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This sermon was preached by Justin Rogers on November 27, 2023 and is part of the series  Parables .  Most of you have probably heard someone say, "Mean what you say. Say what you mean." Essentially, it's a call to use your words to accurately reflect what you intend.  In the religious world, too often our words don't match our actions. We can't claim to follow God and the...

This sermon was preached by McCasland Ash (aka Mash) on November 6, 2023 and is part of the series  Parables .  Perhaps one of the most famous sets of parables, Luke 15 includes the Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, and the Prodigal Son. Many songs have been written based on the love and hope from these parables, but have we stopped to consider all that is being taught in them?  In this sermon, Mash brings u...

This sermon was preached by Justin Rogers on October 30, 2023 and is part of the series  Parables .  Have you ever been a part of something, but you never gave 100%? It'd be easy to understand an "extra" actor in a play not dedicating his life to it. He still wants to be in the credits, but other things may take priority.  We treat Jesus like that a lot. We say we want to be his. We...

This sermon was preached by Jared Osborne on October 23, 2023 and is part 2 of the series  Parables .  Jesus talks a lot about the end times and the Kingdom of God. The primary way he talks about the truths of those things is through these stories called parables. In this one, Jesus talks to us about being ready, and how that should impact how we live. 

This sermon was preached by Justin Rogers on October 16, 2023 and is the first sermon in the series  Parables .  In today's world, gardening is a hobby. Crop production is done on massive scale and is no longer a skill that most of society uses. That is not true of Jesus's day and age. Because of that, Jesus used things that related to  them,  not us, when he talked. As you listen, we ho...

This sermon was preached by Justin Rogers on October 9, 2023 and is the last sermon in the series  David: A Man After God's Own Heart.  God's ways are higher than ours. That's hard to understand sometimes. But rest in this truth: God's judgement and justice are righteous. There is no error in His ways. You may not understand them, but that doesn't mean they aren't goo...

This sermon was preached by Jared Osborne on October 2, 2023 and is part 4 in the series  David:  A Man After God's Own Heart. What is a promise? On the receiving end, it's an expectation of surety for the future. Granted, that can be negative or positive. Being promised to be disciplined as a child isn't exactly fun. There are certainly promises of discipline in the Bible for God&a...

This sermon was preached by Justin Rogers on September 25, 2023 and is part 3 of the series  David: A Man After God's Own Heart .  If you have a sibling, you know that you can be raised in the same circumstance and turn out completely different from one another. Certain personality traits and dispositions influence your response to similar variables with different results.  The same thing exi...

This sermon was preached by Jared Osborne on September 18, 2023 and is part 2 in the series  David: A Man After God's Own Heart .  We all know the story of David and Goliath. Pop culture still uses the analogy in sports when the underdog goes up against the favorite to win. And here's what we know about the biblical account: the one who God is with should never be counted as the underdog...

This sermon was preached by Justin Rogers on September 11, 2023 and is part 1 of the series  David: A Man After God's Own Heart. The most referenced Old Testament figure in the New Testament is King David. His story is the fulcrum of the Old Testament. The unification of Judah and Israel, the promise of the Messiah from his line, and the fate of humanity all hang in the balance of this man&ap...

This is a late released sermon preached by Justin Rogers on July 17, 2023 and is part 2 in the series  7 Letters to the Young Adult .  There are two churches that receive no condemnation. Smyrna is the first. A church facing intense persecution and staying faithful, Smyrna is a beacon of steadfast commitment to Christ.  We hope you are encouraged to be faithful in your walk with Christ, even &quot...

This sermon was preached by Justin Rogers on August 21, 2023 and is the final sermon in the series  7 Letters to the Young Adult .  Here in Louisiana, a staple food during the cooler months is gumbo. When the temperatures drop, the gumbo pots fire up! Each bite provides a little bit of soul-warmth and hope... Maybe that's a little strong, but it's so good.  But what nobody wants is gumbo...

This sermon was preached by Justin Rogers on August 14, 2023 is part 6 in the series  7 Letters to the Young Adult .  When you think of the perfect spouse, what do you imagine?  Guess what? It doesn't matter what you think, because no one will ever fit an ideological "perfect" that you create. But even thought they may not be perfect, respond the right way, or value the same thing y...

This sermon was preached by Drew Burnham on August 7, 2023 and is part 5 of the series  7 Letters to the Young Adult .  Have you ever known someone that there was nothing good to say about? Well that's how Jesus feels about Sardis. Unlike any other letter, there is ZERO that is positive. Yet, Jesus shows mercy and offers forgiveness. Maybe you feel like there's nothing good about you, or...

This sermon was preached by Justin Rogers on July 31, 2023 and is part 4 of the series  7 Letters to the Young Adult .  Remember that time that Jesus made a whip and went into the temple flipping tables? That was calculated. It takes a long time to make a whip. He knew what he was doing, and it was an anger filled with righteousness.  A common misconception about Jesus is that He is non-confrontat...

This sermon was preached by Jared Osborne on July 24, 2023 and is the third sermon in YALA's series 7 Letters to the Young Adult .  Pressure has a way of breaking down the strongest things in rapid time. As a matter of fact, that's exactly what a pressure cooker is designed to do. What we find out in our spiritual lives is that there is enormous pressure surrounding us. The pressure trie...

This sermon was preached by Irvin Wasswa on July 10, 2023 and is the first sermon in the series  7 Letters to the Young Adult .  Revelation is a book that has fascinated people since its penning. It is full of symbology, weird creatures, and incredible depictions of awe-inspiring scenes. But Revelation isn't just to intrigue us. It was written to inform us and transform us.  In this series we...

This sermon was preached by Justin Rogers on June 26, 2023 and is the final sermon in the series  Half-Truths & Whole Lies .  "God helps those who help themselves." We've all heard it. It's certainly an American style of thought. If you want something, you have to work hard for it. To some degree, it isn't even arguable. But what about when we talk about God's par...

This sermon was preached by Justin Rogers on June 19, 2023 is the fourth sermon in the series  Half-Truths & Whole Lies. "Life, Liberty, and  The Pursuit of Happiness "... Happiness is a goal that every person has sought to some degree, but does God care about how happy we are? Some treat happiness as the ultimate fulfillment of God's love to us, and others seem to treat happine...

This sermon was preached by Justin Rogers on June 5, 2023 and is part 2 of our series  Half-Truths & Whole Lies .  Every idiom has an origin story. Naturally, we'd hope the things we say as Christians about our God would come from His Word. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. So what do we do then? Easy, we see if it should stay or if it should get trashed.  We've all heard t...

This sermon was preached by Justin Rogers on 5/15/23 and is part 1 of the series  Half-Truths & Whole Lies .  Have you ever told, or been told, a half-truth? Of course! It's a technicality,  but we didn't actually lie. Or did we? Deception isn't leaving out all of the truth. It's leaving out some of the truth to communicate something other than the full picture.  Unfortunat...

This sermon was preached by Chad Glover on May 1, 2023 and is the final sermon in the series through  Colossians. Chad is the Executive Teaching Pastor at Abundant Life in Kansas City, as well as the leader of their Paradigm Young Adult Ministry.  Fractured relationships are part of the sinful condition of humanity. We have all had them, and for some of us, the damage done seems irreparable.  As P...

This sermon was preached by Justin Rogers on April 24, 2023 is part 6 of the series through Colossians . What does it mean to be a Christian? A lot of people think it's a mere intellectual agreement that you agree with 'these' statements. But you can agree with something and not act on it. You can agree and, yet, your life testify against you that you actually believe it. We can agr...

This sermon was preached by Jared Osborne on April 17, 2023 and is part 5 of the series through Colossians . We all have to make decisions to do things that don't sound fun and definitely aren't easy. When you think about the life of a Christian, it doesn't sound fun or easy when we are told we have to die to be one. This isn't a physical death, but one that is a complete termi...

This sermon was preached by Justin Rogers on April 10, 2023 and is part 4 of the series through  Colossians .  The key to a good lie is to make it as close to the truth as possible. It's an  undercurrent of falsehood small enough to go unnoticed, yet grave enough to corrupt the entire truth.  In Colossae, Paul is dealing with false teachings that subvert the gospel and minimize Christ. These...