Swiss Cove Christian Church

If marriage has ever exposed a wound you thought you'd already dealt with, you're not alone — and you're not the first. In "Stop Running," the opening message in our new series, Love and Marriage, Elliott looks at the story of Jacob in Genesis 32:22-32, the night he wrestled with God at the Jabbok River and walked away with a limp and a new name. Jacob spent his whole life running — from his broth...

What do you do with the parts of your story you never chose — the door that slammed shut, the people who hurt you, the silence you can't explain? In this message from our Stories from the Beginning series, Elliott picks up Joseph's story in Genesis 39 and 50, tracing the long road from the pit, to slavery, to prison, to the moment Joseph finally looks his brothers in the eye and says, "You intende...

Every father has had a "hat against the windshield" moment — the instant where frustration boils over and you see, with sudden clarity, exactly which parts of your own father you didn't want to become. In this Father's Day message, Elliott walks through one of Scripture's most painful family stories: Jacob's favoritism toward Joseph, and the jealousy and rage it cultivated in his other sons until...

In Genesis 32, Jacob is alone in the dark — and that's exactly where God meets him. In this message from our Stories from the Beginning series, guest speaker Alex Wierda walks through the night Jacob spent wrestling with God at the Jabbok River (Genesis 32:22–32). It's one of the strangest and most revealing scenes in all of Scripture — and it has a lot to say about how God works in our lives toda...

In this message, guest speaker Arron Chambers opens Genesis 22 from a perspective that often gets overlooked — not Abraham holding the knife, but Isaac lying on the altar. By the time Isaac climbs Mount Moriah, he's no longer a child. He's old enough to carry the wood, old enough to ask the question every one of us eventually asks: "Where is the lamb?" It's a logical question. It's an honest quest...

In this message from our Stories from the Beginning series, Elliott draws from Genesis 18–19 to introduce three people who represent three directions every one of us is moving: devoted, drifting, or defiant. It starts with a personal story — a preteen on an inner tube, eyes closed, floating past the pier without ever meaning to. That's spiritual drift. Nobody plans it. The current just carries you...

What do you do with the questions you're afraid to bring to God? In this message from Genesis 15, Elliott explores one of the most honest conversations in all of Scripture — a moment where Abraham, a man who has already obeyed and followed, comes back to God with the doubts he couldn't shake. And rather than walking away, God responds with a covenant. At the center of Genesis 15 is a detail worth...

Cynicism feels like protection. If you keep your expectations low enough, no one can let you down. But in this message from Stories from the Beginning, Elliott makes a harder diagnosis: cynicism isn't a lack of trust — it's choosing to trust only yourself. And the problem with that? You're just as broken as everyone else. Drawing from Genesis 6–9, Elliott works through the story of Noah and the fl...

Something feels fundamentally broken in the world — and in us. We're not wrong for noticing. Genesis 3 has always had the answer. In this Mother's Day message from the Stories from the Beginning series, Elliott opens with a simple observation: his kids know exactly which parent to go to in the middle of the night, and why. His youngest goes to Abi for comfort — not because anyone taught him, but b...

If you've ever stood at the top of a mountain, held your child for the first time, or sat with a friend at exactly the moment they needed you, you already know that life feels like it means something. But what do you do with the other moments? The quiet Sunday afternoon when the hollow feeling creeps in. The season when work, home, and repeat start to feel like it's all adding up to nothing. In th...

Most of us are running on empty — and somewhere deep down, we know it. We've normalized the exhaustion, labeled it hustle, and kept going. But in this message, Elliott confronts that pace directly and asks a harder question: What if refusing to stop isn't just unhealthy — what if it's actually sinful? Drawing from Daniel 6 and Exodus 20, Elliott introduces two ancient rhythms God designed to break...

Job's story is your story. That's the honest starting point of this message — not a tidy lesson about suffering, but an acknowledgment that the losses are real, the grief is real, and faith doesn't make them disappear. In this installment of the Enlarging Our Souls series, guest speaker Jim Jacobs opens the book of Job — not at the end, where God restores everything, but at the beginning and middl...

If you've ever done all the right things — achieved what you were supposed to achieve, built the relationships you were supposed to build — and still felt something missing, this message is for you. In "The Great Rescue," Elliott opens with an honest look at why we keep trying to save ourselves, even when it's clearly not working. Whether self-reliance has hardened us into "I'll figure it out" or...

In Journeying Through the Wall, we come face-to-face with one of the most defining moments in the journey of spiritual and emotional maturity: the wall. At some point in life, every person encounters circumstances that cannot be fixed, controlled, or avoided. These moments may come in the form of burnout, loss, relational breakdown, health struggles, or deep disappointment. Whatever form it takes,...

In Love Without End, we turn our attention to one of the most challenging and meaningful places our faith is lived out: the home. Family relationships have a unique way of exposing what is really going on beneath the surface. It’s easy to be patient, kind, and gracious in public, but at home—where expectations are high and energy is low—our true spiritual condition is revealed. This message remind...

In Going Back in Order to Go Forward, we confront a difficult but necessary truth: many of the struggles we face today are rooted in messages we learned long ago. Every one of us carries beliefs formed in our family of origin—messages about performance, love, conflict, emotions, money, and identity. Some of those messages are healthy and life-giving. Others quietly shape our lives in damaging ways...

In Know Yourself That You May Know God, we explore one of the most important and difficult truths of the spiritual life: we cannot truly know God while hiding behind a false version of ourselves. Many of us spend our lives wearing “armor” that doesn’t fit. We carry expectations from our families, the pressure to impress others, and the desire to gain approval or avoid criticism. On the surface, ev...

Most Christians spend their lives managing the 10% that everyone can see—while ignoring the 90% beneath the surface. In The Problem of Emotionally Unhealthy Spirituality, we begin an eight-week journey into the deeper work of emotional and spiritual maturity. This sermon opens with a personal story of vulnerability and transformation and leads us into the life of King Saul (1 Samuel 15), a man who...

Charlie Jones sermon on Colossians 1

Ephesians 3

In this message, we confront the subtle entitlement that can creep into our faith when life is hard and obedience feels costly. Walking through Ephesians 2:1–10, we’re brought face to face with the truth of our starting point: we were dead in our sins, deserving not reward, but judgment. And yet, because of His great love and rich mercy, God made us alive in Christ. This sermon reframes how we see...

We live in a world of constant evaluation. From our careers to our relationships—and even our faith—it often feels like we’re only as good as our latest performance. Many Christians carry that same pressure into their relationship with God, wondering if they’ve prayed enough, served enough, given enough, or believed well enough to stay in His good graces. In Chosen Before Time, we explore Ephesian...

Choose Joy is a message for anyone who feels worn down, burned out, or tempted to quit. When life is hard, and circumstances don’t change, where does real strength come from? This sermon explores how joy isn’t an emotion tied to comfort, but a daily decision rooted in being with God and participating in His mission. Discover how the joy of the Lord becomes strength when your own runs out—and how c...

While our resources are limited, God’s are not. Like King Jehoash, we often stop short of full obedience because we’ve decided what feels safe or sensible—but God calls His people to go all in. As individuals and as a church, we are challenged to stop doing the math for God, to trust Him with every area of life, and to pursue complete victory rather than incremental progress as we boldly live out...

What does real love actually look like? In this message, we’re reminded that love isn’t just something we feel or say—it’s something we do. Through personal story and the example of Jesus, we discover that genuine love shows up, sacrifices, and serves with purpose. As followers of Christ, we’re called not only to care for one another, but to pursue the lost, multiply access to the Gospel, and live...