July 6, 2025 • Pastor Brad Crawford • Mark 10:32–45
In this sermon from Mark 10:32-45, Pastor Brad explores Jesus' journey to Jerusalem and his teaching on servant leadership. As Jesus walks ahead of his disciples toward his crucifixion, James and John make a self-centered request to sit at Jesus' right and left hand in his glory. Jesus uses this moment to teach all the disciples that true greatness in his kingdom comes through service and sacrifice, not through power and position. Unlike worldly leadership that lords authority over others, Jesus calls his followers to be servants and slaves of all, just as he came not to be served but to serve and give his life as a ransom for many.
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The Rich Young Ruler
June 29, 2025 • Pastor Jim McCarty • Mark 10:13–31
The sermon focuses on Mark 10, discussing two contrasting encounters: Jesus' welcoming of children and the encounter with the rich young ruler. Jesus emphasizes that the kingdom of God belongs to those with childlike faith - humble, trusting, and dependent. The story of the rich young ruler demonstrates that salvation is impossible through human effort alone, but possible through God. The sermon highlights how Jesus values the vulnerable and challenges self-righteousness and materialism.
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In the beginning, God Created Marriage
June 22, 2025 • Pastor Jim McCarty • Mark 10:1–12
This sermon highlights the biblical teaching on marriage and divorce from Mark 10, where Jesus answers the Pharisees' question about divorce. The pastor stresses that marriage is a sacred institution established by God, intended to be permanent between one man and one woman. While divorce is allowed in certain cases—such as adultery, abandonment by an unbeliever, and abuse—it is never God's ideal plan and should only be considered after efforts at reconciliation and seeking godly counsel.
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Greatness in God’s Kingdom!
June 15, 2025 • Pastor Jim McCarty • Mark 9:30–49
The sermon focuses on Jesus' teachings about greatness in God's kingdom, as found in Mark 9. Jesus explains that true greatness is reflected through humility, service to others, and love, contrary to worldly definitions of greatness through power, wealth, or status. The passage shows Jesus using a child as an object lesson to demonstrate that welcoming and caring for the least among us is equivalent to receiving Christ himself.
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Ministry off the Mountain
June 8, 2025 • Nathan Schneider • Mark 9:14–29
This sermon from Mark 9:14-29 explores the story of Jesus healing a demon-possessed boy after his disciples were unable to do so. The pastor contrasts the glorious scene of Jesus' Transfiguration with the suffering and chaos found at the bottom of the mountain, emphasizing that Jesus is Lord both in moments of glory and in our mess. The sermon focuses on three main characters: a desperate father seeking healing for his son, discouraged disciples unable to help, and Jesus as the sufficient Savior who makes all things possible through faith.
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The Transfiguration
June 1, 2025 • Nathan Schneider • Mark 9:1–13
The sermon focuses on the Transfiguration of Jesus from Mark 9:1-13. Pastor Nathan Schneider explores three key aspects of Jesus' identity revealed in this passage: He is the radiance of God's glory, the authoritative Son of God, and the suffering Son of Man. The transfiguration event gave the disciples a glimpse of Jesus' divine nature and confirmed His identity as both fully God and fully man.
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You are the Christ!
May 25, 2025 • Pastor Jim McCarty • Mark 8:27–38
This sermon discusses the Protestant Reformation and the key differences between Protestant and Catholic beliefs, focusing on the Five Solas. The pastor then examines Mark 8 and Matthew 16, particularly Peter's confession of Christ and Jesus' response about building His church. The sermon explains the Protestant interpretation of these passages, emphasizing that the church is built on the confession of Christ rather than on Peter as a person, contrary to Catholic teaching about papal authority.
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This Mother's Day sermon focuses on a story from Mark 7:24-30 about a woman who approached Jesus seeking healing for her demon-possessed daughter. The pastor uses this narrative to highlight the valuable qualities of a godly mother: genuine faith, seeking Jesus on behalf of family, humility, spiritual discernment, and perseverance in prayer. The sermon emphasizes how this Gentile woman's great faith and humble response to Jesus resulted in her daughter's healing, serving as an example for mothers today.
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Welcome to the family! You have a place here!
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The Resurrection of Jesus Christ
April 20, 2025 • Pastor Jim McCarty • 1 Corinthians 15
The sermon focuses on the resurrection of Jesus Christ and its significance to Christian faith, using both the story of Lazarus and Paul's teachings in 1 Corinthians 15. The pastor emphasizes that Christ's resurrection is the cornerstone of Christian faith, without which preaching would be useless and faith would be futile. The message explores what it means to be saved and the promise of resurrection for believers, including the nature of resurrection bodies and the ultimate victory over death through Christ.
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The sermon focuses on the story from Mark 6:45-52 where Jesus walks on water to meet his disciples during a storm. After feeding the 5,000, Jesus sends his disciples ahead by boat while he goes to pray. When the disciples struggle against strong winds, Jesus walks on water to reach them. Initially terrified, thinking they saw a ghost, Jesus comforts them and reveals his divine nature through this miracle.
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Feeding the 5,000
March 30, 2025 • Pastor Jim McCarty • Mark 6:30–44
The sermon focuses on the miraculous feeding of the 5,000 from Mark 6, connecting it to other miraculous feeding accounts in Scripture. The pastor emphasizes God's abundant provision and the importance of trusting faith, using the example of the young boy who offered his small lunch to Jesus. The message highlights how Jesus had compassion on the crowds despite His and the disciples' need for rest, and how seeing others' needs should inspire compassion and action rather than frustration.
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John the Baptist Martyred
March 23, 2025 • Pastor Jim McCarty • Mark 6:14–29
