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Standing Firm on the Rock - 2 Peter 1.12-21 Jobey McGinty After Peter encourages us to not lose sight of Jesus, and to make growing in the knowledge of him our top priority, he goes on to remind us that we never move past the basics.  God's Word must remain the ultimate authority in our lives and the certainty of the return of Jesus must stir in us an urgency to know Him and to follow Him. &n...

Standing Firm on the Rock - 2 Peter 1.1-11 Jobey McGinty Sometimes, as we survey the sin and weakness inside our own hearts and the evil and brokenness around us, we are tempted to think that God has somehow sent us out on a journey without all the tools we need...a journey that is doomed to fail.  Peter encourages us, however, with a reminder that God has given us all we need for life and go...

Gospel of John - John 21.18-25 Jobey McGinty Peter's story is one of highs and lows, and at the lowest points we find him taking his eyes off of His Lord, and putting them on himself and those around him...trusting his own strength and "maturity" and trying to differentiate himself from others.  But when he takes his eyes off of Jesus he begins to sink into the water, and he takes matters int...

Gospel of John - John 21.15-19 Jobey McGinty The story of Peter's denial and restoration should be precious to all of us, because it is our story, as well.  Each of us has denied our Savior and turned our back on Him, in thought, word and deed.  Each of us has relied on our own strength and convinced ourselves that "we've got this" or that it's at least possible for us to "got this" with...

Gospel of John - John 21.1-14 Tyler Willis This week we see Jesus revealing himself to the disciples for a third time. He helps them catch a miraculous haul of fish and calls them, once ashore, to join him for breakfast. The King Resurrected is still serving and providing for those He called.

Gospel of John - John 20.24-31 Casey Barnes Was Thomas doubting or just unwilling to believe? In this sermon we learn how Christ's compassionate command meets Thomas where he is and ultimately brings Thomas to joyful faith.

Search Me, Know Me, Lead Me - Hebrews 3.13 Jobey McGinty Let's face it...living in community with others, even fellow believers, can be challenging and messy! Sometimes it's hard to understand why God would call us to specifically follow Him alongside others, and we can start to believe the lie that we can do this better on our own.  But, in God's wisdom, He designed us to live and follow and...

Search Me, Know Me, Lead Me - James 1.19-26 Jobey McGinty With most (all) aspects of the Christian life, when we start with "me" at the forefront of our minds we often find ourselves on a futile, frustrating, powerless path that leads to despair.  Our prayer lives are often Exhibit A for this demoralizing cycle.  Our prayers can drift into me-centric wish list and gripe sessions that bet...

Search Me, Know Me, Lead Me - Psalm 139.23-24 Jobey McGinty Our mouths put the contents of our hearts on full display, and it's often not pretty.  And while we can (and should!) work hard at running from sin and emptying our hearts of anger, gossip, bitterness, snarkiness, etc, it's not enough to just root these things out and move on with our lives.  Even if we could effectively empty o...

Psalm 107 Jobey McGinty Every year, on the last Sunday of our year, we spend our last time of corporate worship together in Psalm 107.  In this Psalm, the psalmist exhorts the people to consider God's steadfast love, and if they have seen it in their lives, then "let the redeemed of the Lord say so."  In the midst of the congregation and the elders, it is important for us to declare God'...

Advent: The Arrival of Heaven - 2 Corinthians 4.17-18 Jobey McGinty In our previous Advent sermons we've seen how God's intention does not seem to be an abandonment of His creation, but rather a cleansing and a redemption of it.  We see clues that it will be the same with our work, cultures, kingdoms and heritages. God clearly loves creativity and variety and the Bible seems to indicate that...

Advent: The Arrival of Heaven - Romans 8.18-25 Jobey McGinty When you think of Heaven, what comes to mind? What does it look like?  What do YOU look like?  If you picture yourself with wings and supermodel looks, flying above clouds and eating chocolate all day, you might be surprised.  The Bible seems to paint a very different, and somewhat more familiar scene.  We will likely...

Advent: The Arrival of Heaven - Revelations 21.1-5 Jobey McGinty Have you ever wondered what Heaven will be like?  As we read what the Bible has to say about Heaven we see that what Heaven currently looks like is different than the future Heaven we so long for.  To be sure, the current Heaven where all of the saints who have gone before us currently are, is paradise and is filled with Go...

Advent: The Arrival of Heaven - 2 Cor. 5.1-5 Tyler Willis This Sunday we turned our eyes toward the eternal. Scripture has a lot to say about our future hope and we only scratched the surface. In this part of our Advent series, we acknowledged our current groaning for our eternal home and reminded ourselves that our future hope is secured and sealed by the Holy Spirit. We will find rest, reunion a...

Advent: The Arrival of Heaven - Isaiah 9.6-7 Jobey McGinty The biblical story of sin and death entering into the world through Adam and Eve, along with the sin and suffering each of us have personally witnessed and experienced, don't make much sense without an eternal perspective.  It can all feel like a big mistake, where God's Plan A was thwarted by man's sin and Jesus was the Plan B we nee...

Gospel of John - John 20.19-23 Jobey McGinty With Jesus suddenly gone the disciples go into hiding, fearful of being exposed and forgetting what they have been called to live out.  The doubts are creeping in and the fear starts to lead to unbelief, but then Jesus walks in, through a locked door, and interrupts everything.  We, too, can allow the fears of life to lead us into unbelief and...

Gospel of John - John 20.1-18 Casey Barnes In the midst of grief, loss or pain, we can tend to forget the promises that God has given us in His word all along. In this sermon, we take a look at the empty tomb, and how Mary and the disciples forgot what Christ had told them would happen to Him. But Christ’s gracious heart toward us can call us back to remembrance with just the sound of our name. We...

Gospel of John - John 19.31-42 Jobey McGinty In the brutal, stark reality of Jesus' death on the cross we see God's grace on full display, and in the time that Jesus is on the cross, we see how a rich man (Joseph), a religious leader (Nicodemus), a soldier, a thief, Mary (Jesus' mother), Mary (a follower who was called out of demon possession) and John, himself, all are forever changed by this gra...

Gospel of John - John 19.24-30 Jobey McGinty This famous 3-word phrase Jesus utters on the cross, "It is Finished", was actually just a single word in the original Greek: Tetelestai, meaning "It has been and will forever remain finished" and "paid in full." This begs the question...what is the "it" that has been finished? While we will never fully grasp the breadth and magnitude of what Jesus comp...

Gospel of John - John 19.17-24 Tyler Willis This week's sermon we look to the Cross of Christ. Now as a church, we hope to always remember our Savior and the work he did on the cross, but this week we read this specific section of scripture in our John series. Without the cross, our sin still stands. However, because of Christ our record of debt that testified against us has been removed by the bl...

Gospel of John - John 18.33-38 Jobey McGinty Jesus came to a world that fundamentally misunderstood Him and what He had come to accomplish.  His parents, His closest friends, and His enemies all misunderstood His identity and purpose, and they often superimposed onto Him their own kingdoms' goals.  And when it became clear that He had no intention of establishing their kingdoms, they eit...

Gospel of John - John 19.1-16 Casey Barnes In this sermon we walk through John 19, as Jesus stands before Pilate. Though Pilate proclaimed his innocence five times, he still sent Jesus to be flogged and ultimately handed him over to be crucified. Join us as Pastor Casey discusses how neutrality toward Christ is ultimately a no-vote against him.

Gospel of John - John 18.13-18, 25-27 Jobey McGinty Peter's story is one we all can and should relate to.  Where Peter ends up, as the "rock" upon which Jesus was ready to build His church, is inspiring.  We might be tempted to try to start the story there and hope that God would similarly use us in big ways for His Kingdom work. But Peter doesn't become the rock without the brokenness h...

Psalm 119.50 Tyler Willis This week our church family took a quick break from our series in John and turned our hearts toward the God of all comfort. Life is a gift, but there are times when the gift sits within the shadows of the valley. Our God is the God of all comfort and that comfort exists because of the hope we have in our Savior Jesus Christ. We have a secured future that sits as an everla...

Gospel of John - John 18.1-14 Jobey McGinty As Jesus finishes His High Priestly Prayer and makes His way out of the Temple area, each step He takes is bringing Him closer and closer to the cross.  He exits through the Gate called "Beautiful", which the prophet, Ezekiel, says will be the very same gate Jesus will enter back through when He returns.  He and the disciples then make their wa...