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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, October 24, 2021. Jesus struggled with an identity crisis, and people still sometimes have a hard time understanding who He is. But “Who is Jesus?” is the most important question to be asked or answered. In Pastor Steve’s message from Matthew 22:41-46, Jesus interrogates the Pharisees about the deity of the Messiah. In the process He challenges a deficien...

Bob Short :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, October 17, 2021 Jesus said: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Bob Short preaches from Matthew 22:34-40 on Jesus’ response to Pharisees about what love should look like. Bob’s message...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, October 10, 2021 The Sadducees, whose hope ended at the grave, tried to challenge Jesus’ teaching about the Resurrection, but they only revealed their own ignorance of God’s word and power. Pastor Steve preaches about the conflict between Jesus and the Sadducees from Matthew 22:23-32 that unfolds in two acts to prove the reality of our belief in the Resur...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, October 3, 2021 “Pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.” Jesus’ brilliant answer to a question from the Pharisees designed to entrap Him provides an important principal for spiritual people living in a secular world. In Pastor Steve’s message from Matthew 22:15-22 about the Christian responsibility to God and gov...

Kyle Clarkson :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, September 26, 2021 God's mercy is a call, and that mercy is for all. Kyle Clarkson teaches from Matthew 22:1-14, Jesus' Parable of the Wedding Banquet, told to an audience who relied on a system of merit. Kyle reminds us that God's invitation to salvation in Christ is based on mercy and not merit, and the "proper attire" for a wedding banquet is His rig...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, September 19, 2021 The story of the wicked tenants of a vineyard Jesus tells in Matthew 21:33-46 is a parable (from Isaiah 5:7) within a parable. Pastor Steve’s sermon from this passage presents 4 stages—the reality, the response, the result, and the reason for rejecting Jesus—that combine to emphasize the real cost of turning away from the Son of God. St...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, September 12, 2021 While at the Temple in Jerusalem, Jesus took aim at what He saw as lifeless and empty worship that focused on religion rather than a relationship, on ritual rather than true righteousness. From Pastor Steve’s message on Matthew 21:23-32, we see Jesus condemn religious hypocrisy and commend true faith. Believers are challenged to acknowl...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, September 5, 2021 Jesus tipping tables in the Temple, curing the disabled, and cursing a fig tree were confrontational acts. Who was He confronting and what are the lessons for us today? Pastor Steve's sermon from Matthew 21:12-22 provides 3 examples of Jesus' divine authority that confront religious hypocrisy and confirm His identity as a King worthy of...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, August 29, 2021 Creekside’s mission statement—leading people everywhere to devoted relationship with Jesus Christ—requires us to reach out with Christ’s love to a lost and hurting world. Pastor Steve’s philosophy of ministry message leaves us with a recipe for outreach that includes a compassionate concern for the lost and a courageous commitment to good...

Doug Elrick :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, August 22, 2021 “And when He entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, ‘Who is this?’ And the crowds said, ‘This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.’” Doug Elrick preaches from Matthew 21:1-11, the city-stirring triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on a donkey. Doug relays the significance of this day as well as the donkey,...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, August 15, 2021 Giving sight to the blind, Jesus wanted those seeking Him to see and know the depth of His compassion. From Matthew 20:29-34, Pastor Steve outlines a 3 step process exposing Jesus' mercy in order to comfort believers, compel us to seek His mercy, and how to live in response to it. Steve's message follows a brief introduction to baptism and...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, August 8, 2021 Pride is something that is highly praised in our culture but deeply problematic for followers of Christ. In Pastor Steve’s sermon from Matthew 20:17-28, Jesus offers a prescription for abolishing selfish ambition, which is the secret to greatness in the kingdom. “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life—a...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, August 1, 2021 Understanding that “the last shall be first, and the first, last” is a Biblical inoculation against jealousy. From Jesus’ parable about the vineyard workers in Matthew 20:1-16, Pastor Steve warns against a jealousy that presumes upon the grace of a generous God—or grumbles when God appears to be more gracious to others than to us when it co...

Alan Crim :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, July 25, 2021 Jesus told His disciples, “…I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Alan Crim preaches from Matthew 19:16-30, where Jesus challenges a young, wealthy person of influence who must weigh the value of the world’s riches and God’s eternal reward. The rich man’s gre...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, July 18, 2021 The way the world regards marriage and family runs increasingly counter to what God designed, defined and destined them to be. In Pastor Steve’s message covering Matthew 19:1-15, Jesus taught 3 powerful lessons related to family on the permanence of marriage, the parameters of singleness, and the priority of children. Worship music permitted...

Jamel Crawford :: Creekside Church :: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 As a conclusion to our summer series exploring Critical Race Theory, special guest Jamel Crawford spoke to us at Creekside about a Biblical approach to racial reconciliation. Christians are reconciled back to God through Jesus Christ, and the church can model that reconciliation amidst current racial tensions and in light of historic r...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, July 22, 2021 “Then Peter came and said to Him, ‘Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.’” The equation Jesus presented to Peter about forgiveness was solvable mathematically, but in terms of our debt and the limit on m...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, July 4, 2021 Are you partial to partiality? Are you willing to restrict your own freedoms for the sake of others? How does love call us to approach sin in our lives and in the actions of others? In Pastor Steve’s message from Matthew 18:10-20, Jesus teaches that love within God’s family is at times both tender and tough. Worship music permitted under CCLI...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, June 27, 2021 Meekness is not weakness, but disciplined strength. In Pastor Steve’s message from Matthew 18:1-9, Jesus reveals meekness as the route to greatness, through a humility that God requires and Jesus Himself demonstrated, and how we treat our brothers and sister in Christ. Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.

Bob Short :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, June 20, 2021 Happy Father's Day! Bob Short preaches from Matthew 17:24-27, where a question comes to Peter and Jesus about paying a particular tax, and draws out a lesson about freedom in the family of God. Bob’s message explores Jesus’ unique tax advice, the difference between sons and citizens, and what it means to be truly free—a “family freedom” that f...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, June 13, 2021 Jesus challenged unbelief and championed mustard seed faith that leaned fully and humbly on Him. Pastor Steve preaches from Matthew 17:14-23 about these two steps Jesus took to stress the priority of faith in Him in light of His power and His plan. Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, June 6, 2021 "Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom." Jesus' promise from Matthew 16:38 to His disciples, as Pastor Steve explains, was not to be fulfilled in the distant future, but in a vision of the Lord's glorious transfiguration they witnessed in...

Mark Kline :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, May 30, 2021 "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?" Mark Kline preaches from Matthew 16:21-28—Peter's rebuke and Jesus' eternal perspective on discipleship. Mark's message is a challenge to adopt God's word as our mindset and to put God's plans before our own for a life fully lived. Worship music permitted under...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, May 23, 2021 “Who do you say Jesus is?” Is the most important question to ask and answer. Pastor Steve preaches from Matthew 16:13-20, where that question comes with a conversation with Jesus and His disciples at the inauguration of the church. The apostle Peter’s confession of who Jesus is provides two insights Into Jesus’ person and purpose that should...

Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, May 16, 2021 “Do not fill plastic bags with gasoline.” -US Consumer Product Safety Commission We are given warning signs not only to understand them but to abide by them. In Pastor Steve’s message from Matthew 16:1-12, Jesus issues warnings to 2 groups of people—those who deny the truth and those who defend it. These warnings alert us to the danger of fal...