The Greatest of These
God Is Love
August 20, 2023 • Chad Kettler • 1 John 4:7–12
In this sermon, Pastor Chad Kettler emphasizes that the mark of a healthy, mature Christian and church is lavish love - for God, for fellow believers, and for the lost. This love flows from knowing God intimately through faith in Jesus Christ and being filled with the Holy Spirit. Chad exhorts believers to boast in God's selfless love shown on the cross, not claim they loved God first. As we comprehend Christ's love for us and ask for strength to love sacrificially, we will be transformed to walk in greater patience, kindness, forgiveness, and selflessness for God's glory.
Love Is (Part 1)
August 27, 2023 • Chad Kettler
In this sermon, Pastor Chad Kettler preaches on 1 Corinthians 13, explaining the biblical characteristics of love. He emphasizes that true godly love is patient, kind, not envious or boastful, not arrogant, and not rude. He challenges listeners to examine which aspects of love they need to grow in, pleading for God to sanctify believers completely and make them more loving.
Love Is (Part 2)
September 3, 2023 • Chad Kettler
In this sermon, Pastor Chad Kettler continues his series on Christian love by examining 1 Corinthians 13. He focuses on what biblical love looks like in action - being selfless rather than selfish, slow to anger, forgiving without resentment, rejecting evil and injustice, and celebrating truth and righteousness. Chad challenges believers to grow in loving others through God's grace, humbly serving others over themselves. He calls us to delight in what honors God, keeping no records of wrongs, as we await Christ's return.
Love Is (Part 3)
September 10, 2023 • Chad Kettler • 1 Corinthians 13:7–13
In this sermon, Pastor Chad Kettler emphasizes that growing in love is the greatest pursuit of the Christian life, more important than knowledge or spiritual disciplines. He analyzes 1 Corinthians 13:7-13, which describes love as bearing, believing, hoping, and enduring all things. Love protects and assumes the best in people rather than exposing faults. It remains steadfast, hoping for repentance like Christ's love. The sermon calls believers to love others by assuming the best in them until proven otherwise, not living in false assumptions. The Holy Spirit enables Christians to love steadfastly as they pursue Christlike love.