David den Hartog summarizes Luke 8 and 9, and teaches from Luke 9:57-62. In any endeavor, sales pitch, or presentation, we often want to just cut to the bottom line and learn the cost. The same is true in discipleship. What is the cost to us if God is going to use us to fish […]
Dean Elliott continues explaining about the Disciple’s internship with Jesus, who was teaching them how to seek and to save the lost. For a fisher of men, how is the hook set? How did Jesus catch you? He uses four testimonies from Luke 7 to teach four truths about faith and why its so important.
Dean Elliott teaches from Luke 5:33 – 6:11. The internship continues as Jesus teaches the Disciples about the three R’s – religion, rules, relationship – in a series of encounters with the Pharisees. As fishers of men, we also need to know and understand the differences between the three. What are we inviting people to join? […]
David den Hartog teaches from Luke 5:12-32. The Disciples had heard Jesus teaching and seen healing, but now they needed to watch the Master himself reach people. We can learn how to reach people as we enter the Internship of the Disciples.
David den Hartog teaches the third in the “Let Down Your Nets” series on Luke 5:1-11. Jesus calls some of the disciples to be fishers of men, instead of fishers of fish. Do you want to learn how to fish? Why do you hesitate to fish? What does it take to be effective fishers of […]
Dean Elliott teaches the second in the “Let Down Your Nets” series from Luke 4:14-44 on what can NOT be missing in the church. It was not left out as Jesus’ began his ministry. In fact, it was His main focus! What is indispensable?
David denHartog teaches from Matthew 4:1-11 which gives the last qualification of Jesus as King before He began ministry. Many people have to qualify to participate in the Olympics. We have a desire to be qualified by God’s use to build his kingdom here on earth, to minister to the hearts and lives of people. We also […]
Don Hunt teaches from Psalm 73 about Asaph’s struggle to keep his focus on the right thing. Will we apply His teachings in our life, or abandon them when things don’t seem to be going our way?
David denHartog teaches from Luke 3:1-22 in the third of the “Born to You…A Savior” series. Often in driving, if we don’t do a u-turn we will end up where we don’t want to be or in a place we don’t want to go. The same is true in life as we make decisions and […]
Dean Elliott teaches the second sermon in the Christmas series, “Born To You…A Savior,” from Luke 2. Mary and Joseph had many opportunities to make excuses and not obey their political and religious governing authorities. God used their submission and obedience to work His will. Do you believe that God really knows what He’s doing? […]
David den Hartog teaches from the book of Luke, in the first of the Christmas 2013 series. There are times in this life when the odds are stacked against us. And, as people of God living in a post-Christian culture, we no longer have the freedom to speak freely about our faith. God has called […]
David den Hartog teaches about the Islamic faith – its history, the different varieties, and what they believe. In 2 Corinthians 11, Paul gives us three measures to analyze any religion or teacher, and Pastor Dave uses these to point out the untruths in the Islamic faith.
We are creatures designed by God with appetites and hungers. What is it that makes you satisfied? There are lots of things that can satisfy. Dean teaches about two miracles from John 6 that are designed to point to something far greater than physical satisfaction. Jesus can come to you under any circumstance, and give […]
The previous series was like an alarm clock – there is persecution for Christians on the horizon. What are we to do? Are we to hit the “snooze button” and hide? The Scriptures offer great encouragement and a pattern for what to do next. Dean teaches from the story found in Acts 3 & 4 […]
David den Hartog teaches from I Peter in the last of the Once Captive series on how Christians can live their lives in such a way as to have a brighter testimony.
Jonathan den Hartog tells stories from his life and the lives of others – stories of beauty and stories of tragedy – to explain the difference between living life in bondage to shame and living life in freedom through Jesus. Scripture passages: John 5:1-6; Luke 4:18; Galatians 5:1
David denHartog teaches from Colossians 3:16 and Psalm 19 about how a Christian can ‘get better.’ Is there anything we can do to cooperate with God in the transformation process? What does ‘better’ look like? What do we need to know about the transformation process? Other Scripture references: Romans 12:2; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Colossians 3:5-17; […]
Dean Elliott teaches from John 3:1-3 and various other scriptures in the fifth of the Once Captive series – how to not only survive, but to thrive in a culture that opposes what we believe. There are 4 things we need to be aware of in order to go deeper and be able to thrive: […]
Dean Elliott uses a fish in a bowl to explain certain aspects of culture and he reviews the truths learned in the previous three sermons. Dean uses John 4:19-26 to explain why the majority of Christians are not living life as the Bible states they should. Where is the breakdown between what we know and […]
David denHartog uses passages from Colossians to teach about 4 main philosophies of the world that can seep into Christianity. He also teaches how we can break free from those false teachings and live life with the power of Christ in us.
David denHartog teaches from 1 John 2:12-21 about spiritual warfare. How does spiritual warfare manifest itself in our everyday lives? What are the weapons that Satan uses to destroy our lives? But, God has given us everything we need for victory.
David denHartog teaches from 1 Peter 1:3-9 and 13-17 in the first of the Once Captive Series. The church has often become imprisoned by the culture in which we live. We are living our lives not in conformity to the word of God, but under the influence of the culture in which we live. We […]
Dean Elliott teaches from John 2:23-3:21 about how God has to be involved in what He’s asked us to do, or it really is an impossible mission.
David denHartog prevents a preview for the Fall series and the year’s focus on “Proclaiming Christ Boldly.” He teaches today from 1 Peter 2 about what we must first do to lay the foundation for sharing our faith. We must BE something before we can SAY something to those living around us and share the Gospel. […]
Don Hunt teaches from 1 Samuel 13, using the life of King Saul to illustrate how we need to keep our hearts focused on God and keep our eyes and feelings accountable to the truths God has given us in His Scripture.