On Youth Sunday, Kevin Sale teaches from Deuteronomy 6:1-9. In general, we as a christian culture have been passive in our training the next generation to follow the ways of the Lord. We have let others train our kids because we are not intentional about training them, or perhaps are fearful or not confident in […]
Kevin Bentley continues the Fault Lines series by teaching the Biblical perspective on government. Should believers ever resist the government? What is God’s role in appointing political leaders? What’s the spiritual purpose of government? Should Christians participate in politics? The answers lie in an understanding of God’s authority. Believers must respect the government. Main Scripture […]
David denHartog continues the series, “Fault Lines.” Tsunamis are the result of an earthquake under the ocean floor. As we parent our children and grandchildren, how do we counteract the culture that surrounds them (and us) every day? What can we do to help make sure that Christian values are embraced by the teenagers and […]
Dean Elliott continues the “Fault Line” series. Race is God’s idea, and will even be around in eternity. Racism is an effect of man’s sin and defined in the way that it is used. It uses physical, language, or cultural differences in order to accomplish some selfish end. Racism, in any form, is ugly. The […]
Dean Elliott teaches from Genesis 18 and 19, and Jude 6-8. This sermon in the Fault Lines series takes a look at the Biblical view of homosexuality. “Strange flesh,” found in Jude 7 (NKJV), refers to anything outside the bounds of what God has set of one man and one woman together. Hermeneutics is the […]
David denHartog teaches from Psalm 11 in the first of of the series, Fault Lines. There are often tremors before an earthquake that give us warning as to its approach. In the same way, there are threats to our Christian freedoms that indicate… The purpose of this series is to educate and inform the church […]
Kevin Bentley teaches from 2 Timothy 4:1-18. The message we are to herald to the world is that of the Word of God. It meets each person where they are in their spiritual journey, in four different ways. Its the message that changes lives! Additional Scripture References: 2 Timothy 3:16; Acts 17; Acts 2; Proverbs […]
David denhartog teaches from Matthew 18:1-20 on Easter Sunday. What is God’s Message for a messed up world? Is there any hope for change? The answer to these questions are in the message of the Resurrection and the mission that Jesus gave to His followers before he left this world. Additional Scripture References: Matthew 27:45-61; […]
Dean Elliott teaches from Matthew 27:27-56 on Good Friday. What did the Roman soldiers observe when Jesus dies? Who were these Gentiles?
Dean Elliott teaches from Matthew 26-27. In these two chapters of Matthew, we look at the selection of the lamb for the sacrifice, which must be perfect and innocent. We see Jesus stand trial in a religious court and a political court, and the pronouncement of innocence, even by his enemies. We also see the determined […]