Sermons Category: Books of the Bible

Dean Elliott continues the Christmas story in the “Beyond Hallmark” series.  He pieces together the events found in Matthew 1:18-25 and Luke 1:39-2:7 to explain the beginning of the journey to which God had called Mary and Joseph.  Every journey, every life, has drama and every story is used by God to tell His story.  But, […]

David denHartog begins the Christmas series, “Beyond Hallmark,” with a message titled “The Call.”  He tells the story of how Mary was called by God to be the mother of Jesus from Luke 1:26-38.  We are also called by God, to live a life set apart and to respond as Mary did. Scripture references: 1 […]

Dean Elliott teaches just a bit about why Christians should be thankful and why its critical to our spiritual health. Scripture references: Romans 1:21; Proverbs 29:25; Matthew 24:12 (Please note: the video includes the entire worship service, whereas the audio contains only the devotional and Communion portions.)

David denHartog explains the Biblical basis for baptism in “Buried and Resurrected.”  What does the Bible say about Baptism?  Why get baptized?  Who should get baptized?  What does it mean?  How is one to be baptized?  When does one get baptized? Scripture references: Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 10:47-48; I Corinthians 10:1-2; Romans 6:4; Acts 8:36-39

Dean Elliott finishes the “Basics…Part II” series from Genesis 3:23-4:26.  We can consistently come into God’s presence and worship Him in order to gain the strength we need to overcome the evil one.  When you come into God’s presence, you will always be confronted with the truth – that you are not God and He is […]

Dean Elliott continues the “Basics…Part 2” series from Genesis 3:16-24.  We all live in a war zone and there is no spiritually neutral place.  There are demonic powers seeking to destroy you and me, to dominate humans.  This situation can only be remedied by Jesus himself.  Today, we look at two more decrees from God. […]

We live in a world right now that has lots of problems…and we can’t even agree on what the problems are…but to apply the right solution, you have to know the right problem.  God has subjected the world to futility that we might not forget the right problem.  Dean Elliott uses Genesis 3:9-13, where we […]

Dean Elliott begins his “Basics, Part II” by looking at why God hit “The Hard Button” (instead of the Easy Button) when Adam and Eve sinned.  No one wants difficult or hard circumstances, but if we want to grow in Christ, then we will need to change our attitude about difficulties in this life.  In order to […]

Sergey Lazorenko shares how the Lord called him into his current position as pastor and the history and current ministries of his church.  Sergey is joined by his translator, Peter, and together they narrate a beautiful picture of how God is working in the Ukraine.

We feel the world unraveling around us – the culture in our country, but other countries as well.  We have to wonder where we are at in relation to the end times.  We cannot always say: “this is that,” but we can say: “this is leading to that.”  We need to look at current events in […]

David denHartog continues the “Designed For A Purpose” series teaching from Matthew 25:14-30.  “The Look” is often given by mothers to their children telling them that its time to shape up.  There will come a day when believers will stand under The Look of Jesus Christ – at the judgement seat of Christ – in […]

David denHartog continues the “Designed For A Purpose” series giving us five truths about spiritual gifts that are found in Romans 12 and I Corinthians 12.  Just like a football team needs all of its players to do their specialized jobs in order to win the game, the church needs all of its members to […]

David denHartog continues the “Designed For A Purpose” series with “Your Natural Wiring & Your Calling in Ministry” from Acts 7:17-36. We have many callings on our lives – as husbands/wives, as parents, as employees, etc.  There is also a calling for every believer to serve in the church, in and through ministry.  Some of our calling […]

David denHartog begins the “Designed For A Purpose” series with Psalm 139:13-16 and Ephesians 2:8-10.  God has designed each of with a specific set of abilities with a unique purpose for each of one our lives.

Dean Elliott teaches the last in the “Basics” series on who man is and what our purpose is.  Genesis 2:25 – 3:9 contains a fundamental crisis for humanity – that of shame.  There are three important truths for us: how the crisis happened, why it happened, and the only solution.

Dean Elliott teaches the third in the “Basics” series.  In Genesis 2:18-25, Adam is given a commission by God and how He intended for man to complete it.  God’s intention for man is to show God’s glory to the world.  Adam is also given two clear areas of responsibility.

Dean Elliott teaches the second in the “Basics” series from Genesis 2:4-25.  This passage defines man – who he is and the purpose for which he was created.  It explains how man was created, the provisions in the Garden, and the partnership which God intended between himself and man.

Dean Elliott begins a series on theological elements in regards to human identity.  Do we know who and what God says we are?  The answer begins with the foundation that is laid in Genesis.

Evangelism, Spiritual Growth

When life gets rough or isn’t going your way, how do you respond?  Even if you initially flip out, the posture you take over time indicates your spiritual maturity.  Don Hunt teaches from various Bible passages about three characteristics that can be found in the spiritually mature Christian. Scripture references: Psalm 27:14, 37:7 & 34, […]

Don Hunt dramatically retells the story of the Jailer and Paul, from the Jailer’s perspective, found in Acts 16:16-34.  In order to see the stars in the sky, it has to be dark outside.  In jail, Paul was in a dark situation and he chose to shine by worshiping. Do we shine like stars?  Are […]

David denHartog teaches the last in the series “Elisha, Man of God” about an Living in an Uncertain World from II Kings 6:24-7:20.  We need an anchor for our soul when uncertain times leads to desperate situations so that we can be live in joy and share our hope. Other Scripture references: Deuteronomy 28:52-53; Joel 2:13; […]

David denHartog teaches the fourth in the “Elisha, Man of God” series from II Kings 6:8-23.  Fear is something that we all wrestle with, but the Christian doesn’t need to succumb to living in fear.  The answer for fear in the midst of difficult circumstances is praying and seeing with the eyes of faith.

David denHartog teaches from II Kings 5:1-27 about another miracle of Elisha.  This is the story of Naaman who is cleaned from his leprosy and his sin. At the beginning of the service, Pastor Dave also comments and prays about the supreme court decision on homosexual marriage.  

David denHartog teaches the second in the “Elisha, Man of God” Series.  In life, there are two ways to make decisions – one can either “live and learn” or “learn, and then live.”  With bad decisions come troubles and hardships.  In 2 Kings 3″1-27, we learn about a king who made an ill-advised decision.  How […]