The Word for the Land

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 1:18-25, which points us to how the longing of Christians pushes us to take Christ-centered risks.

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 1:6b-11, which shows us through this lineage how despite the wickedness and moral failings, David’s line didn’t die and Jesus would reign.

Pastor Chris beings our Advent series with Matthew 1:1-6a. This portion of Matthew - the genealogy - especially focused on Abraham, shows how Abraham was the prototype of longing and in Jesus the longings of God’s people were answered.

Jason Kinney preaches from Psalm 4, which encourages us to go to God, daily, because we have a God who hears us and knows us. If we come to him, with the right posture, he will give us rest.

Pastor Chris preaches from Daniel 9, which teaches us that God is at work in ways we do not see and if we are aware of that, confident in that, we can have hope in dark times.

Pastor Chris preaches from Daniel 8 which looks at how to change our perspective as Christians, with 5 different perspectives on reality that we need if we are to live out these days in exile.

Pastor Chris preaches from Daniel 6, which teaches us that persecution as a Christian will happen and how to know what it is, what to expect, and how to prepare.

Ben Most preaches from Psalm 3, teaching us how this Psalm can encourage us to seek the Lord in our trials, to bring them to him first, and to let the Lord be the one who comforts us in these trials.

Pastor Chris preaches from Daniel 3, which has the main theme that although God’s people have unwillingly come into conflict with powers of this word, we know that he true God of all will save his people through their trials.

Pastor Chris preaches from Daniel 2 where Daniels dream interpretation teaches us that nothing is hidden from God and therefore his people can trust him with their future.

Pastor Chris preaches from Daniel 1 which tells us that because God is sovereign, we can take him at his word and trust him.

Ryan Miller preaches from Matthew 7:24-27 which shows us what it means to live a meaningful life - a good life full of joy - a life that is unshakable and spiritually satisfying.

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 7:13-20, which contains 2 parables that both indicate that eternal life is reserved for those who walk a hard way.

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 25:31-46. This parable points out that eternity rests on our choice of identity.

Jason Kinney preaches from Matthew 25:14-30, highlighting how the parable speaks to how we serve - either for the kingdom or against the kingdom of God.

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 22:1-14, which is the third parable pointing us towards what a Christian, who truly belongs to the Kingdom of Heaven, looks like.

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 21:33-44 which entreats us to look at what we do with Jesus and his gospel and how we think about Jesus and his gospel, because he can either be our sanctuary or our stumbling block that will crush us.

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 21:28-32, encouraging us that our present is not necessarily our prologue, meaning that we are not defined by who we were or who were are, but how to respond to Jesus and his gospel.

Caleb Weaver preaches from Matthew 21:18-21, encouraging us that God wants faith and not a facade, which requires each of us, at times, to be humbly sustained by God with our barren and withered branches.

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 20:1-16, the parable of the Laborers. This parable flips the human economy of justice on it’s head and shows us that our greatest rewards are not relative to our works.

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 18:23-35, encouraging us that though we have an unfathomable debt to God, he has unfathomable mercy for us. We are to live by this example.

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 18:10-14 which teaches us that the “little ones” are talking about true disciples, and therefore we should be careful to not despise fellow Christians, even fellow Christians that have been led astray.

Ben Most preaches from Matthew 13:44-46, encouraging us that the Kingdom of Heaven is not about earning but about a valuable tradeoff to be made with joy - to lose everything and yet keep Christ.

Jason Kinney preaches from Matthew 13:31-35.

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 where he not only educates us on adapting weeds, but also that the Kingdom of God is built and expanding in the midst of an evil world. We are to remember that the Kingdom is present, there is an enemy at work, and a judgement awaits!