The Well Church | Messages

Luke 4:14-30 || Through Jesus' hometown preaching we see He is the Rescuer promised in Isaiah 61 whose gospel mission is rejected by the religious locals.

Luke 2:1-21 || Through the appearance of God's glory to the shepherds we see that Jesus is the Christ Child, who has come to save glory thieves and replace our fear with joy.

Luke 1:57-80 || Through the extraordinary birth of John and the song of his joyful father Zechariah, we see Jesus is the Savior of Man who has broken through our silent darkness.

Luke 1:26-56 || Through the miraculous virgin birth we see Jesus is none other than the Son of God. And that's exactly what we need.

Ephesians 4:1-15 || Christ's love compels us to eagerly maintain the unity that He has purchased with His blood.

1 Peter 5:1-5 || Christ’s covenant love as our Chief Shepherd compels pastors to care for the church with a servant shepherding while compelling the church to respond to that care with a joyful submitting.

2 Corinthians 8:1-9 || God's self-giving love compels us to a life of the same as we see the better treasure that is Jesus.

John 13:1-17 || The greatness of Jesus' foot-washing love compels us to a life of serving.

Ephesians 2:11-20 || God's triune image and covenant love compel us, despite how hard and messy it is, to do life together in Gospel Community.

Acts 2:42-47 || God's covenant love has saved us into a family and now compels us to fight for the weekly rhythm of gathering to worship Him together.

2 Corinthians 5:14 - 6:11 || To be saved is to be sent! The joy of Christ's love compels us as ambassadors to take His reconciling message to others.

Because sin lingers, the Christian life is a fight for joy. We must aggressively combat sin through ongoing repentance and faith so that we can enjoy the superior pleasure of Jesus.

John 15:1-11 || Jesus is inviting us into close relationship with Him. To stay connected though to His covenant love and the joy found in it takes fighting for through His Word and prayer.

Acts 2:37-41 || After receiving God's saving grace through repentance and faith, Christ's 1-way love compels us to tell the world we belong to Him now! That proclamation of identification happens through a demonstration called baptism.

Christ's covenant love compels us to a singular initial response - repentance and faith. For it is by grace that we are saved.

What is the Bible and how can we know it is true? In part 2 we explore how the Covenant God has revealed Himself and the resulting implications on our joy, submission, and confidence.

The covenant-making God is full of covenant-keeping love.

God's sacrificial love for us compels sacrificial love from us. In order for God's mission of being known to go forward, sacrifice is required. We see this blueprint in the incarnation of Jesus, where God is known through an all-in, self-dedicating, high-costing, comfort-forsaking, others-embodying kind of love. This love that we are recipients of then calls us to be instruments of love for others...

Genesis 1:1, 2:7 || For our Family Worship Sunday we explored how God creates out of nothing, shapes it into something, and then breathes life into it.

Ephesians 5:18-20 || Singing is one of the ways in which God, in his love and mercy, gives us more of himself.

Nehemiah 13 || Nehemiah ends with major disappointment, reminding us that restoration is actually an ongoing process.

Nehemiah 11-12 || Restored people celebrate! When the joy of being rescued erupts in our souls, we can't help but party and sing about the goodness of God.

Nehemiah 9:38-10:39 || Understanding God's Word leads to a commitment to change.

Nehemiah 9:1-37 || Understanding God's Word leads to confession - both of our sin and of God's goodness. We rightly see who we are in the light of seeing who God is.

Nehemiah 8:1-18 || Understanding the Word of God leads to Joy.