Letters from the Lord
Revelation Ch. 2-5
Behold, The Worthy Lamb
July 12, 2020 • Jon Aragon
Jon Aragon continues ends our series in Revelation 5 — It’s one thing to wonder if someone else’s freedom is worth fighting for. But when you identify with that someone and commune with them, that’s when it’s no longer a question. You fight and you press ahead. Is that not what God did for you and for me? Christ’s worthiness is connected to what he did. To the world, a slain lamb looks like failure, but not to us. Why would you want to identify with weakness, a lamb? The cross of Christ is foolishness to a fallen world. God will use weakness to shame the proud.
Behold, Christ is For You
June 21, 2020 • Darryl Williamson
Pastor Darryl Williamson continues our series in Revelation — We need more than apologetics to be faithful. If you’re going to be faithful, you’ll need more than just answers and winning debates. You’ll need something more personal. One of the key tenets to a victorious Christian life is not being distracted by the various voices and faces that are all around you, including the internal voice of your own heart. You must raise your sight above the sight line of this world to hear and discern God’s voice.
Wake Up
June 14, 2020 • Dave Saville
Pastor Dave Saville continues our series in Revelation and preaches from Ch. 3:1-6. Repentance is obedience. It’s not all of obedience by itself, but repentance is obedience. The first step is to repent and to keep on repenting. The church can wound us badly, whether on purpose or unwittingly. Yet Jesus is saying here, 'Keep going. You’re still learning how to love, how to be patient. Stay together. This is my plan.'
Know Your Works: Maximizing the Life of Faith
June 7, 2020 • Randall Harris
If we're going to be witnesses to the world, we can no longer be on the sidelines of issues like justice and race. The church should be concerned about justice because God is a just God who cares for the widow, the orphan, the poor, the unborn, the oppressed, and the immigrant
No Compromise: Holding on to the Faith
May 31, 2020 • Randall Harris
Lament is good for our faith as we take our troubles, our fears, and our difficulties to the Lord. It was in times like these that the psalmist cried out to God. When times bring us to our knees, Yahweh is our only hope for deliverance and salvation.
Straight Talk on Spiritual Wealth
May 24, 2020 • Darryl Williamson
We don’t value smallness—in the church, outside the church, etc. We value strength, influence, talents, ability, money. But there are some aspects of God’s grace that we can’t know outside of real vulnerability. There are some graces that are reserved for the weak and the broken. Slander is violence, verbal violence. It diminishes the social capital of people. You bring them down in the minds and hearts of others. You encourage people to withdraw from them. Not only that, slander assaults the soul. Jesus qualifies all slander as the devil’s work(Rev. 2:9)
Love First
May 17, 2020 • Darryl Williamson
Pastor Darryl Williamson begins our new series in Revelation 2:1–7 “The scariest human situation in all of Scripture and human reality is what we can call ‘deceived righteousness’—when I look at myself and perceive a sort of righteousness, and others look at me and see righteousness, but God looks at me and sees self-righteousness.” Pastor Darryl