The Church at Channelside

Preparing to be Filled Scripture Text: Luke 3:1-22 Date: January 11, 2026 AI-Generated Summary: We learn that John’s baptism prepared the way for Jesus by calling people to awareness of sin and alignment with God’s kingdom, requiring generosity, honesty, justice, and contentment. However, John’s baptism lacked the power to actually transform us—we need Jesus’ greater baptis...

Growing Like Jesus Scripture Text: Luke 2:39-52 Date: January 4, 2026 AI-Generated Summary: We often think success happens overnight, but Jesus himself grew gradually over thirty years. Luke shows us that Jesus increased in four key areas: physical strength, wisdom, spiritual favor with God, and relationships with people. These same areas matter for our growth today—we […]

Redemption that Brings Consolation Scripture Text: Luke 2:25-38 Date: December 24, 2025 AI-Generated Summary: We’re exploring the often-overlooked story of Simeon and Anna meeting baby Jesus at the temple. These elderly prophets represent Israel’s long wait for the Messiah, and their encounter reveals three profound comforts: we’re no longer in darkness about who God is, we&#8217...

Let’s Go Scripture Text: Luke 2:1-20 Date: December 21, 2025 AI-Generated Summary: We receive what we cannot earn—grace interrupts our ordinary lives just as it did for the shepherds in those dark fields. We relinquish control before we fully understand, saying “let’s go” and surrendering our expectations of what power and glory should look like. We […]

A Meeting of Two Miracles Scripture Text: Luke 1:39-56 Date: December 14, 2025 AI-Generated Summary: We explore the meeting between Mary and Elizabeth in Luke 1, two women carrying miraculous pregnancies. We see how Mary hurries to visit her cousin Elizabeth, where the unborn John the Baptist leaps for joy in recognition of Jesus, and […]

Christ The King Scripture Text: Luke 1:26-38 Date: December 7, 2025 AI-Generated Summary: This sermon explores Jesus as the long-awaited King whose powerful, everlasting Kingdom demands our full allegiance. While human empires rise and fall, Christ’s Kingdom stands forever—not through military might, but through the radical humility of God becoming human. The message challenges us […]

The Truth of Christianity Scripture Text: Luke 1:1-4 Date: November 30, 2025 AI-Generated Summary: We can trust the truth of Christianity when we carefully examine the gospels. Luke shows us that these aren’t myths or legends—they’re narrative accounts of public events, compiled through careful investigation of eyewitness testimony and handed down to us in orderly fashion. […]

Prime Ministers of Reconciliation Scripture Text: Genesis 49:28-32, 50:15-21 Date: November 23, 2025 AI-Generated Summary: As Christians, we are called to be ministers of reconciliation, both with God and in our earthly relationships. Through Joseph’s story in Genesis, we learn that effective reconciliation requires holding onto hope, doing the hard work of honest communication and admitting...

How Do We Live Faithfully in a Story We Didn’t Write? Scripture Text: Genesis 45: 1-15 Date: November 16, 2025 AI-Generated Summary: We’re exploring how to live faithfully in stories we didn’t choose through Joseph’s reunion with his brothers in Genesis 45. We learn three postures: first, we embrace our grief honestly rather than hiding it, […]

Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt Scripture Text: Genesis 42:1-9 Date: November 9, 2025

What To Do While You Wait Scripture Text: Genesis 40-41 Date: November 2, 2025 AI Generated Summary: What do you do when God gives you a dream but the fulfillment feels impossibly far away? In this sermon on Genesis 40-41, we follow Joseph from prison to palace and discover that the waiting period isn’t wasted […]

Proof of God’s Presence Scripture Text: Genesis 39:1-23 Date: October 19, 2025 AI Generated Summary: In this sermon, we explore Genesis 39, emphasizing how God’s presence remains with Joseph even through slavery and false imprisonment. We see three ways in which God’s presence is evident: by making us a blessing to others through excellent work, […]

God’s Broken but Chosen Family Scripture Text: Genesis 37: 1-36 Date: October 12, 2025 AI Generated Summary: In this sermon, we explore Genesis 37 and Jacob’s deeply broken family, seeing how sin pervades every relationship through favoritism, pride, and hatred. Yet we’re learning that God’s graceful providence works mysteriously through all this brokenness, arranging circu...

Deliver Us: Prayer as Warfare Scripture Text: Matthew 6:9-15 Date: October 5, 2025 AI Generated Summary: In this sermon, we examine the Lord’s Prayer’s phrase about forgiveness, recognizing that when we truly look at the itemized list of our sins—hatred, lust, lies, pride—we discover we owe God a massive, unpayable debt. We learn that God […]

Forgive Us As We Forgive Scripture Text: Matthew 6:9-15 Date: September 28, 2025 AI Generated Summary: We recognize that our spiritual debt to God is immense—accumulated through hatred, lust, lies, and rebellion—a debt we could never repay, which is why we desperately need the forgiveness that comes through Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross. We receive this […]

How to Pray for Bread Scripture Text: Matthew 6:11 Date: September 21, 2025 AI Generated Summary: We learn to meaningfully pray “give us this day our daily bread” as wealthy people by tracing our provision back to God, sharing sacrificially with others, and recognizing Jesus as the true bread from heaven. We acknowledge that everything comes from […]

Your Will/Kingdom Scripture Text: Matthew 6:9-13 Date: September 14 , 2025 AI Generated Summary: We often treat prayer like a formula to get what we want, but it’s actually meant to be relational – a way to know God intimately. When we pray “Your kingdom come, Your will be done,” we acknowledge God as our sovereign […]

The Primary Purpose of Prayer Scripture Text: Matthew 6:5-13 Date: September 7, 2025 AI Generated Summary: We often struggle with prayer because we misunderstand its primary purpose—it’s not about changing our circumstances but about changing us. When we pray “hallowed be your name,” we make God holy in our everyday lives by refocusing our perspective, reordering our […]

Our Approach in Prayer Scripture Text: Matthew 6:5-13 Date: August 31, 2025 AI Generated Summary: We learn that prayer is something we get to do as beloved children of God, not something we have to do out of obligation. When we approach God in prayer, we come to Him as “Our Father in Heaven”—both as our loving Father […]

Don’t Settle Scripture Text: Matthew 13:58 & Mark 7:24-30 Date: August 24, 2025 AI Generated Summary: We learn from the persistent faith of the Syrophoenician woman in Mark 7 that we must not settle for the status quo in our spiritual lives, but continue seeking God with unwavering faith even when His first response seems to be […]

How to Wrestle With God–And Win Scripture Text: Genesis 32:22-32 Date: August 17, 2025 AI Generated Summary: We all wrestle with God at some point, and to prevail we must come alone, come as we are by honestly acknowledging our sins, and refuse to give up even in difficult seasons. When we truly encounter God through persistent […]

The Quest for True Love Scripture Text: Genesis 29:14-35 Date: August 10, 2025 AI Generated Summary: We learn from Jacob and Leah’s story that our quest for true love in worldly things—whether romance, career, or family—will always leave us disappointed. Like Leah, we must stop striving and look up to God, recognizing that only Jesus can fill […]

What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do Scripture Text: 2 Chronicles 20:1-12 Date: August 3, 2025 AI Generated Summary: In 2 Chronicles 20, we learn what to do when we don’t know what to do through King Jehoshaphat’s example. When we face overwhelming circumstances, we follow his lead by turning to God through […]

The Battle for the Blessing Scripture Text: Genesis 27 Date: July 27, 2025 AI Generated Summary: We long for the blessing—the affirmation and approval that comes from being loved and accepted. We cannot receive God’s blessing by pretending to be someone else like Jacob did, nor by offering our best efforts like Esau attempted. Instead, […]

Playing the Long Game Scripture Text: Genesis 25:19-34 Date: July 20, 2025 AI Generated Summary: We learn from Isaac’s 20-year prayer for children and Esau’s tragic trade of his birthright for a bowl of stew that we must resist instant gratification. We need to identify our own “red stuff” – earthly temptations that would make […]