Sermons

There’s something that’s been unsettling for quite a long time and it has to do with how we, as Christians, treat others. Political behavior is the symptom, but how we treat one another is the issue.

When Jesus gathered with His disciples for His final Passover celebration with them, when He sat down to His last supper with them before being arrested and tried and crucified, He said to His disciples, “Guys, I’m giving you new command. This command is going to supersede all the other commands. And this was His new command:

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. (John 13:34, NIV)

It was quite simple. “You are to love one another, but this isn’t one-way, this is two-way. You are to love one another as I have loved you.” And then, He tells us why:

By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
(John 13:35, NIV)

That means that we, as 21st Century followers of Jesus must do better. Rise Above explores how we can rise above the noise and follow Jesus better.

Rise Above (10/23/2022)

If you think about it, there really aren’t all that many things in this world that are amazing. We can discuss what is and what isn’t amazing, but one thing that most definitely qualifies as amazing is God’s grace. His grace causes great surprise and sudden wonder when we begin to understand that it is available to all who will ask without charge. It’s available to the least deserving of us and it is most excellent and wonderful. Amazing Grace for sure! The message series, Amazing Grace, explores God’s grace in a way that helps us understand just how amazing it is.

People typically want to be trusting, which often makes us gullible and quick to both believe and spread false information that comes from other people. So in this series, starting on Sunday, July 10, we’re going to look at several things that many smart Christians believe to be true, but they aren’t. This series is going to show us, yet again, how important it is for us to dig into the Scripture ourselves to discover the truth we find there.

There are hundreds of thousands of phone apps available for download. These apps can be used to wake you up, to show you where to shop, to help you count calories, or to log your exercise minutes. But they can’t actually make you get up, control your spending, manage your diet, or force you to exercise.

The App Store isn’t the only place you can find apps. Did you know that the Bible has also given us many “apps” to enhance and improve our lives?

The fact is, application makes all the difference. “Unapplied truth is like unapplied paint. It doesn’t do anybody any good. The value is in the application.” Merely reading the Bible or coming to church and hearing a sermon is one thing. But real life-change happens in the “doing” because, application makes all the difference.

Getting To Know God is a great series for anyone who has questions about God, or for those who simply want to get to know God better. This series isn’t about getting to know more ABOUT God. The focus is getting to know God personally, know Him better, and know Him more relationally.