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Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 8:1-15. In 2 Corinthians 8, the Apostle Paul talks about the tender subject of giving. The main idea in this passage is to be released from the bondages of the things we depend on, except for the Lord Jesus Christ.
Paul talks about giving not as money but as a grace and considers the main idea from three perspectives: 1) the example of the Macedonians, 2) the example of the Lord, and 3) the method by which God estimates gospel generosity.
The underlining message in this passage is much larger than giving, it simply has to do with this question: Can we trust a warm, loving Father to take care of us?
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 7:2-16. What we have here is a look into the apostolic ministry and the corresponding need of the church.
Apostolic ministry was unique and had a unique authority. Were the Corinthian church to reject Paul, they would reject Christ.
What the apostle Paul is doing with the Corinthian church is applicable to our churches today. As we involve ourselves in the concept of relational ministry, we grow in our love, intimacy, and friendship with the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Corinthians needed to repent. If at any point they stopped repenting, they would have ceased to exist as a church. A churches vitality depends upon repentance, which is only made possible through union with Christ. We cannot rightly repent until we are made alive in the Lord Jesus.
When the recognition of my sin causes me horror in that I have grieved a holy God and fallen away from His friendship, this is repentance.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1. In this passage, we see a very important image, this idea of a temple. We know the location of the temple has changed as well as its realities - now the temple is living. Believers are described as the temple of God.
There is a relationship between holiness in our own lives and a delight in the Lord as our God. It seems, because of our sinful flesh, most believers struggle for long periods to distinguish between the realities of our justification and our pursuit of holiness.
One of the most challenging concepts of the Christian life is the recognition of this overwhelming joy that is at our fingertips, but it involves our own holiness and real righteousness.
Paul asks five questions in this passage to which the answer to all is “None”. These things he compares, beginning with righteousness and lawlessness, have nothing to do with one another.
Paul isn’t telling us to remove ourselves from the world but to remove worldliness from ourselves, the temple of the living God.
There is a direct proportion to our own earnestness in casting off the old man and the joy that we have in Christ.
Please join us as Pastor Preston Hoffman concludes this sermon series on the Beatitudes. Matthew 5:7-12. Jesus Himself embodied the beatitudes before He would ever command them of His people.
The first four beatitudes describe the root of the Christian life. Today, Jesus moves to the fruit; from the heart that God blesses to the life that God uses. The kingdom of God is not only internal transformation, it’s external demonstration.
These final four beatitudes describe the public life of a disciple, the visible evidence of the invisible work of God. The outward life of Jesus’ disciples is not optional - it’s our faith made visible. The inward life gives rise to the outer life.
Does your life display what your heart claims?
Last week we asked what kind of heart does God bless; this week we ask what kind of life does God use? Jesus will show us what that life looks like lived out.
Please join us as Pastor Preston Hoffman discusses the Beatitudes. Matthew 5:1-6. At the beginning of His sermon, Jesus answers the question: What kind of heart does God bless? The kingdom of God and the role you play in it does not begin with what you do but begins with what you are.
The Sermon on the Mount is a portrait of those who have been transformed by the true gospel. The kingdom life begins with a transformed heart - humbled, broken, surrendered, and hungry for God. These qualities are not natural; they are the spirit-wrought foundations of true discipleship.
The Sermon on the Mount is not a path to earn salvation, it is the life of those already saved by the King. In His portrait, Jesus describes the inner posture of every true citizen of His kingdom.
This sermon explores the first four Beatitudes - poverty of spirit, mourning over sin, meekness, and hunger for righteousness - as the inner life of a true disciple. It is a call to examine the heart, embrace Christ’s sufficiency, and pursue the righteousness only He can give.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 6:1-13. Paul has been defending his apostleship and is drawing attention to the unique connection between apostle and the authority of the apostle as he proclaims the gospel.
It’s the nature of mankind that necessitates continuous authoritative preaching and ministry. We require a continual proclamation of the gospel. We need the encouragement, the revelation of truth, the urgency by the power of the Holy Spirit to probe oneself such that we can see and repent of our sinfulness and truly enjoy this life God has given us. Redemption doesn’t make ministry unnecessary or optional.
One of the themes in these verses is the concept of authority. Every molecule in creation works within the paradigm of authority. The same is true of sin; it’s commanded in a way that it’s removed by the power and authority of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Our sinful flesh is resistant to authoritative biblical ministry. Paul has to contend not just for his authority but for authority itself.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 5:11-21. Our attention may be drawn to three primary themes in this passage.
First is the fear of the Lord; the centerpiece of what compels Paul to confidently go forward in Christ. The fear of God must have more to do with God’s people than simply that He doesn’t care what we do and loves us no matter what. The reality is that redemption in Christ results in a new creation, a noticeable change. Are we concerned about the Father’s displeasure of our own sinfulness even though we are redeemed? If we feel a sense of freedom in our sinfulness, then we have misunderstood and diminished the love of Christ and the fear of the Lord because it is not acting as a counterbalance for a holy life.
Second, Christ’s love for the redeemed. Paul’s understanding of Christ’s love for him enables Paul to holdfast, stay on task, and to endure all things. The Lord’s joy in His people is our strength. Paul recognized that the Lord Jesus died for him. He died for you. We become inclined to diminish the gift and life of Christ if we think of our redemption in unbiblical terms, as an abstract mass of people; but redemption is very personal. If we don’t view the love of Christ in a personal way, it could never counterbalance a life of faithfulness. The love of Christ compels us. It changes us. We are a new creation. We no longer look at people according to the flesh and a right understanding of this will change the way we act.
Thirdly, the glory of new life through being reconciled to Christ. When one becomes a new creation in Christ, everything around them will also change. A life in Christ is a constant source of blessing and encouragement. God is pleading for us to come to Christ and freely receive new life.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 5:1-11. Heaven is a place of holiness, happiness, and humility. If we would be ready for heaven, these are the things the apostle Paul would encourage us to recognize.
Light, momentary afflictions are integrated into our lives by God’s design for spiritual growth in ourselves and for encouraging others. The Christian life isn’t about avoiding difficulty, the Christian life is shaped by difficulty. In our temporal bodies, we groan as we drag along remnants of our sinful flesh. The point isn’t a discouraging look at redemption but to see there is a profound difference between our earthly tent and the building in heaven.
One of the challenges of our lives is spiritual self awareness. What is it that you are really hoping? Paul is helping us to understand the importance of continually having our affections shaped. If we have a wrong perception of the Christian life then we will not realize that we should be encouraged at the way the Spirit is working, that our experiences can be explained spiritually and we can press on and be joyful, not being hampered by temporal, fleeting hindrances to faithfulness.
The weight of the normal, Christian life has as its only counterbalance the day of the lord. The redeemed should be fanatically joyful about a future in heaven, but the urgency of the last day should absolutely impact every moment of our lives as we aim to please the Lord.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 4:7-15. In verses 7-15, we see the challenge of being depleted as the Corinthians give their lives to Christ and the challenges that occur in a normal gospel ministry.
In gospel ministry, the minister is in the background as the servant, proclaiming Jesus Christ. The point isn’t simply that humanity is diminished in the glory of Christ but that the gospel not only does in fact glorify Christ but also simultaneously intentionally deals with the pride and conceit of man.
The gospel is accentuated in this sinful earth by placing it in something so mundane - a common earthen vessel. The treasure inside is the light of the knowledge of the glory of God.
Why clay pots? Because the surpassing value belongs to God, not to us. He is the one with power and glory. Humans have trouble wholly exalting another but the reality is that biblical servanthood is about directing attention to God. We are not to accentuate the clay pot; we are to accentuate Christ.
Giving faithfully, in gospel labor, will always physically deplete the giver to some extent. Gospel ministry is not about personal gain but His glory.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 4:1-6. Paul is regaling on the goodness of the Lord Jesus Christ. He affirms his weakness and his being in the shadow of the Lord Jesus. It is the weakness of men in which the glory of God is most profoundly shown. Our outer shells are wasting away but the gospel of Christ grows our inner being in grace. Therefore, we do not lose heart.
We have unsinkable buoyancy during these light, momentary afflictions because the gospel isn’t about us; Jesus Christ is central. The amazing thing about this gospel is we are the ones who benefit from the preeminence of the Lord Jesus. We are His servants - do we look at ourselves in this way?
The gospel ministry is a profound valuation of that which is unseen. As we grow in the image of the Lord Jesus, we should more highly value spiritual growth in Christ.
The history of the Christian church is the result of faithful ministry where Jesus Christ is lord and we present ourselves as servants. Giving out the light of Christ is an incredible privilege we would do well to be reminded of.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 3:1-18. The Lord Jesus Christ is more glorious and brighter than the sun - the beatific vision. Something both beautiful and breathtaking, drawing a permanent gaze from us as something transformative in our lives.
One particularly important thing we can draw from this passage is the concept of a living ministry. There is not only one covenant, there are two and the one was only a delivery vessel for the second, the permanent convent of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The other, that we see in verse 18, is the idea that we behold the face of Christ and are being transformed now. As we grow in holiness, the Lord reveals more of Himself to us and we enter into deeper communion with God.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 2:5-17. This passage draws our attention to the biblical norm of forgiveness and recovery.
Being in a warm, loving congregation that reflects the love of Christ is one of the most important aspects of our relationship to the Lord Jesus. Healthy church life involves a normal process of confession, repentance, forgiveness, and reaffirmation of love.
It’s much easier to say we forgive than to restore such a one with warmth and comfort. This would be full obedience by the congregation in their forgiveness, but we are prone to incomplete obedience.
As we take time to involve ourselves in the full biblical process of forgiveness and recovery, we see the aroma of Christ.
Only as congregations grow in their love and realistic experience with the living Son of God in a way that involves a transformational reaffirmation of love, will they then begin to truly enjoy a certain level of breadth of numerical and expansive growth.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 1:12-2:4. This letter is about Paul’s unashamed commitment to the gospel as revealed in scripture.
The Corinthian church was not a mature church. They were acting like they didn’t receive the gospel but germinated it on their own. They exalted strength and were attracted to flashy and contemporary ideas. Paul is trying to get them to understand that the strength of Christ is revealed in the weakness of man.
This church has committed themselves to what is temporal and seen and Paul is trying to draw their attention back to what is eternal and unseen. We are inclined to be drawn to today or tomorrow and forget that all we do is of urgent importance against the last day. Every decision we make needs to be made in light of eternity. He’s not calling into question their redemption but urging them to reframe in a way shaped by the gospel.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 1:1-11. One of the keywords in the first chapter of 2 Corinthians is “comfort”. But this isn’t comfort as we typically think but rather more of a sense of “encouragement”. Part of the issue in 2 Corinthians is the inclination to “clip-short” the promises of God. Paul is drawing their attention to what it is the Lord has set in front of them for their own good and the salvation of others - the comfort, or encouragement, to go on with the gospel and be strengthened by the comfort God gives them amidst their afflictions.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner begins a new preaching series on 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18. Paul describes heaven as the eternal weight of glory.
The Corinthians underestimated the unseen, spiritual, and eternal, preferring the seen, physical, and temporal, and did not embrace the renewal of the inner man. The renewing of our inner selves begins at redemption but that is just a start. Redemption is not a static condition that ends with justification. Spiritual discipline, however, is necessary for growth, not affections that are directed at physical, earthy, temporal things.
There’s a tendency to think heavenly glory is a continuation of earthly glory. But what leads to heavenly glory is earthly affliction; the crown follows the cross. The final end of the continuum of earthly commitment to Christ and the accompanying difficulties is heavenly glory.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on Psalm 67. Psalm 67 draws our attention to the fullness of God’s kingdom. If there is to be a kingdom of priests with access to a holy God, there must be a gospel that comes and sweeps into all the nations.
We can lose sight of God’s grand and glorious purposes in all He does in our lives. Psalm 67 is a Westminister Catechism question 1 psalm. It answers the question of why are we here and what are we doing - what is our chief end?
We should ask ourselves: How do the things I do fit into God’s grand purpose?
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on stewarding singleness in the church. 1 Corinthians 7:6-40. A situation that is true of all of us on occasion and will ultimately be true of all of us permanently, is that of being single. Marriage to a human being is always temporary. Our permanent state is marriage to Christ.
When the scriptures speak of being single, it’s important to think of the permanent relationship we will have with the Lord Jesus Christ.
Faithful living is the time between “one big thing” and the next. The occasion of singleness can be used to invest in the things of God and His people or to be dead while you live.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner concludes the series on the Gospel of John. John 21:15-19. In this gospel, Jesus asks a series of questions, the last being to Peter: “Do you love me?”.
Jesus and the apostles never proposed that people question whether or not God loves them. The clear message of the Bible regarding God’s love is summarized with finality in John 3:16. We are often concerned about God’s love for us but this was settled at the cross.
The most important question in the scriptures isn’t if God loves us, that has been established. The most important question is: “Do I love Christ?”
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 20:8-10. John 20 draws our attention to understanding the resurrection. One reason it was so difficult for the Israelites to understand the resurrection was God’s people never saw a slain animal rise from the dead. The women that were at the cross of Jesus and ran to the tomb, were satisfied with the crucifixion, with the idea that the Lord Jesus Christ had been stricken for their sins. They had a level of understanding of the words, “It is finished”, and embraced that idea. However, they didn’t understand the resurrection.
In becoming a child of the King, we have to continually study how to cast off the old and embrace that which is new.
Mary Magdalene didn’t understand the resurrection but she refers to Jesus as “Lord” and longs to be with Him. She loved Christ and understood He was directly related to her own spiritual life.
The disciples didn’t understand the scripture that said He must rise from the dead. They didn’t understand the breadth of His resurrection and what it meant for them.
As we contemplate and meditate on the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, there is much more than His simply dying. Christ was raised from the dead by the Father, just as with us.
In a spiritual sense, the redeemed are made new, in unity with the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 19:30. One thing that is profoundly important as we consider the cross, is the glory of God. The cross reveals to us how a heart is changed. The answers to all our questions on how a heart is changed, how one is justified, and how one is sanctified have directly to do with the glory of the cross of Christ. Our affections change when we look at Christ on the cross and consider His love for us.
The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. This was also Jesus’ purpose. The grand purpose of God is His own glory. Can it be that the humble emptying of Christ in giving Himself as an atonement for sin is in fact also His glory?
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 18:33-38. What we see in chapter 18 is the humiliation of the King of Kings. Every part of what occurs is by His design. Pilate, the regional governor, has the confidence to call the King of Kings to speak with Him. The Lord Jesus submits, declaring He is a King but His kingdom is not of this world. Jesus so debased Himself that the people around Him had the confidence to treat Him like a lowly man and brought Him to Pilate out of envy, never submitting to Him.
Jesus has continually said our priority should be the spiritual; seek first His kingdom.
Please join us as guest Pastor Mark Chanski, Coordinator of RBNet, preaches from 2 Samuel. 2 Samuel 23:13-17. The deep loyalty of King David’s devoted subjects is supremely displayed in various exploits of David’s mighty men who exhibited their allegiance to him with their military feats. We can exposit and apply these verses to discover if we, ourselves, are mighty men of our king, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 17:20-26. A primary theme we see in the last section of the high priestly prayer of the Lord Jesus Christ is the idea of unity, of which Psalm 133 paints a beautiful picture. The unity Jesus Christ prays for is not a negotiated unity, but an other-worldly, unnatural, unexpected unity; something associated with the newness the Lord brings to every individual within the body. One of the things we see in this unity is its simple, resilient functionality. Redemption is often described as an unbreakable union. A union of His people that is used to bring all believers to Christ.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 17:6-19. In this passage we see that the Lord Jesus has three priorities. The first priority is simply this idea that those to whom Christ spoke and offered redemption would know that the source of everything He has said, every promise He has made, every admonition, have as their source the Father in heaven. Secondly, we see that the Lord has a priority of guarding His people. The reality is life is dangerous for those who follow Jesus, for those who are committed to Him and His word. The third priority is sanctification and growing in holiness.
It’s reasonable for us, as His redeemed, to understand His priorities. Our focus should not be on the danger from which we are guarded or on our sanctification but on God Himself. As we walk toward God, these other things will fall into place.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 17:1-5. The entirety of John 17 is a prayer that Jesus is praying in the disciples’ hearing. What is eternal life? To know God and to know His Son. Belief and knowing do not mean the same thing.
The salvation of the elect is the fruit of the trinitarian relationship. There is a difference between bearing fruit as a result of a relationship and bearing fruit for the creation of a relationship; a subtle but profound difference. This is important when we consider our relationship with God.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 16:16-33. In verse 16, in the last hours, we see the Lord Jesus Christ speaks of “in a little while”, a reference to the cross, the tomb, and the resurrection. We see the Lord Jesus encouraging His disciples. He has overcome and is bringing peace, in the context of a raging battle. This discourse reminds us that there are seasons of grace in our lives where we can take in and embrace the truths of God, storing them up for times of affliction when it’s hard to invest and take in these truths.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 16:1-15. In John 16, we see an introduction to a Christian spiritual life. In particular, we see highlighted the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is front and center to the true spiritual life of those who are redeemed. The spiritual aspects of our lives are sometimes seen as less valuable and less consequential than the physical. In John 16, the apostles were required to confirm that spiritual has priority over the physical.
As we enter into our relationship with the Holy Spirit and the Spirit of Christ, and come to more fully understand the things of God, we will recognize that the physical characteristics and aspects of our lives will begin to take second place. If you’re waiting for your physical circumstances to get better before involving yourself in spiritual maturity, it’s not going to happen, because God doesn’t work that way. We receive spiritual understanding and maturity on His terms, not ours.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 15:18-16:4. In chapters 14-17, what we have are the most profound words of Christ as He passes on to the spiritual army the orders and expectations for the continuation of the Holy war. In John 15 and 16 the most notable illustration is that of warfare. The on-the-ground general, Lord Jesus Christ, is telling the fighters who will remain what to expect and how to fight; He will die in the fight but the fight will rage on and only end when He returns. You are not entering into the commission in which you were drafted if not daily using your spiritual weapons.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 15:1-7. The question at hand is simply what does it mean to abide in Christ? Often when we think of abiding, there is an inclination to draw attention to the union with Christ. But what we see in the term “abiding” in this chapter, particularly in verse 4, is that it is a verb, a directive to those already in union with Christ. To abide in Christ means we can participate in and look forward to: being grafted in, friendship, safety, revelation, comfort, correction, worship, adoration, and eagerly waiting. To abide and flourish we must believe and apply His truths.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 15:1-17. Doing the works of Christ is the purpose of all believers (John 14:12). God honoring productivity is not a New Testament idea. The first command God gave Adam and Eve, be fruitful and multiply, sounded a lot like John 15. God’s intention for creation was not only to have children but that they involve themselves in the work of the earth - cultivating and creating. This fruitfulness was in the context of abiding with God. In John 15, we see that the recovery of communion with Christ brings a recovery of God honoring productivity (fruitfulness). Both physical and spiritual productivity was necessary and expected as fruit bearing is the essence of glorifying God and enjoying Him forever.
Another thing we see in this passage is that the abiding work that the lord Jesus is calling us to is the consequence of prayer. We should ask ourselves, “Is the work I do a result of prayer? Am I willing to ask the Lord to help me with all the things I think, say, and do with my hands?”
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 14:8-24. As we look at this gospel, and in the book of Acts, we can marvel how people missed Jesus as the messiah. No one can identify Jesus on their own - only God can open our eyes to the truths of Christ. The spiritual realities of our conversion is recorded clearly in scripture: man doesn’t find God, God finds man. No one can come unless the Father draws him. Chapter 14 has an idea of comfort, in the way Isaiah cried out “Comfort my people”, directly associated with the Messiah, with the greatest of all needs of mankind. We also see the introduction of the Holy Spirit as helper and the concept of prayer. Jesus tries to help His disciples understand that something better was coming than Jesus being with them physically. He was going to the Father to involve Himself in another aspect of the spiritual warfare on earth but was leaving with them the Holy Spirit.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 14:1-7. The Lord Jesus Christ tells the apostles "Let not your hearts be troubled." They didn't know and wanted to know where He was going; they were struggling and Jesus had a gentle rebuke and profound encouragement in these seven verses. We live in troubling times; most satisfied with "micro events" of peace. We may find we are building our lives on these events, which, though wonderful, are not true, enduring peace. Christ has intended that our peace be in Him, now.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 13:36-38. In these verses, Peter asks where is Jesus going and why he cannot go. Peter’s desire for knowledge, which is not offered by God, becomes a stumbling block for his life’s purpose of selfless gospel service. The sin of our first parents was the pursuit of wisdom independently from God and to use themselves as a standard for right and wrong. They were discontent with what God had given to them as revelation and this became a tremendous stumbling block for them. Taking in the truths of God is vital but are we content in what God has revealed? Are we content to invest ourselves in those things and their application? Everything we do, moment by moment, is in direct relation to what God has called us to. Another issue is lack of self knowledge and overestimation of one’s spiritual state and understanding of the truth. When God redeems us, He brings us to spiritual life as a baby.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on Luke. Luke 1. Luke has a distinct purpose, brought about by the Holy Spirit, to direct the truthfulness to that which may seem difficult to believe. One of the most important works that God has set for Himself regarding mankind is to humble the pride of man. One of the ways He has decided to do this, is to insist that the process of gaining understanding, walking with the Lord, and growing in sanctification is a process that is so involved in God Himself and something that takes time and investment; we see this in Mary and Zechariah.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on Isaiah. Isaiah 9:1-7. Isaiah chapter 11 begins with a shoot from the stump of Jesse. It isn't normal for growth to come from a stump; stumps represent death. The entire theme of these verses in chapter 11 are things that are absolutely unlikely. As we follow the Lord and hope to see change in our life, it seems slow, often impossible. But God isn't like us, so He doesn't do things like we do, and He is full of surprises. As we continue the theme of Isaiah chapter 11, Ezekiel chapter 37, the valley of dry bones, asks the question, "Can these bones live?". As the lion seems to not be able to lie down with the lamb, God says it will happen, just as the dry bones will live. The whole point of the Messiah is to bring life where life isn't expected. Without Christ, we are in a hopeless situation, spiritual darkness, with no help at all. In Isaiah chapter 9, we see redemptive beauty.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 13:31-35. These scriptures focus on one idea: Love. Jesus gives us a new commandment in verse 34 - love one another, just as Jesus has loved us.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 13:1-20. The central characteristic of Jesus Christ and Christianity could be described as humility. When we rightly associate humility with the grace of God, we see that it is born out of an association with our union with Christ; we walk in humility. In this passage of scripture, we don't have a command to be humble, we have an example from the Lord. This example sets the disciples on notice that their lives, and the lives of all Christians, would require humility.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches ahead of Thanksgiving on Psalm 100, a psalm for giving thanks, drawing our attention to the appropriateness of focusing on the concept of thanksgiving. The scriptures help us with the idea of thanksgiving and the sweet privilege of serving God. One of the great aspects of the new birth is what was once difficult becomes natural; as we walk with Christ more and more, there is a natural inclination to express gratitude to God as we see more and more who God is and who we are. Things change when we cultivate a heart of thanksgiving. Psalm 100.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 12:27-50. This particular passage of scripture should, firstly, draw us into a spirit of thanksgiving for what the Lord Jesus has done. Secondly, it turns our attention to an idea of attentiveness - receiving Christ where He is, when He is. At some point, the throne of grace will not be available. Thirdly, the idea of sobriety, that Jesus is the light and anyone without this light walks in darkness. Lastly, the concept of grasping reality. God is sovereign but man is still responsible. There is a point at which our hearts can become so hardened there is no return.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 12:1-26. This chapter contains a number of narratives that continue to reveal the character of the Lord Jesus Christ and the great purposes that the Father had for the Son. When you look at John's gospel, you can see a spiritual maturity that he gained, in Christ. This gospel helps us understand the profound basis and ground of our relationship to Christ - love. But, what does love mean? The greatest joy we can have is when we are loving another person.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 11:1-44. This chapter draws our attention to Mary's, Martha's, and Lazarus's love and enriched and fervent devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ. It also draws our attention to the way Jesus expresses the sovereignty of God and the tenderness of a loving God-man. And lastly, how we might deal with the difficulties and challenges of suffering.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 10:1-42. Chapter 9 and 10 speak to spiritual clarity and understanding, what is really true about God and ourselves. This point is continued in chapter 10 with the concept of the Lord Jesus being the good shepherd. He is establishing the simple idea that the relationship between the Lord Jesus and the redeemed is that of a shepherd and His sheep - a glorious relationship. When we think about sheep, it may be that we consider that being a sheep is a mark of immaturity. We may be persuaded that we can become spiritually mature enough to not be considered sheep anymore; but that is not true. Our dependency is not a mark of immaturity as we will never mature out of needing a shepherd. As sheep, we are dependent creatures and our maturity in Christ will never change that fact.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 9:1-41. One of the subjects we encounter in this chapter is the simple question, asked in 9:2, “Who sinned?”. This draws us into the doctrine of God’s providence and His governance. We see that suffering isn’t always a result of retribution or chastisement but sometimes, as seen continued in verse 3, it is to glorify God.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 8:12-38. A couple major themes we have discussed thus far are the concept of judging with right judgment, which involves clarity and the light that only Christ can provide which is seen in chapter 8, and understanding the truth, which also requires the light of conscious only available in Christ. Jesus brings attention to spiritual things opposed to physical things such as with the Samaritan woman, Nicodemus, and His feeding the crowds. In these verses, we see the idea that He is the light of the world. He brings attention to the Jews regarding spiritual freedom and their enslavement.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 8:1-11. Thematically, in John chapter 8, we see that the Lord Jesus Christ is the true light and truth itself. He brings freedom from enslavement to sin.
Please join us as Pastor Carlos Garcia continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 7:1-53. What does Jesus mean when He speaks of judging? How do we judge rightly? Judgmentalism is forbidden, but not moral discernment. Jesus wants us to be able to judge rightly, not by appearances but with right judgment. Ultimately, wrong judgment both comes from and results in unbelief.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 6:41-71. One of the main ideas set forth in these verses is the idea of the primacy of the spiritual life over the physical. The spiritual aspect of our lives has always been intended to drive the physical.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 6:1-40. This passage of scripture gives to us the key by which we can delightfully enter into the rigors of taking the Lord Jesus Christ at His word. Not in an Adam and Eve like persuasion where they determine how to follow God, but based on the incontrovertible truth of the Lord Jesus Christ - what has He said? How will we receive Christ? Will it be based on our abilities to assess the mysteries of God or will it be on the persuasion to believe what He has said.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 5:1-47. John chapter 5 is potentially the most profound chapter in the Bible that reveals the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. There is no mistaking what Christ is saying - He is God. He has the same authority as God because He is God. He, as the Son, doesn't do what the Father does by way of imitation, He does what His Father does because He has the nature of His Father. He is God.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 3:1-15. The Lord Jesus tells Nicodemus you must be born again. We are utterly spiritually hopeless without new birth.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 2:1-25. Our justifying righteousness is never ours, it always belongs to Jesus. The reality of our lives is that we are weak; we always need to realize we are not strong. We present a person of integrity in worship when we agree with God that we are weak. Christ is our source of strength.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 1:35-51. One of the things we see in John 1 is the idea of looking and finding. We might not consider our own redemption as something that could be described as someone looking for something but it is true. If someone finds something, the implication is they were looking for something. However, we tend to misplace who the "seeker" is - the seeker is the Lord Jesus and He always finds what He is looking for.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 1:19-34. “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" John 1:29 This is the first place where the coming together of the idea of Jesus Christ being the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world appears.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Gospel of John. John 1:14-18. The purpose of this gospel is that we would be assured that the Lord Jesus Christ is who He said He is and that by believing we could have life.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner begins a new preaching series on the Gospel of John. John 1:1-13. The Apostle John emphasizes ideas through repetition, which is seen in the first verses of John through six words and phrases: beginning, sent, life, witness, faith, and children of God.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner concludes the series on Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes 11:8-12:14.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes 11:1-7.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes 7:1-29.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on Father's Day on the topic of fatherhood and deriving fatherly character and affection from our heavenly Father. 1 Thessalonians 1:1-2:12
Please join us as Pastor Preston Hoffman concludes the two-part series from Romans. Romans 12:9-21. In this passage, Paul urges believers to live out genuine love through humility, hospitality, and grace - even towards enemies. It emphasizes that true Christian love must be sincere, sacrificial, and rooted in obedience to God's word. Paul urges believers to reject hypocrisy, overcome evil with good, and serve others with zeal and compassion. Ultimately, he challenges the church to reflect Christ's character in every relationship and circumstance.
Please Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on The Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ. Luke 24:36-53.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes 5:1-7.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes 4:1-16.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on The Glory of Motherhood. Exodus 2:9.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes 3:1-22.
Please join us as Pastor Carlos Garcia concludes the two-part series from Jude. Jude 1:6-25.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on the Resurrection of Christ. Mark 8:31-9:1.
Please join us as Pastor Carlos Garcia begins a new two-part preaching series in Jude. Jude 1:1-5.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:26.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner begins a new preaching series on Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes 1:1-11.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner concludes the series on the Lord's Prayer. Matthew 6:5-15.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Lord's Prayer by looking at the 6th petition - dealing with temptation. Matthew 6:5-15.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Lord's Prayer by looking at the 5th petition - dealing with forgiveness. Matthew 6:5-15.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Lord's Prayer by looking at the 4th petition - dealing with physical and spiritual sustenance. Matthew 6:5-15.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Lord's Prayer by looking at the 3rd petition - dealing with the Lord's will. Matthew 6:5-15.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Lord's Prayer by looking at the 2nd petition - dealing with the Lord's kingdom. Matthew 6:5-15.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on the Lord's Prayer by looking at the 1st petition - dealing with the Lord's name. Matthew 6:5-15.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner begins a new preaching series on the Lord's Prayer. Matthew 6:5-15.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner concludes the preaching series on Philippians. Philippians 4:10-20. As the Apostle Paul describes and expresses his gratitude to the Philippian church for their constant faithfulness in Gospel Endeavors he brings understanding about their giving as a reflection of their walk with Christ.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on Philippians, Philippians 3:17-4:1. The Apostle Paul takes full advantage of his culture's understanding of kings and kingdoms as he lays out the privileges of Kingdom citizenship in God's Kingdom.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on Philippians. Philippians 3:12-16. In these verses, the Apostle Paul will address the current state of the Philippians' spiritual maturity and false teaching regarding perfectionism.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on Isaiah, beginning in chapter 40. The Majesty of Isaiah's prophecy shines through in this second half of his prophecy, underscoring the very purpose of the entire Gospel and the relationship of the All Powerful Living God to the crown of His creation - Comfort - but not just any, earthbound sensation of well being - true, all-encompassing, ultimately - eternal comfort.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on Philippians. Philippians 2:19-3:11. The Apostle underscores the heart and soul of the new life in Christ - an experiential, consequential, flourishing knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on Philippians. Philippians 2:12-18. The Apostle Paul addresses the necessity for the Philippian church to have the right motivation behind their Gospel obedience such that it will have its genuine redemptive effect. Their cheerful obedience would be the key and the sole light in their perverted generation.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on Philippians. Philippians 2:1-11. Here, the Apostle Paul describes how the church is to actually walk out their faith and how they will sustain faithfulness - their encouragement and strength coming from Christ Himself and their unity around Christ to be sustained by humility.
Please join us as Pastor Carlos Garcia preaches on Psalm 119:129-136. The Sufficiency of the Scriptures.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues the series on Philippians. Philippians 1:18-30. Here the Apostle Paul describes what it is to "live for Christ" and how their lives are to be "worthy" of the Gospel - that is, they are to correspond to the great purchase price paid for them by the Lord Jesus Christ.
Please join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on what normal biblical ministry is as it corresponds to what the Lord Jesus Christ purchased with His life, death, burial and resurrection - not merely justified sinners but glorified saints. Acts 19-20.
Join us as Pastor Patrick preaches on Hebrews 13:1-19. This letter filled with exhortations ends with twenty more imperatives! God's holy love is highlighted in loving the brethren - including those who are suffering and those imprisoned. Additionally faithful marriages, contentedness with money, and submission to church leaders are addressed as the Apostle closes out the letter asking for prayer.
Join us as Pastor Patrick preaches on Hebrews 12:18-29. This passage reveals the significant distinctions between the old covenant and the new. The old covenant is passing away, it was merely introductory, like scaffolding which is removed after the ship is finished. The new covenant is firm, permanent, spiritual - it is a kingdom - designed for those who are adopted by God.
Please join us as Pastor Preston Hoffman begins a new two-part preaching series in Romans. Romans 12:3-8. In this passage, Paul urges believers to live, humbly and sacrificially, using their God-given gifts to serve the church. It emphasizes unity in the body of Christ, the importance of thinking soberly about oneself, and the need to exercise spiritual gifts with love, diligence, and perseverance.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner begins a new preaching series on Philippians. Philippians 1:1-11. In this introduction, the Apostle Paul teaches us about joy from a Roman prison. He mentions the joy of thankfulness, the joy of remembering, the joy of prayer, the joy of gospel partnership, and the joy of growth in holiness. He helps bring understanding that true, lasting, genuine joy is not attached to our physical circumstances.
Join us as Pastor Patrick preaches on Hebrews 12:3-11. The Apostle draws our attention to the adoption of the redeemed by God, a warm loving Father. This adoption is the context of the shaping discipline discussed in this passage. This correction and reproof is the means to gaining the peaceful fruit of righteousness mentioned in verse 11 and is brought about by Christ as he addresses us through His Word and the preaching of His Word.
Join us as Pastor Patrick preaches on Acts 11:19-30. In this passage we see what became somewhat of a pattern in the beginning of the Antioch Church through the persecution in Jerusalem. The Apostle Paul is brought out of obscurity and the believers in Antioch trust the Lord with His promises and begin evangelizing the entire Mediterranean World.
Join us as Pastor Patrick preaches on Hebrews 12:1-2. The underlying illustration of this section of the letter is the Olympic Games which were popular at the time of writing - the very pinnacle of athletic competition and preparation. The entire Christian life is described as an incredibly demanding race, requiring the most diligent of preparation, run in sight of those who have lived faithfully before us, cheering us on.
Join us as Pastor Patrick preaches on Hebrews 11:38-40. Although the world considered that Christians were not worthy of living, God insists that the sinful world wasn't worthy of Christians. With life on earth being so short, the reader is exhorted to remember that the greatest of the promises of God to be enjoyed were yet in the future - but that faith brings them into view - even in the great struggles of life.
Join us as Pastor Patrick preaches on Hebrews 11:1-7. Faith is the grace of reception, it feeds hope, teaches patience, gives zeal its urgency. How does one maintain not merely a living faith but a lively faith?
Join us as Pastor Patrick preaches on Hebrews 11:1-7. In accordance with Hebrews chapter 11, saving faith brings into view and into our very grasp, the hidden treasures of God. The faith, given by God and forged in a faithful life of obedience will yield the believer the ability to enjoy the things we believe - Christ's ever present care and strength.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on Hebrews 10:26-39. The Hebrew Christians were being persecuted for their faith and along with the challenges of growing in grace and mortifying their sinful flesh - some of them turned back to the old covenant ways, openly rejecting Christ. For some, their misunderstanding of Scripture prevented them from understanding the new covenant and how Christ promised to work in their lives. They needed endurance to remain faithful and please the Lord.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on Hebrews 10:19-25. The privileges of redemption lead us to the duties of the redeemed. With Christ as our Great High Priest we can enter into the demands of living in this sin stained world as we draw near to God with a heart that is true. This assurance of faith grows as we joyfully obey our Lord and see His work through us before our very eyes. He enables us to hold fast to our confession without wavering. Our mutual encouragement one to another is vital to staying faithful.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on Hebrews 9:11-14. Here the beauty of a pure conscience, possible only through the work of Christ our High Priest, is revealed. The conscience must be purified from death works and brought to affirm life works as a fruit of the new birth in Christ.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on Hebrews 8 and Christ, Our High Priest. In this passage we have significant distinctions between the old and new covenants, the limitations of the old and the fulfillment of redemption in the new covenant.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on Hebrews 7 and The Eternal Priesthood of Christ. In this passage the Apostle regales in the excellency of the Lord Jesus Christ as the ultimate, final and eternal high priest - following the long standing, established Jewish priesthood. In this we are drawn to the fact that our saving relationship to Christ brings us into a religion involving worship and a high priest, a prophet and a king.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on Hebrews 4 and the Horrors of Apostasy and the Certainty of God's Promise in Salvation. In this passage we find the description of an apostate, which is given to the Hebrews so they could deepen their urgency in following Christ. Additionally an illustration of fertile land which either produces useful fruit or bears useless thorns and thistles is given to describe the distinctions between true and false faith.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on Hebrews 5 and how Christ became the source of eternal salvation for all who believe in His priestly office. This passage brings clarity to the fact that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, revealed in the Scriptures alone, to the glory of God alone. The full responsibility and purchase of our salvation came from Christ alone.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on Hebrews 4 and the Associated Scriptures. The Rest Offered by Christ, further biblical explanations and applications to the rest offered by Christ in Matthew 11 and spoken of here in Hebrews 4.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on Hebrews 4. The rest of the gospel during life on earth - the confidence one has through saving faith in Christ of leaning into faithful service to others, boldly trusting in Christ for continued forgiveness and growth in grace, expecting the ability to gain discernment for life's challenges in God's Word.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on Hebrews 3:12-14. In this passage the Apostle reveals the plan of the Lord in the steadfast perseverance of believers - such that it requires earnest and sincere encouragement and exhortation each day - by one another. This involves transparent living with each other in a beautiful display of the urgent importance of the church being the Body of Christ.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on Hebrews 3:1-11. An Exhortation to Stability and Constancy in Faith and Obedience. The Hebrews were in danger of being drawn away from the simplicity of the gospel by their own misunderstandings about the true ways of God and the subtlety of false teachers. The Apostle redirects their sturdy value of obedience to the right goal - that of faith in Christ and His ways and reveals the urgency and dangers of falling away.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on the Ministry of Christ, our permanent high priest who is not ashamed to call us brothers. Christ became like us so that He could rescue us and forever be our guide and minister - speaking to us through the proclamation of His Word, conducting us through life's challenges with His Spirit.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on the Ascension. The occasion of the resurrection and ascension of Christ is a confluence of many marvelous things: the resurrected body of our Savior, validating all He said and did; the sympathetic condescension in dealing with the doubts and fears of the disciples regarding the Himself and their future; the truths of the gospel revealed in all of the scriptures; the commission and warrant of the priority of the church - the proclamation of this gospel to the nations - involving suffering which will only serve to deepen our communion with Christ.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on The Ascension of Christ. In this passage believers are urged to rightly value what Christ tells us - a call to diligent study mixed with faith. We are warned that unless are watchful and earnest we will drift away from our faith.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on How to not Drift Away from God. God has spoken to us through His Son - what does this mean for us? Who is this One speaking to us? What has He said?
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on the Progress of Redemption in the book of Jude. In this letter written by the half-brother of our Lord, the issue addressed was that of false teachers who were using Christian liberty and the free grace of God as a license for immorality. This may strike us as particularly foreign - but categorically using the free grace of God and liberty in Christ as reasons to express little concern for sinful, undisciplined, worldly, unsanctified lives - is nothing new.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on the Resurrection of Christ and its meaning for the believer. Only the God-Man, Jesus Christ, the Messiah could fully atone for sins and cleanse the souls of the redeemed such that they can truly move beyond the burden of the guilt and stain of their sins and live, truly live.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on the Triumphal Entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, marking Palm Sunday. Fulfilling prophecies in Zechariah and Isaiah, the Lord Jesus rides into Jerusalem to an immense crowd - wanting to see the man who recently raised Lazarus from the dead as well as celebrate the Passover. The majority failed to understand the true nature of the Messiah and so failed to understand. their crushing problem of sin and need of a Savior.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on the Progress of Redemption in the Third Epistle of John. In this very short personal letter to a faithful disciple; Gaius, the Apostle describes the character of a self-absorbed church leader, Diotrephes. While Gaius is gracious and hospitable to faithful traveling missionaries; Diotrephes insists on being the center of attention, actually putting faithful people out of the church.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on the Progress of Redemption through the Second Epistle of John. In this short letter the Apostle discusses the joy and the bounds of true Christian hospitality. The joy is enriching and life-giving - an important mark of a faithful church; but, without the Scriptural bounds, hospitality can expose believers to damaging falsehoods.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on The Progress of Redemption in 1 John. In this letter the Apostle helps his readers distinguish between saving faith and false faith and encourages them to love one another as the fruit of God's love for them in Christ. The letter reveals an "oughtness" to the way we love others because of God's redeeming love for us.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on The Progress of Redemption in the Book of James. The Apostle James helps the believer understand practically what the process of spiritual growth looks like as he steps into the Law of Liberty. Since Christ has given the redeemed a new heart with the law of God written upon it - there is a newfound inclination to joyful obey God and reap all of the benefits of being adopted into God's family.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on 2 Peter 1:1-11, The Biblical Antidote to Barren, Ineffective, Unhappy Christians. The Apostle Peter identifies two central issues in lives of the redeemed who were in fact barren, ineffective and unhappy - a very poor representation of what it means to be Christian - a wrong view of faith and a lack of self-discipline.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches Colossians 2:1-3, the Doctrine of Assurance. From this passage we are looking in particular at the aspect of assurance based on belief itself, that aspect of assurance which is of the essence of faith. In this way we aren't looking at what is considered "full" or "complete" assurance which certainly includes the testimony of a disciplined holy life as described by the Apostle Peter. Here we are looking at the encouragement any believer can have by considering God and His promises.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner continues on in Colossians 3:1-5. The doctrine of sanctification, addressing the importance of believers embracing and understanding the love God has for His people as they anticipate a walk of holiness in their faith. Paul's Epistle to the Colossians was written for the purpose of assuring the believers in their saving relationship with God such that they can devote themselves whole-heartedly to a holy walk with God, as they trust in His unwavering love, the certainty of heaven with Christ, the full forgiveness of their sins and the strength they need to walk with God in a sinful world.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on Colossians 3:1-5. Looking at the essence of this new life in Christ - being "raised with Christ" (Col 3:1). As one considers following Christ and stepping into the sanctification life of the redeemed - it helps to take inventory of what Christ has done in saving us. It is a rescue (Col 1:13) from darkness to light to a sure hope of eternity with Christ (Col 1:5).
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on Ephesians 4:24. Let us meditate on this life that we have in Christ. He has made in us a new creation out of nothing; it is not a renovation of an old self but the creation of a new self, with the old self needing to be put to death.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner on Psalm 23. Let us focus our attention on truly entering into the shepherding ministry of Jesus Christ this new year - the presence of Christ, the care of Christ, the promises of Christ in our spiritual battles, the hope of Christ in our final end with Him and His people in heaven.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on Micah 5:2-5. The Promised Ruler from of Old. When Zion’s deepest degradation has occurred, the Ruler in Israel will arise out of Bethlehem - who will not only secure Israel from her foes but raise them to clear dominion over them, founding an everlasting kingdom of peace and glory. Consider the incredible actions our Sovereign God engineered to bring about His plan over the course of thousands of years.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner preaches on the progress of redemption in Malachi. Malachi was the last prophet of the Old Testament, the last proclaimer of that One who was coming (the Messenger of the Covenant) and also of the one who would prepare His way (the messenger). He encourages the people to hold fast to what God had told them in the Law - as their ability to enjoy true fellowship with God in worship is directly related to their moral stature. He brings tremendous hope for the future in anticipation of the coming Messiah.
Join us as Pastor Patrick preaches through the Progress of Redemption in Hebrews, where we see the glorious display of the Supremacy of Christ in all things. The Lord Jesus is declared superior to angels, worthy of more glory than Moses, an eternal high priest, and the founder of a kingdom that will never be shaken or fail.
Join us as Pastor Patrick preaches through the Progress of Redemption in the Book of Acts. Looking at Acts 8:4 as a summary of the book; "Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word." The early church was marked by encouraging growth, persecution and preaching. What was the content of the preaching? The Law (that which convicts of sin and draws to repentance) and Grace (the unmerited of favor given by God which is our only hope for forgiveness).
oin us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Progress of Redemption in the Prophecy of Habakkuk. In this small book we have the great declaration that "the righteous shall live by his faith." In this message the biblical doctrine of redeeming faith is expounded to reveal that this faith, a gift of God, is that which will endure all of the hardships of this sinful world and transport us to our heavenly home.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Progress of Redemption in Titus. The Apostle Paul's letter to Titus is akin to an open letter to Titus and the church as he levies his apostolic authority to assist Titus in his very challenging duties. The main theme is the idea that right doctrine leads to right actions. The Apostle invested his life for the sake of saving faith in the redeemed that leads to godliness.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Progress of Redemption in Zephaniah. in this short prophecy Zephaniah proclaims the Lord's judgment on those who will not turn to Him and restoration and conversion for God's chosen people from all nations. God calls the redeemed to seek Him and laid out in this prophecy are ways to seek the Lord. Gather, Seek the Lord as refuge, Sing, exalt, rejoice in God.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Progress of Redemption in the letter of 2nd Timothy. In this letter the Apostle Paul is very personal with Timothy as he encourages him in his calling which must carried out in great difficulty. Timothy's own timid personality and frequent ailments along with the challenging false teachers made ministry challenging as he was tasked with developing leaders and teaching truth.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Progress of Redemption in the Book of John. Focusing on John chapter 17, the High Priestly Prayer of our Lord Jesus Christ. In this passage we see the gracious and loving thoughts the Lord has for the Apostles and those who followed them in redemption and we see that His unashamed approval rests upon these who are a love gift from the Father. We also see what Christ prays for the redeemed - that they will have joy, be kept from the evil one yet not taken out of the world, be sanctified and be united to one another in truth.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Progress of Redemption in Nahum. Addressing the rightness of the jealousy of God and the way that the disposition of us as individuals impacts how we receive and understand God's work in our lives.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Progress of Redemption in the Gospel of Luke. keying in on Gospel reversals; considering the unexpected teaching in the Beatitudes, etc.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Progress of Redemption in 2 Thessalonians. In this letter the Apostle Paul, among other things, addresses the destabilizing forces that occur when people look away from Christ as cornerstone and the orthodox teaching of the Scriptures as foundational to their faith and life.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Progress of Redemption through 1 Timothy 6:3-10.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner walks through the Biblical Doctrine of Vocation from 1 Corinthians 7. One of the grand doctrines recovered in the Reformation - here we see that God intends to use the homemaker, the mechanic, the pastor, and the mayor all for His glory in the redemption of the lost. Further, the Bible reveals the urgency of viewing our positional vocations of mother, father, son, daughter as important means of propagating the Gospel.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner walks through the Gift and Stewardship of Singleness from 1 Corinthians 7. In a day when some singles wring their hands over lost opportunities, God has truly set before the church tremendous ministry potential only possible for people with greater levels of time to commit to the work of ministry.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner walks through the progress of redemption through Mark. A key theme in the book is discipleship - consider these aspects of discipleship brought out in Mark - trusting Christ, confessing Christ, taking note of His conduct, following His teaching, being shaped by a relationship to Him, and being prepared to face the kind of rejection that Jesus faced.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner walks through 1 Corinthians 5 on Dealing with Egregious Public Sin in the Church. Many would rather "let things work themselves out" or wait on the Lord for another day - but God has given distinct instructions on what the church should do.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner walks through 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 on the distinctions between God's wisdom and man's wisdom. God has determined that mankind will not be able to come savingly to God through his own wisdom - but only through that which the world mocks - the crucifixion of Christ. Further, the divisions that occurred in the church at Corinth were in some ways associated with the new believer's inability to distinguish and grasp those things which were in accordance with God's wisdom and reject those things associated with man's wisdom.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner walks through 1 Corinthians 3. The Apostle Paul addresses the divisiveness at the church in Corinth as the fruit of pride and ambition and encourages a preoccupation with Christ which will cultivate growth in relational warmth, depth in working through sin and suffering as a church, and biblical intimacy in moving toward one another with Christian love.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner walks through 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, focusing on the doctrine of sanctification. This doctrine seems to have gotten lost in modern evangelicalism and given way to cheap grace and do-nothing redemption - a shocking situation for a description of life in the stage of our salvation in which we spend all of our moments on this sinful planet.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Progress of Redemption through Jonah. God's people are confronted with their response to those who commit heinous sins, lead others astray, bring God's judgment - our God, while not diminishing the horrors, consequences, and guilt of sin; has compassion and sends his messenger to proclaim God's truth and offer forgiveness. If God's free offer of forgiveness is rejected, He will bring judgment; but if received, He will restore.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Progress of Redemption through Thessalonians. In this Epistle, the Apostle regales on the faithfulness of the Thessalonians church and describes the normal Christian life as he commends the church for receiving the Word of God with power as the Word of God not men. He also describes the fatherly characteristics of the men God used to bring the Gospel to this region.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Progress of Redemption through Obadiah. The key aspects of this prophecy have to do with the distinction between maintaining one's security in God for life and death or in something else. Additionally Obadiah addresses the foundation of looking to things other than God for security - pride and the need to cultivate humility.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Progress of Redemption through Colossians. In this letter, the Apostle Paul takes aim at the false teachers attempting to provide the new believers gimmicks for enjoying deepened fellowship with Christ and His people by insisting that they enter into the old Jewish ceremonial laws of circumcision, dietary laws and other observances. He insists that Christ is a whole Savior for the whole man and that spiritual renewal has no short cuts but that God's people can proceed with confidence in overcoming evil with good.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Progress of Redemption through Amos. The Lord addresses the sins of humans against each other as well as those sins against God and promises not only judgment but restoration. We may be inclined to think that God doesn't see the way we treat others on this sinful planet but His all seeing eye takes note of our thoughts and actions and He doesn't sit motionless on His throne.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Progress of Redemption through Philippians | 3:7-14. In this passage the Apostle Paul describes his longing to gain deeper fellowship with Christ and reveals that the process for this is to forget what lies behind him - as an eager runner looking to the finish line - and press on to involve himself in the challenging and often mundane service to mankind that God calls us to. The passage is filled with urgent sincerity in knowing Christ more deeply - not primarily by way of objective truth - but by walking in the way of the Master investing in others.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Progress of Redemption through Ephesians | 4:17-32. The Paradigm, Purpose, and Process of the New Life in Christ. The Apostle Paul describes the process of growing in Christ which involves putting off sinful practices and putting on practices of holiness for the purposes of deepening fellowship with God and His people.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Progress of Redemption through Joel. The prophet Joel addresses the calamity of devastating locusts and identifies that calamities in general are brought by God to draw people to repent and incline themselves once again to humility and teachableness. The prophet Joel announces not only the glorious Day of Pentecost, recorded in the book of Acts but also the Great Day of the Lord - the Last Day where God will bring final judgment on all of those turned against Him and bring about the New Heavens and the New Earth.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner walks us through The Authority of the Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 5. In this sermon Pastor Patrick Joyner considers the expressions of Christ's authority through the local church particularly regarding the areas of worship and discipline. The Apostle Paul touches on the origin of the church's authority, the extent of the church's authority, the purpose of this authority and the necessity of this authority as it corresponds to the Great Commission given to the local church by Jesus Christ, the One who purchased the church with His blood.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner walks us through The Doctrine of the Church from Ephesians 4:11-16. The entity of the church, the gifts given by Christ to the church, the work of the church all correspond to Jesus Christ the Head of the church - the One who gives life to the church and the One who commissions the church for His work in the world.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner walks us through Easter Sunday and 1 Corinthians 15:1-11. The Primacy of Christ's Resurrection from the dead in history as well as in the life of believers - as a validation and seal of all that God has said and as the source of new life in the believer in union with Christ.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner walks us through Palm Sunday. Consider the celebratory atmosphere in Jerusalem among the crowd mixed with those who either anticipated Jesus Christ as the coming king who would free Israel from Roman rule or those who rightly understood the Messianic prophecies and viewed Jesus Christ as the coming king who would bring peace between God and sinners through forgiveness of sins and ultimately reign over the whole earth.
Join us as Preston Hoffman shows the Progress of Redemption through Hosea. Preston Hoffman lays out God's persistent love for Israel and commitment to His covenant in spite of their sins. We of all people, God's people, should be encouraged at His steadfast love!
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Progress of Redemption through Romans. verses 16 and 17 of Romans chapter 1 are considered a summary of the entire epistle and perhaps among the most important verses in all of the Bible. In these verses God reveals the nature of the Gospel, the defining aspect of the need of a Savior, a brief explanation of the doctrine of man and the doctrine of sin.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Progress of Redemption through Acts. in this book we see the nature of progress of the Gospel. The successful global work of the Holy Spirit also brings tremendous opposition from the world. Additionally the book reveals the insistence of the fact the Jesus Christ is the promised Messiah, spoken of throughout God's revelation. We see the nature of the church and the centrality of prayer and teaching in the churches that Christ has started. The depth of fellowship which redemption brings to a people is a joy to behold in the pages of this book.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Progress of Redemption through Matthew. Many receive Christ as the remedy for their sins, they happily take Him at His offer of forgiveness, they delight themselves in devotional thoughts from the Bible, all the while lamenting that they don’t really know what the Bible says and that they know they should read it more.
We are to receive the Bible as living truth, as a record not only of what God has promised will happen but a record of the fulfillment of those things. What God says - will certainly come to pass. If we really believed the Bible, that it should have a central, routine, exalted position in our lives as life-giving wisdom desperately needed - then wouldn’t we give it more time?
The pervasive darkness that Messiah would be born into, spoken of by Isaiah, is a darkness of the ignorance of the truths of Scripture. The Gospel writer Saint Matthew was concerned with this same idea Christ was conveying to highlight the urgency of what has been declared by God in the past, that was being fulfilled in the day of Christ - listen for it in these passage we consider: “what the Lord has spoken”.
We should focus on the idea of fulfillment in the Gospel of Matthew - but not merely the fulfillment of the Advent of Christ but of the fulfillment of all that Christ has said and all that will come to pass - in areas that perhaps we haven't considered regarding fulfillment. Such as: "the Lord is my shepherd" in Psalm 23 or "the ear that listens to life giving rebuke will dwell among the wise" in Proverbs 15. We cannot be our own shepherd and we must receive rebuke if we are to be Christ's follower.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Holiness of God through Psalm 25. The foundation of our prayers to God, our inclination to follow God, and our contentment in God is God's goodness. However; our creatureliness makes it difficult for us to perceive the goodness of God truly. Psalm 25 assists in correcting the spiritual blindness of missing God's goodness.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner shows the Holiness of God through Isaiah 6. At first overwhelmed with what he was seeing as He looked upon the scene in heaven with God seated gloriously on a throne and the seraphim worshipping around Him; Isaiah recovers his self-awareness and is overwhelmed with his sinful creatureliness. The infinite distance between Creator and creature is sufficient to prostrate oneself, but Isaiah knew himself a sinner, from a nation of sinners - who have sinned particularly in the area the seraphim have been faithful - in using their lips, praising God, the holiness of God drew Isaiah to understand his own unworthiness and he confesses his sin. Consider the striking holiness of God revealed in Isaiah 6.
Join us as we continue our study through the Gospel of Mark. Preston Hoffman teaches us through this sixth session, Mark 6:1-56. Examining the sending out of the Apostles, the cost John the Baptist paid for following Christ and more miracles of our Lord
Join us as we continue our study through the Gospel of Mark. Adam Dean teaches us through this seventh session, Mark 4:1-34. Studying the miraculous healings of Christ, the impact of saving faith and the kindness of our Savior.
Join us as we continue our study through the Gospel of Mark. Adam Dean teaches us through this second session, Mark 3:1-6.
Join us as we continue our study through the Gospel of Mark. Preston Hoffman teaches us through this fifth session, Mark 4:1-34. We have a discussion of the methods and purposes of the Parables of Christ. The Parables of Christ are Kingdom Parables explaining God's Kingdom to us.
Join us as we continue our study through the Gospel of Mark. Adam Dean teaches us through this first session, Mark 2:1-12.
Join us as we continue our study through the Gospel of Mark. Patrick Joyner teaches us through this first session, Mark 1:35-45.
Join us as we continue our study through the Gospel of Mark. Woody Berthlot teaches us through this second session, Mark 1: 14-34.
Join us as we begin our study through the Gospel of Mark. Patrick Joyner opens us in our study with an introduction into Mark.
Join us as we continue our study through the Gospel of Mark. Preston Hoffman teaches us through this first session, Mark 1:1-13.
Join us as we begin a continue in our study through Philippians. Preston Hoffman teaches us through this seventh session, Philippians 3:12-4:1.
Join us as we begin a continue in our study through Philippians. John Phillips teaches us through this ninth session, Philippians 4:10-23.
Join us as we begin a continue in our study through Philippians. John Phillips teaches us through this eighth session, Philippians 4:2-9.
Join us as John Phillips leads us through the Psalm 66 and the journey from gravel to gold.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner leads us through the Progress of Redemption through the Bible. This week, an exposition on the Progress of Redemption in the Book of Judges.
Join us as we begin a new study through Philippians. Preston Hoffman teaches us through this second session, Philippians 2:12-18.
Join us as we begin a new study through Philippians. John Phillips teaches us through this second session, Philippians 2:18-30.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner leads us through the Progress of Redemption through the Bible. This week, an exposition on the Progress of Redemption in the Book of Deuteronomy. Focusing primarily on the distinction of persistent unbelief and belief in chapter 14.
Join us as we begin a new study through Philippians. Casey Jones teaches us through this second session, Philippians 1:18-30.
Join us as we begin a new study through Philippians. John Phillips teaches us through this second session, Philippians 1:12-18.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner leads us through the Progress of Redemption through the Bible. This week, an exposition on the Progress of Redemption in the Book of Numbers. Focusing primarily on the distinction of persistent unbelief and belief in chapter 14.
Join us as we begin a new study through Philippians. Patrick Joyner teaches us through this first session, Philippians 1:1-11.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner leads us through the Progress of Redemption through the Bible. This week, an exposition on the Progress of Redemption in the Book of Leviticus. The focus in Leviticus is on the holiness of God and the needed holiness of mankind as God makes his dwelling with Israel.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner leads us through Christ's Sacrifice and Resurrection | Perfecting the Redeemed for All Time. This passage in Hebrews declares the longstanding necessity for substitutionary atonement that could only be accomplished in the God-Man, Jesus Christ.
Join us as we continue in study on the importance of family worship within the home. Preston Hoffman teaches us in the sixth session, the New Testament aspects of Family Worship.
Join us as we continue in study on the importance of family worship within the home. John Philips teaches us in this fifth session, what the Pslams instruct about family worship.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner leads us through the Progress of Redemption through the Bible. This week, an exposition on the Progress of Redemption in the Book of Exodus, considering primarily the aspects of creation language in the redemption of Israel, the Law of God given to a redeemed people, and the tabernacle as a precursor to Christ. The second in a through-the-Bible series exploring how each book of the Bible plays a part in the revelation of God's plan of redemption.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner leads us through the Progress of Redemption in Genesis. The first in a through-the-Bible series exploring how each book of the Bible plays a part in the revelation of God's plan of redemption.
Join us as we continue in study on the importance of family worship within the home. Patrick Joyner teaches us in this fourth session, what the Proverbs reveal about family worship.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner leads us through Psalm 16. Looking at the life of Christ as it is applied in the life of a Christian.
Join us as we continue in study on the importance of family worship within the home. Preston Hoffman teaches us in this third session, through the Old and New Testament narratives regarding family worship.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner leads us through Acts 20. Paul addresses the elders in Ephesus through exhortation.
Join us as we continue in study on the importance of family worship within the home. John Phillips teaches us in this second session, through Genesis 18 and Deuteronomy 6. Creating godly cultures in homes with a view to being used to turn the culture to Christ.
Patrick Joyner preaches a third session on Portraits of Friendship, Ruth and Boaz express godly courage and kindness with a picture of Christ as redeemer.
Join us as we begin a study on the importance of family worship within the home. Patrick Joyner teaches us in this first session, starting at Genesis 1:28.
Patrick Joyner preaches on Portraits of Friendship. The Proverbs on True Friendship. The Proverbs speak on the importance of true friendships in order that we as God's people would be sharpened in our faith and practice, helped in our times of need, and reproved when we need correction.
This is a Sunday School Lesson on the London Baptist Confession of 1689, Chapter 6, on the topic of the Fall, Sin, and Punishment taught by Preston Hoffman & Chapter 7, on the topic of the Last Judgment taught by Adam Dean.
This is a Sunday School Lesson on the London Baptist Confession of 1689, Chapter 31, on the topic of the Intermediate State, the resurrection of the soul, etc. Taught by Woody Berthlot.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner leads us through 1 Peter chapter 5. The Apostle exhorts elders and the church, displays the promises of God and brings warnings about the future.
This is a Sunday School Lesson on the London Baptist Confession of 1689, Chapters 28.2 and 30 on the topic of the ordinances in general and the Lord's Supper in particular. Taught by Elder Preston Hoffman.
Patrick Joyner preaches on 1 Peter 4. the Apostle Peter exhorts us to arm ourselves with Christ's way of thinking regarding living faithfully in the midst of a sinful generation.
This is a Sunday School Lesson on the London Baptist Confession of 1689, Chapter 28 and 29 on the topic of the Ordinances in general and Baptism in particular. Taught by Adam Dean.
Patrick Joyner on 1 Peter 3:8-22. The means of enjoying good days and how to suffer well and enjoy deeper communion with our Savior while being an instrument of gospel proclamation to the world.
This is a Sunday School Lesson on the London Baptist Confession of 1689, Chapter 25 on the topic of Marriage. Taught by Elder John Phillips.
Patrick Joyner on 1 Peter 3:1-7. The Apostle Peter brings the Gospel to bear on the situation of wives submitting to husbands and shows the priority in adornment to be that of the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit. He draws attention to Sarah of the Old Testament as an example of this faithfulness and exhorts women to courage such as they will "not fear anything that is frightening." He exhorts husbands to recognize that they must treat their wives with honor and respect so that their prayers will not be hindered.
This is a Sunday School Lesson on the London Baptist Confession of 1689, Chapter 26 on the topic of the subject of the Church. Taught by Elder John Phillips.
The second of two sermons on 1 Peter 2:13-25 discussing the context and the thrust of the submission exhorted, the freedom enjoyed and the suffering that will certainly be endured by those who faithfully obey our Lord in the midst of this perverse generation.
This is a Sunday School Lesson on the London Baptist Confession of 1689, Chapters 20 and 21 on the topics of "The Gospel and the Extent of Its Grace" and "Christian Liberty and Liberty of Conscience." Taught by Elder Preston Hoffman.
With the passage of Bill C -4 in Canada without opposition, a call to pastors was made to preach on Biblical sexual morality. This message centers on God's standard of righteousness in the area of sexual morality and on the significance of Adam and Eve eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, thus declaring themselves; and not God, to be arbiters of what is good and evil.
Join us as Pastor Patrick Joyner leads us through 1 Peter 1:13-25. Listen as we begin to set our minds for this coming New Year, preparing our course for what is to come.