Sermons

God's work of salvation is awesome! Forgiveness of sin and the ability to live God's Way is so freeing. Yet although we are free, the temptation of the world, the flesh, and the Devil abounds. Salvation changes my position (adopted by God!) but the rest of life is a battle in the process of becoming…

Every morning we look in the mirror and are all haunted by the same question: Who am I? It’s the vital question because who we are drives what we do, and it’s the core question our heart and soul wrestles with on a daily basis. The world tries to tell us who we are, we…

We feel guilty when we sin (and we all have sinned). So what happens to the guilt of our sin when God saves us? God makes a legal declaration concerning our relationship to God's laws, stating we are completely forgiven and no longer liable to punishment! It's an amazing outpouring of grace that does not…

What is true repentance? What is saving faith? How do faith and repentance relate to conversion? Can I accept Jesus as Savior and not as Lord? A short, rich, thief's conversion helps us Clarify Salvation. Please click on the Link for the Sermon Note.

Regeneration is the act in which God secretly and sovereignly imparts spiritual life to those who have been called. The gospel of John calls it being "born again"...which just seems weird. We need a second birth? How does that work? Let's get some clarity about how being "born from above" is part of salvation. Please…

There is great power in God's call to save you. It's firm and unyielding - more like a summons to appear in court. It's also gentle and easy - a call to rest after a long struggle. As we hear God's call to salvation, it gives hope that all things will work together for good.…

Receiving salvation is simple - repent and believe, by faith, in the gospel of Jesus. What it takes to save you is more involved. We can liken it to a simple fish. A fish is a fish. But what makes up that fish? Many parts. If we pulled the fish apart, we can study each element that…

We will look into Matthew Chapter 8 to better understand that Jesus is LORD. He has authority over diseases, demons and disasters. What he says matter. We better listen to Him. Jesus is also compassionate and willing to help. We are encouraged to come to Him in great faith - examples of the Leper, the…

This Sunday is the finale - the final act, the concluding chapter - of the Book of Acts series!  So it's odd to title it "unstoppable." However, it's an appropriate title. The key word in Acts is "movement" and it's not supposed to stop. Acts records how one generation was "Christ's witnesses" (Acts 1:8) and…

Where are you looking for your protection? Life has many dangers and we are weak. So we often build our own protective shields - avoidance, numbness, aggression - that often make things worse. What if we could trust God to protect us instead?