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August 2, 2026

Which would you rather be, blessed or deceived? Silly question, right? Given a choice, we would choose blessing every time. However, when we know about God in His Word but do not act on it, we are deceived. This is not an information problem. This is a heart problem that the Holy Spirit enables us to overcome. James 1:21-25 teaches us that knowing the Word and acting upon it results in God’s blessing.

James 1:21-25

July 26, 2026

Anger is a very human emotion. And with it, comes all sorts of problems. Just like all of our human traits and emotions, anger can reflect the image of God that we bear. But most often, it gets the better of us and what we reflect is something far less than God’s righteousness. Our text will help us address this problem and set a course for producing the righteousness of God.

James 1:19-20

July 19, 2026

James provides two motivations for Christians not to give in to temptation. The first is the truth that succumbing to temptation leads to a destructive, deadly outcome. The second is the goodness and unchanging character of God. Our response to temptation will reveal if we truly believe God is always good and the giver of all the good we could ever want or need.

James 1:16-18

July 12, 2026

Trials are inevitable, but our response defines us. Testing is God's sovereign tool for growth, while temptation is the heart's internal pull toward sin. To 'Raise the Standard' in our lives, we must distinguish between God's refining tests and our own desires, ensuring we do not blame God for the sinful reactions that rise from within our hearts and minds. James 1:12-15 provides the theological foundation that should enable us to reflect Christ in our trials.

James 1:12-15

July 5, 2026

We live in a world that ascribes value and status based upon wealth, creating an enduring divide between "The Have’s" and "The Have Not’s". However, for those "in Christ," status is defined not by wealth but by our secure position as children of God. This identity will be constantly tested by worldly pressures, requiring us to remain steadfast by fixing our eyes on Him, refusing to let the world's appraisal dictate our worth, and instead viewing ourselves and others through the lens of how God sees His Son.

James 1:9-11

James 1:5-8

June 21, 2026

Everyone goes through trials and temptations. We can either respond in a Christlike way or in a worldly way. When we raise the standard of our response to trials to Christ’s standard, the Lord matures our faith and builds up our spiritual endurance. Confident in God’s character and what He will produce in us, James challenges us to face every trial with pure joy.

James 1:1-4

June 14, 2026

Life is a series of choices. For the believer, God demands more than human wisdom or worldly standards; He calls us to align our lives with THE Standard: Jesus Christ. In his epistle, James provides practical instruction for godly wisdom, challenging the Church to prove the genuineness of their faith through transformed lives. This sermon series will call and equip each of us to raise the standard of every aspect of our lives as we aim to honor Christ.

June 7, 2026

The 4-week series, Resolute Together, explores the four core commitments of TBC membership: protecting the unity of the church, joining the mission of the church, supporting the life of the church, and serving the ministry of the church. The challenge for TBC is not whether we should be resolute, but how we can ensure we stand resolute together as a church family. This week, we ask, “Will we serve the ministry of the church?” While serving often brings to mind volunteer roles and ministry opportunities, Scripture reminds us that service begins with the heart. Before we discover our gifts or find places to serve, we are called to develop the humble, servant-hearted mindset of Jesus Christ, who came not to be served, but to serve.

Philippians 2:3-8

May 31, 2026

The 4-week series, Resolute Together, explores the four core commitments of TBC membership: protecting the unity of the church, joining the mission of the church, supporting the life of the church, and serving the ministry of the church. The challenge for TBC is not whether we should be resolute, but how we can ensure we stand resolute together as a church family. This week we ask, “Will we support the life of the church?”

2 Corinthians 9:6-15

May 24, 2026

The 4-week series, Resolute Together, explores the four core commitments of TBC membership: protecting the unity of the church, joining the mission of the church, supporting the life of the church, and serving the ministry of the church. The challenge for TBC is not whether we should be resolute, but how we can ensure we stand resolute together as a church family. This week, we ask, “Will we join the mission of the church?”

Ephesians 4:11-16

May 17, 2026

The 4-week series, Resolute Together, explores the four core commitments of TBC membership: protecting the unity of the church, joining the mission of the church, supporting the life of the church, and serving the ministry of the church. The challenge for TBC is not whether we should be resolute, but how we can ensure we stand resolute together as a church family. This series opens with the crucial question, “Will we protect the unity of the church?”

May 10, 2026

Peter’s first letter to the Church concludes with a series of Church community commitments. These commitments set Christians apart from the world around us. This is a shared, resolute pursuit that requires mutual exhortation and encouragement and will receive God’s blessings and strength to persevere until Christ’s appearing.

1 Peter 5:6-14

May 3, 2026

In this passage, the Apostle Peter offers a direct and sobering charge to those entrusted with spiritual leadership. Elders are called to shepherd God’s people willingly, eagerly, and humbly. Not for personal gain or power, but as examples to the flock. It reminds us all that leadership church leadership isn’t about control or status, but care and service. At the same time, the congregation is called to respond with respect and humility, recognizing that God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. This message challenges both leaders and members alike to embrace a posture of humility under Christ, the Chief Shepherd, who alone defines what faithful leadership looks like.

1 Peter 5:1–5

April 26, 2026

Our sorrows are not meant to be stuffed down deep inside or covered over with a facade of positivity. Unlamented pain and loss will inevitably surface in unhealthy or potentially harmful ways that affect us and those around us. God has graciously provided lament, a form of prayer that expresses our hurts as well as our trust in Him. We will look at a dangerous myth, a precious truth, and a helpful way to lament in the midst of our hurts and suffering.

1 Peter 4:19; Psalm 62:1-8

April 19, 2026

In 1 Peter 4:12-19, Peter provides believers with the essential perspective needed when facing suffering for our faith. While God rarely reveals the specific "why" behind our hardships, He has given us everything required to view our circumstances through His lens. Every trial permitted in the lives of God's people serves to prepare us for the moment we meet Jesus face-to-face. Knowing and recalling God's viewpoint on suffering for His Name empowers us to respond in faith, a response He will eternally reward.

April 12, 2026

God expects Christians to respond to life’s hardships in the same way Christ did. How we handle these difficulties matters. A Christlike attitude stands in stark contrast to the world. The more we look like Him in the midst of hardship, the more we are set apart from those around us. And that is the point! Our suffering is a platform to witness for Christ to a watching and hurting world.

1 Peter 4:1-11

April 5, 2026

Jesus Christ is risen! He, who was perfect and righteous, gave up his life for us, who are unrighteous before God in our sin. But because He conquered sin and death, we have a living hope that is ours through our faith in His Name. And now, He will preach through us to proclaim His salvation to those who remain dead in sin that they might be made alive. May God find us faithful!

1 Peter 3:18-22

March 29, 2026

Life is hard. Everyone suffers, and Christians are not exempt. Some suffering is deserved, but at times, it’s unjust and undeserved. When we suffer in those moments as believers, we are faced with a choice: we can respond like the world, or we can respond in a way that reveals the hope we have in Christ. This hope rises above the injustice and pain we endure. The Apostle Peter teaches that when we respond with gentleness and respect, setting Christ apart as Lord in our hearts, our lives become a witness. Christ is honored in us as we give a reason for the hope within us. And this hope is not wishful thinking or empty optimism. It’s real. It’s beautiful. And it’s reasonable, even when everything around us is not.

1 Peter 3:13-17

March 22, 2026

Peter gives instructions to Christians, beginning with how they should relate to fellow believers. He emphasizes heart-centered traits that should shape their relationships. He turns to how Christians should respond to those who mistreat them, commanding not retaliation, but blessing—repaying evil, abuse, and insults with kindness. This calling reflects Jesus Himself. Peter draws from Psalm 34, showing that those who pursue righteousness and choose to bless even their enemies will experience God’s blessing. The psalm further affirms that believers who live this way can trust God to deliver them from trouble and affliction.

1 Peter 3:8-12

March 15, 2026

A transactional marriage is the opposite of God’s design. Unfortunately, “If you treat me that way, then I will treat you this way,” is more common than God’s best. It’s so easy to fall into this trap in our relationships, especially in marriage. Ephesians 4:29-32 provides the much-needed antidote to have and to hold to God’s best for our marriages.

Ephesians 4:29-32

March 8, 2026

We continue our study of God's ideal standards for godly marriages. Godly wives submit to their own husbands. God husbands lay their lives down for their wives in love and honor. God's standard is directly opposed to our default wiring. To meet His standard, we must devote ourselves first to the Lord and then to our spouse. We have the opportunity to deepen love and honor in our marriages. Let's take it.

1 Peter 3:7

March 1, 2026

The biblical concept of a wife’s submission to her husband is often misunderstood and misapplied. What God intended to be a blessing for both spouses is labeled as a curse by many people in the world, as well as in the Church. This week, we will dive into the tumultuous waters of biblical submission in marriage and see the power and blessing of God’s calling when godly wives submit to their husbands, even those who do not follow Christ.

1 Peter 3:1-6

February 22, 2026

People are going to people… We are around people all the time, whether we are at home, school, or our workplace. We often consider our places of work as mundane—a place we have to go to earn a paycheck. When it comes to the people in these spaces, we can be passive in how we engage our coworkers or bosses. Passivity can breed contempt in us, and we can begin to speak and act toward those around us as if they are “the problem.” What if we viewed our workplace as an opportunity to show the work of Christ in our lives? What if, instead of responding passively to our work and our bosses, we sought to live in a way that glorifies Christ and generates gospel conversations among the people around us? We have been called into this good gospel work, so let’s be people who don’t simply view work as work, but rather see our workplaces as opportunities to show Christ.

1 Peter 2:18-25

February 15, 2026

As a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a people for God’s own possession (1 Peter 2:9), the Church has an incredible identity! We are also called “servants of God” (1 Peter 2:16). This Sunday, we will explore what this means for us. We will discover that the Christian life is a constrained life; a life lived in submission to God, regardless of our circumstances or the government authorities over us.

1 Peter 2:13-17

February 8, 2026

The Christian life is a journey. A journey full of ups, downs, beautiful meadows, rocky mountains, gorgeous sunrises, and storms that shake the very fabric of life. The Christian walks this journey though from a position of victory, hope, and deep purpose. We have been called, chosen, set apart, and made new to show the excellencies of the one who has rescued us. We walk through this journey knowing we are loved by the Father, secure in Christ, and kept by the Spirit. Therefore, as we journey through this world we must not become like this world but rather show the world who the Lord is. We are to journey faithfully in obedience to Christ and be anchored in the only hope that actually gives life, Christ Jesus risen from the dead. Embrace your sojourning through this world, for the one who called you is guiding you home.

1 Peter 2:9-12

February 1, 2026

Edmund Clowney wrote, “The church is found where the saints are found, and where they are fulfilling their calling from Christ.” (The Church. p. 114) On Sunday’s it’s common to say, “We are going to ‘church.’” But where is the church on Monday or any other day? All believers share in a high and holy calling as priests to God. Not feeling very priestly? Let’s dive into 1 Peter 2:1-8 to explore this special calling for all who are in Christ.

January 25, 2026

God’s people are loved by the greatest and most unconditional love, His own. The love of God, demonstrated by Jesus’ perfect sacrifice for sin, has caused believers to be born again. We have already seen that we have been born anew to a living hope. Now in 1 Pt 1:22-25, we are born again into a deep, mutual, and genuine love, starting with our relationships in the Church, then radiating out to a world in desperate need for love.

1 Peter 1:22-25

January 18, 2025

The standard of living for a Christian is holiness, a life set apart from sinful ways, devoted and obedient to God. Holiness is the primary theme of 1 Peter 1:13-2:10. A holy life begins with a mindset, a made-up mind that is determined to reject ungodly ways and pursue God’s best in all circumstances.

1 Peter 1:13-21

January 11, 2026

Our hope of salvation through Christ is marvelous; even the angels are swept up in wonder! In the past, God spoke through the prophets to indicate what the Messiah would do and what He would be like. Isaiah prophesied about a Suffering Servant who would also rule as Judge over all things. We now see fully what the prophets only saw in part. Yet, are we as mindful of our salvation and new life in Christ as they were?!

1 Peter 1:10-12

December 28, 2025

As we stand on the threshold of a new year, Psalm 1 invites us to pause and consider the path we are walking. Scripture presents two ways before us—the way of the righteous, rooted in God’s truth and flourishing like a tree planted by streams of water, and the way of the wicked, unstable and ultimately empty. This psalm calls us to examine our desires, choices, and direction as we look ahead, urging us to choose the way that leads to life, endurance, and lasting fruit in the year to come.

Psalm 1:1-6

December 21, 2025

As Christmas arrives in a few sleeps, we are reminded of the deep, abiding, and perfect love of God that is ours in Christ Jesus. God’s love came at an incredible price, but it was one that Jesus gladly paid. This love of God that abides in us is the very love that should overflow into our love for one another. We were born in Christ for this!

1 John 4:7-12

January 4, 2026

Exiles! Aliens! Foreigners! These titles reflect the reality that Christians are, firstly, citizens of God’s kingdom. While Christians faced suffering for their faith, Peter reminded the churches that it was their very faith in Christ that would produce hope and joy in the midst of mistreatment and persecution in their daily lives.

1 Peter 1:1-9

December 14, 2025

“Joy to the World” is what is proclaimed at the birth of Christ. Christ ushers in a joy that is not made or fueled by human invention. His joy transcends all people, circumstances, and materials. Jesus says in John 15:11, “These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.” The key here is knowing what Jesus spoke to them: abide… To engulf ourselves in Christ and through the Spirit see how marvelous Jesus Christ is through the Scriptures and in the created world. The joy that we are given in Christ is one that has the condition of abiding in Him. For the joy of Christ to transcend people, circumstances, and materials, all of which are good gifts that can make us joyful, yet they are intended to point us back to the one who IS joy for us.

John 15:1-11

December 7, 2025

Oftentimes, the word peace is associated with war or conflict, and rightfully so. We often don’t think of ourselves or others as being at war with God or with one another, yet for the person who is not in Christ, they are indeed at war against God and others. But Christ, such a beautiful conjunction, has come and fought the war for us, and in his victory, he births in us his peace. Peace first with God and with those who are found in Christ. Our response, both individually and as the whole body of Christ, is to cherish Christ’s peace so that we may glorify God and not ourselves. Born in us is a peace that isn’t temporary for just the Christmas season, but one that brings deep and eternal satisfaction in Christ. It is a peace that tears down the walls of hostility between people from every tribe and tongue and builds a kingdom full of people who have one means of being at peace with one another, King Jesus.

Ephesians 2:11-22

November 30, 2025

The advent of Jesus has brought eternal hope to the world. Hope has been born in all those who trust in Christ as their Savior and Lord through the Holy Spirit. Hope is born in us today, Church! From Romans 15:1-13, we will see that our hope in Christ is directly linked to how we treat one another as His people and representatives in the world.

Romans 15:1-13

November 23, 2025

The final verses of the Bible hold Christ’s incredible promise for His people. He is coming soon! Every generation of believers must live in light of our Savior’s imminent return. We must also pay close attention to living faithful lives and sharing His message of hope and salvation. Take heart, Church, our King is coming soon. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

Read Revelation 22:6-21

November 16, 2025

All believers in Christ have an eternal home, the City of God. This special section of Scripture gives us a glimpse into what dwelling in God’s presence will be like. It is in our eternal home where we “will see His face, and His name will be on our foreheads. And night will be no more. We will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be our light, and we will reign forever and ever.” What a day of rejoicing that will be!

Revelation 21:8-22:5

November 9, 2025

At the end of Christ’s 1,000 year reign, everyone will come before the Lord for final judgment. For those who rejected Christ, they will enter eternal punishment in hell. For those who believed in Christ, righteous and unrighteous deeds will be judged as they receive their eternal rewards. Faith in Christ as our Lord and Savior is the difference between eternal outcomes. How will this future reality shape the choices we make today?

Revelation 20:11-21:8

November 2, 2025

Christ is returning! This event will usher in a 1,000 year time of peace and righteousness on the earth as Jesus Christ personally and physically reigns on the earth. Satan will be imprisoned for the majority of this time, and redeemed saints will reign with Christ in various ways. Our future reign with our Savior should powerfully motivate our faithfulness and pursuit of a holy life.

Revelation 20:1-15

October 26, 2025

The Apostle John describes his vision of the Second Coming of Jesus, the future event when Jesus will return to earth, conquer His enemies, and reign as King of the world. Every Christian on earth and in heaven is united in anticipating this climactic event. It is the culmination of the Book of Revelation and the highlight of the history of the world. At the end of the seven-year tribulation, the Antichrist's army will march to Israel to fight a “winner-takes-all” battle against Jesus, commonly called the Battle of Armageddon. Then Jesus will return to earth, destroy the Antichrist’s army with a word, cast the Antichrist and his false prophet into the lake of fire, and establish His Kingdom on earth. A decisive victory.

Revelation 19:11-21

October 19, 2025

Revelation 19:1-10 is rich in reasons why God alone deserves the praises of heaven and earth. Once again we are transported to the courts of heaven where our One, True God receives all glory and honor. Come and worship together, Church, for our God is worthy of all praise.

October 12, 2025

This week, Pastor Morris Ogenga from Mbale, Uganda brings a message from Isaiah 6:1-8. This text captures the holiness of God and the holy calling given to His prophet, Isaiah. In Christ, we share in a high and holy calling to the Lord. May we, like Isaiah, take up our call with humility and faithfulness.

Isaiah 6:1-8

October 5, 2025

John’s vision of the final fall of the Antichrist’s empire culminates in the destruction of his commercial hold over the world. This week, our focus is on God’s judgment against the empty pursuits of wealth, power, and sexual immorality. Until this time of judgment, these vices stand as threats to the world and God’s people in every generation.

Revelation 18:1-24

September 28, 2025

Before John is given the glorious vision of Christ’s Second Coming, he sees and hears of the final fall of Babylon, the false, global religious system used by the Antichrist to lead the world against Christ and His people. This week, our focus is on the dangerous, alluring appeal false religion holds over the hearts of humanity, and if we’re not alert, the Church as well.

Revelation 17:1-18

September 21, 2025

Revelation 15 and 16 provide the final outpouring of God’s justice against the Antichrist and all who follow him. The scene begins in heaven as the courts of heaven glorify God for His justice. Then, the scene changes to the earth as the seven bowls of wrath are poured out. With the judgment of the wicked a certainty, believers are called to stay awake, clothed in righteousness, ready to witness to the Lamb who is the only One who can save people from God’s justice.

Revelation 15:1-16:21

September 14, 2025

Revelation 14 serves as an interlude, previewing the remaining events of the Great Tribulation. A series of vignettes sets the stage for God's vengeance against His enemies. Our patient and merciful God will display His swift and severe wrath, as His justice "will roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream" (Amos 5:24).

Revelation 14:1-20

September 7, 2025

In the latter half of the Great Tribulation, two prominent world leaders, one political and one religious, will rise in opposition to God’s people. How should God’s people respond when evil is permitted to thrive and even appear to triumph in the world? Through the Apostle John, the Church receives a difficult yet vital perspective, one that remains timeless and instructive for Christians in every generation.

Revelation 13:1-18

September 1, 2025

Revelation 12 is often called the most symbolic chapter in the most symbolic book of the Bible. This chapter unveils the primary enemy of God, Satan, along with his plan to destroy God’s covenant promises to redeem His people for His glory. While our enemy has a battle plan, his ultimate defeat is certain. Until that time, God has revealed how His people will always overcome through the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Revelation 12:1-17

August 24, 2025

All of us struggle to grow in our journey of faith and following Christ. Paul reminds Timothy in 2 Timothy 3:10-17 of three key factors in his own growth: Paul’s own life example, hardships, and the Word of God. These three things work together to help us apply the truths of God into the real-life challenges we face through the encouragement of other mature believers. We should seek out mentors who can be models for us and be intentional in mentoring others to help them grow, focus on what God is doing in us through the difficult challenges of life by allowing endurance to have its perfect work in us, and daily seek to meet with Christ in His Word and prayer.

August 17, 2025

Revelation 11 opens and closes with a vision of two temples. The first is a Jewish temple in Jerusalem, and the second is a holy temple in Heaven. The first is a temple where the Messiah is hoped for. The second is a temple where the Messiah reigns over all things. In the midst of the temple in Jerusalem, two witnesses proclaim Jesus Christ as the Messiah to the Jewish worshipers who will become the 144,000 witnesses for Christ through the Great Tribulation. These temples represent the truth that, left to themselves, people turn to what is false and empty while salvation and full hope comes from God to man in the person of Jesus Christ.

Revelation 11:1-19

August 10, 2025

As God’s people, we are called to take His Word into our hearts and minds, apply it, and declare it to others. The Bible is a living and active book that has the power to teach, convict, and correct us about our God and our lives before Him. Our ministry is to proclaim His Word even when it isn’t popular or safe to do so. Our God has called us to be faithful, which requires that we trust Him to accomplish His will, especially in difficult circumstances or when we must deliver difficult truths.

Revelation 10:1-11

August 3, 2025

The first six trumpet judgments contain catastrophic consequences for humanity’s rebellion against God. These judgments will result in the wide destruction of earth’s resources and the deaths of many people through diseases and plagues that ravage the earth. Those who survive these judgments would rather die than to continue suffering. Yet, they will not yield before God. They will only double-down in stubborn unrepentance. We will explore this danger that lurks in every human heart and consider the way out that God has provided through His Son.

Revelation 8:1-9:21

July 27, 2025

Chapter 7 stands out as a deeply hope-filled passage in the book of Revelation. God shows His power by controlling the chaos and rescuing a remnant for Himself. We see God fulfilling his promise to Abraham by numbering his descendants greater than the stars. Yet, the cry of all these people is not how great they are or what they did to get there, but “Salvation belongs to the Lamb that was slain.” All of heaven knows that One is famous there, and that is Jesus. We see the nations, from every tribe, tongue, and language, shouting together their worship and praise to Jesus. This is what we long for in the “already but not yet” world we live in.

Revelation 7:1-17

July 20, 2025

TBC-supported missionary Patrick McGinty shares from Acts 18:1–11, encouraging all believers to actively participate in God's Kingdom work. He also testifies to the Lord’s faithfulness in Japan, celebrating His provision and presence even amid the challenges of overseas church planting.

Acts 18:1-11

July 13, 2025

God’s wrath and judgment are central to the book of Revelation. Chapters 6-18 detail the events unfolded as Christ opens the seals of the scroll. Revelation 6 specifically describes the opening of the first six seals, revealing the conditions and judgments on earth during the Great Tribulation. The outcome of these six seals confirms God's supremacy and demonstrates that no one can withstand His holy wrath and judgment.

Revelation 6: 1-17

July 6, 2025

John’s vision of heaven continues as he sees a seven-sealed scroll in God the Father’s right hand. Within that scroll is the fulfillment of God’s covenant and the final completion of all that was promised for all of God’s people including the yet-to-be-fulfilled promises for Israel. John’s tears over this unfulfillment were stilled as he saw the glorified Christ, the one One worthy to take, open, and fulfill what was written. We worship Christ for He is our Worthy Redeemer.

Revelation 5:1-14

June 29, 2025

John’s vision of heaven continues as he sees a seven-sealed scroll in God the Father’s right hand. Within that scroll is the fulfillment of God’s covenant and the final completion of all that was promised for all of God’s people including the yet-to-be-fulfilled promises for Israel. John’s tears over this unfulfillment were stilled as he saw the glorified Christ, the one One worthy to take, open, and fulfill what was written. We worship Christ for He is our Worthy Redeemer.

Revelation 5:1-14

June 22, 2025

Laodicea is the last of the seven churches to receive a direct word from Christ—and it’s not a commendation, but a rebuke. With nothing to praise, Jesus exposed their root issue: self-reliance. He delivered a startling warning—He would spit them out of His mouth unless they repented. Yet even in rebuke, Christ’s love shines through as He calls them to repentance and renewed zeal and fellowship with Him. Every believer must honestly examine their spiritual condition, because self-reliance is dangerously deceptive. Christ is knocking—do you have ears to hear and a heart to respond?

Revelation 3:14-22

June 15, 2025

Revelation 3:7–13 is Jesus’ message to the church in Philadelphia, commending their faithfulness despite having little strength. He assures them that He has placed an open door before them—an opportunity for gospel impact and spiritual reward that no one can shut. This door is open because of their obedience and perseverance, not their power. Yet the message carries urgency: the door is open for now. What is now open will one day be shut by Jesus. He calls the church to hold fast, promising eternal security and honor to those who overcome.

June 8, 2025

Jesus’ letter to Sardis Church must have been difficult to receive for almost all of its members. Sardis Church had a reputation in the community for being alive, but Jesus knew this was inaccurate, a result of people looking at their outward appearances. He rebuked them and called them “dead”, meaning almost all of them were apathetic Christians: half-hearted, complacent, going through the motions. Furthermore, their works were displeasing to God. They were a church with dead people, and dead works. Jesus commanded them to wake up, strengthen one another, remember and obey what they had received (and forgotten), and repent, or else Jesus would come against them unexpectedly, and discipline them. Fortunately for Sardis Church, all was not lost. Jesus knew there were “a few” (not many at all) vibrant Christians in Sardis Church that had remained spiritually alive, devoted followers of Jesus. Jesus praised these few for resisting the pull to follow the sinful culture of the city, and He considered them worthy. Jesus promised to walk with them, clothe them in white, protect their names in the book of life, and claim them as His own. The timeless theological principle: Jesus desires and blesses vibrant Christians, and will discipline apathetic Christians who do not wake up and repent. The application for us today is straightforward: strive to be a vibrant Christian, and ensure your firm commitment to Jesus is contagious.

Revelation 3:1-6

June 1, 2025

Thyatira was a small community with a big problem in the church. The church leaders had become tolerant of false teaching and practices that were coming from within the church, right under their noses. Christ delivered a warning of severe judgment against this influencer/false teacher, the church leaders allowing this, and all those who were putting the false ideas into practice. Yet, some remained faithful, and there is a reward guaranteed for those found faithful within the limits of what God will tolerate.

Revelation 2:18-29

May 25, 2025

Every church is called to meet God’s uncompromised standard of holiness. The church in Pergamum had held fast to the Name of Christ in the face of persecution. Yet, many of them embraced the idolatrous and immoral practices that surrounded them on every side. Life in the literal shadow of Roman paganism tempted many to live in shady, compromised ways while also bearing the name, Christian. Repentance was the way out of the shadows for them and remains true for us today.

Revelation 2:12-17

May 18, 2025

In the 2nd letter to the churches in Rev 2-3, Christ acknowledges the tribulation and slander that the Church in Smyrna has already endured. Jesus then encourages the Church to stay strong in the faith during upcoming persecution, and upon death, they will surely receive the crown of life.

Revelation 2:8-11

May 11, 2025

In the letters to the churches in Rev 2-3, Christ corrects and commends churches. These real churches also represent what is true of churches in every generation. In this first letter, the Ephesians church was commended for faithful service and defending the faith, but Jesus confronted the Church for having lost the greatest thing: keeping Him as their greatest love.

Revelation 2:1-7

May 4, 2025

Since His first coming, every generation of artists of every medium have produced their “visions” of Christ. Paintings, sculptures, and representations in film/TV all seek to capture qualities associated with Him. In Rev 1:9-20, the Apostle John was given a vision of Jesus in all of His unveiled glory which left the elderly apostle on his face. What do our lives reveal about our vision of Christ? Do we see Him with the clarity that has now been revealed?

Revelation 1:9-20

April 27, 2025

The book of Revelation is a special word to the Church about the future fulfillment of God’s plan for eternity. The book opens with a promised blessing for all who read and seek to live according to the truths contained in it. Chapter 1 also emphasizes the person and work of Christ on behalf of His Church. Christ, our Lord and Savior, is coming back!

Revelation 1:1-8

April 20, 2025

A lot of people know the saying, "I'll believe it when I see it." But faith in Christ doesn't work that way. None of us have ever seen Jesus, but many of us believe in Him, that Jesus is God's Son who died on the cross for our sins and rose from the dead. When we believe in Jesus, then, through God's help by His Spirit, we see Jesus for Who He really is: our Savior and our God! This is the way of faith. Faith precedes sight, and when we do believe, then our eyes are opened beyond what we could have ever envisioned or imagined. This Easter we will be reminded of the truth that believing is seeing.

John 20:19-31

April 13, 2025

Jesus is uniquely different from all of us. This is something we can universally agree on but when it comes to even how we understand concepts or culture it becomes even more apparent of just how unique and different he really is. Think about the idea of bringing justice to a circumstance, we typically think of a courtroom setting with lawyers, judges, bailiffs, and those accused. Justice is served via a gavel, arguments, opinions being heard, personalities taking shape. Yet, justice in the kingdom is done so by a servant who doesn’t raise his voice but instead serves the accused. Justice in the kingdom is accomplished no matter what the circumstances are because the servant doesn’t grow tired or weary. The greatest part of the servant is bringing justice to the weak is also the King of this kingdom. In a society where pomp and circumstance is given to the elite, the one who is actually elite among us chose to serve us so that we could enjoy him and his kingdom forever.

Isaiah 42:1-9

April 6, 2025

Every local church wants harmony and connection among its members. The local church is made up of redeemed yet flawed people, and, inevitably, our flaws surface through misunderstandings, missed expectations, or messy, sometimes sinful, circumstances. How do we respond when our flaws disrupt our fellowship? Philemon contains the truths we need to walk in wholehearted fellowship with one another.

Philemon 1-25

March 30, 2025

Jack Arrington, the longest-serving Senior Pastor of Tomball Bible Church, returns to preach as TBC celebrates its 50th Anniversary. Reflecting on Paul's exhortations from Philippians 1, Jack encourages the church to continue in faith no matter the circumstance and trust God to complete the good work that he began.

Philippians 1:1-30

March 23, 2025

Paul concludes his letter to the Colossians with the most essential instructions for the Church: call on the Lord in prayer and walk in wisdom. We will look at the aspects of prayer and wisdom Paul calls out that will ensure that we live effectively as a church (a group of believers called out to represent Christ in the world). Ironically, devotion to prayer is one of our greatest difficulties in sustaining. We will find both a challenge and help in the concluding passage of Colossians if we heed Paul’s clarion call.

Colossians 4:2-18

March 16, 2025

The home is the first place where God’s will should be done on earth as it is in heaven. Paul gave instructions to every household member that reflect God’s perfect standard for family relationships. Love, submission, obedience, and fairness are the hallmarks of a godly household. This week we will look closely at clear definitions of these marks and make applications to help every TBC household walk in faithfulness.

Colossians 3:18-4:1

March 9, 2025

Colossians 3:12-17 calls us to put on the character of Christ. As God’s chosen people, we are to live with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience, forgiveness, and love. When the peace of Christ rules our hearts and His Word fills our lives, we grow together in unity and gratitude. By the Grace of Jesus, we live out who we are in Christ for God’s glory.

March 2, 2025

Colossians chapter 3 calls the church to set our lives on Christ. Verses 1-11 call us to throw off sinful practices and verses 12-17 instruct us to “put on” the new self in Christ. Both actions, putting away sin and putting on Christ, take personal responsibility, reliance on the Holy Spirit, and encouragement from one another. If we do this, we will be sure to have lives set on Christ, resulting in us becoming more like Jesus and God glorified.
Colossians 3:1-11

February 23, 2025

Christ has filled us with himself. His identity is now ours, we are kept in Christ, and are to mature more into the image of Christ. Yet so often in our world we face the pressure of “performance Christianity" and can get caught up in things that have no value in helping us to become more like Christ but rather place value in how we appear to others. The easy thing is to care more about how we appear rather than caring about our hearts and yet what Christ knows about us is that from our hearts comes the external appearance. Paul is warning the church in Colossae and he is warning us to not give way to this thinking or allow someone else to have an influence on you to pull you away from what Christ has already said about you. Paul calls us to live our lives fully in Christ and trust more of what he says about us, that we are righteous, forgiven, and loved.

Clossians 2:16-23

February 16, 2025

In Colossians 2:6-15, we have Paul's first two of 27 commands in this letter. We are called to walk in Christ and not succumb to empty philosophy and deceitful ideologies. This passage also contains one of the clearest teachings on what Jesus did to secure our salvation and fill us completely. In Him, we lack nothing!

Colossians 2:6-15

February 9, 2025

The Sermon on the Mount is one of the most famous passages in the entire Bible. Sections of it are often quoted or used in motivational speeches or critiques from the world to Christians, yet so many people don’t actually know the one who delivered this sermon or why he gave it at all. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus ushers in a new kingdom, one that is upside down from what this world and culture is like. He says things like, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth,” or “if you look at a woman with lustful intent you have committed adultery in your heart,” and “lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where they will last forever.” These words and others in his sermon are so countercultural to our everyday life that at face value it seems strange and impossible. But Jesus doesn’t intend for his audience to live this sermon out on their own, rather the entire sermon isn’t about living in your own strength but living in the one who is giving the sermon, Jesus. In ushering in this new kingdom Jesus provides a way for us to live in his kingdom, by believing in his work on our behalf. In doing so and living the way our king has lived we will be “like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” Let’s be citizens of the upside down kingdom and make much of our King, Jesus Christ.

Matthew 7:24-29

February 2, 2025

A united church is a beautiful sight. Like a singular rose, a united church has beauty, value, and a sweet aroma. How much more so is the sight and fragrant smell when the Church walks in unity!? This is the vision cast by Paul for his readers which includes not only the Colossians but believers from the whole region! Come and hear what God holds in store for churches of unbroken ranks in Colossians 2:1-5.

January 26, 2025
Jesus Christ has reconciled all who believe in Him with God the Father. We have peace through the gospel, the hope of glory, which is the message of reconciliation that Christ died, was buried and rose from the dead. Those who are reconciled are also ministers who proclaim this greatest of news to everyone. Our focus this week is on how we are to proclaim Him.
Colossians 1:21-29

January 19, 2025
What's the most significant document you have? For many, it's their birth certificate, as it officially establishes their identity, parentage, and place in the world. This week, we'll explore a passage in the Book of Colossians that serves as a spiritual birth certificate of sorts. It is an incredible declaration that reveals the true identity and nature of Jesus Christ, making it one of the most crucial passages in the entire New Testament.
Colossians 1:1-15

January 12, 2025
Having heard from Epaphras the legacy the Colossians had built by
their faith in Jesus and love for others, Paul prayed earnestly for them
that they would: be filled with knowledge of God's will, walk in a manner
worthy of Jesus, bear fruit in good work, be strengthened in character, and
give thanks to God.
Colossians 1:9-14

January 5, 2025
We begin our study of the book of Colossians with Paul and Timothy’s thanksgiving prayer for the Colossian church. While imprisoned in Rome, Paul received a good report about how the Colossians were growing in faith and bearing fruit for the name of Christ. He highlights two enduring legacies of their hope, rooted in the gospel. These legacies of the Colossians remain relevant today, providing a powerful example of the kind of legacy we should strive to leave—one that God can use to strengthen and build up future generations.
Colossians 1:1-8

December 29, 2024
Jesus, the Son of the Most High God—truly God and truly human—came to live a perfect life, die on the cross for our sins, and rise three days later, conquering sin and death. This is the gospel, the good news. But there’s more: after making purification for sin, Christ ascended to Heaven and now sits at the right hand of God the Father. One day, He will return to judge the living and the dead and make all things new. Yet, we often lose sight of this. Distracted by life’s demands, our faith can fade, and the good news can feel like old news. Even the incredible promise of Christ’s return in glory can seem distant or ephemeral—fading away like our New Year’s resolutions in March. But Jesus knows this about us. In Mark 13:32-37, He warns us not to grow complacent but to stay awake, holding fast as we await His return.

December 22, 2024
God sent His only Son to redeem anyone and everyone who believes that Jesus is the Son of God who died on the cross for our sins and rose from the grave. This claim takes faith to receive and believe. And to those who turn from their sin and trust in Jesus, God gives eternal life and the right to become a part of His kingdom, His family. Our greatest desire is to lift high Jesus, the Son of God, that He might draw whoever He has called to Himself. May we be faithful, and may He do it!
1 John 5:6-13

December 15, 2024
Oftentimes when we think of the word joyful we think of someone who is happy, always smiling, and an “easy hang”. We don’t usually equate it to someone as being content or satisfied, particularly in Jesus and his grace. I think at Christmas we often don’t practice this kind of joy. We more often are running around going from spot to spot, making sure everyone is happy with the stuff we get for them, and end up dreading the season more than being thankful and worshipful during this season. We even will give ourselves over to more “respectable sins,” as Jerry Bridges would put it, and chalk up our actions to the “stress” of the season. Christmas though isn’t about stress, gifts, or family gatherings. Its about God becoming like his creation.
In the person of the Son of Man, Jesus, we have someone whose joy was satisfied in doing what the Father had asked of him. Why? Because a man, like us in every way, lived a perfect sinless life and gives us his righteousness and takes on our unrighteousness. Because God loved you so much that he gave himself for you so that you and I can live joyfully satisfied in Christ. That’s the beautiful, amazing, scandalous gift of the Son of Man.
Romans 5:12-21

December 8, 2024
God had promised to send a King, a descendant of King David, to reign on the throne of David forever. Jesus, a descendant of David, fulfilled that promise by coming to earth in human form. Following his ascension, he now reigns as King at the right hand of God the Father; his ministry as King is now focused on salvation (filling the Kingdom with Believers) and sanctification (bringing them to holiness). In the future, King Jesus will return to earth to reign as warrior King, to conquer all enemies, judge the world, and then hand over the Kingship to God the Father. At that time, all God’s people will live forever, in a new heaven and earth, in the presence of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Today, King Jesus rules from heaven, fully God and fully man, glorious and exalted, the sovereign King of the universe, with supreme authority and power over all people, and full control over all events. As grateful subjects of His Kingdom, we should submit to Him, worship Him, and love Him, and invite others to join the Kingdom.
Matt 22:41-46

December 1, 2024
Advent 2024 has arrived! As we journey toward Christmas and reflect on the first coming of our Lord and Savior, we will explore specific titles and roles that only Christ can fulfill. He is the Son of Abraham, the Son of David, the Son of Man, and the Son of God. We begin by examining what Scripture reveals about Him as the fulfillment of the covenant God first made to Abraham.
Galatians 3:15-29

November 24, 2024
disobedience, a few remained faithful and devoted to Him. Where such love and faith existed, God’s blessing followed. Amidst one of the darkest times in Israel’s history, God provided the story of a man whose loyal, sacrificial love to a widow set the stage for His promise to be fulfilled—establishing a royal lineage that would eventually lead to the King of kings.
Ruth 1-4

November 17, 2024
Judges 17-21 contains stories that show Israel’s absolute collapse and abandonment of God. Chapters 17-18 focus on their spiritual failures while chapters 19-21 show their complete moral collapse. Central to each of these stories is the failure of the spiritual leaders, the Levites. The very ones who were supposed to embody and uphold everything good and right in God’s sight were complicit in Israel’s complete collapse. The entire message of Judges points to the truth that God, and only God, could save His people out of their condition.

November 10, 2024
If there was ever a person who served as a reflection of his generation it was Samson. He was a man who was set apart from birth for God’s special purposes. Set apart for holiness. Set apart for faithfulness. Set apart to deliver his people from evil. Yet, he chose his lustful and vengeful passions over his godly calling. The people of Israel did the same. Yet, even in the midst of rampant failure, God proved faithful and remained true as Israel’s Help and Hope. The Samson cycle will challenge each of us to constrain our passions as we seek to live out the special calling in Christ we share as God’s people.
Judges 13:1-16:31

November 3, 2024
Virtually every religion on earth is a cause/effect situation. If I do “x”, my god will do “y”. In this kind of relationship, the condition-setter is in control. All false religions and forms of idolatry are an attempt by people to manipulate the terms of their spiritual life. The account of Jephthah in Judges 10:6-12:15 teaches us that, try as we might, God cannot be manipulated. We never take control even though we intentionally (or unintentionally!) try.
Judges 10:6-12:15

October 27, 2024
“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” is a familiar phrase to most American Christians. This phrase rings true for Gideon’s flawed legacy. Gideon displayed faith but was ultimately corrupted by his thirst for personal glory. After his death, the people of Israel turn away from the Lord again, and the narrator of Judges now turns to the surprising account of Gideon’s illegitimate son, Abimelech, who rules as a regional king and oppresses God’s people. Here, we see Israel’s oppression coming from one of their own rather than a pagan king. Instead of conquering the remaining wicked nations, Israel suffers from one of their own and spirals into civil war.
Judges 8:33-10:5

October 20, 2024
Gideon is one of the more popular judges because of the symbols and stories that are attached to his time as a judge. We remember the fleece, the shrinking of his army, and how he goes from scared stiff guy to a conquering warrior. Gideon’s name means “great warrior,” and when we come to chapter 11 of Hebrews, we see his name mentoined as one who had great faith. The story of Gideon is actually less about his faith and more about the One who gave him his faith. God is the giver of faith, Ephesians 2:9-10 reminds us of that. In Gideon’s story, God takes a man who is beat down, weak, scared, and ultimately a coward and uses him to accomplish His purposes by instilling in him a faith that is rooted in God. At the end of the story, we see Gideon desiring a part of the glory for what was accomplished for himself. The reality is, you can’t look at Gideon’s story and say how great he was, but instead, you see, through Gideon’s story, how great the LORD is. The same is true in our own lives. We too are weak, fragile, and, at moments, act and live out of a fear that everything is bad. The Lord meets us at our weakest moments and gives us His faith to believe in Him and His power to rescue and redeem. Our role is to remember that it was the Lord who rescued us from death, that our “work” is to be busy killing sin in our lives through the power of the Spirit, and to run away when we are tempted to think t`hat we have arrived in any way.
Judges 6:1-8:28

October 13, 2024
Judges 5 is a "worship song" that traces God's providential and powerful involvement in the victory over the Canaanites. But it also sheds light on some crucial principles about how important it is to partner with God's Kingdom work in the world, right now. It has a bit to do with that "dangerous power" of choice we talked about earlier. Choose your camp, choose you this day (today) whose side you want to be on. Partner with God and participate in the miracles! Make excuses or worse, do nothing "to help the Lord", and miss out on the adventure of a life of faith that demands action.

October 6, 2024
Have you had times when the Lord called you to action yet you simply didn’t respond? Maybe it was a prompt to call someone or to share your faith with a family member. Not one of God’s people can claim a perfect record of responding, yet God’s record remains undefeated as He will always see His purpose fulfilled. If we, like Barak in Judges 4, do not rise to His command, the Lord will raise someone else to accomplish His will.

September 29, 2024
TBC has launched a new theme for our Sunday morning kids ministry: TBC Kids Kingdom! As we gather for family worship, we will make their focus our focus to celebrate Jesus as our King of Kings. Come prepared with a heart of worship ready to lift up the Name of our King. May we never get over the majesty and awe of Jesus Christ our King!
Psalm 145

September 22, 2024
The second cycle of Judges follows the same pattern established in the previous section: Israel's disobedience, God’s discipline through a foreign aggressor, Israel’s cry for help, and God’s response of sending a deliverer—this time, a left-handed man named Ehud. In a story filled with subterfuge, violence, and stomach-churning details, we also find an unlikely leader in Ehud, a man of initiative and courageous faith who creates and seizes opportunities to advance the plan and purposes of God.
Judges 3:12-31

September 15, 2024
Have you ever made a situation more complicated than it needed to be? The answer is yes. We have all done this. We get in our own way through thoughtless words and forgetful deeds. This disrupts our relationships and can even hinder our fellowship with God. Judges 2:6-3:6 provides the framework for the spiraling cycle of God’s judgment and deliverance throughout the book. The cycle starts (3:7-11) with Othniel who sets the standard of simple faith and fear whom God used to deliver His people.

September 8, 2024
The Book of Judges is a true story that tells truths about God and how He relates to His people. Our journey begins this week on a downward spiral which is bound to happen to any generation that drifts away from worshiping God and obeying Him alone. But a little compromise here and a little compromise there results in a trajectory of unfaithfulness, not only for us but for the generations that follow. Likewise, small, daily acts of trust and faithfulness can reap a harvest of righteousness we cannot fully imagine. It’s the little things that mean the most.
Judges 1:1-2:5

September 1, 2024
To fully grasp the book of Judges, we must first look at the conclusion of the book of Joshua. Joshua was the epitome of a leader for God’s people, with his life defined by one word: courage. Following God’s Word, Joshua led the conquest and settlement of the Promised Land with unwavering bravery. Alongside Eleazar the priest, he guided the people with righteousness and faith. God had secured the land and remained faithful to His covenant. As Joshua prepared to pass the baton of faithfulness to the next generation, the crucial question was: what would they do with it?
Joshua 23-24

August 25, 2024
We will never outgrow our need for one another. As a church family, we are called to conform to the likeness of Christ. We do not (and cannot) do this in isolation. The aim to be like Jesus is lifelong. So there will always be a need for us to be a part of biblical community no matter our season of life. We will see from the Bible how two lifelong pursuits will result in us growing spiritually and conforming to Christ's likeness together.
1 Peter 4:7-11; 2 Timothy 2:1-2

August 18, 2024
Baptism is one of two ordinances practiced in the church (the other being communion). It is a symbol of the death of Christ for sins and His resurrection from the dead. As He died for our sins, we are "buried" with Him in baptism as a symbol that we who are in Christ have died to our sins. As He rose to new life, so we are raised to walk in newness of life. This act of obedience is for every Christian, everywhere. This Sunday we celebrate our brothers and sisters who take this step of obedience in baptism. God is good!
Romans 6:3-4

August 11, 2024
AW Tozer wrote, “What comes into our minds when we think about God
is the most important thing about us.” (from The Knowledge of the Holy) How is it possible for finite, limited beings to know and understand our Infinite and Limitless God? If it were not for God’s self-disclosure through Jesus Christ, it would be impossible. While we cannot know everything about God, He will reveal Himself to any who seek after Him and do what He says. To become mature in Christ, we must learn to know God.
Jeremiah 9:23-24 (and selected passages)

August 4, 2024
The mission of Tomball Bible Church is to glorify Jesus Christ by making mature disciples to reach the nations. This statement didn’t come out of thin air but rather is deeply rooted in the Scriptures, particularly in Ephesians 4:11-16. Paul is exhorting this body of believers to attain the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God. The primary means of that goal being accomplished is through the ministry of the Word and maturing in the person of Jesus Christ, not maturing in what we think is maturing, but maturing into the person Christ. We as a corporate body of believers in Jesus should be about one another’s maturity in Jesus, in love speaking truth to one another, and working together to live our lives for the glory of Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 4:11-16

July 28, 2024
We find ourselves once again in the turbulent waters of uncertainty as a nation. Peace and calm are hard to find as wave after wave of news reports and speculations roll over us. The Bible provides the help we need to navigate through life’s uncertainties. God has provided everything we need to remain anchored in Him and respond with hope and perspective in a polarized society.
Deuteronomy 4:1-14

July 21, 2024
In Acts 28:17-31, Paul fulfilled what he was called to do. When he arrived in Rome, he first sought out the Jewish leaders to share the hope of Christ as was his practice. Unable to go to a synagogue, Prisoner Paul invited the Jewish leaders to come to him. After most rejected his message that Jesus was the Hope of Israel, he turned his attention to the Gentiles. Despite all the suffering and injustice, he remained faithful to being sent to proclaim the gospel. His example remains for us as the Sent to witness to others that Jesus Christ is the Hope of the world.
Acts 28:17-31

July 14, 2024
In Acts 28:1-16 Paul completed his voyage to Rome. After the shipwreck on Malta, Paul and the 275 other survivors were met with unusual kindness by the islanders. God preserved Paul’s life in front of them after he was unaffected by a viper’s bite (the second piece of evidence of Paul’s evidence in a Roman court). Our focus this week will be on one key value that can make all the difference in ministering and reaching others as we live by faith in Christ: unusual kindness.
Acts 28:1-16

July 7, 2024
Every Christian is declared innocent before God by God. This is the beautiful, undeserved truth of the gospel message. In an amazing, 2-part account of Paul’s final sea voyage in Acts, we find Luke providing the first of two proofs of innocence that vindicate the Apostle Paul and his claims about Christianity before his accusers. In part one, we focus on the One who holds the burden of proof of our innocence and the security of safe passage to our future home.
Acts 27:1-44

June 30, 2024
Communion (also known as The LORD’s Supper) is for Christians only. It is a small meal of bread and wine, which is primarily a solemn and joyous memorial celebration of Jesus’ death, and a reminder of His future return. It is a celebration filled with symbolism. Why do we celebrate communion? To remember Jesus’ death, proclaim Jesus’ death, rejoice in the benefits of Jesus’ death, celebrate the unity of believers, worship Jesus in a unique way, and look forward to Jesus’ return. Christians are admonished in Scripture to carefully prepare for Communion by examining themselves, discerning the body, and reconciling relationships before participating; there are dire warnings for those who partake in Communion in an unworthy manner.
1 Corinthians 11:24-26

Acts 25:13-26:32 contains Paul’s longest defense and testimony in the book of Acts. The anchor point of his testimony is that Jesus Christ is the light of salvation to everyone, everywhere. He told his testimony by openly declaring his sin(s) against Jesus and the Church, his conversion story when he encountered Christ, and his task to give to witness to Christ to everyone, everywhere. His approach serves as a model for us to follow.

June 16, 2024
Well aware of his rights as a Jew, a Roman, and a citizen of God’s kingdom, Pau modeled godly citizenship. He faithfully demonstrated a first-allegiance to Christ that was applied to his rights of earthly citizenship. In many instances, Paul denied his rights for the sake of others he served. Other times, such as his appeal to appear before Caesar in Acts 25:1-12, show Paul making full use of his rights when aligned with godly purposes and applied in godly ways.

June 9, 2024
Have you ever knowingly done the right thing only for the result to make things worse for yourself? It is understandable to expect good outcomes when good deeds are done. Sometimes that happens. Sometimes, not. As Christians, we can't assume that living righteously will result in an easier life. So how do we respond when faithfulness results in hardships? This is our aim as we explore Acts 24:1-27 this coming Sunday.

June 2, 2024
Have you ever been unexpectedly hindered when just trying to get home? You have your intended destination. You know that if you can just get to where you’re going, it will be well with your soul! And then…life. We often get disrupted by outside forces that seem to just sweep us away like being carried away by a swift-moving current. When this happens (which honestly happens a lot!), it is a challenge to trust the Lord to get us where we think we need to go. And there’s the rub! For the Christian, our “home” will never be a destination or a circumstance. Our “place” is one God in three Persons who is, and always will be, the Lord of the current.
Acts 23:12-35

May 26, 2024
Paul returns to a second, volatile hearing before the Sanhedrin at the request of the Roman tribune, which leads to a sharp confrontation with the high priest before it descends into a violent dispute about the resurrection of the dead, spirits, and angels between the Pharisee and Sadducee factions. This leads the tribune to have soldiers remove Paul to for his safety. That night, Paul receives a vision where the Lord stands by him and tells him to take courage because Paul is going to testify about Him even in Rome. This challenging passage has tremendous application for us today, helping us understand what Christ-fueled courage looks like, even in the midst of serious adversity.
Acts 22:30-23:11

May 19, 2024
This is the first of two instances where the apostle Paul will tell God's story of redeeming him in the first person. In this account Paul recalls his former life and upbringing, he tells of his Damascus road experience, and what the Lord was doing in his life up to a point. What should leap off the page to you is that Paul has zero desire to actually answer the accusations that have been thrown his way, rather he desires to explain why those accusations are even a thing and that story is because Jesus had transformed his life.
All of us who are followers of Jesus have similar stories. While we come from different backgrounds and up brings we all are Christians the exact same way, we heard the good news of Jesus Christ and he changed every aspect of our lives. We now live as Paul who said in Galatians, "it is no longer I who lives but Christ who lives in me." Our lives have been transformed by Christ and so in the moments where we get to share God's story in us we must take advantage of those opportunities. Even in the face of opposition we are called to be faithful to tell God's story of his transformative work in us.
Acts 21:37-22:29

May 12, 2024
After agreeing to the Elders’ request to join four Jewish Christians in completing an OT Nazarite purification, for the purpose of calming irate Jews in Jerusalem, a riot was instigated in the Temple courts by some Jews from Asia, who shouted accusations about Paul, alleging Paul was guilty of various heresies. They grabbed Paul, dragged him out of the Temple court, and began beating him, intending to kill him. Paul was rescued by a Roman Commander and his troops, who carried him to safety to the Roman fort next door to the Temple.
Acts 21:27-31

May 5, 2024
Sometimes accusations are wrongfully made against us. This week’s text shows how the Apostle Paul was wrongfully accused by the Jewish community in Jerusalem of teaching that the Mosaic law was no longer to be followed. When Paul was made aware of these accusations, he stayed humble and abided by the church leader's wishes, yet did not go against any Christian doctrine. This example should encourage us to look for potential prejudices in our lives that we can pray for the Spirit to highlight in order for us to eliminate, as we aim to build relationships with others so that our witness for Christ can be on display.
Acts 21:17-26

April 28, 2024
As Paul arrived in Palestine at the end of his third missionary journey, he received stern warnings about what he would face if he entered Jerusalem. Fellow believers directed by the Spirit pleaded with him not to go. Yet, also being led by the Spirit, he pressed on to Jerusalem. This challenging passage contains much-needed truth for the Church today, particularly for counting the cost of our calling and for discerning the leading of God for ourselves and others.
Acts 21:1-16

April 21, 2024
Goodbyes are never easy, especially goodbyes that are permanent. The Apostle Paul gave and received numerous goodbyes throughout his ministry, yet the one that hit the hardest for him was his goodbye to the elders of the church in Ephesus. This passage is full of deep affection and care from Paul to this church and yet in it is also an incredibly loving warning to these elders. Paul encourages them to remain faithful because he himself will remain faithful to the Gospel. He calls them to care for themselves and for one another so they may not become discouraged or fall away, and he encourages them to persevere in the ministry to others. A passage like this should not only tug at our hearts, but should stir us to faithfulness in our walks with the Lord, to have a sober mind as we care for ourselves and others, and to persevere in the midst of hardship.
Acts 20:17-38

April 14, 2024
Acts 20:1-16 tells of Paul’s ministry in Philippi, Troas, and a pit stop in Asia before heading to Jerusalem. The passage shows us a glimpse of his pastoral and teaching ministry as he shared in Passover and taught the Scriptures diligently before he departed the area. (It was a killer Bible study!) Luke also provides the names of those throughout the Roman provinces who will travel with Paul back to Jerusalem including himself. This passage centers on the spiritual legacy we should all aim to leave.
Acts 20:1-16

April 7, 2024
The Church has an Enemy, and the two are in constant opposition. People are a common weapon manipulated by Satan who are used to undermine the Church. Acts 19 gives readers a glimpse into the hardships brought against the Church by those opposed to Jesus. Yet, despite Satan’s efforts to use people for his ends, God’s purpose was not stopped. The Lord is the One who fights for His glory, His Word, and His Church. We can take heart in spiritual warfare knowing that our God remains in control and the victory is His.
Acts 19:21-41

March 31, 2024
Christ Jesus has risen from the grave! Through the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, we have peace with God, freedom from the shackles of our sins, and the promise of eternal life. Because He lives, we too may live with resurrection power and hope. This is truly the greatest news there could ever be. Today, we celebrate and cheer for the One who has given us life by giving up His own and taking it up again!
Luke 24:1-12

March 14, 2024
"Peace on earth!" was declared by angels at the announcement of His birth. "Peace in heaven!" was declared by people at the announcement of His entry. Jesus Christ is the rightful King of Peace on earth and in heaven. As the people temporarily sang His praise, Christ wept knowing what was in their hearts as well as the future destruction of Jerusalem. Despite the rejection, our King made the way of redemption, securing our peace with God forever. Jesus, our King of Peace has come and is coming again!
Luke 19:28-44

March 17, 2024
Acts 19 is the story of God working in incredible ways in the city of Ephesus. Acts 19:11-20 is one of the wildest stories though in the Bible, dudes are just trying to make a buck doing some tricks and yet the Lord has “concern for his holy name” as the prophet Ezekiel would say. So God exalts himself by not allowing these exorcists to misuse his name rather they run out “naked and wounded.” God will always exalt his name above sin and evil. He will always have the last word when it comes to people trying to use the name of Jesus for selfish reasons when their hearts are not submissive to the Lord. God will always be exalted, even in the most bizarre of ways.
Acts 19:11-20

March 10, 2024
Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Adventist, Pentecostal, Catholic, Episcopal, and Non-Denominational churches (just to name a few) are all around; each having its doctrinal and practical distinctives. Some even add cult groups such as Mormonism and Jehovah’s Witness to the list of Christian denominations. How are we to know and test what is genuine Christianity and what is not? When Paul entered Ephesus he encountered a group of people who had a form of religion that was not genuinely Christian. The group was sincere in their beliefs and practices, but despite their sincere adherence (even to the teachings of John the Baptist), they had not received and embraced that which makes us completely Christian, the Holy Spirit who dwells only in those who trust in Jesus who is both Savior and Lord.
Acts 19:1-10

March 3, 2024
The 2nd mission trip finished out, with Paul leaving Silas and Timithy to lead the church in Corinth, and leaving Aquila and Priscilla to start a church in Ephesus, while Paul set sail to return for a respite at his home church in Antioch. Paul didn’t stay long, and soon after began the 3rd mission trip, heading west back to Ephesus, encouraging the churches along the way. Meanwhile, back in Ephesus, Aquila and Priscilla stepped into the life of Apollos, a well-educated, articulate, powerful preacher. They filled a gap in Apollos’ theology and understanding of salvation, which Apollos humbly accepted, and turned him loose to preach the Gospel. These stories are a great reminder to us: ministry requires a team effort; healthy ministry requires healthy ministers; humble preachers will always be willing to listen to correction; and we are all called to step into others’ lives where needed, especially where the accuracy of the Gospel is concerned.
Acts 18:18-28

February 25, 2024
Paul’s ministry continues to Corinth where new ministry partners are found along with new believers and continued opposition to the Name of Christ. At the heart of Acts 18:1-17 is a vision Paul received from Jesus to not fear or be silent but to continue proclaiming the gospel trusting in God’s protection. God’s people are entrusted with the same message and called to the same work. We must not be silent because there are many around us God is calling to Himself.
Acts 18:1-17

February 18, 2024
Paul’s speech on Mars Hill in Athens, Greece is one of the most important sections in the book of Acts. With only Gentiles in his audience, Paul models presenting the good news of Jesus using words and images that would relate to his hearers. While the delivery method is different, the message is the same. All people everywhere are accountable to God to receive or reject Christ as the One who died and rose again to make us righteous before God.
Acts 17:16-34

February 11, 2024
Having rushed out of Thessalonica due to persecution, Paul and his companions travel to Berea in Macedonia. Here, they start, as was their custom, by preaching in the local synagogue. Instead of jealousy, as they ran into in Thessalonica, the Bereans were much more noble and examined the Scriptures that Paul taught. This sets an example for us to examine God’s Word, test the teachings we hear with it, and allow God’s Word to examine us!
Acts 17:10-15

February 4, 2024
The center point of this week’s passage is to establish the truth of the Christian faith based upon the evidence Paul and Luke provided the Thessalonians and the future readers of the book of Acts. The Christian faith is built upon the fulfilled promises and prophecies found in the Old Testament by Jesus and only Jesus. The Savior had to suffer for our sins and rise from the dead. Knowing the evidence will help all of us stand firm in the faith, especially during seasons of suffering, doubting, and temptation.
Acts 17:1-9

January 28, 2024
Paul and Silas continued to preach the Gospel in Philippi. While preaching in the streets, Paul exorcised a fortune-telling demon from a slave girl. The slave girl’s owners dragged Paul and Silas before the City Magistrates, who had them beaten with rods and thrown in jail. That night, God caused an earthquake, which opened the jail doors, and freed all the prisoners. The jailer was about to kill himself, thinking the prisoners had escaped, but Paul stopped him. Paul and Silas shared the Gospel message, and the jailer and his entire family listened, believed in Jesus, were saved, and were baptized. Paul rebuked the Magistrates for beating him and Silas (who were Roman citizens) without a trial, a serious violation of Roman law. Paul and Silas gathered the new Christians in Philippi, prayed and encouraged them, and then departed to preach the Gospel elsewhere.
Acts 16:6-40

January 7, 2024
Redirection is all part of living a life of faith. Living by faith by definition is a life trusting in God’s guidance. God is the One who directs and redirects His people by His Spirit. This creates a challenge for us when we seem to be certain of His plan for us and then that plan changes. This week’s passage, Acts 16:6-10, sheds light on the leading of God’s Spirit and what is required of us to follow His lead.

Januray 21, 2024
Acts 16:11-15 shares the account of the first believer in modern-day Europe, Lydia. Ironically, Lydia came from the very place that God prevented Paul from going in his previous travels. Having left Asia, she moved to Philippi in Macedonia as a seller of purple cloths. A devout, God-fearing woman, Lydia heard the good news about Jesus from the apostle Paul while praying with other women. We are told that God was the One who opened her heart to hear and believe. He continues to open hearts today as His people open their lives and mouths to share Christ. May He do His work through us!

January 7, 2024
Spurgeon wrote, “I tremble for a church whose continuance depends upon the talent and cleverness of one man. If he is removed, the whole thing will collapse; this is a wretched business.”
TBC cannot and will not be about one man. For our church to last and have a lasting impact beyond this generation, we must raise, equip, and make disciples of Jesus as we aim to grow in spiritual maturity.
Acts 16:1-5

December 31, 2023
Our God is faithful! He is truly faithful for that is His nature. Our God can only be faithful and true. All we must do is to give prayerful pause, consider all His provisions in our lives and in our church. What do you find? God’s faithfulness remaining. In fact, His faithfulness is undefeated. May pause and reflection stir you to walk faithfully with the Lord.
Psalm 86:1-17

December 24, 2023
Of all the ways God could announce the advent of His Son, God chose people. People! The ones who rejected and despised Him. The ones who were destined for His judgment and wrath. The ones who would eventually crucify the Son He sent. He chose people. He actually chose shepherds; those of humble standing and the last to be thought of as royal heralds. After the resurrection and ascension of Christ, God continues to send the humble to herald the advent of Christ our Savior and Lord. What a mystery that Christ would announce His coming through those He would give His life to save.
Luke 2:1-21

December 17, 2023
The next major event we anticipate in God’s plan is Christ’s return! This wondrous mystery has been a subject of hope, debate, confusion, and excitement since the angels promised the disciples Christ would return just as He ascended. This week we will explore what we believe will happen when Christ again appears and those who are in Christ (dead or alive) meet Him in the air.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

December 10, 2023
Our Advent series is entitled “The Wondrous Mystery”. Two weeks ago, we focused on the mystery of Jesus Christ’s humility, how he stepped down into our condition as man in order to redeem his people. Last week, we moved to Jesus’ crucifixion, Jesus’ purpose of coming to live among us and what his death accomplished for us. And this week, we concentrate on the revealed mystery of Jesus’ resurrection.
Various Scriptures

December 3, 2023
Paul said in his letter to the church of Corinth, “I wished to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.” For Paul and every believer in Jesus, the crucifixion is the apex moment that has completely altered the trajectory of the world. The cross is both offensive and beautiful at once. The cross offends mankind because it tells us that we are not good enough, and even worse, that we are broken to the core—sinners. The cross shows just how much the Triune God hates sin. Yet, the cross is also beautiful, namely because of who is on it: Jesus Christ. The cross is beautiful because it means we, the broken sinners, have a means of being made right with God, no longer having His wrath aimed at us, but now experiencing the riches of His grace and love. The cross is beautiful because now we have life; we are made righteous and have a means to live a righteous life. This Christmas, take a moment to thank God for the cross. Thank Jesus for being willing to lay down His life, even for sinners like you and me.
John 18:33-19:11

November 19, 2023
In Acts 15:36-41, Paul and Barnabas are separated because of a sharp disagreement. This passage of Scripture shows us that even mature Christians will often disagree on 'judgment calls,' and sometimes need to separate or split up if the issue is serious enough. Separation among Christians should be done charitably. This passage encourages us to give sincere, immature Christians a second chance to mature.
Acts 15:36-41

November 26, 2023
God humbled Himself by coming in human likeness, taking on flesh, and living among those He created. The incarnation of Jesus Christ is a true mystery. How can God put such limitations on Himself for a humanity that had rejected Him? We peer into the wondrous mystery of our Savior’s humility to step down into our condition to redeem a people for His very own.
Philippians 2:1-11

November 12, 2023
Acts 15 contains two scenarios of sharp disagreement between believers. The first (Acts 15:1-35) is a matter of right and wrong. The second (Acts 15:36-41) is a matter of preference. Both scenarios highlight the reality that every group of believers will have areas of disagreement. This week’s focus is on the right view of salvation for all people that lies at the root of our Christian faith.
Acts 15:1-35

November 5, 2023
The final legs of Paul’s first missionary journey demonstrate key practices that are to continue in and through us who are sent for the Name of Jesus Christ. These practices flow from a central truth that our living God gives witness to Himself through all of creation, especially His chosen people. In light of this, we must continue in the same personal and public practices as those who have witnessed before us.
Acts 14:8-28

October 29, 2023
In our fourth Family Worship series of 2023, we are focusing on “Love Endures All Things”. This is the ultimate trait of God’s love for us that we are to reflect, especially within families and in the church. We will look at three aspects of God’s enduring love from Psalm 136 as well as be encouraged and challenged by TBC ministry partners, Pastor Morris Ogenga and his wife, Ida.
Psalm 136

October 22, 2023
Paul and Barnabas encountered a divided response to the gospel message they proclaimed in Iconium. When they first met resistance, they remained for a long time, steadfastly preaching the gospel with boldness. What they experienced was God’s empowerment through their faithfulness. God will empower us, and He himself will bear witness through us, especially when we encounter resistance as well.
Acts 14:1-7

October 15, 2023
Acts 13:13-52 contains Paul’s first sermon delivered in a Jewish synagogue. Drawing from the OT Law and Prophets, Paul focused on the most important proof of the truth of our faith, the resurrection of Jesus Christ. We are raised to eternal life because Christ our Savior was raised first. The Shout of Easter isn’t just for April, my friends!
Acts 13:13-52

October 8, 2023
We come to a point in Acts where the narrative shifts from being about a group of people whom God used in extraordinary ways to advance the Kingdom of God, to one person whom God used in extraordinary ways to advance the Kingdom of God. Yet in all of the extraordinary stories we see the apostle Paul in they all can trace their beginning to one ordinary moment, Paul praying and fasting with other believers. Paul and Barnabas were just simply being faithful in their ordinary day lives to only be used in extraordinary ways by the Lord.

For us we have a natural ebb and flow to our lives, what I call the ordinary days, and yet we never know within those ordinary days that God will use us to do something extraordinary, but for us to be ready for those extraordinary days we have to be faithful in the ordinary days. Praying, reading God’s word, meditating on his word, and pursuing unity among our body for the advancement of the Kingdom of God. For us to experience God using us in extraordinary ways we have to practice being faithful to him in our ordinary days.

Acts 13:1-12

October 1, 2023
Do you fear the rising tide of culture’s obsession with self-glorification? There is an ever-growing disdain for the things of God around us. It is becoming increasingly unpopular to hold a Christian worldview. What is the truth we need most to help us stand firm? Paradoxically, we stand firm when we rest and rely on God’s sovereign authority and control.
Acts 12

September 24, 2023
Acts 11:19-30 provides examples of the first-called Christians who lived with steadfast purpose. Their example reveals the truth that God always builds His kingdom through the faithful witness of His people. It falls to us, in this generation, to live with steadfast purpose. To do this, we must understand what our purpose is and know what will aid us in remaining steadfast even in the midst of hardships that affect us all.
Acts 11:19-30

September 17, 2023
Under the Old Covenant, God’s people were spiritually and physically distinct from others because of the regulations of the Law and especially the sign of circumcision. But God changed everything through Christ’s death and resurrection. A New Covenant was made, the old distinctions were removed, and a new sign was given: the Holy Spirit. To see as God sees in the Church today, we must maintain the unity of the Spirit and sound, essential doctrine without allowing preferences to cause division within the local church and like-minded churches.
Acts 11:1-18

Acts 10:34-48
Last week, we saw that “sent believers" are to see the Lost as God sees them (harassed and helpless) and not allow distinctions to keep us from opening our mouths and lives. This week, our attention shifts to God’s intervening works that bring salvation through His people to the lost by the Holy Spirit. We are commanded to go and proclaim Jesus, and Acts 10:34-48 will challenge us to trust more in God’s redeeming work than our hesitations to speak.
Acts 10:34-48

Acts 10:1-33
Today, it is a common truth among Christians that God’s plan of salvation is for all people, regardless of distinctions. But, this was not the early Church's understanding, especially in how Gentiles were viewed. These first Christians viewed Gentiles as a people wholly opposed to God and beyond His redemption. It took God’s direct intervention to reveal that His plan of salvation is for everyone, everywhere. The question for us is this: What “distinctions” or personae may be holding us back from seeing the person and his or her need for Jesus and opening our mouths and lives?
Acts 10:1-33

Acts 9:32-43
After his time in Samaria, Peter makes stops in both Lydda and Joppa, miraculously healing the lame man Aeneas and raising the woman Tabitha the from the dead. And though Peter is still at the center of the narrative, performing great works, we are also now seeing that the church has quickly grown beyond Peter's own work. In Peter, we see a leader willing to participate in what God is already doing rather than instigate it, compassionately obeying the Lord’s direction in Lydda and Joppa. We also see that same compassionate obedience demonstrated the character of Tabitha. As believers, we must follow their examples and live lives of compassionate obedience to God.
Acts 9:32-43

Acts 9:32-43
After his time in Samaria, Peter makes stops in both Lydda and Joppa, miraculously healing the lame man Aeneas and raising the woman Tabitha the from the dead. And though Peter is still at the center of the narrative, performing great works, we are also now seeing that the church has quickly grown beyond Peter's own work. In Peter, we see a leader willing to participate in what God is already doing rather than instigate it, compassionately obeying the Lord’s direction in Lydda and Joppa. We also see that same compassionate obedience demonstrated the character of Tabitha. As believers, we must follow their examples and live lives of compassionate obedience to God.
Acts 9:32-43

Acts 9:19-31
Saul was transformed by a personal encounter with Christ. He immediately began witnessing about Jesus as the Son of God. But he didn’t do this on his own. He had a community of believers around him for encouragement, sharpening, and support. Each of us who are in Christ are to work out our salvation and give evidence of our conversion. Is our Christian faith, hope, and love evident to the world watching us?
Acts 9:19-31

August 13, 2023
Acts 9:1-20 provides the account of Saul’s conversion from Judaism to faith in Jesus Christ. This is, for some, the single-most important event in all of Acts because of who Saul will become and the mission work he will do for the name of Christ. But his story is just like the story of every believer in Jesus. We were once lost in our sin but now have been found and forgiven by faith in Christ. Saul was perhaps one of the most hardened people against Jesus and His followers in history. Yet, no one is beyond the reach of our gracious God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Acts 9:1-20

August 6, 2023
The Philip cycle in Acts 8 comes to an exciting conclusion with the salvation and baptism of an Ethiopian court official. The passage events take place in the southernmost part of the Holy Land in Gaza. The gospel message will also now be carried into Africa in fulfillment of Christ’s word to His apostles that their witness would go to the ends of the earth. The Holy Spirit takes center stage in this text and demonstrates how He moves in the church through promptings and guidance. Our responsibility is, like Philip, to be ready to listen and respond
Acts 8:26-40

August 6, 2023
The Philip cycle in Acts 8 comes to an exciting conclusion with the salvation and baptism of an Ethiopian court official. The passage events take place in the southernmost part of the Holy Land in Gaza. The gospel message will also now be carried into Africa in fulfillment of Christ’s word to His apostles that their witness would go to the ends of the earth. The Holy Spirit takes center stage in this text and demonstrates how He moves in the church through promptings and guidance. Our responsibility is, like Philip, to be ready to listen and respond
Acts 8:26-40

July 16, 2023
“Following the stoning of Stephen, four events followed: (1) “great persecution” was unleashed by the Jews against Christians in Jerusalem; (2) Christians scattered: they left Jerusalem and went to surrounding regions to escape violent, life-threatening persecution from the Jews, which also served to fulfill Jesus’ command in Acts 1:8 to spread the Gospel beyond Jerusalem; (3) devoted Christian men gave Stephen an honorable burial to mark his bold witness, despite the persecution and scattering that followed his stoning; (4) Saul set off on a deadly campaign to exterminate all Christians.”
Acts 8:1-3

July 2, 2023
Imagine an impossibly high cliff made up of pure granite. Looking upward, the top of the cliff is obscured by the clouds it surpasses. Looking at its base, there is water crashing helplessly against its shore. The cliff is immovable, steadfast, and strong. Christ, our Cornerstone, is our Rock, our Strong Tower. He is the unshakable One. Evil cannot withstand His power. It can only lap against His footstool. Acts 6:8-15 exemplifies this truth in the life of a man who had no title of Apostle but lived in the immovable grace and power of God even in the face of opposition.
Acts 6:8-15

June 25, 2023
The book of Acts up to this point has been outwardly focused on what is happening outside of the church. Now in chapter 6 we see what is happening on the inside working of the church and how with all of the growth has come some growing pains. In Acts 6 we see a group of Hellenistic widows being neglected and the apostles' response is one of love for God and his people. They fight for harmony among the people and fight to keep the main thing the main thing, which for them is preaching that Jesus is the Christ. For us the same is still true. We have to fight for harmony within our body of believers and the global church at large. We do that by being known by our brothers and sisters here at TBC, we walk in the Spirit which helps us to put aside our preferences and pride and seek the care and encouragement of others, and we remind ourselves of the gospel daily because it is the gospel of Jesus Christ that unites us in the first place and gives us purpose as a body of believers.
Acts 6:1-7

June 11, 2023
As the Apostles continue their ministry, a divide is growing within the church between those who will not dare join them in the ministry work and others who will go to great lengths to bring hurting people to encounter Christ’s redeeming power and hope. This divide still exists. There are some who are actively bringing others to meet and grow with Jesus and others who resist, keeping God and others at arm's length.
Acts 5:12-16

June 4, 2023
Sin is a serious matter especially to God. It is serious because it is offensive to Him, harmful to people, and misrepresents God to a watching world. Sin also plays right into Satan's schemes to do whatever he can to disrupt the practices and unity of the church. As stewards of God's resources, we have the privilege of demonstrating His grace and kindness to each other and the community around us. The choice to steward faithfully or to sin rebelliously is a choice we each must make, and the Lord will respond with blessing or discipline accordingly. Let's be faithful stewards!
Acts 5:1-11

May 28, 2023
Luke provided his 2nd high-level overview of the progress of the Church in Jerusalem. Luke’s report was awesome. Numerically, the church had grown rapidly, from ~1,000 people after Jesus’ resurrection to ~10,000 people. Spiritually, the Christians in Jerusalem were united in placing more value on people and less value on their possessions. They generously provided for the financial needs of others, and some people from time to time even sold houses or land and gave the money to the needy, to the extent that “there was not a needy person among them”. This was impressive, especially given that many of the new believers were visitors to Jerusalem who had come to celebrate Passover, got saved, decided to stay, and needed extra help. At the same time, the Apostles preached the Gospel boldly through the power of the Holy Spirit, despite opposition from the Jewish leaders. Finally, Luke introduced Barnabas, and shared the real-life example of his generosity.
Acts 4:32-37

May 21, 2023
The Spirit has filled us so that we would show and tell the world about Jesus. But what direction does the Bible give in showing and telling when others actively act against us, or worse, threaten us!? This week, Mike McGinty, supported TBC missionary, takes us into Acts to answer the question. Come and hear a powerful message on Boldness with Bullies.
Acts 4:23-31

May 14, 2023
In the face of great pressure and intimidation, Peter and John boldly spoke the powerful message of Christ’s death and resurrection. Regardless of the possible consequences, they couldn’t help but speak about Jesus. It is easy to place these Apostles in a separate category from us as if they were superhuman. But this “uneducated” and “common” group of people was filled with the Holy Spirit who emboldened them with gospel purpose and power. The Spirit is the One who continues to fill all who believe in Christ as Lord and Savior. But this raises a couple of questions: Are we so compelled? Will the gospel go further than us?
Acts 4:1-22

May 7, 2023
After healing the begging lame man, Peter and John address the gathered crowd in the temple courts. Peter delivers one of the clearest teachings on the identity of Christ and calls to faith found in the New Testament. This message exemplifies what being a witness looks like and emphasizes the urgency to respond to Christ because everything is at stake.
Acts 3:11-26

April 30, 2023
Godly love is the standard for every Christian home. For this kind of love to even be possible, faith in God must be genuine. This is a simple truth. To show God's love, one must know God's love. We will take a close look at the building blocks of godly love that trusts in Christ in all circumstances with the aim of fortifying Christian families.
1 Corinthians 13:7; Deuteronomy 6:4-9

April 23, 2023
Peter and John display the immense power in the name of Jesus given to them as apostles by healing a lame man at a temple gates. But undergirding this miraculous healing is a calling set before all believers: give what you have. We all have a testimony, a story of God’s immense kindness and transforming grace. Peter and John were humble fisherman transformed by grace through faith into apostles. The lame man was disabled from birth, but by God’s grace, he was healed and his story is still being told.
Acts 3:1-10

April 9, 2023
Jesus is both Lord and Savior. This is the truth declared in Peter’s first sermon recorded in Acts 2:14-41. The point of His sermon is to provide proof of this central truth. Easter is the perfect occasion to study this first, Christian sermon as the central proof that Jesus is both Savior and Lord is His resurrection from the dead!
Acts 2:14-41

April 2, 2023
Throughout the course of church history there have been many memorable moments that brought about significant change in the life of believers but none greater than the coming of the Spirit of God. Acts 2 we are introduced to the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit, and throughout this narrative we will see him work in incredible ways. For the purpose of Acts 2 we see him arrive in a similar fashion as he would in the Old Testament, wind and fire being symbols of his arrival. This time though he doesn’t just come and do a mighty work but he comes and rests on the disciples. This resting brings with it a filling of his presence in them, an empowering to make much of Christ, and being sealed in Christ for eternity. All of this comes because God himself has come rested on his people. The coming of the Spirit marks God changing is dwelling place from a structural building to a new temple, the bride of Christ.
Acts 2:1-21

March 26, 2023
Before the Holy Spirit was poured out on believers in Acts 2, Jesus instructed His followers to wait and pray. In the midst of these activities, Peter leads the way to install a 12th Apostle as a replacement for the traitor, Judas Iscariot. This passage holds valuable truth for us on how to remain faithful in periods of waiting on the Lord.
Acts 1:12-26

March 19, 2023
The book of Acts tells God’s story of setting apart the new community of believers in Jesus Christ to make Him known in the world by the power of the Holy Spirit. This story continues today, and we are part of it. Our passage, Acts 1:1-11, frames the mission of God in the world, outlines the whole book, and reveals His powerful calling and purpose for us.
Acts 1:1-11

March 12, 2023
The ninth era in the Big Picture series is the final, yet eternal, era of God’s story of redemption. Truly, the end of the Bible is the beginning of our future with God on a new earth. What God created in the garden, we corrupted. Our corruption was judged and redeemed by God through Jesus Christ. Now, we bear witness to Christ and are to do so until He returns and dwells again with us. Knowing the end of the biblical story ought to fuel our hope and fill our hearts with the increasing expectation of the Great Embrace God has in store for those with faith in Jesus, our Savior and King.
Revelation 21:1-8

February 26, 2023
In the Big Picture of the Bible, it was always God’s purpose to redeem His creation. His plan moved from a human race to a nation (Israel) to a tribe (Judah) to a family (David’s line) to the King of Kings, our Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ. This era of God's story of redemption is centered on His arrival and the demand for a response of faith in Christ which is the only means of redemption and hope for the human race.
John 10:7-18

February 19, 2023
God established a line of kings for His people who would represent Him to the people and the nations of the world. God made a covenant promise with King David that through him, a king would come who would reign forever. This future king is the Savior through whom God would ultimately bring redemption and make all things new. For us, we see God is with His people both now and forever. Our necessary response? Grateful worship.
2 Samuel 7:1-17

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February 12, 2023
After 400 years of turmoil and slavery in Egypt, God calls Moses to lead His chosen people into a new land and give them the Law, His standard of holy living. This era is set apart by the conditional covenant God made to bless or curse His people based on their obedience to His Law. God has set a standard of holy living. His expectation is for His people to reflect Him fully, that we would be holy as He is holy. This era points to the character of our God and the help we need to reflect His holiness.
Deuteronomy 30:1-20

February 5, 2023
Centuries after God preserved humanity in Noah, God begins a new era in Abraham. With Abraham, God makes a lasting covenant with a lasting sign that will set apart those who worship Him as His Covenant People. This era begins to demonstrate God’s longterm plan of prosperity & graciousness to those who call upon his name in faith while also demonstrating the high calling of His People to live lives distinct from the world.
Genesis 17:1-14

January 29, 2023
Welcome to Family Worship at TBC! This week we launch a 4-part series for our 5th Sunday’s together in 2023. The anchor passage for the series comes from 1 Corinthians 13:7, “love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” Today, we focus on love bears all things and how we reflect God in our families and church through the value of loving protection.
1 Corinthians 13:7

January 22, 2023
With the judgment of humanity through the flood, God renews both creation and His covenant through Noah and his family. The covenant renewal reinforces the design and desire of God for humanity to produce, preserve, and protect life. This era continues to hold up God’s ideal world for His people as well as to show humanity’s bent toward corruption and rejecting God
Genesis 8:20-9:17

January 15, 2023
After the Fall, humanity continued to corrupt the image of God through violence, selfishness, and abusive power. Two genealogies are provided that contrast the line of Cain, known for industry and achievement, with the line of Seth, known for those who called on the name of the Lord (at least until they, too, walked in corrupt ways). To know the story of God in Scripture, we must see the depth of our rebellion as well as the gracious will of God to preserve hope for redemption.
Genesis 6:1-8

January 8, 2023
This week begins a new series called The Big Picture: God's Story of Redemption. The first message starts, appropriately, at the beginning! With God's creation and Humanity's fall.
Genesis 1:26-31

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January 1, 2023
It’s New Year’s Day! 2023 has dawned. For some, this day represents renewed resolve or a new direction in life. For others, this day is simply the next day on the calendar. Both perspectives need biblical guidance and vision. TBC will begin the year with an important question, “what will you treasure?” What we treasure will determine the pursuit of our hearts and the values shaping the decisions we will make today and in the year ahead.
Proverbs 2:1-22

December 18, 2022
Acts 1:3 says, “[Jesus] presented himself alive to [the apostles whom he had chosen] after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.” It’s no wonder that the apostles’ biggest question was, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” After seeing their risen Savior, the apostles suffered from tunnel vision, seeing only glory and power for Israel. In a passage that would change the course of human history, Jesus resets their aim from thinking about Israel’s glory to taking His Name to the nations. We have the same aim, and as we count down to the days to Christ’s return, may He find us aimful, filled with the purpose of making Him known!
Acts 1:1-11

November 27, 2022
The countdown to Christmas is upon us as Advent begins. For believers in Christ, this season recognizes the truth that God became man in Jesus as our Lord and Savior and that He is coming back soon. In our Advent series, we will find encouragement and exhortation in the values which must mark us as a church as we count down the days to Christ’s return. This week we will see the people of God must be HOPEFUL in light of our Savior’s return.

The final passage of Hebrews, the ultimate truth is exemplified from the book: Jesus is truly better because his grace satisfies our hearts, we are nourished by his accessibility, and our worship is pleasing to him.
Hebrews 13:7-25

John Hattenberger walks through Hebrews 12:12-29

The defining, ongoing characteristic within the church is brotherly love, or at least is should be! The writer of Hebrews charged his readers with a call to love selflessly in both the church and the home. Brotherly love is a love grounded in grace, humility, and purity. This sort of love is unmatched in our world and is one of the greatest differences between the love of Christ and the counterfeit offered by the world. Our challenge is to move beyond knowing to living in God's enduring love.
Hebrews 13:1-6

October 30, 2022
When the world experiences suffering a typical response is to blame God for being careless, cold, and distant. After all, how could a benevolent God allow such hardship? Hebrews 12:4-11 reveals the God-given purpose of the difficulties and hardships we face. God does not waste our hurts and our losses. Through suffering, we experience His faithful provision that has a training effect on our lives to endure by faith in Him. Like a loving father, God purposefully corrects us as we endure by faith to the great embrace.
Hebrews 12:4-11

October 23, 2022
When runners run a race, the course is already set before them. Preparation had been made long before they approach the starting line. This implies someone had already traced the path, set the boundaries, and marked out the starting line, the twists and turns, and the finish. We follow the One who has gone before us, Jesus Christ the Righteous. The point is not to ask the question, "what is my race, Lord?" The point is to run with endurance according to what Christ has set before the Church. We run this race together so let us run.
Hebrews 12:1-3

October 16, 2022
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” More than a general definition of faith, this often-quoted verse is linked to a specific promise of God. He has a future home for us, “an unshakable realm,” according to one scholar. And when we receive this promise we will find our Savior waiting to wrap us up in His great embrace. Until then, this certain hope is the fuel to endure this temporary home and live by faith to the great embrace.
Hebrews 11

October 9, 2022
Special Guest Preacher, Pastor Morris Ogenga, continues our Hebrews series in Hebrews 10:26-39 exhorting believers to persevere.

October 2, 2022
As the writer of Hebrews draws his section about the High Priestly attributes of Christ to an end, he moves toward a glorious exhortation for God’s people. Since believers have access to God in Christ Jesus, there are glorious benefits and also serious responsibilities. The author shares three areas of exhortation meant to keep believers steadfast in their pursuit of holiness—a sequence of ideals where we as believers must never give up.
Hebrews 10:19-25

September 25, 2022
The first two sections of Hebrews establish the supremacy of Jesus Christ as our King (ch.’s 1-4) and our great High Priest (ch.’s 5-10:18). As we close the Priestly section, the author of Hebrews presents the truth that Christ’s perfect sacrifice for sin has forever secured the redemption and sanctification of believers. We have been set apart as holy before God that we would live wholly devoted lives in our motives and actions. Holiness calls us to wholeness.

September 18, 2022
Jesus mediates a new and better covenant than what God’s people had under the Mosaic law. That old covenant was conditioned on the obedience of the people and the ministry of the priests. Ultimately, they failed in keeping the regulations and as a result were disciplined by God. But God made a promise to redeem. His promise was kept by sending God the Son who through his complete obedience and sacrifice ushered in a new covenant. His works encompass the past, present, and future, and as His people, we are called to eagerly wait for His return.
Hebrews 9:15-28

September 11, 2022
God has done the most wonderful work for those who believe. Through the shed blood of His Son, eternal redemption is secured. Eternally redeemed! Wow. For the Christian, nothing we could ever do can undo Christ’s redeeming work. Through the Holy Spirit, our consciences are continually purified. In Hebrews 9:1-14, we will discover a purpose equally wonderful to the work of security and purity God has for us.

August 28, 2022
Because Christ ministers with supreme authority, we should see His as greater than every circumstance, problem, shortcoming , or situation we could ever have or face. The writer of Hebrews reminds his readers that NOT seeing Him as greater was their exact problem.
Hebrews 8:1-5

September 4, 2022
Jesus has made a new covenant relationship with God possible for all who believe. The old covenant failed because of the people’s lack of devotion and obedience. By grace, God has provided a better covenant in Christ; one that is unconditional and is based on God’s promises. While we do not earn our own way into this relationship, we are called to live out lives of devotion and obedience so that Christ will be seen through us.
Hebrews 8:6-13

August 28, 2022
Because Christ ministers with supreme authority, we should see His as greater than every circumstance, problem, shortcoming , or situation we could ever have or face. The writer of Hebrews reminds his readers that NOT seeing Him as greater was their exact problem.
Hebrews 8:1-5

September 4, 2022
Jesus has made a new covenant relationship with God possible for all who believe. The old covenant failed because of the people’s lack of devotion and obedience. By grace, God has provided a better covenant in Christ; one that is unconditional and is based on God’s promises. While we do not earn our own way into this relationship, we are called to live out lives of devotion and obedience so that Christ will be seen through us.
Hebrews 8:6-13

August 21, 2022
As the Great High Priest for the Church, Jesus secured our access to God. The One who dwells in unapproachable light calls those who are redeemed, cleansed, and forgiven to come close. Yet, like the first audience of Hebrews, we face temptations to drift away rather than draw near. If we are to endure and if we are to mature, then we must faithfully enter into God’s presence through our Great High Priest.
Hebrews 7:1-28

We often think of hope in terms of optimism. We think that as long as I stay positive and “think happy thoughts” that it will all work out in the end. The Bible does not paint hope in optimistic terms or happy thoughts but rather with words of certainty and objective thinking. Believer, our God has made promises in his word to us and God asks us to not just believe in them but to bank our lives on them. We have as “an anchor for our souls” Jesus as the fulfillment of all those promises. We as believers are called to the practice of abiding in Christ and the practice of reminding ourselves of his promises. Have this strong encouragement, fellow believer, our God wins!
Hebrews 6:13-20

Believers in Christ can have full assurance of hope. Our assurance is not based upon our confidence in our own actions. In fact, misplaced confidence is often the very source which generates doubt. Doubts do creep in during various seasons of our lives, and we need guidance toward the full assurance of Christ whether we’re in that season now or down the road.
Hebrews 6:9-12

All of us in some form or fashion have forgotten foundational truths before that are relevant to whatever it is that we do. Athletes, performers, and business people have all had those moments of forgetting something. But forgetting something and regressing in something are two different things. For the Hebrew people, the charge of Hebrews 5:11-14 isn’t because they forgot it's because they regressed. They are having to be retaught the doctrines of Christ and be fed with “milk and not solid food” again. For us regression in the faith can come in many ways but as discussed we oftentimes regress because we have diminished our view of sin and Jesus. The way we combat becoming dull and being fed solid food for maturity is by having a serious view of sin and a high and real view of Jesus. We as Christians have to take all sin seriously and the way we do that is by looking to God’s word to see how serious God takes sin, and by looking to Christ and seeing from the word how Jesus does experience the same temptations but yet did not sin. Our fight against dullness is a daily struggle and we can’t take any days off so take sin seriously and put yourself in front of Christ and see how he constantly gives us solid food.
Hebrews 5:11-14

Jesus is supremely better than everything else. Key leadership roles we find in Scripture for God’s people were the roles of prophet, priest, and king. Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of all three. Our passage this week shows how Christ is our supremely better high priest. The question for us is, “will we follow His example?”
Hebrews 5:1-10

July 10, 2022
Jesus is supremely better than any other source of help. There are many options available to help deal with brokenness and pain in our world, but only Jesus is able to provide help in this life and in the life to come. Why is this true? Our passage provides the answer and a call to hold fast to Him who we confess as our God and Savior.
Hebrews 4:14-16

July 3, 2022
The writer of Hebrews continues to reiterate and refine his point from Psalm 95, linking the idea of “rest” with obedience in the Christian life. But here, he issues another warning: that those who disobey will not enter God’s rest, and that the standard and judge of our actions is the living and active Word of God.
Hebrews 4:1-13

June 26, 2022
The Writer continues his admonition to the Jewish believers to not follow in the footsteps of the Israelites who, on the verge of entering the Promised Land, doubted God’s promises, rebelled and disobeyed God, and were prevented from entering the Promised Land and receiving God’s blessing of “rest”. He tells them the key to avoiding this behavior: exhort one another daily. He encourages them to remain faithful to Jesus to the end, thereby proving they are indeed truly saved.
Hebrews 3:12-10

To rightly understand Hebrews, we must deepen our familiarity with events of God’s people in the Old Testament. Hebrews 3:7-11 is a quotation from Psalm 95 which is a poetic account of Numbers 13-14. The rebellion of God’s people in the wilderness and God’s judgment against them provide the backdrop for what follows in the message of Hebrews.

June 12, 2022
The theme of Hebrews is, “Jesus is supremely better than everything else.” He is better than the prophets and the angels, and in Hebrews 3:1-6, we find He is supremely better than Moses. For the original audience of this letter, Moses was deeply revered and seen as the representative of the Law. But Jesus has ushered in something far greater than the limitations of the Law. His kingdom of grace has brought a uniquely better confidence and hope for God’s people

God became man! The incarnation of Christ was always God’s plan to bring redemption to all who believe in Him. Hebrews 2:10-18 holds precious truths that accompany our great salvation. He includes us in His glory, sanctifies us, identifies with our suffering, and helps us face temptation. We have a glorious Savior who has redeemed us and secured our place with our Heavenly Father.
Hebrews 2:10-18

Hebrews opens with an incredible declaration that the Son of God is fully God and upholds all things by the word of His power. Yet, it was God the Father’s will to have His Son step down in humility and taste death for humanity. Jesus, fully God, became fully man to pay for our sins through His death. He was then restored fully to His rightful position as King and to whom all of creation is in subjection. Hebrews 1 emphasized Christ’s deity, and now in chapter 2, we explore His humanity.
Hebrews 2:5-9

We have a God who invites us to draw near to Him every day. Yet, we face an everyday choice to listen to His invitation and seek Him or to neglect His voice and tune our hearts to our own voice or voices in this world. Neglecting faith causes spiritual drift. Spiritual drift results in God's discipline and outcomes all who are in Christ should want to avoid! Fortunately, there is a daily decision that can be made which will tune our hearts to His and prevent us from the dangers of spiritual drift.
Hebrews 2:1-4

The writer of Hebrews continues to discuss the superiority of Jesus by making his case that Jesus is superior to angels, God’s servants and supernatural messengers. Angels were a distraction to the Jewish Christians' devotion and worship of Jesus in AD 65. Unbelievers in AD 65 needed to be convinced Jesus was more than an angel, more than just a spiritual messenger. The writer of Hebrews makes it clear: He is God. We need to speak that same message to our misguided culture today.
Hebrews 1:5-14

The passage, Hebrews 1:1-4, provides beautiful clarity of the identity and work of Jesus. The Spirit reveals seven truths about our great God and Savior Jesus Christ which also contain five distinct doctrines which are found in Him also (revelation, creation, Christ’s identity, salvation, and His eternal reign). We will explore these seven truths which will all point us to one primary response…worship.

The living God has spoken! He has used general revelation (our created world) and special revelation (His inspired Word) to reveal who He is and to speak to us. By His grace, He has made Himself known especially through the words and works of His Son, Jesus Christ. God is speaking. Do we have ears to hear His voice?
Hebrews 1:1-2

Guest preacher, missionary, and professor from Asian Christian Academy, Dr. Joy George exhorts from Ephesians 6:10-20.

Starting with Palm Sunday, we have seen Scripture's answers to the question about Jesus, "Who is this?" We have seen the truth that Jesus is the Divine, Righteous, and Good King, Jesus is the Lamb of God, and today, we will see that Jesus is the Risen Son of God. He alone is worthy of our worship, and we are commissioned to make Him known.

Good Friday - Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

Palm Sunday is tied to the Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. This entry is a proclamation of Jesus being the divine, righteous, good King that the people need and that we need. When we think about our daily lives, what I would call an “ordinary Monday,” do we take time to stop and remember that Jesus is King? Oftentimes through the course of an ordinary Monday we don’t think about Jesus being our Divine King, or that he is our Righteous King, because we see the ordinary Monday as just that, ordinary. What if we thought to remind ourselves that it is Jesus who has placed us where we are and with the people, who may annoy or frustrate us, so that we can experience more of his glorious grace? What if we parented in such a way of not leaning on our own righteousness but on the righteousness of Christ? That when we engage our child, our student, our grown children, our grandchildren, we don’t try to impose our own righteousness on them but instead point them, walk with them, or run them to Jesus. When brokenness arises in us, or when we are made aware of the areas of brokenness in us, instead of running from Jesus thinking you have to clean yourself up, rather we remind ourselves of our good King Jesus. Letting Jesus into your brokenness and letting him clean you up. We have a King in Jesus who is divine, righteous, and good. Let’s run to that King.

The message of Jonah is that God loves His enemies. He has a heart to save the lost. Jonah, unfortunately, mirrors the worst part of ourselves that we can resent just how good and kind He can be toward people we despise. Jonah had a big problem that the compassion of God overcomes. Will we allow His compassion to overcome the anger which can lie within us?
Jonah 4

Jonah chapters 2-3 provide a contrast of two types of repentance. In chapter 2 Jonah lives out self-righteous repentance, with flowery words, biblical knowledge, all the forms expected… but none of the heart. Jonah is only pushed to repentance through extreme circumstances has no real recognition of his own heart issue and continues to feed his ego and make only the most surface-level changes of behavior, and will in the end return to the same error showing that no real change has occurred. In contrast, the Ninevites are confronted with their own sin, and turn in immediate, desperate, true heart-change repentance to God.

Jonah resisted the truth that God’s will was better than his own. This four-chapter book in the Old Testament holds a mirror up for us to what lies in the human heart which resists trusting God’s will and plan. Jonah is typically regarded as a children’s story about Jonah and a great fish. But, this historically true story contains an important message for God’s servant and people that has nothing to do with being swallowed by a fish!
Jonah 1

It is important to know when a church is healthy. How we treat one another inside the church and how we engage with the world around us are the key health indicators. This week our focus is on how we engage with the world. What should we be striving for as a church, along with other like-minded churches, that would be a tell-tale sign that our church family is healthy? Titus 3 will help us answer this question.

Paul gives the reason behind his instruction to Titus and reveals an earth-shattering truth about God’s grace to us—that God’s saving grace in Christ doesn’t just bring salvation, it also what teaches us to to live more Godly lives while we wait for his glorious return.
Titus 2:11-15

After instructing Titus on the work of raising up new elders and the warning of false teachers, Paul calls him to equip the church to learn, live, and lead godly doctrine which will point people to Jesus. This passage shares a direct connection with Paul’s reason for writing in Titus 1:1 (for the knowledge of the faith which accords with godliness).
Titus 2:1-10

After outlining an Elders character (Titus 1:5-9), Paul shifts his instruction to Titus to what must be rebuked in the Cretan churches, namely, legalism. Self-righteousness is not a new issue. Just as Titus needed to raise up leaders who would guard sound doctrine in the 1st century, so do we in the 21st. The main threat to the modern church is not the worldly culture outside of us. It is the pernicious problems that come from within. Church leaders must preserve and fight for sound doctrine that is anchored in the pure and gracious salvation found in Christ alone.
Titus 1:10-16

Local churches must have leaders to coordinate their labor, set an example for the congregation, and preserve the doctrinal tenets of the faith. They serve as under-shepherds to the Great-Shepherd, Jesus Christ and they must be able to say, as Paul does, “Follow me as I follow Christ”. The church planting work in Crete was not considered complete until qualified men were publicly entrusted with these leadership positions in each local church.
Titus 1:5-9

In the introduction of Paul’s letter to Titus, Paul describes the primary purpose of writing this pastoral letter. He does this for the sake of the Church to deepen godly knowledge which would result in godly living. Faith. Knowledge. Godliness. These three terms provide the pattern of maturity that is necessary for growth as believers. Along with this purpose, Paul provides one of the most theologically dense passages about the nature of God and the deity of Christ in the Bible. This is a wonderful start to a powerful letter that will guide not only our lives but our initiatives as a church family at Tomball Bible Church.
Titus 1:1-4

All of us have an innate drive to belong. No one, no matter the background, personality type, or culture, is designed for isolation. The group(s) with whom we belong shape our thinking, beliefs, and behaviors. Just as God has provided an identity in Christ for individuals, He has also provided a group for these individuals. The Church is not just any group of people. The Church is a community of God’s people who are filled with the Holy Spirit and called to represent God in the world by making mature disciples of Jesus Christ. The group(s) with whom we belong and identify will determine the effectiveness and fruitfulness of our Christian witness.

It comes as no surprise that money has a significant impact on our identity. Both wanting wealth or having wealth can hold sway over what we think about, how we view ourselves, or how we compare ourselves with others. For many of us, we define ourselves by what we do or do not have. This definition falls short of the identity which is ours in Christ. Paul instructed Timothy with a godly view of wealth and a call to godliness in the church which demands a response from us so that we sustain a biblical view of the resources God has entrusted to us.

The last 30 years have seen a monumental shift in our culture regarding sexuality and gender. This has been a shift away from a biblical understanding of our identity as originally created by God. But in truth, what is unfolding in our culture is the outcome of longstanding philosophies that are opposed to God’s Word. Biblical guidance is necessary for individuals and families to understand how we, as a society, have arrived at this place in human history. May the Lord provide His guidance through the Truth of His Word, so that we would rightly respond to Him, to each other, and to the world.

Your identity (who you are) is defined by God, not by you. If you are a Christian, your identity is In Christ, and you are defined by God as “a chosen, adopted child of God; sinful, but declared innocent, holy and blameless; radically and irrevocably loved by God.” Work is not your identity. To think your identity is in your work is both contrary to Scripture, and is emotionally unhealthy. While work is not your identity, your work is very important to God. The Bible has a lot to say about our work, and can be summarized in six points: 1. God works, so work is good. 2. Man is created in God’s image, so man works too. 3. God gave us work as a blessing and a gift. 4. We work in partnership with God to provide for mankind. 5. We work for Jesus, not for men. 6. God is glorified when we do our work well. How do we do our work well? By following biblical commands about work, e.g., commands found in 1 Timothy 6:1-2, Titus 2:9-10, Colossians 3:22-4:6 and Ephesians 6:5-9

Our passage this week focuses on the first events recorded in the gospel of Luke after the birth of Christ. From the parents’ perspective, they were expecting to dedicate Jesus to the Lord according to the Law. Yet what occurred was far more significant than they could ever know. Two prophetic words would be declared about Him that Jesus would become the light of the world, our redemption, for the glory of God.

We have our heading as a church. The direction for us is clearly defined in Ephesians 4:11-16. TBC must equip the saints for the work of ministry. Come and hear what we believe are the central areas of equipping for the year ahead as well as why now is the time for the Church to be grounded in what truly defines us.

The advent of Christ was all part of God's plan from the beginning to show His love for us to rescue us from our sins through the death and resurrection of His Son. We were guilty, yet God chose to intervene and sacrifice the Innocent One in our place. This is the sacrificial love of God that remains steadfast for all who are in Christ. This is the love we have received and is the very kind of love we should show others.
Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Romans 5:6-8

The promise of Jesus in John 16 is that he is our peace. It’s a humbling thought that the God of the universe, who is holy, righteous, and just, would be willing to lay down his life for us. We are broken – not holy, not righteous-- and have corrupted justice to meet our own desires. But God, in his rich mercy Paul writes of in Ephesians 2, became man and dwelt among us. Jesus willingly laid down his life for us so that we can have his peace in us. The peace that is in Jesus gives us a new position before God, and a way to be at peace with others. We can now go before the holy, righteous, and just God and call him Father because Jesus is our peace. We can now be at peace with others because Jesus is our peace for one another. We have peace in this world – and all the chaos that comes with it – because Jesus is our peace. “In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

God promised to send a Savior who would shine the light of hope and salvation and bring victory over His enemies. The light and victory of the Messiah are the basis of joy in Isaiah 9:1-7. Joy should be a hallmark of God’s people in every generation because Jesus is our true source of Joy as our Light, our Victor, and our Savior! Our challenge? Keeping Jesus as our sole focus to sustain our joy as well as to live from an attitude and mindset of joy. The good news is that we can find joy renewed in His presence.

The term Advent means “coming.” The prophet Micah foretold a future hope for the people of God in the advent of the Messiah, who would come from the town of Bethlehem. Matthew tells us in his Gospel that this hope is fulfilled in the birth Jesus Christ. As a church we stand firm on the prophecies fulfilled in Christ and the present hope they bring us. We also remain hopeful for the future Advent of Christ when he returns in glory.

As we head into the Thanksgiving and Christmas season, we need a biblical and intentional mindset. Most, if not all of us, will gather with loved ones and friends, which include those we very much want to see as well as those who can be quite a challenge to be around. The upcoming holiday gatherings are potential platforms for the gospel to be shared and lived. Whether we make the most of these platforms will ultimately come down to persevering in showing a balance of mercy and truth. A.W. Tozer said we are "to contend for the faith without being contentious!" The Letter of Jude provides the appeal we need, along with the mindset required, so that we remain attentive to our own walks with Christ as we actively seek to point people we know and love to Him.

Paul concludes 2 Corinthians with final instructions and a benediction blessing for the church. This benediction contains the three great words of the gospel: grace, love, and fellowship. The greatness of these words is found in their source, our Three-in-One God. These three words not only reveal God to us but define both our experience and our mission in Christ. May we, as a result of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, live life together shaped by the Cross.
2 Corinthians 13:11-14

What godly concerns should be carried by believers for one another? This is an important question. The question itself forces us to move beyond ourselves to consider others. Paul clearly lays out the godly concerns he has for the Corinthians and models the concern of Christ for His people. This week’s message will answer the question of what concerns we should carry and provide a specific call to action which is timely for us as a church family at Tomball Bible Church.
2 Corinthians 12:11-13:10

Suffering and hardship for the sake of Christ build a greater dependence on the Lord within us. It is through these difficulties that we also experience God’s peace and the power to endure by faith. We also gain a deeper insight and understanding into the suffering Christ endured for us through His death on the cross. Paul boasted in his sufferings because of these outcomes which serve to remind us of holding the godly perspective that hardships deepen our relationship with Christ.
2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Alarmed at the influence of false teachers in the Corinthian church (whom Paul called “false apostles, deceitful workmen, and servants of Satan”), Paul addressed the problem head-on. The false apostles had been boasting about themselves, slandering Paul, and being abusive to the Corinthian believers. Paul, against his better wishes, decided to speak in the same language as the false apostles, in order to get the Corinthians’ attention: namely, the language of foolish boasting. Paul believed the real credentials of a servant of Christ are measured by the hardships endured while serving Jesus. He then laid out (in boastful fashion) a long list of the many serious, dangerous hardships he has endured as a servant of Jesus, re-confirmed his love for the Corinthians, and ended up boasting about his weakness.
2 Corinthians 11:16-33

When is it ok to be jealous!? Only when we are jealous to keep Jesus as the love of our lives for ourselves and for others. In our passage, Paul wrote with divine jealousy wanting only one thing for the Corinthian church, sincere and pure devotion to Jesus. This devotion was being distorted and corrupted from false influences within the church; influences tied to Satan himself. When a church holds fast to sincere and pure devotion, such a church (both communally and individually) is lifted up, loved deeply, and protected from corrupting influences.
2 Corinthians 11:1-15

Our boast in who we are and what we do is shaped by who Jesus is and what He has uniquely done for us. The problem for us is that our enemy and our sinful hearts lead us to boast in ourselves rather than Christ. This, in turn, leads us on the unsatisfying chase of a self-satisfied life rather than a Spirit-led pursuit of Jesus and His calling on our lives. Keep Jesus and His work for you the boast of your life, and therein, you will find His satisfaction and yours.
2 Corinthians 10:7-18

Manipulation and deceit should find no home at Tomball Bible Church or in our hearts. These “carnal weapons” were what Paul’s opponents in the churches of Corinth used in their false, underhanded ways. When we resort to deceit, coercion, and manipulation, we no longer represent Christ but rather a twisted, graceless, and spiritually void image of ourselves. This is not the way of Christ. Rather, we are called to wage spiritual warfare relying on the power of God through the “spiritual weapons” given by the Holy Spirit to rightly represent Christ and fight against evil schemes in the external and internal war zones of our lives.
2 Corinthians 10:1-6

Giving generously should be a cheerful part of our lives as Christians. We have been given eternity by God through faith in Jesus Christ. This indescribable gift of life in Christ is to be reflected in every aspect of our lives. 2 Corinthians 9:1-15 teaches us why we should give decidedly and cheerfully because of four overflowing outcomes of godly generosity.

How we steward resources as a local church really, really matters. Our stewardship is a direct reflection of our desire to honor and worship the Lord as well as to demonstrate fiscal integrity in the sight of people inside and outside the Church. All of us are accountable to steward God’s gifts with faithfulness and integrity. 2 Cor. 8:16-24 provides Paul’s example and biblical guidance in aiming at what is honorable in the sight of God and man.

Summary: Generosity is a mark of a Christ-centered church. Over the next three weeks we will explore the central NT teaching (2 Cor. 8-9) on the expression of generosity in and through the local church. Our generosity is directly tied to our gratitude for the gospel work of Jesus.

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

When we sin, God the Holy Spirit brings His correction to us through the Scriptures—sometimes as we read our Bible and sometimes as other believers speak into our lives. We, then, are faced with a choice—we can, in our self-focus, chose to respond with worldly sorrow, which leads to death … or we can respond with godly sorrow, which leads to repentance. And repentance, which is to turn from our sin and self-salvation efforts to God Himself, leads to maturity and joy.

2 Corinthians 7:2-16

We are easily influenced. Jerry Bridges wrote in his book, The Pursuit of Holiness, “Many Christians have what we might call a ‘cultural holiness’. They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them.” The same is also true how we can adapt to the values and behavior of unbelievers, and as a result, see subtle shifts of our affections for and worship of God to the things of this world. 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 will expose the danger we face and provide the Truth our hearts need to keep God as the only focus of our love and worship.

"Come further up, come further in!" This cry was written by C.S. Lewis as one of his Narnia characters (the Unicorn) experienced Lewis' version of eternal life in his book, The Last Battle. This cry resonates with the heart of Paul in 2 Corinthians. He longed for the church to live in unity with God, himself, and one another. There is an invitation that stands for us in the Church, and that invitation is open our lives as we share in similar circumstances and sufferings because the day of salvation has come! We want and need to be a church that goes "further up and in" in how we love another, stand in unity, and grow deeper in Christian maturity together.

2 Corinthians 6:1-13

God makes His appeal of rescue and reconciliation through His people, the Church. And as His ambassadors, it is essential that we regard everyone from a spiritual perspective, reconcile relationships, and represent Christ in any circumstance. We have the incredible privilege of being the conduit through which the living God is rescuing and reconciling those who are lost.

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

How can you be sure that your life in Christian ministry will be rewarded by God? Is it possible to be certain? In 2 Corinthians 5, the Apostle Paul wrote that there will be a reckoning before Christ of the deeds we did in this life. Some of our deeds will result in reward and some will be burned up in judgment. 2 Corinthians 5:11-15 provides believers with two motivations that we can be certain will result in rich reward by our King.

After Paul exhorts the Corinthians not to lose heart and to consider the unseen, he reminds them of the unseen future hope of believers: heaven and the resurrection. But even in this encouragement, he reminds the believers again to live by faith, not by sight, in light of the judgment seat of Christ that comes after death.
2 Corinthians 5:1-10

"We do not lose heart" can be the creed for everyone in Christ. Even though we always face trouble, God has provided us with a sure and certain hope both for the future and for the present. And we can access this hope at all times if we remember the precious promises found in 2 Corinthians 4:13-18.

It is no secret that we face hardship in life. Our text today focuses on the kind of hardships that are directly linked to following Jesus. Suffering for the name of Christ is one of God’s chosen methods to help us experientially discover Christ, His surpassing power and hope, and the life-giving impact He makes in the lives of others through us.

2 Corinthians 4:7-12

Paul was radically transformed when he encountered the blinding light and voice of Christ. His ministry was shaped by what he experienced so that he would, in turn, shine the light of Christ by living and proclaiming the gospel. Like Paul, we have the same calling and opportunity as Christ’s “light-bearers”. To do this we must overcome the dimming dangers we all face from internal and external threats.
2 Corinthians 4:1-6

Likely in response to false teachers in Corinth who were teaching the Old Covenant (i.e., that people are saved by faith in Jesus PLUS obeying the Law), Paul had 3 things to say: (1) the New Covenant has greater glory than the Old Covenant [7-11], (2) the Jews have a veil over their hearts [12-18], and (3) Paul compared and contrasted the Old and New Covenants, by using names, nicknames, verbs and adjectives woven like a thread throughout these verses. In doing so, Paul made it clear that the New Covenant is far superior to the Old Covenant.

2 Corinthians 3:7-18

Paul begins the third chapter of 2 Corinthians with a couple of rhetorical questions that set up a discussion about where one’s confidence in ministry comes from. Paul makes clear the confidence he has comes from Christ, but that is not unique to his call as an Apostle. On the contrary, it is a confidence that all believers should share.

Each of us have a God-given influence on the lives around us. How do we make the most of this? We are not to be passive, yet we are also not to try and take control as if we are the ones who guide the Holy Spirit. Our passage today will provide us with much-needed guidance on what we want, which is to live the life of influence that points people toward Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 2:12-17

2 Corinthians 2:5-11 shows us how the practice of church discipline and restoration tests a church’s obedience to Christ as well as its love for one another. The church who models this obedience and love results in greater unity in the body and protection from Satan’s divisive schemes. This responsibility of church leaders not only restores a fallen brother or sister but also reflects how Jesus restored Christians to a right standing with God and continues to reaffirm His love for us.

Paul had visited the church in Corinth in ~56 AD, for the first time since founding it 6-7 years earlier. During his visit, which he called his “painful visit”, Paul had been publicly humiliated by an individual in the church, who slandered Paul’s character and criticized him for failing to visit Corinth as he had planned. Worse yet, the Corinthian believers for the most part had failed to support and defend Paul. Hurt by these actions, Paul returned to Ephesus and wrote a strongly-worded letter to the church (this letter was lost; it is not in the Bible), exhorting them to discipline this individual, and repent of their failure to defend Paul. This lost letter “grieved” the Corinthians, and Paul found himself at odds in his relationship with the church he had founded. He wrote to them again (2nd Corinthians), and in today’s section (2 Corinthians 1:12 to 2:4), Paul defended his character and explained his actions.

What is a biblical perspective on suffering and affliction? Why do bad things happen to "good" people? These are really challenging questions. It is commonplace for people to draw conclusions about God or even about themselves that lead away from hope when going through suffering. The truth is that God uses suffering and trouble to reveal who He is in us and through us and to comfort us in any circumstance. Our challenge is to consistently rely on Him in times of trouble rather than ourselves. When we rely on Him, we receive His comfort and are able to love and serve others by encouraging and comforting others in the midst of their trials and troubles as well.

1 Corinthians 1:1-11

By God’s sovereign design, He has always set apart a redeemed people to glorify Him and represent Him in the world. As Christians, we need the reminder that each day carries great significance, and our daily faithfulness really matters. The Church is God’s Plan A to reveal Jesus to the world today. There is no Plan B.

Ruth 4

Everyone leaves a legacy. Our legacy will reveal what we did (or left undone) and how we treated others. It’s true of you and is certainly true of your mom. Regardless of the closeness of the relationship you share/shared with your mom, you should honor Christ through your mom’s unique legacy. Because of the common ground we have with each that we all have had a mother, talking about her legacy can be an effective way to honor Christ and point others to Him.

1 Peter 3:8-15

Naomi recognizes Boaz’s interest as likely greater than simple compassion and crafts a cunning plan to ensure that Ruth finds the security of a household and a husband. Ruth, in deference to her mother-in-law, follows the plan. But because of the purity of Ruth’s loyal love for Naomi and Boaz, and because of the redeeming character of Boaz that leads him to protect rather than exploit the weak, a plan that could have turned to sin turned to redemption. When we enter situations with a motive of loyal love for God and others and hold fast to the character that builds up rather than exploits the weak, we will see God work through us to redeem the lives of those we are around.

Life is full of tragedy. It is inescapable because we live in a cursed, broken world. And when we, or people we love, experience tragic circumstances, it causes us to question, doubt, or even blame God. We know that emotions are not to be trusted, but our faith gets challenged when it feels like we've been left to ourselves, abandoned by our Father. We need truth and a godly response to tragedy, both for ourselves and for others who find themselves in dark times. This beautiful story reveals a God who loves us with a covenant love that is weaving all of our circumstances into the fabric of His sovereign plan, which is ultimately for His glory and our greatest good.

Ruth 1

The epilogue of the Gospel of John. John 21:1-25

Jesus Christ is risen! His resurrection is the truth that validates the claims made in Scripture that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. John's gospel account of the resurrection shows the progression of understanding for Christ's followers with each of His appearances which crescendos to the purpose of the book, "but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing, you may have life in his name."

John 20:1-31

Jesus crucifixion, death, and burial are presented from the perspectives of others in the story (Pilate, the Jewish high priests, the Roman soldiers, Mary and John, and Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus), and the meaning of Jesus' death is explained. Three spiritual takeaways come from the passage: 1) what we do with Jesus really matters; 2) Jesus' death fully satisfied God's wrath against our sins; and 3) being convinced of Jesus' love for us gives us courage to stand for Him.

John 19:17-42 - Brett Wilson

Through the six trials against Jesus (3 religious, 3 civil), it is clear that there was no basis for the condemnation of Jesus. All human courts failed to produce a guilty verdict, and yet, even in Christ's innocence, He was condemned to death. Why!? It was the will of God, before time began, to rescue His people from their sin and rejection of Him. The only way to completely satisfy His holy wrath against sin was for Him to take our place, which is what Jesus, and only Jesus, did for us. We stand free of condemnation because He stood condemned in our place.

John 18:28-19:16

The trials and denials of Jesus mark some of the darkest moments of His life on earth. Only His suffering of the brutality of the cross and carrying the weight of our sin goes beyond the darkness of the injustice He encountered in the trials before the religious and civil leaders and Peter's denials. In the face of great injustice, Jesus modeled standing firm in truth and remaining resolute in obedience. The actions of the religious leaders and Peter mirror the dark potential within each of us to rely on ourselves rather than follow Christ. May we all stand firm and resolute in how we deny ourselves to follow the One who denied Himself to deliver us from sin and death.

John 18:13-27

John 18:1-11 contains the betrayal and arrest of Jesus leading to His death, burial, and resurrection. This passage is talking about Jesus' willful submission to "drink the cup" of suffering His Father has given Him. This "cup of suffering" is not like any kind of suffering known to humanity. This is God the Son yielding to the very people He created who would betray (Judas), arrest (religious leaders and soldiers), and abandon (the disciples) Him. John made it clear that Christ, even though He possessed all power and authority, gave Himself to the will of His Father so that He would bring salvation and life to all who believe in His Name (John 20:30-31).

Jesus has one last charge for the disciples before he ascends to heaven. He proclaims the great commission telling his followers to make other followers to reach the nations. Because of this passage, Tomball Bible Church exists to glorify Jesus Christ, by making mature disciples to reach the nations. A spiritually mature disciple makes disciples who make disciples. Disciples use their given gifts to reach the nations for Christ. We find out how to do that in this week's message. | Matthew 28:16-20

A spiritually mature disciple learns to know God so that he lives “low and slow” and leads in his God-given gifts. Christ has given gifts to the Church by His grace through the Spirit. These gifts are roles of service and abilities given to every believer that are Spirit-empowered which God uses to build up the Church and to make Christ known. | Ephesians 4:7-16

Our mission is to glorify Christ by making mature disciples to reach the nations. We are in good company as this was Paul's aim in ministry also (Col. 1:28-29)! Spiritual maturity is hard to define because we are deeply flawed, often hold different views of what maturity is, and do not always know how to recognize it in ourselves and others. The Apostle Paul helps us move toward a shared definition by calling us to a godly life that is lived "low and slow" in relationship with our Triune God and with other believers. | Ephesians 4:1-6

The reason we exist at Tomball Bible Church is to glorify Jesus Christ by making mature disciples to reach the nations. But what does it mean to glorify Jesus? How do we actually go about doing that? What does it look like for us to be a church that glorifies Jesus? | Various Scriptures

Supplication is asking God to give us something specific. We are encouraged to ask for whatever we want. God already knows what we will ask, and he delights when we do so. The Bible specifies at least eight conditions that we must meet in order for God to grant our requests. God is sovereign, but he sometimes changes his plan in response to our supplications, and sometimes he says “no”. Sometimes he gives us something different, or at a different time, or in a different manner. When that happens, we must believe that God gives us something better, because God works all things for good to those who are Christians. When we lay our supplications before the Lord, we must hold tightly to the truth, and not waiver in it: God is good. God sees and hears. God cares. God provides. God answers. God gives us what is best. | Various Scriptures

"Thank you" is such a simple expression. It serves as a response to a demonstration or word of kindness. There is quite a dynamic range for expressing gratitude: from a quick, polite "thank you" that might be expressed at a drive-thru window to an overwhelming speechlessness after a child was rescued from harm by a courageous neighbor. Because of God's loyal love, we have limitless reasons to enter into God's presence with thankfulness. Yet, like nine lepers who were healed by Jesus, we can too-easily forget to bring our thanks to the Lord. Thankfulness is a gift from God that reminds us of His rightful place as our Lord and protects us from short-term gratitude loss of His undeserved grace. | Psalm 100

Out of deep love and kindness, God shines His light on us. His truth exposes the dark pursuits we each have. And when we sin, and conviction comes through the Spirit, the Word, or the body of believers, we have a gracious gift from God called confession. To confess is to agree with God about the truth that we have turned away from His holy standard. How will you respond when faced with the truth? The wise love the truth and humbly repent. The foolish despise the truth and seek to change the truth so they do not have to repent. The evil seek to destroy the truth and have no regard for God or others, only themselves at all costs. Psalm 51 provides the biblical guidance we need to be restored to God through confession of our sin. | Psalm 51

What must it be like to be in the literal presence of God? When you pray, do you regularly have a sense or awareness of being in the midst of His indescribable power, holiness, and steadfast love? Bringing God adoration lifts our eyes out of the limitations of the physical world around us to gaze on our limitless God. Every atom, cell, star, galaxy, and galaxy cluster (even the universe) is upheld by the word of His power (Heb. 1:3). Bringing praise and adoration to God tunes our hearts to His and shifts our attention from what we lack to Whose we are. | Psalm 103

The temple of God was always intended to be a house of prayer. Now, through the Holy Spirit, the Church is a new temple where God dwells by His Spirit (Eph. 2:22). Prayer is an absolute essential for being the people of God. We are called to pray fervently and unceasingly. As we enter into a new year, we seek to grow as a house of prayer by seeking God's face with renewed intention and purpose. In order to do this, we will explore the reality that prayer invites us into a real-time encounter with God. | Various Scriptures

2020 has been a year full of ups and downs and surprises. There might be plenty of things that have happened that you would like to forget. While trying to forget the hard times, we tend to also forget that God was faithful during the dark seasons. Today, we look at the book of Joshua and how the Lord calls us to remember what he has done for us and what he continues to do for us. | Joshua 4

John shares two defining characteristics of Jesus in John 1:14. He is full of grace and truth. Our Savior is the complete Source of both. To fully understand the words, grace and truth, we need the OT background which provides the important connection to God's covenant love and faithfulness. As Christians, we are called to be like Christ, but we can only walk in grace and truth through Him and by the empowering of the Holy Spirit. It is not enough to have one without the other, and any combination that does not include full grace and full truth toward others is a selfish pursuit. Though it may not be popular in our culture, it is time for us, the church, to fully walk in the grace and the truth of Jesus. | John 1:14

The incarnation of Jesus is central to our faith as Christians. Jesus came to us with two natures. In His humanity, He became our perfect, once-for-all sacrifice for our sin. He atoned for us so that we would be redeemed and restored to God. In His deity, He revealed the glory of God in such a way that had never before been made known. In Christ, the glory of God is seen and through faith in Him, the glory of God is shared with all who believe. This week, may you think much of the great glory of Jesus, and may He guide you to worship Him. | John 1:14

Immanuel - God with us. Our God, in His love for us, took on flesh and dwelt among us. From the beginning, God has longed for His people to dwell with Him. Because He is holy and we are not, we cannot be in His presence due to our sin. Yet, God chose to rescue us by sending Jesus our Savior so that we could be restored by faith and we could dwell in the presence of God. Only Christ could uniquely accomplish our salvation. And as His church, we get to be a unique reflection of who He is in the world. | John 1:14

We believe God is one God in three persons, and that Jesus (the second person of the Trinity) took on an additional nature – a human nature - when he was born as a baby on Christmas Day. That Jesus became flesh, commonly called the incarnation, is a divine mystery. That Jesus is fully God and fully man is a foundational belief of the Christian faith, and is supported by five main biblical truths: (1) Jesus has two natures, divine and human, (2) Each nature is full and complete, (3) Each nature remains distinct and unmixed, (4) Jesus is only one person, and (5) things that are true of only one nature are nonetheless true of Jesus. Thus, Jesus is fully God and fully man, but without sin. That Jesus is fully divine is supported by the facts that Jesus: claimed to be God, was stated as God by New Testament writers and by God the Father, has all the attributes of God, and acted like God. That Jesus is fully man (but sinless) is apparent because he was born a baby, has a human body, mind, emotions, and will, and was tempted. The incarnation fulfilled prophecy. Jesus still has a human nature today, and will be a man forever. The incarnation is important because (1) only a man can die in our place to pay the penalty for our sins, (2) we need a God-man mediator, (3) we need a human role model (like us, but without flaws), (4) we want a savior we can relate to in a personal way, and (5) Jesus’ incarnation shows us what our future will be. By way of application, (1) Let our worship be filled with delight, wonder, and amazement that the God-man pursues us, (2) Let us take humble actions this Christmas season, like what Jesus did, and (3) Let us adore the God-man who took on flesh in order to die for us. | John 1:14a

The closing verses of John 17 provide Christ’s prayer for not only His disciples but for all of those who will believe in Him through their witness in the world. Jesus made three petitions of the Father on behalf of the Church. He prayed for our unity, our glory, and our deepening understanding of God. All of these petitions are ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Himself. He knew what His disciples did not. His sacrifice on the cross and victorious return to the Father would provide everything they needed (and all we need) to fulfill His purpose in the world. | John 17:20-26

Based on the faith of His eleven disciples and the beautiful truth that they were given to Him by the Father, Jesus prays on their behalf. Having prayed for Himself, Jesus prays and petitions His Father that His followers would be kept secure and set apart for their kingdom purpose. Kept and set apart. These are two promises which believers in Christ have been given. The Trst response to these promises for believers is to praise and worship our great King. May you be open to follow the Lord's prompting in your life to praise His Name. | John 17:6-19

Jesus finishes his final discourse with a prayer so unique, so specific to His personhood, that it is often called the High Priestly Prayer. In this first section of his prayer, Jesus prays for his own glory as the hour of his death and subsequent glory fast approaches. | John 17:1-5

Life is a difficult journey with many toils and snares. Lean into the story of another person, and you will discover a mixed bag of life experiences. Christ assured His disciples that they would face hardships, especially persecution (even death) because of Him. John 16:33 is one of the hallmark verses in the gospel of John. Jesus shares that in the midst of our hard roads, He is our peace and His victory over the world is the basis of our peace. We can face our hardships with peace by relying on God’s provisions of loving access to Him and overcoming peace in Him. | John 16:25-33

There's a pretty long list of things that we can allow to rob us of joy. One of the most common joy robbers is confusion about God's plan. We face hardships in various forms all the time. It is challenging for us when we do not know what God is doing or why He allows our circumstances. The disciples were right in the middle of confusion over Christ's words that He would leave them and yet in a little while He would see them. In the midst of the confusion, Jesus made a promise to them. He promised He would turn their sorrow into joy. This promise was sealed by His resurrection and by the sealing work of the Holy Spirit. This certain promise should result in active dependence on the Lord in prayer which results in seeing Jesus and being filled with His gift of "un-take-able" joy. | John 16:16-24

We live in world at war. It is a war that has raged since humanity’s first fall into active rebellion against God. This conflict is in two theaters: the physical theater and the spiritual theater. And all is not quiet on either front! The Church faces incredible opposition from Satan, our enemy, as well as the world “club,” our opposition from our fellow man. The disciples found themselves filled with sorrow over the predicted hardships coming their way along with the imminent departure of Jesus. Christ’s instruction in John 16:4-15 reveals the powerful advantage for the disciples (and the Church) as this world war continues. Our advantage? The Holy Spirit. Why is He our strategic advantage? The Holy Spirit neutralizes our enemies and reveals the Truth (intel) we need to fight the good fight in faith. By His power and presence, we press ahead together to love, admonish, and encourage one another to move in unity. | John 16:4-15

Jesus continued his private instructions to his apostles, just 2-3 days before his death. Jesus warned them about “The World Club” (or “the world” as it is called in Scripture), a global club of members united around one common interest: active rebellion against God. Jesus warned his apostles (and us) that the World Club will hate Christians because (1) Christians are not members of the World Club, (2) the World Club hates Jesus, and (3) the World Club does not know God the Father. Jesus repeated his promise to send the Holy Spirit to help his apostles after he was gone, and commanded them to bear witness. He warned them that persecution would come in many forms. Jesus wanted them to be ready and not alarmed when it happened. Applications for us: Be ready. Count the cost. Love your enemies. Tell the Good News to the World Club. | John 15:18-16:4

Loving one another really, really, really matters in the church. We need to look no further than Jesus’ words to His disciples (and to us) in John 15:12-17 for the reasons why this is true. The church is not a building, but a family of brother and sisters in Christ who are called to represent Jesus in the world. So what did Jesus say that makes loving one another really, really, really matter? 1. He commanded us to. 2. He changed our relationship status. 3. He chose us for an eternal purpose. May we pause to consider our personal expression of love for one another. And may God deepen how love is on display in our church family. | John 15:12-17

The mark of a maturing disciples is abiding in Christ. To abide in this passage is not simply to rest passively with Jesus. To abide means daily devotion with Jesus through active prayer, love, and obedience. As Christ is preparing His disciples for His departure to the Father, He is giving these final instructions that they would believe in Him and persevere in the days, months, and years ahead. We, like His first disciples, will produce godly fruit through our prayer, love, and obedience regardless of our circumstances as we abide in Jesus in good times or bad. | John 15:1-11

The person and the work of the Holy Spirit is essential truth for the Christian life. In this weekend’s message, we explored the truth that the Holy Spirit is God, a Person, and has distinct work. We also found that the life we are called to live in the Spirit is a life of righteousness, peace, and joy. | Various scriptures

Jesus’ death is near and he knows everything is about to change, but his disciples are still not getting it. He’s demonstrated his love for them, and now he instructs them to show their love for him with their obedience. He also assures them that they will not be alone in their struggle to love and obey but will have a Helper—the promised Spirit. | John 14:15-24

The words and works of Jesus Christ reveal that He is one with the Father. To know Jesus is to know the Father. To see Jesus is to see the Father. Christ's purpose throughout His ministry was to bring glory to the Father and to reveal what the Father is like to humanity. The glory of God in the Old Testament was linked to the word weight (kavōd). This was a measure of volume, of weight. Jesus was completely fixated on revealing the indescribably heavy nature of God's majesty, beauty, and holiness. In our text, we will see that the words and works of Christ reveal God's glory, and that as His followers, our words and works carry the same aim, the glory of God. How does your life reflect the glory of God? "How much do you weigh?" | John 14:7-14

What is the solution for a troubled heart? For the disciples (and for us today), Jesus exhorted them to believe in Him as God. He followed his exhortation in John 14:1 with an explanation of the future glory His disciples would have in Him. He promised a physical home with God, and at the center of that home, was Christ’s very presence. Jesus himself is our home. This is why we can find comfort in the midst of troubling times: He is with us. Not only is Jesus our home; He is also our only way home. Christ makes the exclusive claim that He, alone, is the way and the truth and the life and that no one comes to the Father except through Him. This is our certain hope, which brings joy to those who believe. We have the privilege walking with our Savior in any circumstance and the responsibility to live an inviting life to call others to believe in Him as well. | John 14:1-6

God intends for the church to reflect the love and humility of Christ. But the church is not an individual sport. How we move in unity and display our love and humility for and with one another directly affects the outcome of how a watching world sees the Lord. When we get this right, God is glorified, and when we don’t, God is blasphemed.

John 13:21-38 is written in three sections. Each section reveals truth about how Jesus Himself loved His disciples...even His betrayer, Judas. These truths can help us consider our own love for Christ and for one another. | John 13:21-38

We have the awesome privilege and responsibility to reflect Jesus every day in every way. He has provided everything we need to do this through the Holy Spirit, the Scriptures, the fellowship of believers, and His own example. John 13:1-20 records one of the most important moments of humility and instruction Jesus gave to His disciples and who would ever read the Gospel of John, the washing of the disciples’ feet. | John 13:1-20

Jesus continued his speech to a crowd of Jews and Greek in Jerusalem, only 3-4 days before his crucifixion and death. Jesus said he was “troubled” at the thought of his impending pain and death. But he was committed to carry through with the suffering because it would fulfill God’s purpose and bring glory to God’s name. God the Father confirmed this by speaking audibly to him. The Jews questioned Jesus, believing that Scripture said the Messiah would remain forever; so why did Jesus say he would die? Jesus didn’t answer; instead, he rebuked them and told them to believe in him – the light -- soon, for he would not remain with them for long, and they would soon be overtaken by darkness. John then explained the unbelief of the Jews: they did not believe in Jesus because God had hardened their hearts. Why? Because they refused to believe, as prophesied in Scripture. John said “some of them believed,” but it was not likely saving faith. They were unwilling to admit they believed in Jesus for fear of the Jewish leaders. John wrapped up this chapter by repeating the main points Jesus had preached. | John 12:27-50

On the Saturday before His crucifixion, Jesus is anointed by Mary at a dinner in his honor in Bethany. At the dinner, Judas the betrayer criticizes Mary as well as dishonors Jesus. On Sunday, Jesus, rides the royal mount of a purebred donkey colt into Jerusalem as the crowds acclaim Him as King. Later that day, Gentile ‘God-fearers,’ in Jerusalem for Passover, come to see Jesus. Jesus responds with a parable about His upcoming death—the purpose of which is to give life. | John 12:1-26

After Lazarus’ resurrection, the Sanhedrin plots to kill Jesus. Caiaphas, the high priest, utters a prophecy: Jesus will die for the nation. John adds in his commentary that Jesus died not for the nation only but to gather for himself a people from every nation. | John 11:45-57

Jesus arrives at Lazarus’ funeral and is deeply moved and greatly troubled to the point of weeping. But even in the emotional complexity of the moment, Jesus displays his divinity by raising his friend back to life.

Lazarus is sick and his sisters send word to Jesus to help. Jesus loved Lazarus and Mary and Martha, so naturally Jesus waited to go see them. This morning we find out why he did that and that Jesus is the resurrection and the life.

Some Jews confronted Jesus and asked him: “Are you the Christ or not?” But their question was more like “Are you the promised political king who will free us from Roman rule?” Jesus said he had already told them he was the spiritual Messiah who would bring eternal life (not political freedom); and that his miracles were proof that he was the son of God. Jesus said the reason they didn’t believe in him was because they were not in Jesus’ flock; they were not chosen (elected) by God, the doctrine of divine election. He then affirmed the doctrine of Preservation of the saints: that true Christians cannot lose their salvation: both Jesus the Son and God the Father would protect it forever. Then Jesus said “I and the Father are one”, clearly stating that he is the second person of the Trinity: the Son of God. The Jews moved to stone Jesus for blasphemy because they believed he was a mere man, claiming to be God. Jesus validated his claim by referring to Psalm 82, where God called the unjust Israelite judges “gods”; and said that since He (Jesus ) was superior to the judges, he was justified in calling himself Son of God. He urged the Jews to believe the miracles; but they would not believe either his words or his miracles. Jesus walked away unharmed (His time had not yet come). He left Jerusalem, and crossed to the east side of the Jordan River, where many believed in him. | John 10:22-42

John 10:1-21 contains two of the seven “I am” statements Jesus made to declare His identity as the Son of God, fully God and fully man. He confronts the religious leaders as false shepherds and comforts those who are part of His flock. We find the beautiful truths that only Jesus is our Door to life and is our Good Shepherd. And as our Shepherd, we are called to follow His lead! | John 10:1-21

Jesus, the Light of the world gives sight and salvation to a man born blind, but in their self-righteousness the Pharisees reject Jesus and remain under condemnation. | John 9

Jesus closes his teaching in the temple with a bang, proclaiming that he himself is the Great I Am. | John 8:48-59

Jesus continued his debate with a crowd of Jews that John says “believed in him”. But obviously their faith was not saving faith, since Jesus said these same people were slaves to sin [34], indifferent to Jesus’ teaching [37], children of the devil [44], murderers [44], and liars [44]. Saving faith includes knowledge, assent and trust; they had not trusted in Jesus. True disciples abide in Jesus’ word. This kind of faith produces two blessings: you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. The Jews believed they were guaranteed a place in God’s kingdom because they were sons of Abraham. Jesus said they were not sons of Abraham because they didn’t act like Abraham. In fact, they were sons of Satan, and followed Satan’s desires: lying and murdering. Jesus warned them: they did not believe Jesus because they did not belong to God. By way of application, (i) we must make sure unbelievers understand the danger they are in, (ii) the faith of our parents cannot save us, (iii) Paul said that each of us should “examine ourselves” to see if we are truly saved. | John 8:30-47

JESUS is YHWH, the Living God. The Judge of all men. The Only Savior, sent from the Father | John 8:21-30

Speaker: Evan Godbold
Scripture: John 7:53-8:11

When we read this passage, we get the caveat in our Bibles that the earliest manuscripts do not contain it, so instead of just ignoring the note and preaching through it or skipping it all together, we discuss what to do with a passage like this. Despite the uncertainty about this passage's authenticity, it is amazing how reliable and trustworthy the text of our Bibles really is. And the story that is on display in this passage is completely in character for the Jesus Christ we know and worship. | John 7:53-8:11

In Jerusalem, at the Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus stood up among a large crowd in the Temple courtyard and offered an invitation in the form of a water analogy: "Thirst, come, drink, believe in the me and I will give you living water - the Holy Spirit - and eternal life." The Jews who heard would have made the connection to the water ritual performed each day during the Feast of Tabernacles, and would have understood that Jesus was claiming to be the Messiah. John then recorded the responses of five groups of people at the Temple: Jesus' supporters, Jesus' opponents, the Temple Guards, the Pharisees, and Nicodemus. In all cases, Jesus' invitation resulted in division: arguments, disagreements, insults. Jesus causes division; it was part of his plan to do so, for two reasons: he demands that we choose to either believe in him or not; he calls us to a high standard of commitment to love him above all else. | John 7: 37-52

Jesus' teaching during the Feast of Booths continues to confuse the crowd. They wonder aloud if he could indeed be the Messiah, but they question his origin - his credentials. Jesus appeals to his true origin - the One who sent him. | John 7:25-36

To glorify God we must set our pride aside. | John 7:17-24

Jesus’ brothers love him as siblings, but they don’t believe he is who he says he is. The crowds at the Feast of Tabernacles mutter about him, some saying negative things, other saying positive, but none believing. Unbelief can show up in a variety of ways besides opposition. | John 7:1-13

Jesus’ resurrection was a physical, bodily resurrection; not a resurrection of this spirit. While we often emphasize that the death of Jesus paid the penalty for our sins, the resurrection 1.Is an essential part of salvation. 2. Guarantees Jesus return to judge the world. 3. Demonstrates God’s power over life and death. 4. Proves Jesus is God. 5. Proves the Christian faith is the real thing. In addition to these doctrinal reasons, the physical, bodily resurrection Jesus matters because: We want a triumphant savior, not a dead one. Jesus is coming back in bodily form. We want to be resurrected too. We want a glorified body in heaven. We want to be able to give Jesus a hug. These facts about the physical, bodily resurrection of Jesus should impact the way we live, the way we look at death, and bring us great joy. | 1 Corinthians 15

Jesus has grumbling Jews after his Bread of life sermon. His listeners come to call the sermon harsh. We soon realize that these followers came to Jesus for everything BUT Jesus. The sermon wasn’t hard to understand but hard to accept. What is a mature disciple? | John 6:60-71

Jesus continues his Bread of Life discourse and is confronted with the Jews grumbling about both what he claims and who he is. In response to their complaining, Jesus expands his metaphor, revealing more about who he is and why he came, and making it even more difficult for his hearers to grasp. | John 6:41-59

The Jews followed Jesus to Capernaum. Jesus rebuked them for seeking him in order to get another free lunch. Jesus told them not to work for “food that perishes” but for “food that endures to eternal life”. He said they must have faith and believe in the Son of God. The Jews foolishly asked for a miracle before they would believe, a miracle more impressive than the manna God provided to their forefathers in the wilderness. Jesus rebuked them again and said “I AM the bread of life”, meaning: like bread, Jesus is essential for eternal life; to partake they must come and believe in Jesus; and using the phrase “I AM”, Jesus claimed to be God. Jesus then laid out four key principles about salvation: 1. DIVINE ELECTION: God elects people who will be saved, and he gives them to Jesus. 2. IRRESISTIBLE GRACE: All those that God elects will come to Jesus and believe in him. 3. PRESERVATION OF BELIEVERS: All believers will be preserved to the end (he mentioned this three times in four verses). None will be lost. 4. HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY: Each person must make a personal decision to believe in Jesus. Jesus called the Jews, and all of us today, to come to him, to believe, in order to have eternal life (guaranteed). | John 6:22-40

When Jesus rescues you, the only reasonable response is worship. And worship is what we were made for. | John 6:16-21

Jesus performs a miracle recorded in all four Gospels— multiplying bread and fish to feed more than five thousand people. He wants to do more than feed people with natural bread, but as before, they miss what he is really doing. We have seen this before in this Gospel. Jesus says or does something in the natural realm as a way of pointing to the spiritual realm, and the people don’t receive it. | John 6:1-15

Sermon Series: Psalms
Sermon Scripture: Psalms 126

After claiming equality with God as well as the authority to judge the living and the dead, Jesus now reveals whom and what bears witness to these to these facts: God the Father himself, John the Baptist, Jesus' own miraculous works, and the Scriptures. | John 5:30-46

The Son is the Giver of Life and the Judge of all. Whoever hears him and trusts in him is released from condemnation and is come into eternal life. | John 5:24-29

Having been accused by the Jewish leaders of violating the Sabbath, Jesus explained that the Sabbath was established for human beings and, like his Father, he was not required to keep the Sabbath, effectively claiming he was equal to God. This enraged the Jewish leaders even more, causing the Jews to look for a means to kill him. Rather than stand down, Jesus launched into a detailed explanation in John 5:16-47 about who he is and his relationship with God the Father. In this first section (John 5:16-24), Jesus explained that not only is he equal to God the Father in his person, he is also equal to God the Father in his works, in his power, in his judgment and in his honor. Jesus then made a clear statement about how a person can have eternal life.

Jesus Christ heals a man who had been disabled for thirty-eight years. He works sovereignly to rebuild his body and then challenges him toward holiness. He uses this to demonstrate his deity both through the miracle itself and the day on which it is performed—the Sabbath. | John 5:1-17

Despite the warm welcome he receives in Galilee, Jesus knows the people do not truly believe in who he is. Yet, Jesus heals a dying boy with a word, over distance, immediately. Such is the character of our Savior. Grace and power. Mercy and might. | John 4:43-54

Jesus purposely went out of his way to speak to a Samaritan woman, ignoring three social prohibitions of the day. He used well water to open the conversation, shrewdly and carefully steered the discussion to spiritual matters, gently revealed her sin nature and her need for a savior, and then declared to her that he – Jesus – was the promised Messiah, the savior. The Samaritan woman believed in Jesus and was saved, then immediately ran home to tell her friends and neighbors. Many Samaritans from the city went out to see Jesus and brought him and his disciples into their homes for two days to hear the truth directly from Jesus; many believed in Jesus and were saved, causing them to declare “this man really is the Savior of the world.” In this story, we see Jesus modeling for all of us his command to “go and make disciples of all nations". | John 4:1-42

In the second half of John 3, the apostle records a moment of jealousy from the disciples of John the Baptist toward Jesus and His growing ministry. John the Baptist uses this moment to exalt Jesus as the sole focal point of true ministry, and that Jesus is the true focal point because He came from heaven above and is therefore superior over all. | John 3:22-36

John continues his prologue to his gospel by asserting that Jesus, the Word, is the light and life of mankind. He goes on to say that Jesus, as the light, came into the world that He created and it did not know Him nor receive Him. And John ends this paragraph on the first gospel call of the book by saying that all who receive Jesus will be given the right to become children of God. Come study this glorious truths with us this morning. | John 3:16-21

We live in a world that wages war against our souls. With all of its problems and passions, it is easy for believers to become like the world and forego the higher calling set before us. As we enter a new year fraught with new ways for the enemy to temp us, we must remember who we are in Christ and where our true citizenship lies. | 1 Peter 2:11-12

Let’s try to settle this Christmas question once for all, “What did Mary know?” The role God formed Mary to play in the birth narrative of Christ is fascinating and critical to our understanding of who Jesus is. While Mary certainly is a flawed sinner like the rest of us, she is used mightily of God and displays great faith in Him. What did she know about Jesus that strengthened her to submit to God’s will in her life? | Luke 1:26-38

John 3:16 is by far the most widely known verse from the Bible. In some circles, it may be the verse that exclusively defines Christianity. John 3:16 has certainly earned its popularity. It is a great grace of God to have such glorious divine truth condensed down into just 25 words in the original Greek texts. However, what should this verse be used for in the church? Is it possible to misunderstand this verse? How are we to draw comfort as Christians in a hostile culture from this verse? This morning we will investigate these questions and more.

Nicodemus responds to Jesus’ teaching of the new birth by questioning how it can be possible. The response? Jesus is how. Jesus answers the question by explaining more of Himself to Nicodemus. Jesus is how sinner can become born again. Belief in Him is how eternal life is brought to the spiritually dead. Not only does Jesus tell Nicodemus this plainly, He shows it to him from the Old Testament. | John 3:9-15

This passage is one of the most important in our Bibles. In it Jesus engages in a conversation with a Pharisee named Nicodemus, and He discusses the concept of the new birth. We have often heard the title “born-again-Christian”, and from this passage we get that language. What does it mean to be born again? How does one become born again? What are the consequence of never undergoing the new birth? Jesus addresses these questions and more in this conversation shrouded by nightfall. | John 3:1-8

In Psalm 53, David laments that there is no one who does good. All are sinful. Because of this, David mourns as God’s people are treated cruelly. Yet, as we look at it in light of the New Testament, we begin to see a deeper meaning culminating in.
verse 6—that Salvation would come out of Zion!

John 2:23-25 is an often overlooked portion of John’s gospel. This transitionary passage is an enigmatic bridge that connects two well known stories of Jesus’ life. But if we fail to wrestle with it, we will miss the depth of what John said before it and what he will say after it. This passage gives us insight into Jesus that we get no where else in the Bible.

After Jesus’ first miracle, He begins to minister in public. His first act that John records is traditionally called “the cleansing of the temple.” In this scene of Jesus’ life, we see Him state plainly what God requires from His creatures: right worship. In the Old Covenant, right worship centered around the temple. In the New Covenant, which Jesus was ushering in, He is the temple wherein we worship and are reconciled to God. | John 2:12-22

Taking an in-depth look at Jesus’ first miracle, we can see the profound significance of turning water into wine. John records this as Jesus’ first miracle and thus His public introduction as the Messiah. In this miracle Jesus reveals Himself as God who has power over nature and the power to save. Jesus is able to meet immediate yet minuscule needs while also building toward His chief goal, and turning water into wine at a rural wedding teaches us that. | John 2:6-11

The idea that outward signs convey spiritual realities is regularly taught in the Bible. The ordinances in the New Testament are established by Jesus Christ and are observed in obedience to His command. They are rites that commemorate the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. Ordinances are performed as expressions of loving obedience to Christ and underscore various aspects of the Christian’s life. The ordinance of baptism is a person’s public profession of faith and serves as an initiatory rite of entrance into the community of faith for believers. The Lord’s Supper is a continuing ordinance denoting the person’s ongoing commitment of the life to Christ and a remembrance of Christ’s Death and Resurrection until he returns.

Perhaps Jesus’ most famous miracle is turning the water into wine at a wedding celebration in the town of Cana. Yet, we often are satisfied with an abbreviated understanding of this miracle. But if John only includes seven of Jesus’ miracles, why include this one? Especially since Matthew, Mark, and Luke do not record it. There must be more here for the people of God than is typically reported in the broader culture. Why would Jesus make this His introductory miracle as He begins His earthly ministry? Join us as we take a look.. | John 2:1-5

In this passage, Jesus is recruiting His disciples. But if we don’t slow down and ponder these verses, we will miss the depth present in them. John isn’t merely recording Jesus’ recruiting trip, he is teaching us about Jesus. He is teaching us more of who Jesus is and what He does. This passage will encourage our evangelism and will deepen our worship of Christ the Lord. | John 1:35-51

As the apostle John begins the narrative of
Jesus’ life, the first character he introduces us
to is John the Baptist. John the Baptist is going
to serve as the first witness to the watching
world as to who Jesus is. John the Baptist’s
ministry is pointing to Jesus and essentially
fulfilled once Jesus arrives on the scene and is
identified as God’s Chosen One to save all who
will believe in Him. | John 1:19-34

The magnitude of God becoming man is ultimately indescribable. How can the infinite become finite? But without this perplexing phenomenon being true, humanity has no hope of redemption. The incarnation of Jesus, this most magnificent of realities, is something we must study, embrace, and worship God for. What greater example of His love and grace to rebellious humanity do we have than this? Only the resurrection of Jesus surpasses this miracle of His incarnation. | John 1:14-18

John continues his prologue to his gospel by asserting that Jesus, the Word, is the light and life of mankind. He goes on to say that Jesus, as the light, came into the world that He created and it did not know Him nor receive Him. And John ends this paragraph on the first gospel call of the book by saying that all who receive Jesus will be given the right to become children of God. Come study this glorious truths with us this morning. | John 1:4-13

John begins his gospel by making a profound claim: Jesus is God and He is the Creator. The reader is supposed to be taken aback by this. John is saying in effect: “The One I am about to introduce to you is no mere man, He is God. And He knows you intimately because He created you.” And with claims as grandiose as these, we must expect to see John support them throughout his gospel. And he will! | John 1:1-3

The gospel of John stands particularly unique amongst the four gospels of the New Testament. John had one clear motive for writing his account of Jesus: to convince the reader to believe in Jesus. His plain writing and human stories are meant to
draw us close to Jesus, the Son of God, in a way that we can’t help but believe in Him. However, just because John has a prominently evangelistic goal in writing this book doesn’t mean its void of the deep truths of God. John looks deeply into the most profound truths of Scripture. Join us as we begin a journey through the fourth gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. | John 20:30-31

The church is Christ’s. She is His bride. But the marriage has not reached its consummated status yet. Who is to care for the bride of Christ until He returns to take her home? The New Testament outlines two offices which are to tend the flock of God while He remains physically absent. Elders and deacons are to care for the property of the Master while He is away, and return it to Him in an abundant state
when He returns. This week we will dive into the offices of elder and deacon as they are outlined in the New Testament. | Titus 1:1-13, 1 Timothy 3:8-13

Church discipline is a sensitive topic in any era of the church. Many have lived through painful experiences. Many feel blindsided by the topic itself. Many others believe it to be contrary to the love Jesus commanded the church to exhibit. However, it is from the very words of Jesus that this command comes from. What is its purpose? How is it loving? Is it good and God-honoring? These are questions we will examine today as we continue to study Christ’s Church. | Matthew 18:15-17

Church membership has gone through various seasons of understanding in the life of the church. In some eras it was a “given”. In other eras it was questioned as to its importance. But the bottom line for Christians is whether or not it is biblical. Does the Bible tell us as Christians to seek and institute formal membership in local churches? This morning we will take a look at the Scriptures as we seek to understand God’s plan for local church membership.

Before we can begin to understand our biblical identity as the Church of Jesus Christ, we must be solidly informed as to His relationship to the church. After all, it is His church — His body. What does it mean that Jesus is the owner, builder, and Lord of the Church? How does that impact how we function as Christians in the church? We will let the word of God instruct us on the answers to these crucial questions. | 1 Timothy 3:14-15

Before we can begin to understand our biblical identity as the Church of Jesus Christ, we must be solidly informed as to His relationship to the church. After all, it is His church — His body. What does it mean that Jesus is the owner, builder, and Lord of the Church? How does that impact how we function as Christians in the church? We will let the word of God instruct us on the answers to these crucial questions. | Matthew 16:13-18

How do we repent of sin? What does it look like? Will God receive our contrition? These are all valid questions any believer could ask. We do still sin after being saved by the blood of Christ. And that sin brings distance in our relationship with Him. How does that get restored? David describes that to us in his sorrowful words in Psalm 51. He shows us what it looks like to repent in a way that God accepts. As Christians we should draw great encouragement from a psalm brought about by such sin. For we are great sinners, but Jesus is a great Savior.

David coaches us in the art of the “self-sermon” in Psalm 103, while also simultaneously ushering us into profound praise of our sovereign God. David preaches the truth to himself, dives into the character of God, and worships joyfully in Psalm 103. We will join him, the entirety of God’s people, and all of creation - visible and invisible - in the worship of God in this psalm.

Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the entire Bible, and it has only one subject: the word of God itself. Why would the longest chapter in the Bible be exclusive on speaking about the Bible? What do we have to glean from 176 verses that only talk about the word of God? Those questions can be answered by pursuing the answer to a greater question: what if God spoke? If God spoke then that changes everything. If God spoke then that should consume us. If God spoke then Psalm 119, being the longest chapter in the Bible, makes perfect sense.

In writing Psalm 63, David pours out his soul-level need for God for all of God’s people to read and be instructed by. We see the joy of a soul that thirsts for and is satisfied in God. And we are taken to new levels of assurance and rest by realizing that God’s upholding of us is our security, not our clinging to Him.

The call to praise God for His works is something many are familiar with. And sometimes, that with which we are most familiar can become easily disregarded. Psalm 92 serves the church in pointing our eyes toward God in joyous worship for what He has done. | Psalm 92

Psalm 105 starts with an exhortation to “tell of all God’s wondrous works”: to remember what god has done, how he has blessed you, how he has answered prayer, how he has worked for your good, and then to tell others about it. Psalm 105 then describes in summary form the history of God’s miraculous goodness to Israel, including his promises to Abraham, his protection of the nation of Israel, their deliverance from famine, their rescue from slavery in Egypt, his provision of water an food in the wilderness, and his leading them into the Promised Land. This encouragement to “tell others how God has blessed you” is a common theme throughout the Psalms and throughout the Bible. Psalm 71:15-18 encourages us to pass on stories and experiences about God’s goodness “from one generation to another”. Psalm 40:9-10 says we should “tell the glad news in the great congregation”. We are exhorted to tell, recount, proclaim, communicate, express, sing, and make known to others all that God has done for us so that others may see, hear, understand and rejoice, so that our faith may be strengthened and God may be glorified.

Speaker Name: John Hattenberger
Sermon Series: Psalms
Sermon Passage: Psalm 136:1-26

In the unique Psalm 24, David extols the majesty and purity of God, the King of Glory. It is a treasure of messianic hope and a reminder that God not only purifies us by His blood but also sanctifies us to holiness.

The sovereignty of God can be a mystifying concept. Here in Psalm 127, Solomon opens up this topic by leading us into the comfort of God’s sovereignty over our prosperity, protection, provision, and progeny. As His people, we are to be blessed, assured, and comforted by the truth of God’s sovereign watch care over our most basic needs and concerns in life. | Psalm 127

David led a difficult life, filled with hand to hand combat, running from Saul and his soldiers, family intrigue, treasonous plots against him. He was often afraid. In Psalm 27, David expressed his confidence in God’s ability to deliver him and protect him from the things he feared most. In the middle of his statement of confidence, David launched into a desperate plea for God’s help, then ended the Psalm with a repeat of his confidence in God. From this Psalm (and other scriptures) we learn (1) fear is normal; we should expect it (2) we do not need to be fearful because God is sovereign and God is good (3) when we are afraid, we should go to God in humble, desperate prayer and (4) take courage and wait on God. | Psalm 27

The psalms represent the hymnal of the people of God and the right expression of a spectrum of human emotion before God. In Psalm 5, the author expresses his pain to God in prayer. He asks God to hear his prayer and respond according to His character. In this psalm, we learn more of who God is and how we can trust Him through painful seasons in life.  | Psalm 5

How are we as Christians supposed to view motherhood? Through the book of Ruth we see the exaltation of motherhood as a crucial element of God’s plan in redemptive history. Since sin entered the world through the fall of man in the Garden of Eden, the people of God have been looking for God to fulfill His promise of eradicating evil through the One who will come as “the seed of the woman” according to Genesis 3:15. Every birth prior to Christ’s was a moment of careful observation, “Is this the One who will save us and eradicate evil?” Ruth becomes part of this story as the mother of Obed and the great grandmother of David. God so highly values motherhood that He includes the story of one mother in His grand plan to call a people to Himself in eternal salvation. And Ruth did so simply as a mother. This speaks to all mothers everywhere of their divine calling love and nurture their children in the Lord. | Ruth chapters 1-4

Speaker: Evan Godbold
Sermon Series: Psalms
Scripture: Psalm 90

Speaker Name: Pastor Stuart Sanders
Sermon Series: Biblical Marriage
Sermon Scripture: Ephesians 5:22-23; Colossians 3:38-19; 1 Peter 3:1-7

Speaker Name: Pastor Stuart Sanders
Sermon Series: Easter
Sermon Scripture: 1 Peter 3:18

This week, Pastor Stuart Sanders reminds us that God gave up his one and only son so that we (the church) could be married to Him.

Speaker Name: Pastor Stuart Sanders
Sermon Series: Biblical Marriage
Sermon Scripture: Various Texts

Speaker Name: Pastor Stuart Sanders
Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed

Speaker Name: | Stuart Sanders
Sermon Series: | Righteousness Revealed
Sermon Scripture: | Romans 16:21-27

Speaker Name: Pastor Stuart Sanders
Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed
Sermon Scripture: Romans 16:17-20

Speaker Name: | John Hattenberger
Sermon Series: | None
Sermon Scripture: | Acts 18:1-3

Speaker Name: Pastor Stuart Sanders
Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed
Sermon Scripture: Romans 16:1-16

Speaker Name: Pastor Stuart Sanders
Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed
Sermon Scripture: Romans 15:23-33

Paul shows his model for ministry to the reader in this passage. The apostle gave himself to the Great Commission mandate of evangelism and discipleship while always knowing it is Christ who is building His church. Paul was freed in a sense to minister with his full heart knowing that God would cause the growth. This serves as an example to us individually and corporately as a church. | Romans 15:14-22

Speaker Name: Pastor Stuart Sanders
Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed
Sermon Scripture: Romans 15:1-13

Paul continues his exhortation on living with convictions but peaceably with others. As Christians, we are to live intentionally in areas not directly addressed by Scripture and we are to give others the benefit of the doubt that they are doing the same. In Romans 14:13-23, Paul will instruct the church further by saying that Christians should not encourage others to violate their convictions, and that those with more stringent convictions should be confident that it is pleasing to God to live by them. All of our life choices must proceed from faith, for whatever does not proceed from faith is sin. | Romans 14:13-23

Speaker Name: | Pastor Stuart Sanders
Sermon Series: | Righteousness Revealed
Sermon Scripture: | Romans 14:1-12

Speaker Name: Pastor Stuart Sanders
Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed
Sermon Scripture: Romans 13:11-14

Speaker Name: | Stuart Sanders
Speaker Title: | Pastor
Sermon Series: | Righteousness Revealed
Sermon Scripture: | Romans 3:8-10

Speaker Name: | Stuart Sanders
Speaker Title: | Pastor
Sermon Series: | Righteousness Revealed
Sermon Scripture: | Romans 13:1-7

Speaker Name: | Evan Godbold
Speaker Title: | Pastor
Sermon Series: | Christmas
Sermon Scripture: | Mark 13:32-37

Speaker Name: | Stuart Sanders
Speaker Title: | Pastor
Sermon Series: | Christmas
Sermon Scripture: | Luke 2:21-38

Speaker Name: Stuart Sanders
Speaker Title: Pastor
Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed
Sermon Scripture: Romans 12:17-21

Speaker Name: Stuart Sanders
Speaker Title: Pastor
Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed
Sermon Scripture: Romans 12:9-16

Speaker Name: Stuart Sanders
Speaker Title: Pastor
Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed
Sermon Scripture: Romans 12:3-8

Speaker Name: Stuart Sanders
Speaker Title: Pastor
Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed
Sermon Scripture: Romans 12:1-2

Speaker Name: Stuart Sanders
Speaker Title: Pastor
Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed
Sermon Scripture: Romans 11:25-36

Speaker Name: Stuart Sanders
Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed
Sermon Scripture: Romans 11:11-24

Speaker Name: Stuart Sanders
Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed
Sermon Scripture: Romans 11:1-10

Speaker Name: Stuart Sanders
Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed
Sermon Scripture: Romans 10:14-21

Speaker Name: Stuart Sanders
Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed
Sermon Scripture: Romans 10:1-13

Speaker Name: Evan Godbold
Speaker Title: Guest Speaker
Sermon Series: Psalms
Sermon Scripture: Psalm 23

Speaker Name: Stuart Sanders
Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed
Sermon Scripture: Romans 9:24-33

Speaker Name: Stuart Sanders Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed Sermon Scripture: Various texts

Speaker Name: Stuart Sanders Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed Sermon Scripture: Various Texts

Speaker Name: Stuart Sanders Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed Sermon Scripture: Romans 9:1-23

Speaker Name: Stuart Sanders Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed Sermon Scripture: Romans 8:31-39

Speaker Name: Stuart Sanders Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed Sermon Scripture: Romans 8:28-30

Speaker: Pastor Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 8:26-28

Speaker Name: Stuart Sanders Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed Sermon Scripture: Romans 8:18-25

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_YM92XPf60&feature=youtu.be

Speaker: Pastor Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 8:12-17

Speaker: Pastor Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 8:5-11

Speaker: Pastor Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 8:1-4

Speaker: Pastor Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 7:13-25

Speaker: Pastor Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 7:1-12

Speaker: Pastor Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 6:15-23

In Romans 6:6-14, Paul moves from the descriptive to the active. Here lie first commands for Christians in the book of Romans. We are to engage in the warfare against our sin. Our "old self" wants to reign over, but by the power of the Holy Spirit, that sinful "old self" will not have dominion over us.

Speaker: Pastor Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 6:6-14

Speaker: Pastor Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 6:1-5

Speaker: Guest Speaker John Hattenberger Series: Stand Alone Scripture: Joshua 14:6-12

Speaker Name: Pastor Stuart Sanders Sermon Series: Righteousness Revealed Sermon Scripture: Romans 5:12-21

Speaker: Pastor Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 5:1-11

Speaker: Pastor Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 4:18-25

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 4:9-17

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 4:1-8

Speaker: Pastor Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 3:27-31

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 3:21-26

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 3:9-20

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 2:25-3:9

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 2:12-24

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Easter Scripture: Leviticus 16, Hebrews 9, 1 Corinthians 15

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Righteous Revealed Scripture: Romans 2:1-11

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 1:18-22

Speaker: John Hattenberger Series: Standalone Scripture: Psalm 51

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 1:18-22

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 1:8-15

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Righteousness Revealed Scripture: Romans 1:1-7

Speaker: Evan Godbold Series: Psalms Scripture: Psalm 73

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Psalms Scripture: Psalms 33

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Psalms

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: How to Finish Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:9-22

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: How To Finish Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:6-8

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: How to Finish Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-5

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Standalone

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: How To Finish Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:14-17

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: How To Finish Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:10-13

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: How to Finish Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:1-9

Speaker: John Hattenberger Series: How To Finish Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:22-26

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: How to Finish Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:14-21

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: How to Finish Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:3-7

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Scripture: Romans 4:1-8

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: How to Finish Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-2

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: How To Finish Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:15-18

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: How to Finish Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:11-14

Speaker: Evan Godbold Series: How to Finish Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:8-10

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: How To Finish Scripture:2 Timothy 1:1-7

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: 2 Timothy Scripture: 2 Timothy The Book

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Ten Laws for Life Scripture: Exodus 20:17

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Stand Alone Scripture: Psalms 46

Speaker: John Hattenberger Series: Ten Laws for Life Scripture: Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Ten Laws for Life Scripture: Exodus 20:15, Deuteronomy 5:19

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Ten Laws for Life Scripture: Exodus 20:14, Deuteronomy 5:18

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Ten Laws For Life Scripture: Exodus 20:16

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Ten Laws for Life Scripture: Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16

NOTE: In John’s sermon he cites examples of inappropriate use of the Lord’s name. These citations were merely for illustration, but it quickly became clear that the illustrations were offensive. John acknowledged that using these examples was in poor judgment and has apologized. We have edited the audio and video to remove the offending content.

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Reality Check Scripture: Ecclesiastes 9:2-11:6

Speaker: Stuart Sanders Series: Reality Check Scripture: Ecclesiastes 8:1-9:1

Famous Last Words

Famous Last Words

Famous Last Words

Contend

Contend

Contend

Contend

New Years

The Coming King

The Coming King

Christmas

He Said What?!

He Said What?!

He Said What!?

He Said What

He Said What?!

He Said What?!

He Said What?!

Faithful

Faithful

Faithful

Faithful

Faithful

Faithful

Faithful

Faithful

Faithful

Faithful

Faithful

Steadfast

Steadfast

Steadfast

Steadfast

Easter Sunday

Gifted

Letters From Exile

Letter to the Exiles

Letters to the Exiles

Letter to the Exiles

Letter to the Exiles

Letter to the Exiles

Generous

Jesus is Better

Jesus is Better

Runaway Prophet

Runaway Prophet

Upstream

After God's Own Heart

After God's Own Heart

After God's Own Heart

After God's Own Heart

After God's Own Heart

After God's Own Heart

Senior Sunday

All Things New

All Things New

All Things New

All Things New

All Things New

Good Friday Service

Pray Like Jesus

Pray Like Jesus

Pray Like Jesus

Pray Like Jesus

Pray Like Jesus

True Story

True Story

True Story

True Story

True Story

True Story

True Story

A Study in 1 John

A Thrill of Hope

A Thrill of Hope

A Thrill of Hope

Think Big

Think Big

Think Big

Think Big

Think Big

Think Big

Ernie Frey Guest Message

Think Big

Think Big

Think Big

Think Big

Think Big:

Word: What we believe About the Bible

Word: What We Believe About the Bible

Origins - Genesis

Origins - Genesis

Origins - Genesis

Origins - Genesis

Origins - Genesis

Origins - Genesis

Origins - Genesis

Origins - Genesis

Only Hope

Our Hope

Our Hope

Our Hope

Only Hope

Our Hope

Our Hope

Life After Life After Death

Only Hope

Good Friday To the Cross

To The Cross

To The Cross

To The Cross

To The Cross

To The Cross

To The Cross

ONE: Embracing Unity as the People of God

ONE: Embracing Unity as the People of God

ONE: Embracing Unity as the People of God

ONE: Embracing Unity as the People of God

ONE: Embracing Unity as the People of God

ONE: Embracing Unity as the People of God

ONE: Embracing Unity as the People of God

ONE: Embracing Unity as the People of God

ONE: Embracing Unity as the People of God

ONE: Embracing Unity as the People of God

The Nativity

The Nativity

ONE: Embracing Unity as the People of God

ONE: Embracing Unity as the People of God

ONE: Embracing Unity as the People of God

ONE: Embracing Unity as the People of God

ONE: Embracing Unity as the People of God

ONE: Embracing unity as the people of God

ONE: Embracing Unity as the People of God

ONE: Embracing Unity As The People of God

ONE: Embracing Unity As The People of God

ONE: Embracing Unity As The People of God

Gospel Community: Why and How We Are a Family

Gospel Community: Why and How We Are A Family

Gospel Community: Why and How We Are A Family

Gospel Community: Why and How We Are Family

Stand Alone Message

Teach Us To Pray: Lessons From The Lords Prayer

Teach Us to Pray: Lessons From The Lord's Prayer

Teach Us To Pray: Lessons From The Lord's Prayer

Teach Us to Pray: Lessons From The Lord's Prayer

Teach us to Pray: Lessons From the Lords Prayer

Gospel Worship: Why and How We Worship Jesus

Gospel Worship: Why and How We Worship Jesus

Gospel Worship: Why and How We Worship

Gospel Worship: Why and How We Worship

Gospel Worship: Why and How we Worship

Gospel Worship: Why and How we Worship Jesus

Gospel Worship

Senior Sunday

Stand Firm: 1&2 Peter

Stand Firm: 1&2 Peter

Stand Firm: 1&2 Peter

Stand Firm: 1&2 Peter

Stand Firm: 1 & 2 Peter

Stand Firm: 1 & 2 Peter

Stand Firm: 1 & 2 Peter

Stand Firm: 1 & 2 Peter

Easter

Good Friday Service

Stand Firm: 1&2 Peter

Stand Firm: 1&2Peter

Stand Firm: 1 & 2 Peter

Stand Firm: 1&2 Peter

Stand Firm : 1 & 2 Peter

Stand Firm : 1 & 2 Peter

Stand Firm: 1&2 Peter

Stand Firm: 1&2 Peter

Stand Firm: 1&2 Peter

Stand Firm: 1&2 Peter

Stand Firm: 1&2 Peter

Stand Firm: 1 & 2 Peter

Christmas is Hear/Christmas is Coming

Stand Firm: 1&2 Peter

Stand Firm: 1&2 Peter

Stand Firm: 1&2 Peter

Stand Firm: 1&2 Peter

Stand Firm: 1&2 Peter

Stand Firm: 1 & 2 Peter

ABIDE: An Exposition of John 15

ABIDE: An Exposition of John 15

ABIDE: An Exposition of John

ABIDE: An Exposition of John 15

Abide: An Exposition of John

Abide: An Exposition of John

Abiding in Christ

Abide: An Exposition of John

Abide

ReBuild

ReBuild

ReBuild

ReBuild

ReBuild

ReBuild

ReBuild

Rebuild

ReBuild

ReBuild

ReBuild

Rebuild

ReBuild

Rebuild

ReBuild

Rebuild

ReBuild

ReFocus

ReFocus

ReFocus

ReFocus

ReVive

ReVive

ReVive

The Promise - Malichi 3:16-4:6

The Cure - Malachi 2:17-3:15

Malachi 1:1 - 2:16

A LIfe Driven by the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Colossians: A Life Driven by the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Colossians: A Life Driven by the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Colossians: A Life Driven by the Gospel of Jesus Christ

The Promise

Promised King - Isaiah 9:6-7

Shadows of the Promise - Colossians 2:16-17

Colossians: A Life Driven by the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Colossians: A Life Driven by the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Colossians: A Life Driven by the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Colossians: A Life Driven By The Gospel of Jesus Christ

Colossians: A Life Driven by the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Colossians: A Life Driven by the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Colossians: A Life Driven by the Gospel of Jesus

Be One, Make One

Colossians: A Life Driven by the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Colossians: A Life Driven by the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Be Transformed: Romans 12

Be Transformed: Romans 12

Be Transformed: Romans 12

Be Transformed: Romans 12

Be Transformed: Romans 12

Be Transformed: Romans 12

Honest Faith:Exploring the Psalms

Honest Faith: Exploring the Psalms

Honest Faith: Exploring the Psalms

Honest Faith: Exploring the Psalms

Honest Faith: Exploring the Psalms

Honest Faith: Exploring the Psalms

Honest Faith: Exploring the Pslams

"Faithful" A Study Of Hosea

"Faithful" A Study of Hosea

"Faithful" A Study of Hosea

"Faithful" A Study of Hosea

"Faithful" A Study of Hosea

"Faithful" A Study of Hosea

"Faithful" A Study of Hosea

"Faithful" A Study of Hosea

"It Is Finished" The Final Words Of Christ

"It Is Finished"The Final Words of Christ

"It Is Finished" The Final Words Of Christ

"It Is Finished" The Final Words of Christ

"It is Finished" The Final Words of Christ

Special message given by Mike Skinner during our Spring Missions Weekend

To the Ends of the Earth: Acts Part II

To the Ends of the Earth: Acts Part II

To the Ends of the Earth: Acts Part II

To the Ends of the Earth: Acts Part II

To the Ends of the Earth: Acts Part II

To the Ends of the Earth: Acts Part II

To the Ends of the Earth: Acts Part II

To the Ends of the Earth: Acts Part II

LUKE 2

To The Ends Of The Earth, The Gospel Reaches Athens

Persecution in Thessalonica; To The Ends Of The Earth

To The Ends Of The Earh. Suffering in Philippi

To The Ends Of The Earth

To The Ends Of The Earth: Acts Part II

To The Ends Of The Earth:Acts Part II

In God We Trust - Biblical Financial Practices

In God We Trust- Biblical Financial Practices

In God We Trust- Biblical Financial Practices

In God We Trust- Biblical Financial Practices

In God We Trust- Biblical Financial Practices

Dangerous Church Series

Dangerous Church

Dangerous Church

Sermon Series: Dangerous Church- The Book of Acts

Dangerous Church

Sermon Series: Dangerous Church- The Book of Acts

Acts 8:2-25 Dangerous Church Series

Dangerous Church Series

Sermon Series: Dangerous Church- The Book of Acts

Sermon Series: Dangerous Church- The Book of Acts

Father's Day

Sermon Series: Dangerous Church- The Book of Acts

Sermon SeriesDangerous Church- The Book of Acts

Senior Sunday

Sermon Series- Dangerous Church- The Book of Acts

Sermon Series: Dangerous Church- The Book of Acts

Mother's Day- Story of Hannah

Sermon Series: Dangerous Church- The Book of Acts

Sermon Series: Dangerous Church- The Book of Acts

Sermon Series: Dangerous Church- The Book of Acts