Jesus coming. In New Testament, the gospels, Matthew-John, tell us Jesus is here, and Acts-Revelation are about Jesus coming back. God told of the coming Savior through his prophet Isaiah hundreds of years before Jesus came. He told us that God would send his servant to suffer for our sins so we could be...

Revelation 2:1-7. If we neglect to evangelize we cannot be surprised when the church declines and dies. This happens if we lose sight of our mission to tell others about Jesus.

Acts 1:6-11. When a person is sent out to do something they are trusted to accomplish the task. Whether it be parents sending their child to buy milk and bread at the grocery store, or soldiers sent to rescue someone from harm, they were sent for a reason. Jesus has sent every New Testament Christian out on a mission. He has sent us out to accomplish the most important mission of all humankind – t...

1 Peter 4:10-11. Today was our annual "Service Sunday" where we have a shorter sermon followed by presentations from Matt Perkins and Kenley Dover about ways to get involved in the work of the church.

Matthew 13:44-46. In this lesson, we’re going to look at two short parables that tell us about the value of the kingdom of God.

Hebrews 12:18-29. Gathering for various occasions is something people do. This morning, we’re going to look at the value of gathering as the Lord’s church. In our text we see that those in Christ, 1) Are gathered to God and to many other heavenly blessings; 2) Should listen to God; and 3) Should be grateful to God for his kingdom and salvation and therefore worship God as he wants to be worshiped.