The College Church

In this sermon on Psalm 130, Pastor Bill shows how God helps us to overcome our guilt and shame by trusting in His mercy and unfailing love.

King David sang, "How good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity."  In this sermon, on the occasion of our return to the sanctuary, Pastor Bill explores the pleasure of unity, the source of unity and the blessing of unity.

Gathering for worship has incredible power.  In this sermon on Psalm 122, Pastor Bill explores how worshipping with others can liberate us from five prisons: individualism, tribalism, narcissism, cynicism and escapism.

A sermon on Psalm 131 by Pierre Willems

A sermon on Psalm 127 by Pierre Willems

A sermon on Psalm 126 by Dave Wintsch

Where does my help come from?  That's the question on the Psalmist's mind as he embarks on a dangerous journey.  In this sermon, Pastor Bill explores some of the dangers of following Jesus, and why God can be trusted to help and protect us on our way.

The life of faith is a pilgrimage in which we step out into the void in order to journey with God and others.  The first step of that journey is to acknowledge what's broken and what needs to be left behind.  In this sermon, Pastor Bill explores what Psalm 120 reveals about why we ache for a better world, and where we find motivation to seek it.

The New Testament calls the church the Bride of Christ.  In this sermon, Jasmine Myers explores the life-giving significance of this metaphor for our relationships with Christ and with one another.

How is the church like a field?  In this sermon, Pastor Bill explores what helps and hinders our growth, and how we can contribute to the growth of the Kingdom where we live.

A Temple is a building, right?  Why then does the Apostle Paul call the community of Jesus' followers a Temple?  In this sermon, Michael Jones explores the rich background of this metaphor, and unpacks what it means for the church.

The Apostle Paul calls the church "God's Household."  In this sermon, Pastor Bill explores some of the practical implications of this metaphor for how we relate to and take responsibility for each other, and how we can welcome and make space for those who are outside the family of faith.

The Body of Christ is a metaphor that illustrates the church's unity within diversity.  In this sermon, Pastor Bill explores how churches demonstrate the power of the gospel when racial, social and political differences are overcome.

What does it mean to be the church?  This sermon (the first in a new series) explores how the church is like a field hospital during war time.  It is a source of healing and restoration, it exists in close proximity to pain, and it ministers to the whole person.

God is a peacemaker.  Jesus says that peacemakers are children of God.  How can we be peacemakers in a world wracked with suspicion, fear and division?  Pastor Bill shares two strategies that will challenge and equip you to a peacemaker in your every day life.

The Apostle Paul says we are Christ's ambassadors, sent by God with a message of reconciliation.  Pastor Bill unpacks how Christians be faithful ambassadors for Jesus in a pluralistic and post-Christian  society.

Jesus is risen.  Now what?  This sermon explores the truth that Jesus' followers are witnesses to Jesus' death and resurrection.  It also challenges Christians to make sure that their message, their posture and their lives lineup so that the world can see what Jesus is like, and what life looks like when He is King!

Christ is Risen.  Now what?  This message explores the nature of Christian hope and how it impacts, motivates and animates everything a believer does.

The resurrection is not a symbol, but an earth-shattering, life-changing, historical fact.  In this Easter sermon, Pastor Bill unpacks three implications of the resurrection that bring meaning, hope and purpose to our lives.

Jesus said, "My Kingdom is not of this world."  How is Jesus' Kingdom different?  And what does that mean for how Jesus' followers engage with society in our own day?

God's glory is the combined magnitude of all of His attributes put together.  In this sermon, Pastor Bill explores the nature of God's glory and how we can behold and reflect it to others.

Many people believe that God is angry, capricious, and must be constantly appeased. Religious teachers throughout the centuries have taught that trials and suffering are the result of God's active judgment on our sin.  In this sermon Pastor Bill shows how Jesus responded to these beliefs and teachings, and why we can trust in God's goodness.

God is Holy.  When Isaiah experiences God's holiness, he is undone, purified and set apart.  This sermon explores how a relationship with God makes us more self aware, more humble, more beautiful and more surrendered to God's purposes.

In this sermon, Pastor Bill talks about God's Wisdom and why we need it.  God's wisdom is perfect and complete.  The wisdom God gives to us when we ask is designed to help us navigate life so that we can remain fruitful and faithful to Him.

God is large and in charge.  He always accomplishes what He sets out to do! AND you are free, responsible and accountable for your actions!