January 5, 2025 • Shawn Farrell • Colossians 2:6–7
A life genuinely transformed by Christ naturally overflows with gratitude, continually celebrating and acknowledging all that God has done. Do you walk this way?
The Unity of God's Church
December 29, 2024 • John Pleasnick • Ephesians 4:4–6
Church is not about buildings, services or programs. God's Church is made up of diverse people who are unified by the same Spirit, Savior, Lord and Word. Understanding your unity with them changes every relationship you have.
O, Come Let Us Adore Him
December 22, 2024 • Shawn Farrell • Isaiah 9:6
Do you adore Jesus, the long-promised child? Isaiah said that He would embody divine wisdom as the Wonderful Counselor, sovereign strength as Mighty God, everlasting care as Eternal Father, and ultimate reconciliation as the Prince of Peace. We are called not just to acknowledge Him, but to genuinely worship, follow and celebrate Him in our daily lives.
Thinking Biblically about Marriage
October 5, 2024 • Carol Cuffel
The Foundation to Biblical Thinking
September 14, 2024 • Dawn Dyer, Shannon Munoz
Compel Them to Come In
August 4, 2024 • Terrell Medina
THIS SUNDAY, I am excited to open the Word of God with you to a perhaps less-familiar parable: The Parable of the Dinner in Luke 14:15-24 where we find that Christ terminated the gospel invitation for the self-righteous and extended the invitation to the spiritually bankrupt. To finish our summer series, we will again ask: How did Christ preach the gospel? Answer: He Compelled Them to Come In. Whereas the self-righteous reject the gospel invitation because they think they do not need it, the poor are hesitant to accept the gospel because they know they cannot repay the favor. Thus, we must compel the self-righteous to give up their efforts to save themselves and we must compel the poor to receive the free gift of God’s grace! Come this Sunday as Christ will both humble us and remind us of our great need to compel sinners to Christ!
Jesus Came for Sinners Like Us
July 28, 2024 • John Pleasnick
We're going to look at the calling of Matthew in his own gospel, Matthew 9:9-13. He was not a good man. And that makes me confident that you are going to come away encouraged and helped by the gospel news which Jesus teaches in this passage.
“THE VERSE OF VERSES”
July 21, 2024
GREATEST GOSPEL PASSAGE... John 3:16. I cannot wait to summit the Everest of gospel passages with you and be in awe of the love of God!
“THE RICH YOUNG RULER”
July 14, 2024 • Nigel Shailer
The passage is Matthew 19:16-22. The story is the Rich Young Ruler. The question is, “How did Jesus present the gospel to this man?” The answer is not what you might expect. It is certainly not how a lot of evangelism is done today.
How Much Are You Forgiven?
July 7, 2024 • John Pleasnick
We're going to look at Matthew 18:21-35, where Peter asks, 'How many times can my brother sin against me and I still have to forgive him?' Christ's answer reveals the limitless love that our Father has for us.
Jesus Is Your Life: At Work
June 30, 2024 • Shawn Farrell
We finish our series in Colossians 3 by examining Colossians 3:22–4:1. Is Jesus Your Life At Work? In this passage, Paul talks about the relationship between masters and slaves but as we apply it to our context today, we will discuss how we can magnify the Lord at work. Now, more than ever, people view work as a dread and a curse resulting from the fall. This is not true! Work existed before the fall and we can find great joy in our work if our hearts are focused on pleasing the Lord through
Jesus Is Your Life: At Home
June 23, 2024 • Shawn Farrell
We continue in Colossians 3:20–21 as Paul gives instructions to the family. What makes a great home? How can families work? Jesus must be your life. It is a love for Christ and a desire to obey Him that will lead children to obey their parents. It is the love, patience, and forgiveness found in Christ that leads parents to shepherd their children in a way that glorifies Him. The home will be transformed and used for His glory if it is centered on Christ!
Jesus Is Your Life: In Marriage P2
June 16, 2024 • Shawn Farrell
@e will consider Colossians 3:19 as Paul again reminds us that Jesus is Your Life: In Marriage (part 2). This time, the focus is on the husband as Paul says, "Husbands, love your wives and do not become bitter against them." In just one verse there are two vital commands that, if obeyed by the power of His Spirit, will completely transform and restore a marriage.
Jesus Is Your Life: In Marriage Pt. 1
June 2, 2024 • Shawn Farrell
Paul gives A Message To Women in Colossians 3:18: "Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord." Submission is the theme as the Lord calls on all wives to submit to their husbands as if they are submitting to the Lord directly. Submission should not be viewed as a prison or some lesser role or responsibility, but rather as the greatest expression of your devotion to Christ and your husband.
Christians Are Different P2
May 26, 2024 • Shawn Farrell
We continue in Colossians 3:15–17 as we consider Part 2 on how Christians Are Different. In a world filled with anger and war, Christians are controlled by peace as we follow the Prince of Peace. In a discontent, ungrateful, and never-satisfied culture, Christians are marked by thankfulness! Believers stand out as different from the world when the word of Christ lives deep in our hearts and drives everything we do, say, and think.
Christians Are Different P1.
May 19, 2024 • Shawn Farrell
We continue in Colossians 3:10–14 as Paul will lay out how Christians Are Different. True Christianity is not just a list of negative do-nots but as we look to Christ, who is our life, we are also encouraged to put on the new self! This passage will remind us of our identity in Christ, the amazing grace He has lavished upon us, and His incredible love which drives us to become more like Him.
Die to Self
May 12, 2024 • Shawn Farrell
Colossians 3:5–9 will reveal to us the answer to our problem: we must Die to Self. In a culture that encourages us to join in worshipping and indulging in our immorality, impurity, passion, evil desires, and greed, which amounts to idolatry – Christ will call us to FLEE and put our sin to death.
Jesus is Your Life
May 5, 2024 • Shawn Farrell
, we begin with Colossians 3:1–4 as Paul calls on all believers to Set Your Mind. The world may offer an abundance of substitutes to satisfy your soul – sex, money, possessions, achievements, power, and more – but there is only one who offers true and lasting satisfaction: Jesus Christ.
Moms By Grace Spring Panel
April 13, 2024
Spring Panel and the previous speakers were on the panel - Dori Lengyel, Sharon Verougstraete, and Lauren Dietrich.
The Amazing Authority of Christ
April 21, 2024 • Chris Mueller
In Matthew 7:28–29, we conclude by considering The Amazing Authority of Christ. The sermon on the mount wraps up with the reaction of the crowd to Christ, which was AMAZEMENT without repentance. This Sunday, we will examine our hearts, embrace the greatness of our SAVIOR, and learn much about him
The Rock of Assurance
April 14, 2024 • Chris Mueller
Christ will remind us of The Rock of Assurance we all need. Christ will teach us the only way to survive the storms of life and the final storm of judgement is to build our lives upon the solid ROCK of Christ as our only foundation. May we all be able to sing and proclaim together: "On Christ, the solid rock, I stand!"
