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The Village Church exists to bring glory to God by making disciples through gospel-centered worship, gospel-centered community, gospel-centered service and gospel-centered multiplication.
We often look to others and their giftings and compare them to the ways God has wired us. We question our purpose and wonder if this is all there is. But the body can only function with a diverse variety of parts. God uniquely wired each of us, and the more complacent we are in our giftings, the more boring the Christian life becomes.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/deeper-still/
Jesus makes the invisible God visible. He ranks above all creation, and no one is like Him. All things have been created through Christ and for Christ. He sustains us and holds it all together. He has you in His hands.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/made-alive/
While the world offers disintegration, Jesus Christ provides soul-level integration. So we look to Him, and we labor to see Him rightly. We behold Christ in His glory, seeking to grow more like Him and to gather together those who need Him.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/grow-gather/
We belong to a vast, intricate web of discipleship. Today, we walk in faith because other believers were faithful in their day to disciple others. So we too press on, growing in maturity and grace while carrying on the legacy of discipling others.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/discipleship/
The kingdom of God does not advance through programs, but people. The priority and the focus of the Church today is to make disciples of Jesus. There is a litany of good and right things in the world to take part in and give our attention to, but the primary role of the follower of Jesus is to make more followers of Jesus.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/make-disciples-weekend-service/
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The body without water cannot perform. It cannot take the spontaneous extra mile. It cannot care for others. It turns inward. Likewise, our spiritual bodies cannot serve people when we are not connected to the source of Life, our God. You cannot drink from an empty well. Abide in Him, replenish, and then pour out the overflow to those around you.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/love-people-weekend-service/
Josh Patterson explains how we will be using week two of our construction closure Mission Statement Series to consider and practice loving people through acts of service.
Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/love-people-context-setup/
Josh Patterson hosts a conversation with Nick Crawford, Andy Green, and Juliana Wootten to discuss the second phrase of our mission statement, “Love People” and its application through the practice of Sabbath.
Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/love-people-conversation-1/
God created the world and everything in it, and on the seventh day He rested. In the law given to Moses, God set aside the seventh day as holy, a day for His people not to provide for themselves, but to worship and delight in God Himself, their provider. It serves as a reminder that life is more than producing and to rejoice in God and His works.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/love-god-weekend-service/
Josh Patterson explains how we will be using our construction closure weekends to teach on our mission statement and put it into practice: “We exist to love God, love people, and make disciples of Jesus Christ.”Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/context-setup/
Josh Patterson hosts a conversation with Nick Crawford, Mason King, and Ryan Wester to discuss the first phrase of our mission statement, “Love God” and its application through the practice of Sabbath.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/love-god-conversation/
Creature to the Creator, the only thing we contribute is our need. We cannot earn the love of God. His grace is the unmerited favor we receive in Christ Jesus. It is the free affection of God.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/grace-2/
As a counter to the prevailing Stoic view that satisfaction and stability are found within oneself, Paul tells the Philippians he has found the secret to contentment. The secret is outside of the body and fully in Christ. We can live in plenty or in want, in safety or through tragedy, and can do all things through Christ as He gives us strength.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/contentment-1/
Theology has to be lived out. It is lived knowledge, not knowledge for knowledge's sake. Paul has been unpacking humility, maturity, and faithful Christian living, and now is the time for actions. So, first things first, Paul says to rejoice!Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/rejoice/
Like a boxer keeping step, making offensive advances and defensive counter steps, the believer works in balance. We are humble yet audacious. We forget what slows us down and remember what pulls us forward. We yearn for the destination but keep our steps in the right direction.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/balance/
Putting no hope or assurance on human effort, we rejoice with the family of God and keep an eye out for those that would lead us away from the confidence we have in Him.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/confidence/
Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we put our faith into action, working out our Salvation in the real world. We exchange complaints for blessings, excuses for confession, and seek unity in the church—that we might shine like stars in the darkness.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/good-work/
Paul, deeply encouraged by the church’s resilience and commitment to spreading the gospel, calls the Philippians into the next season of their ministry through the posture and practice of unity.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/fellowship/
Through drought and harvest, in mansions and in prisons, in every season, Christ is the ultimate gain, and the work is worth it.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/in-every-season/
Paul begins his letter to the Philippians with deep gratitude, joy, and affection. He is confident that God will finish the good work He has started there among them. As partners in the gospel, we seek to grow in our affection for Christ and for each other and to live our lives with confidence that God is faithful.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/affection-confidence/
How might we stand in His holy place? We lay down idols. We remove any hindrance between God and us. We hate our sin and fear God. Give us clean hands and pure hearts, O Lord.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/fear-of-god/
Head knowledge does not lead to revival. It makes great kindling. It makes for a hoisted and ready sail. But we ask the Spirit of the Living God to be the fire and the wind. With all our efforts wholly dependent on Him, we prepare to set aside three days as a sacred assembly to the Lord.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/single-minded/
You have been buried with Him by baptism, walking now in a resurrected life, so set your minds on things above. Lift your earthly head to Christ and the kingdom that is coming.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/resurrection-life/
The anxiety of evangelism fades when we evangelize. We move conversations from the surface to serious matters, and ultimately to the spiritual. We explain the gospel, we let the Spirit move in power, and we live out our faith by example that people may be drawn in and saved.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/below-the-line/
There are obstacles to evangelism everywhere—digital noise, politics, scandal, cultural Christianity. We seek to be like the men in Mark 2, who saw a brother in need and did whatever it took to get him to the feet of Jesus. Lord, stir us to be this bold.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/no-barriers/
Jesus, the Good Shepherd, tended His flock and sought out His lost ones at the expense of His reputation and, ultimately, His death. He will stop at nothing to care for His people.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-good-shepherd-1/
The finished work of Jesus provides light in the darkness, assurance through doubt, and an anchor through the storms. We, who are in God, have communion with Him, and this communion leads to confidence.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/that/
To love God is to keep His commands. And His commands are not a burden, but an easy yoke. We love God and those born of God. We hold fast to our confession of faith, knowing that it is this faith that overcomes the world.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/faith-that-overcomes/
Christian, test what you believe, ensuring it aligns with the gospel of Christ. Embrace this lineage of faith. Lay aside fear and dread. For God is love and He loves us. Now go and love others in the same way.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/love-over-fear/
God loves us so much that He calls us His own children. One day, we will see Christ in all of His glory and be made like Him. With this hope in mind, we purify ourselves until His return.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/children-of-god/
This is the final hour, and many antichrists are here or have come. So we hold fast to Christ and call on the Holy Spirit for power, courage, and an overflow of sustaining joy until the end.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/holding-fast-to-christ/
In a world of false teaching and deception, we must cling to the anointing of the Holy Spirit, remain in Christ, and love our brothers and sisters.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/1-john-1/
The Apostle John is elderly and living in Ephesus. A new wave of false doctrine is slamming into the church. He writes this letter as eyewitness testimony, calling believers to walk in the light, and reminding them of the certainty of Christ.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/1-john/
You are not the main character in this story, but you have a vital role to play. There are no seat fillers at the table of God. He has given us a purpose and a part to play. He does not need us, but He wants us. So we show up, seated confidently, and live out the calling on our lives.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/a-purpose/
God is involved in the “where” of our lives. He has appointed the times and boundaries for us all. There is a reason we live where we live and work where we work. He built us to belong and has called us to a place.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/a-place/
In 2023, the Surgeon General of the United States rolled out a new warning saying that if major changes are not made, we will splinter as a society. The loneliness epidemic is now upon us. We need each other more than ever. God made us for belonging.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/a-people/
Night will be no more; people will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will give them light, and they will reign forever and ever.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/wealth-war-and-peace/
We are born with the need to be loved—a need we never outgrow. We either seek to satisfy that need rightly, or we distort it disastrously. The advent of Christ is true, perfect, sustaining love coming for all people.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/advent-of-love-1/
In the midst of a broken world comes a thrill of hope, a song of praise, and a resilient joy the world can’t explain, that suffering can’t steal, that circumstances can’t crush.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/advent-of-joy-1/
After months of silence, Zachariah, only able to listen, sees and hears the plan of God unfolding before his eyes. After centuries of silence, God’s people were about to experience the fulfillment of the Old Testament prophets. Good news pierced the silence. Light invaded the darkness. Peace had finally come for us all.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/advent-of-peace-1/
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light. A light has dawned in the land of darkness. Now, as children of the light, we hold fast to the confession of our hope as we await His second advent.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/advent-of-hope-1/
Through the sacrifice of one, life was brought to the many. Through the sacrifice of many, life will be brought to the nations.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/for-the-life-of-the-nations/
The kind of diversity the early church experienced was previously impossible—like stuck with like, and kind with kind. But through Christ, every tribe, tongue, and nation became one people, with one pursuit, for the one kingdom.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/one-new-thing/
The desert will bloom with flowers. The wolf will lie down with the lamb. There will be no closed gates. There will be no sun or moon, for the Lord will be our Light. The previous things will all pass away. Strengthen your hearts, for the Lord’s coming is near.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/patience/
The world values what you do and what you can achieve. Religion does the very same. God values who you are and who you are becoming. He desires His children to be set apart, consecrated, and growing in Christ-centered holiness.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/holiness/
God sees our pain, and His awareness leads Him to alleviate it. His brow is not furrowed toward us. His arms are open in compassion.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/compassion/
God’s faithfulness does not spring up from sentimentality or pity, but rather His covenantal love for His people. The muscle of His faithfulness is love and mercy. As He has shown His faithfulness, we turn and reflect it to the world.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/faithfulness/
We expect brokenness at every turn in life. We learn to trust reason, intuition, and experience to define what is true. But God, our anchor in reality, is Truth, and we depend on Him to make sense of and make right all that we see in this world.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/truth-1/
Human justice is partial, prone to inconsistency, and ebbs with the cultural tides. God’s justice is perfect, impartial, and righteous. His justice restores wholeness and holds evil at bay.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/justice/
While we were at our worst, with nothing to offer to tip the scales of grace, Christ died for us. At every stage, we are not met by a God with a furrowed brow, but the compassion of our Lord Jesus. His grace alone has saved us.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/grace-1/
Mercy is giving someone what they do not deserve. It isn’t weakness; it is God’s strength bending low. Mercy meets us in our rebellion, covers our guilt, and restores our lives. To receive His mercy is to be transformed into people who extend it.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/mercy/
For most of us, “love” is a junk drawer word. It can mean everything and nothing. But true love is rooted in God’s nature. It is radiant light invading the shadows. It's Him rescuing us from the dominion of darkness and dressing us in righteousness. True love takes action.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/love/
All things have been created through Jesus and for Jesus. His blood was spilt as reconciliation for not only the human soul, but the whole of the universe. So how do we participate in His renewal of all things? We work hard, practice hospitality, and pray blessings over our city.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/houses-vineyards/
He who began this great work in you is faithful to complete it! God has not started something He cannot finish. So we run toward Him, beholding and heralding the goodness of His gospel, knowing our God will come through in the end. Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/la-vida-cristiana/
Jesus came to save sinners. Through His death, burial, and resurrection, Jesus transfers us from death to life. He takes us out of darkness and into the kingdom of light.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/good-news/
Taste and see that our God is good! Those who look on Him are radiant. He rescues the poor and restores the broken. Those who rest in Him are happy. He gives purpose and protection to His people. Exalt His Name forever! Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/magnify-1/
If the fruit is bad, something is wrong with the vine. But how might we produce the good fruit that lasts? Moment by moment, we turn back to Jesus. Day by day, the vine abides in the comforts, resources, and abilities of the Holy Branch. Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/abide-1/
We, a people embedded in darkness, have seen a great light. Even those of us dwelling among indelible shadows, a new day is dawning on us. Repent, for His kingdom is now!Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/turn-and-return/
We cannot come to God with our goodness, because we have none. Our attempts toward holiness are filthy, but it is faith that pleases Him. It is a broken and repentant heart that reconciles us to our God. Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/day-by-day/
The fields are ruined, the new wine is dried up, and human joy has evaporated. Even still, our God is slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and calls us to get up, repent, and return to Him.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/wake-up-and-weep/
Time is running out. This is the time to be serious about our walk with Christ. We cannot take it for granted. We must be warriors for the Kingdom of Heaven and contend for the faith—not just for ourselves, but for the sake of those around us.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/contend-for-the-faith/
God desires three sounds in the heart and house of His people: the prayers for all nations, the praises of His Saints, and the proclamation of His Gospel. Anything less is a sound that grieves His heart.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/what-do-you-hear/
Our faith should change us. As we receive the Word, let us be those who put it into action—not letting it terminate on our ears, but germinate in our hearts.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/doers-of-the-word/
Bitterness creeps into our hearts and grows into resentment, unforgiveness, and hatred. It stagnates our sanctification, but with a perspective shift, the bitter becomes sweet and turns into resilience.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-barrier-of-bitterness/
It was never promised that all our dreams would come true when we follow Jesus. We get intimacy with God, and not a life of ease. Suffering is normal, Jesus is good, and joy will break through.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/with-us-in-the-mess/
God is advancing His Kingdom across the whole world, His power is behind it, and He uses His people to do it. But we are not alone. We have received His power through the Holy Spirit—the Helper and the Comforter—to carry out this work.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/pentecost/
Jesus is the beginning and the end, and all things hold together in His hands. Any time, talent, or treasure is a gift from above. May we steward it all with generosity.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/generosity-1/
Finally, men, be watchful, stand firm in your faith, don’t revert back to your boyhood ways, but act like men. Be strong and let everything you do be done out of love.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-man-of-god/
All wealth, power, relationships, and earthly accolades lead us into a false rule of our lives. Jesus calls us to give Him back the throne, that we may truly live as stewards in His kingdom.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/come-die/
A man gains wisdom with the fear of the Lord, but how does the wise man live his life? It is one marked by reverence, submission, and delight.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/honor-blessing/
Proverbs contrasts the wise man against three other types—the fool, the simpleton, and the evil one. But the good news of the gospel is that no one is stuck in these lesser categories. And how might they make this move? By fearing the Lord.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/good-men-behaving-badly/
In our society, masculinity seems to either be vilified or a cheap machismo is offered up in its place. So, we look to the Scriptures for what it means to be a man.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/what-makes-a-man/
If Jesus of Nazareth actually rose from the dead, it should change everything about our lives. It would reframe our past, bring peace to our present, and set up a future hope that pulls us forward. The witnesses, His Word, and the Church declare, “He has risen!”Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/he-is-alive/
God knows everything, can do anything, and is everywhere in His fullness. He is who He is. The Great I Am—-the Lord.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/almighty/
We are always becoming and in motion. We are constantly unconstant, and to slow down is to die. But God never changes. His stability does not stagnate. He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/unchanging/
In the grand scope of eternity, we are hardly here at all. But our God is without beginning, without end, and without the succession of time.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/eternal/
God is uncreated. He is above all things. The expanse of His riches is immeasurable. His wisdom and knowledge are incomprehensible. His justice is perfect and His ways are untraceable. And still, He invites us to know Him.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/transcendent/
Before the beginning, there was God. He had no starting place. He was, He is, and He is to come. We had no words for Him, so He defined Himself. His attributes call us to come and see that He is not like us, and this is good.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/i-am-1/
Jesus has not yet returned, but this is good news for those who wait. There is still time to follow, repent, learn, practice, and keep our lights burning in hopeful expectation of His arrival.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/watch-pray/
Thousands of students are getting baptized into the faith on American college campuses. Godly curiosity is blooming among Gen Zers. Around the world communities are turning to Jesus. God is on the move, but could we miss it?Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/revival/
From the miry mines of humanity, God has seen fit to excavate, clean, and begin the slow work of making us look more like His treasured Son. He chisels away what isn’t needed and forms us into a people of His own possession.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/find-and-form/
All of humankind’s greatest achievements pale in comparison to the work of our greater God. In mercy, He has called us to join Him in this work. Faith started this journey, and it will sustain us along the way.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-doorway-and-the-pathway/
God desires kids and students to know and worship Him. The harvest is plentiful! And if we are willing, we can perpetuate this gospel legacy, showing the next generation who their true Savior is.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/get-in-the-game/
We do not live as consumers of divine goods, but as priests on duty offering God a sacrifice of praise. We will proclaim His excellencies for generations to come.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/priests-in-the-house-of-god/
God loves the people of the world and has a strategy to reach them. God made peace between us and Himself and has entrusted us to bring the gospel to the world as ministers of His reconciliation.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/nations/
Racism is rooted in sin and an affront to the "Imago Dei" established by God in humanity. The only antidote to our checkered past and our broken present is the gospel of Jesus Christ.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/harmony/
We believe and declare that every human is made in the image of God and has dignity, value, and worth. We advocate for human life and see others not as commodities or enemies, but as God’s image bearers.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/life-1/
Jesus offers the abundant life. He desires for humans to flourish, and His people are His plan to that end. When trials come, Jesus' plan holds fast. He uses all things for our good and calls us to open-handed surrender.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/human-flourishing/
Surveying the injustice before him, the prophet Habakkuk questions God. How can this evil persist with God on His throne? The Lord assures Habakkuk that a plan is in place and He is at work among His people.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/habakkuks-song/
The pronouncement of God’s glorious plan and the culmination of all His prophecies came first to the shepherds. His kingdom would be different and this great, scandalous exchange of death for life was first offered to the outcast.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/heralding-the-king/
Overcome with her new position as the mother of our Lord, Mary sings her Magnificat to God. She chooses worship over worry, humility over pride, and remembrance over forgetfulness, modeling to us the path of ever-increasing joy.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-path-to-joy/
It can be easy to think that Jesus showed up “all of a sudden” to be Messiah, perform miracles, die, and resurrect, but He has always been. He is the eternal, active agent holding all things together by the Word of His power. He was with God from the beginning, and, even in the womb, He was Lord.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/jesus-is-lord-1/
As we read and recount the story of Christmas, it is apparent that God chooses the meek and the lowly to be recipients of His blessing. He uses the most unexpected people to set in motion the most extraordinary story ever told.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/humble-and-lowly/
Ninety percent of our culture’s current messaging is bent to the negative, culminating in an “age of anxiety.” But God offers us a joy detached from life’s circumstances and a peace that holds and guards us forever.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/gratitude-gladness/
We are passionate and intentional about lost people coming to faith in Jesus and churches being planted in the cities of greatest need. This weekend we commissioned the Youngs to go plant a church in west Fort Worth, Texas.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/set-apart-sent/
Because of Christ, we regard no one according to their flesh, but see God’s image in them. As ministers of reconciliation, we must never forget that His arms are not too short to save whomever He wishes.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/ambassadors/
Jesus is referred to as “Lord” in Scripture 750 times. It is His most frequent title and His most subversive. In the Roman empire, Christians resisted Caesar’s perverse “family values” and instead lived by countercultural ethics and morals, recognizing Jesus “is the head of all rule and authority.”Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/jesus-is-lord/
All authority belongs to God. All government authorities are mere stewards of His authority. So we as children of God and temporary citizens of earth seek to obey the law, do good in our cities, and push against the darkness of our day.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/protection-and-provision/
We don’t have to make sense of or master every topic. If we can master this one truth, we can make a difference in this world—that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the hope for the whole world.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-lamb-and-the-beasts/
The building of an empire is the search for a “God-less Eden.” It leads us to worship selfishness, wealth, violence, and oppression.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/empire/
There is no other leader in history who has leveraged all power, privilege, and position for the good of humanity like Jesus. But how do we rest in Him when He isn’t on the ballot?Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/thrones-thorns/
The world is being held hostage by evil forces to such a degree, that it can only be freed by a radical in-breaking of God. In our day of trouble, it will not be baby Jesus who comes to rescue us, but “Christus Victor”—Jesus, the warrior.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/jesus-our-victory/
Without deep relationships and a devotion to reach those far from God, our unique gifts, wirings, and placements terminate on ourselves and we become as stagnant and lifeless as the Dead Sea. There is a way that feels right but leads to bondage and decay. God’s way is a promise of life and freedom.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/jesus-our-ransom/
It is easy for us in the West to think we have no idols while disregarding the worship we give to comfort, approval, control, and power. The gospel stands as the ever-present reminder that we serve a living God and only He deserves our worship.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/jesus-our-substitute/
The unique, God-given picture of the future is one of every tribe, tongue, and nation worshiping face-to-face with Jesus. It will be a great gathering of the saints—a people purified, perfect, without division, and without shame.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-multitude-before-the-throne/
After a long day of ministry, Jesus called the disciples to take a boat across the water and promised to meet them on the other side. Knowing a storm was heading their way, Jesus set the disciples up to behold one of the greatest miracles of their lives. He showed Himself as supernatural, personal, and as the one who deserves all worship.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-call-to-follow/
We see our brokenness as a curse, but it can also be a blessing, a pathway to dependence on God alone. In Exodus, God works in the ordinary and mundane to bring about His purposes. He doesn’t need a special set of skills found only in Moses, only Moses’ obedience and willingness. In our brokenness, God shines His glory through us.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-blessing-of-brokenness/
To be Jesus’ disciples, we must unfollow ourselves, give up the world, and follow Him. It won’t be easy, but it will be beautiful.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/mission-mindset/
He was rich, so they thought he was blessed. He was young, so they followed his charisma. He was a ruler, so they marveled at his power. Christ saw this man for who he really was, and called him to trade it all in for a genuine faith.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/counterfeit-faithfulness/
When discerning God’s will for our lives, we might miss His “when” and “way.” David was to be king, but it would take 15 years marked by heartache, trial, and pain. God’s timing and plan shaped David into the kind of king God wanted him to be.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/divine-delay/
God promises His people that if they humble themselves, pray, seek Him, and turn from wickedness, He will hear them, forgive their sins, and heal their land. We respond to this promise with passionate prayer, tenacious seeking, and radical repentance. O God, please hear us and heal us.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/give-me-somebody/
When we look around us, do we see a world gone mad or do we, like Jesus, see the plentiful harvest? The world is ready for the good news of Jesus, but how can they hear it if no one is sharing it? So we pray to the Lord of the harvest, that He might send laborers from among us into our neighborhoods and nations.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-harvest--generations--week-2--sermon--daniel-macleod--71424/
Whatever your age, someone younger is always paying attention to you. So how do we go the distance, with integrity, and bless the generations coming after us? We wait for the Lord, keeping His way, knowing He has all authority in heaven and on earth. We don’t give up, and we walk humbly with our God.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/long-term-integrity/
In the upside-down kingdom of God, losing is winning, dying is living, weakness is strength, and our enemy is our brother. In the abrupt conclusion of Jonah, we see all people—every tribe and nation—are at risk of falling under God’s abundant grace. For He has mercy for whom He has mercy and compassion for whom He has compassion.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-scandal-of-grace/
Finding himself right back where he started, Jonah begins his month-long journey to Nineveh. He proclaims a simple yet devastating message, and the people of Nineveh repent and follow God—Yahweh, the God of astounding mercy and another chance.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/belief-that-moves/
Where Jonah desired justice, God desired mercy. Nineveh, a city shrouded in darkness and filled with Jonah’s enemies, is to become a city of light filled with God’s redemption. The Lord is merciful to whomever He chooses, and salvation belongs to Him!Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/soul-surgery/
God sent a storm to overtake Jonah. Instead of turning the boat around, Jonah asks to be thrown into the sea. The pagan mariners vow to the Lord while God’s prophet sinks into the depths. In His mercy, God sends a fish to save Jonah.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/spiritual-slumber/
Rather than a lens to see the world through, the book of Jonah acts as a mirror to see ourselves. Jonah’s story exposes our own tendency to co-opt God for the life we want rather than surrender to the life He has for us.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/co-opted/
The gospel of Jesus is an invitation out of restlessness, anxiety, and anger and into a life of meaning and purpose. By His Spirit, there is power over sin, death, and the dominion of darkness.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/mission-vision-and-power/
After the death of Joshua, the next generation of Israel embraced false gods and forgot the Lord and all that He had done for them. We read this as a warning and a charge to tell our kids how great our God is and remind them of all He has done for us.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/for-generations-to-come/
God is asking us to live faithfully with the life, time, money, and friend group or spouse He has given us for His glory all the days of our lives. By living for Him, we might leave a legacy for those behind us to reap the benefits of our covenantal faithfulness to King Jesus.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/legacy/
Whether single or married, you can only truly understand yourself as you develop your relationship with God and others. Conflict with close friends and spouses holds a mirror up, helping us to grow in maturity, and to reflect Christ’s covenantal faithfulness in our relationships.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/fighting-fair/
God made sex for procreation and pleasure. It was His idea, and He called it good. God desires for His people to have healthy sex lives built inside marriages through companionship, covenant, and the mingling of souls.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/sex-and/
Friendship is the lost art of Christian marriage. There isn’t a greater love than someone laying down their life for a friend. In John 15, Christ gives us a unique command, calls us to a new kind of relationship, and demonstrates the greatest form of love.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/friends-and-companions/
Marriage is an imperfect picture of Christ and His Church. Wives are to respect and encourage their husbands and husbands are to love and build up their wives. The woman does it imperfectly as the church does it imperfectly. And the husband has no chance compared to the perfect love of Jesus Christ.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/husbands-and-wives/
From the beginning, God’s design for human union came through the partnership and picture of marriage. Through the subordination of their own desires, the man and woman image Christ to each other and push back the darkness in the culture at large.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/in-the-beginning-1/
In defiance of death, Christ rose from the grave and imparted life to all who believe. He has reanimated our hearts with abundant life, fullness of joy, and pleasures forevermore.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-resurrection-of-our-king-1/
God loves everybody. He can save anybody. He can use everybody. He is always working, and you can trust Him. Jesus longs to meet you, use you for His glory, and bless you beyond measure.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/a-miraculous-life/
We are fully known and fully loved by our God. He calls us His children, priests, heirs, friends, His workmanship, and the chosen citizens of heaven. In full knowledge of our best and worst moments, God pours out His love on us and calls us saints.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/fully-known/
The Word of the Lord is sweeter than honey and more precious than gold. If any of us lacks wisdom, His Word says to ask for it, and He will give. Whoever hears His words and does them belongs to God and builds their house on the Rock.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-posture-and-pace-of-discipleship/
The current state of our building project is a great picture of the believer’s life. Exciting progress is evident, but it still looks a little busted up. But we are sold out to the legacy we leave, knowing He who began this great work is faithful to complete it. Whether physical venues of worship or the tabernacles of our hearts, we ask God for them to be built up, strengthened, and consecrated to Him.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/all-in/
Christ, the Great High Priest, sat down with the Father because He finished the work of sacrifice forever. So we lift our eyes to Him. We remember our story is a part of the greater story and we run, laying aside sin and lesser loves for His glory.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/for-us-and-for-them/
Our long journey home to the Father is an ever-expanding love and allegiance to Him. We give all of life for all of life—our actions, thoughts, money, relationships, careers, and even our imaginations—for the sake of God’s mission. We exist to love God, love people, and make disciples of Jesus Christ. This is the foundation of all we do.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/what-does-faithfulness-look-like/
We live in a moment of history that is outraged, anxious, and divided. There are cultural, political, and spiritual realities at play that are unique to our moment. God has placed us at this point in His story; what will we do? How will we respond?Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/our-moment/
Three stories are unfolding: your story, our story, and The Story. God has uniquely wired you and called you to a specific place and time so that you might take part in this grand story of creation, fall, redemption, and restoration.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/where-we-find-ourselves/
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The lineage of Jesus shows us that His kingdom would be unlike any other. Through Christ, the dividing wall of hostility was torn down. We once retreated to the safety of homogeny. But Christ has brought together people from every tribe, tongue, and nation into a blessed unity.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/one-new-humanity/
He, the Author and Sustainer of life, made us in His image. Humans, regardless of ethnicity, health, wealth, age, abilities, and place in history are equal in their value and honor as image bearers. May we be a community of life illuminating the darkness for the Glory of God and our joy.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/a-community-of-life-1/
Christ is the door to freedom. He is the good shepherd, finding His own and guiding them through the door. Those who came before Him were thieves and liars. They peddled false gospels and murderous ideologies. Christ arrived with protection and care. He offered a clear way, a steadfast truth, and an abundant life.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-offer-of-life/
The cycle of self-improvement and failure persists because we cannot save ourselves. The salvation we need is outside our grasp unless we are reaching for Jesus.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/christ-our-hope/
The Creator of all things condescended and put on flesh. He came not for our condemnation but for our salvation. He, the pervasive light, has pierced the darkness, and the darkness will not overcome Him.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-advent-of-christ-1/
Happiness and joy are not the same. Happiness can be snatched away in a moment, but joy has a resilience that withstands the hurt and disappointment of the world. We remember God’s good works, bring to Him our heart’s desires, and embrace His future hope which leads to a deepening of joy.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-advent-of-joy-2/
We pray for the things that we love. The night Jesus was arrested, He prayed to the Father for His disciples in front of Him, and those who would come after—us. Christ’s glorious love broke into our loveless world, drawing us in that we might go out and love gloriously.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-advent-of-love-2/
We find in the reign of Christ a limitless expansion of His influence and the establishment of peace with no end. In Him, we receive wonderful counsel, a strong defense, and an end to spiritual oppression.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-advent-of-hope-3/
Christmas as a commercial holiday always overpromises and under-delivers, leaving us unfulfilled. But Christmas remembered as the mercy of God sending His Son for us stirs in the believer a robust and renewed hope. So we place the anchor of our hope in this, that Jesus sees us in our lowly, fragile estate and moves toward us in His love.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-advent-of-hope-2/
The parable of the prodigal son has a natural focus on the son who leaves, lives recklessly, and returns. But many of us live out our faith like the older brother—living at home, with the Father, yet refusing to enter into joy. The younger brother chased the desires of his stomach and found himself lost in the world. The older brother, blinded by resentment, entitlement, and fear, was lost in his own home.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/lost-at-home/
The gospel isn’t aspirational advice but the powerful work of God unto salvation. The gospel is God overpowering all that would rob His people of the fullness of life He has purchased for them in Christ Jesus. Any sin, impasse, addiction, or even Satan himself will not stop the strong arm of our God.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/gospel-power/
The gospel is both simple enough for a child to understand yet complex enough to never discover its full depth. Each of us is called to share the gospel within our everyday, relational circles. We don’t need to have every answer ready in order to do so; we just need to be willing to let the Holy Spirit work. We can enter into conversations with confidence and use simple tools to guide us.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/gospel-simplicity/
We find ourselves caught up in something that existed long before us and will continue to expand into eternity. What started with 500 people in Jerusalem is now 2.38 billion people worldwide. This gospel wave continues to crash into the farthest shores of the globe and the darkest corners of the human heart.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-gospel-wave/
Whether through altars built or communion elements taken, God places a high emphasis on remembrance for His people. When we remember correctly, we move forward differently. And how do we remember? We build a memorial for what He has done and testify that He is with us and He is powerful.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/stones-of-remember/
The gospel creates a gifted people. God shares the spoils of His victory in Christ by equipping His people with a diversity of gifts. Each of which is meaningful and has a unique role in our shared endeavor of building up the body of Christ.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/gospel-culture-gifts/
The gospel moves through every culture throughout history calling people out of darkness and into His marvelous light. From the rich, the poor, the elevated, and the marginalized, Christ is creating a people for His own possession—a community of salt and light, receiving and proclaiming God’s mercy.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/gospel-culture-people/
All things were created through Christ and for Christ. His atoning work on the cross was for the sins of humankind and the redemption of creation. We now herald this good news to the world around us, especially the places God has placed us in—our work, our homes, and our cities.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-gospel-in-the-air/
We have all fallen short of God’s glory. While we were stuck in deep ruts of sin, Jesus Christ died for us. Our sins earned us death, but God gifts us with eternal life through Jesus. If we belong to Him, we are no longer condemned. If we confess and believe, we are saved. This is the gospel on the ground. This is the good news we now bring to those around us.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-gospel-on-the-ground/
The tenured farmer, after preparing the ground with seed, does not pester the crop to hurry the harvest. He waits. James tells us to be patient for the coming of the Lord. We should not wait with grumbling, but with joy, establishing our hearts in the Lord. He has set a time, and He will return.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/waiting-on-god/
Where our treasure is, our heart is. God called His people to bring their full tithe to Him, not because He needed money, but because He longed for the whole heart of His people. Our hearts are easily distracted and we place our attention on lesser things. God is lifting our heads from temporary ...
There is objective truth that doesn’t erase difficulty, but brings true life. In God’s design, there is accountability for our actions. And God is not mocked. What we sow, we reap. If we sow to the flesh, we reap corruption. If we sow to the Spirit, we reap a bountiful harvest of truth, beauty, a...
In the fourth dispute, God’s people question His justice. They accuse God of delighting in those who do evil. God responds with the promise of His messenger, John the Baptist, and His Messiah, Jesus Christ—the truest proof of His justice. His people will be refined by fire, and justice will be se...
God’s people had profaned the covenants of their fathers in the treatment of one another, the worship of other gods, and the divorcing of their wives. They chose faithless self-indulgence and unraveled into chaos. For His glory and their own flourishing, the Lord called them back to the harmony o...
By the end of the Old Testament, the priests were allowing God’s people to bring their worst to Him. God brought a charge against them, reminding them of His love and the discipline that would ensue. He wanted their full attention, not their leftovers. He is not a pet at which to throw the scraps...
God’s people doubt His goodness and are skeptical of His kindness. They are relationally fractured, apathetic, and have turned their backs on Him. His message to them through the prophet Malachi is, “I have loved you.”
It is of utmost importance to follow God, and utterly impossible to do it on our own. When we face the important and impossible, we tend to run towards shame, pride, or condemnation. Though our hearts condemn us, God does not, because He is greater than our hearts. So let your mind be convinced a...
The drumbeat of Genesis was God creating and calling it good. But after He made the first human, He saw it was not good for us to be alone. He made more people so that we would have companions and friends. Jesus was friendship made flesh. He modeled vulnerability and commitment showing the path t...
Paul, inspired by the Spirit, states that God began a good work in us and will bring it to completion at Christ’s return. This prophetic, rugged verse outlasts the buffeting of life and stands firm as a promise—He started it, and He will finish it.
The hills and high places were known centers for idol worship and altars to false gods. The Psalmist, looking up to these places, declares that his help will not come from the mountains, but from the Maker of the mountains. The one true God is our help in times of trouble.
All who are led by the Spirit have been adopted into the family of God. He gives to His children a unique identity, places us into time exactly where He wants us, and calls us to flourish, not on our own, but in a family of fellow believers. If we are His children, then we are also heirs to His k...
God, knowing the times in which we would live and the boundaries of our habitation, uniquely wired and uniquely placed us so that men and women might seek and find God. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, to declare His glory in whatever we do and wherever we find ourselves. This...
As we progress through life, it is natural for us to search for who we really are. Our wounds and failures tend to speak the loudest as we grasp for strands of an identity. But the same God who spoke all of creation into existence declares that we are His forgiven children—redeemed, perfectly lov...
There is no formation without repetition. Each of us are a product of our experiences with God, our experiences with others, and our habits. Before sin entered the story, all was right between God and humans. Now, through Christ, we are being rehumanized by the indwelling of the Spirit, making us...
Generation Z is not only the church of tomorrow, but the church of today. Psalm 145 calls us to invite the next generation into God’s greater story, praising Him for His wonderful works. We ask God to raise up bold and faithful leaders in the generations to come and for us to be faithful in commending to them the beauty of His gospel.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/commending-to-the-next-generation/
Motherhood is a reflection of the nature and character of God. The Accuser takes this truth and convinces moms that they should know everything, be everywhere at the same time, and carry the weight of the family’s world on their backs. But only God is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. We can rest in Him when we meet our human limits. This is good news for mothers and for all of us. Only God is perfect.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-good-news-for-mothers/
The ultimate act of mercy is shown in God giving His Son as a sacrifice for us, the undeserving, that we might be saved. God now calls us to go and be merciful—presenting ourselves as living sacrifices, outdoing each other in showing honor, befriending the lowly, practicing hospitality, and blessing our enemies.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/a-community-of-mercy/
In a world like ours, the Church should not be happening. Yet it continues to progress, all over the world, and will only get better over time because Christ is with us. God tilts the beautiful future we read of in Revelation and the old words of Paul in Romans back into the here and now. Our God of hope continues to fill us with all joy and peace so that we can abound in hope, by the work of His Spirit.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/a-communnity-of/
The gospel we first received is the gospel we still need. It serves the human heart as water, sunlight, and air serve the grass of the fields. The gospel is what we need today and is what we will need tomorrow. Rather than spending our days trying to prove we were worthy all along of God’s forgiveness, let’s enjoy the freedom of knowing we are fully-loved in our unworthiness.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/growing-in-grace/
The disciple Thomas was a zealous follower of Christ, yet is forever known for his moment of weakness. Right before Jesus commissions His followers, the Word says some still doubted. But Jesus doesn’t withhold His mission when His followers doubt. Like Thomas, Christ invites us to move toward Him with our questions and to keep going. Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/doubt-and-mission/
As the heat of life turns up, the aroma of death becomes all the more obvious. But eternal life is available, and we don’t have to wait until heaven to get it. Christ said to Martha that those who live and believe in Him will never die. The sting of death has been swallowed up in His victory. Death has been defeated. Christ is risen. Indeed, He is risen!Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-resurrection-of-our-king/
God’s solution for a broken, lost, and hurting world is a church that is awake and alive to each other–living in true, biblical community. In the final sermon of our series, we examine the dramatic birth of the early Church and how the believers devoted themselves to one another.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/awake-to-each-other/
Many of us celebrate the miraculous things of our faith—the virgin birth, the exorcism of demons, the healing of the sick and lame—but live as if none of that is available to us. We look back at those miraculous moments as moral fables rather than God calling us to participate. Nothing has changed. Supernatural things are still occurring that we can’t explain away by rational means.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/awake-to-the-miraculous/
God provides the seed and the bread, and promises righteousness for those who give cheerfully to the advancement of His kingdom. To be a cheerful giver is to orient our hearts around truth, and to see our resources for what they are—gifts from the Giver. In return, He promises all grace, all sufficiency, in all seasons, for all time.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/awake-to-generosity/
At opposite ends of the wisdom literature stand Job and Solomon. Job loses everything and finds God’s presence is more than enough. Solomon gains everything and finds His presence better still. His presence is the story of the Bible. He has made known to us the path of life, fulfills our joy in His presence, and lavishes endless pleasures on His people. Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/awake-to-presence-and-power/
We rarely expect our modern world to look like the world of the Bible. We erase the unseen and supernatural with information and human innovation. Mystery is no longer something to marvel over but something to prove. As sober-minded children of light, let us trade the twilight cynicism, skepticism, and doubt for a dawning of faith, hope, and love.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/awake-to-reality/
Nothing calls for and retains our attention like anger and fear. Online algorithms serve us content that keeps rage levels high, anxieties buzzing, and our attention fixated. God calls us to live differently. He says to be captivated by whatever is true, honorable, pure, praiseworthy, beautiful, and good. Our empathetic High Priest offers a trade—gentleness for jadedness, peace for anxiety, freedom for condemnation, and joy for anger.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/awake-to-beauty-and-goodness/
A flourishing human by today’s standard is one who defines a moral universe for themself, basing truth on their inmost desires. Yet our desires can be at odds even with themselves. There is one person who bears this weight gladly and gracefully. He was not only a great truth-teller, but Truth itself. He is the image of the invisible God. He is truth made manifest. In Him we live, move, and find our way to a flourishing life. Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/awake-to-truth/
We have been justified once and for all, and are being sanctified over time. Yet, often we confuse our justification with our sanctification and can feel our salvation is at stake at every turn. When we try to complete in the flesh what the Spirit started, we lack the courage to walk in the light. God is light and His Word is a beacon of hope amidst the anxiety of self-justification. Take heart and be of good courage! He started this great work in you and is faithful to complete it.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/awake-to-courage/
Having begun their relationship with Christ by a work of the Spirit, the Galatian believers turned to their own works in hopes of perfection. Paul said they had been bewitched into something distorted and evil—a different gospel, which was no gospel at all. In the same way, we can be so church-adjacent, full of facts about Jesus, but never truly know Him. The call is to wake up, get rooted in truth, and marvel at the good news of Jesus Christ.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/awake-to-the-gospel/
The gospel had radically transformed the city of Ephesus 15 years prior, but Paul is concerned that the believers’ are again being lulled into sleep by its wickedness. By deceit, rootlessness, the anxieties of the world, and the deception of worldly riches, we too begin to distance ourselves from God, gradually embracing the way of the world. The call is the same for us today—wake up, rise from the dead, and look to the light of Christ.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/wide-awake/
After Jesus rose, the disciples asked if it was now time for Him to restore the kingdom to Israel. His response was one of protection and calling. He reminded them that only the Father knows the times, and called them to go into their neighborhoods, surrounding cities, and the nations and bear witness to what they had seen. By the power of the Spirit, His kingdom was to spread beyond Israel—to every tribe, language, and nation.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/witnesses-to-the-nations/
John’s vision from God in Revelation 21 gives us a picture of the new heavens and earth—all ethnicities bringing what’s good and beautiful about their cultures to live together. As we exist in the “already but not yet” of this kingdom to come, we learn about other ethnicities and cultures with curiosity, lament what has been broken and twisted by sin, and live out what is true and beautiful about our own culture.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/citizens-of-the-kingdom/
In Genesis, God makes man in His own image and places a unique, spiritual mantle on all humans—regardless of status, ability, race, or gender. As we become the kinds of people God is making us into, we are to embrace our role as salt and light pushing back against the darkness and engaging the hopeless.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/light-and-likeness/
The path of life has been laid out by God through His law and made possible through the coming of Jesus. By His grace, we are transformed from one degree of glory to the next and called to the table of His joy to experience pleasures forevermore.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/a-vibrant-endurance/
In Him is life, and this life is the light of mankind. And to this day His light shines in the darkness, and the darkness will never overcome it.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-advent-of-christ/
There is a joy that transcends all of life’s circumstances. Hebrews 10 mentions the joyful acceptance of being robbed knowing there is a better, future possession. The disciples were beaten but left rejoicing for the honor of suffering for Christ’s name. Happiness is fragile and folds under pressure, but the joy of the Lord is steady, firm, and persistent.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-advent-of-joy-1/
Even the best stories about human love reveal frailty and cannot be looked upon as any righteous constant. So we start with the Savior. We did not love Him first, but He loved us. With no good in ourselves, Christ moved toward us. While we were still weak, ungodly sinners, Christ died for us. That is true love.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-advent-of-love-1/
There is a set of subversive expectations that we are steeped in when it comes to Christmas. Books, movies, and the lore of the holidays promise all things can be made right and complete through the magic of the season. Our human hearts are desperate for this relief and it is found in Jesus Christ, our Prince of Peace. The Advent of peace is now.Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-advent-of-peace-1/
The gospel of Jesus can feel quaint and outdated in today’s fast-paced, sensory-driven world. With so many things vying for our attention, we should find ways to cultivate moments of meaning, hope, and rest. Our faith lives on patience. Patience is willing to endure. Endurance is sustained by the...
We all feel a sense of worthlessness or contempt in our hearts. We try to combat it with self-righteousness and self-loathing. When we realize that although we can’t save ourselves but Christ’s desire is to do that very thing, it produces in us a humble self-forgetfulness. Our reward is justifica...
It is our hope and prayer that we will have planted and revitalized 30 healthy, gospel-centered, multiplying churches by the year 2030. And God has already begun this work. As a church, our work is to collectively affirm what God is doing and commit to support the work of advancing the Kingdom of...
There is an innate hunger for abundant life hidden in the heart of people, and the vast majority don’t yet know the beauty, truth, and relevance of Jesus. Before He ascended into the heavens, Jesus made a promise to His followers that we would receive power when the Holy Spirit comes. Therefore, ...
The Pharisees and Scribes grumbled as Jesus dined with the unwelcome and uninvited. In a series of three parables, Jesus responds to their complaints with the message that the Kingdom is for all people. It is for the saint and the sinner. The banquet table is set by a compassionate Father. For th...
While Jesus is not indifferent to matters of justice, the matter at hand was one of greed. Before telling this parable a man demanded that Jesus tell his brother to give him some of the inheritance. Jesus tells this story to derail man’s desire for worldly gain and calls the crowd to be rich in God.
Jesus says to pray and not lose heart. In Luke 18, He tells the story of a woman in desperate need of justice. Her “bothersome” persistence convinces the unrighteous judge to act. How much more will God be moved into action by the cries of His own children?
The parable of the growing seed is a concise story of a profound truth. The farmer sows the seed yet knows not how it grows. He can only see the surface and is unaware of the energy happening underground. Jesus tells this story to remind the listener, that although the ground seems unchanged and ...
The parable of the Good Samaritan is one of Jesus’ greatest parables, asking and answering the question, “Who is your neighbor?”. Trevor Joy shared that the story of the Good Samaritan describes how the love of God guides us on how we should live and participate in the world. The fruit of our han...
The friend at midnight is a “lesser to greater” parable, in that it shows us if we as humans respond in love to our friend’s untimely requests, then our God will respond in love all the more. Mason King shared that this parable is an invitation to live out the Lord’s Prayer by doing away with dis...
The parable of the two builders is a comparison of wisdom and foolishness. Both builders heard the words of Jesus, but only one put them into action. Nick Crawford shared that this “hearing and doing” is the solid foundation of the wise man’s house. This builder has done the hard work of putting ...
Beginning the Parables series, Mason King called the Parables prophetic instruments designed to disrupt our thinking and invite us to rethink our reality. These stories Jesus told were the primary way He chose to teach about the Kingdom of God. Like the various environments that sower’s seeds fel...
The final gospel metaphor of union with Christ serves as a blessing for the believer and a reminder of the finished work of Jesus. In Ephesians 1, Paul begins his letter with a handful of prepositional promises that give us hope and comfort. In love and through His blood, we have been unified com...
The apostle Paul serves as the perfect example of the gospel metaphor of redemption. After years of ravaging the Church, God called Paul out of terrorizing His people and into fortifying the Church. We worship God around the world today because of the redemption of this wicked man. When God redee...
This angle of the gospel shows our full acceptance as children into the family of God. We have been justified, made new, and adopted by our good Father. This gospel metaphor serves as a reminder of God’s unending embrace of the elect as beloved members of His family.
As we turn the diamond of the gospel, we see the old passing away and the new coming. When Christ comes for His people at the end of all things, we will not spend our days in some ethereal plane plucking a cartoon harp. We will be in physical bodies, in a physical place, and […]
Beginning the Every Angle sermon series, Matt Chandler compares the gospel to the most precious of gemstones. As we marvel at the good news of Jesus, holding this dazzling stone to the light, every angle of truth is illuminated. In this sermon, Matt speaks on the gospel metaphor of Justification.
Around the age of 90, the apostle John finds himself isolated on an island, far from the churches he had planted years ago, and imprisoned by the most corrupt and violent emperor. In this sermon, Ross Lester shares that it was during this season of suffering that Jesus gave John an astounding revelation.
To stand firm in hardship, we have to remember that we are children of a good, good God. In this sermon, Ryan Kwon reminds us that our Father trains, nurtures, and blesses us by His merciful hand as we go through hard seasons.
In pursuit of contentment, our eyes become set on resources we do not have rather than what God has already given us. In this sermon, Mason King calls us to ask God for deliverance from the desire for more money or resource, thinking that more will cure what ails us.
In response to the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, we celebrated the protection of life with a deep sense of sobriety. The work to care for women, children, and families continues to be a space where God calls His Church to enter into as salt and light.
In a flyover view of the book of Ecclesiastes, we see our lives as short and good and that we should live in preparation to meet our God. The time is now to live wisely and well.
If we bring our first and best to something other than God, we bring an offering to something unable to sustain our worship. We have worshiped at weak altars. Yet God pleads with us to return, seek first His kingdom, and steward well the resources each of us has been given.
There is a defiant joy and bend towards celebration by which the people of God are meant to be marked. While the church is messy and life increasingly complicated, God is still accomplishing amazing work among His people. This is a cause for celebration!
There are moments when the brokenness becomes so vivid it wakes us to see our world for what it is. Let us lift our heads and turn our eyes to our Lord, our only real hope.
Our money can put us on a treadmill with a goal we will never reach. Material wealth and status lose their luster, leaving us wanting more. Christ is the “more” for which our hearts are longing.
Jesus is not anti-wealth, but He knows that money makes for a worthless god. Jesus is not coming after our money but our hearts.
God is redeeming, renewing, and restoring every tribe, tongue, and nation on earth, and we find ourselves in the middle of the story.
Our days have been numbered, our God is trustworthy, and Jesus has dealt with our shame.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is a means of celebration for the believer and an invitation for the unbeliever.
Christian leaders live out the power of the gospel and demonstrate its validity by faithfully pursuing Christ in the face of opposition.
Believers should not be surprised by suffering but should instead rejoice in future hope, remember why we suffer, and rely on our faithful and sovereign God.
Christian hope is an active mindset that works to restore true humanity, is lived in dependence upon God, and compels us to a faithful presence.
The people of God endure suffering with the hope of final victory as the inheritance of Christ pulls them ever forward.
When we bear unjust wounds without sinning in our speech, we display Christ to a watching world.
Christians are to graciously submit to authority for the Lord’s sake, as keeping honorable conduct shouts the gospel even when we are silenced.
We have been chosen and redeemed by the grace of God to live holy lives with one another as witnesses to a broken world.
Peter’s first letter calls its readers to a living hope while encouraging them to steward their suffering and orient their lives around future glory.
We are caught up in the story God is writing, and we’ve been given power to be His witnesses to the ends of the earth.
John Stonestreet, President of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, encourages us to have hope that Jesus is Lord as we engage this cultural moment.
God’s plan is to create a community of people who would reflect His glory, wisdom, and moral beauty to the world.
Human beings have been made distinct from the rest of creation, which makes the value of any human life immeasurable.
With a new year comes the opportunity to examine our lives and measure the space between what we say we believe and how we live. Does your life on Earth reflect the reality of Heaven as your ultimate home?
Christian joy transcends circumstantial happiness because Jesus has overcome the darkness.
The overwhelming reality that the Son of God put on flesh and dwelt among us should cause Christians to marvel.
Regardless of what’s going on in the world, the coming of Christ has given us an opportunity to let peace be established in our hearts.
God has called us to Himself, and He will fully empower us to live as the people He made us to be. We can be encouraged to step out in faith and trust in Him.
Much of what frustrates our lives today is driven out when we live as the people God made us to be, with the people God gave us to love.
The Creator of the universe has invested in each of us for our joy and His glory. Discovering and living into that investment provides us with what we’ve been searching for.
Our lives are interwoven with others, and we need each other. Our varying purposes shape a community of faith where people are cheered on to live out their own part of God’s good design.
God forms us into who we are through our gifts and by the triumphs and tragedies that make up our stories. Unearthing these things reveals His good design.
God has prepared specific opportunities for us to step into, but words and wounds can bury our potential and keep us from realizing them.
We all share a general identity as children of God and heirs of His promise, but what does it look like to step into our specific identities? Who has God made us to be? Visit patersoncenter.com/tvc to learn more.
We are God’s workmanship; each of us is formed by His hand, with His people, and for His glory. God calls us to Himself for a specific purpose.
Jesus came to earth preaching the kingdom of God—His reign and rule over all creation—and it looks different than what many of us imagine.
The love of Christ is the only answer to the brokenness of the world, but many of us walk right past what God is inviting us into every day.
The Bible doesn’t just talk about the gospel as individual salvation; the gospel is the good news that God is redeeming everything.
You can grow up in church your entire life and never truly hear the gospel because receiving it and being transformed by its power requires God to move.
Paul writes that we should refrain from quenching the Holy Spirit as He works to make us look more like Jesus.
Often unrecognized, the Holy Spirit’s unseen work in the Christian is profound and necessary for life and godliness.
God’s love defines us, saves us, and transforms us, and it is the only thing that can correct our trajectory of lovelessness.
Paul writes in 2 Corinthians that the people of God are to be captive, aromatic ambassadors of Jesus to the world around them.
Jesus calls His followers to show radical hospitality to everyone we meet, especially those different from us.
Your spiritual appetites reveal whether you’re on a trajectory of maturation or devolving back into infancy.
God’s work of proclaiming the gospel through local churches is unstoppable, and He invites us to play a role in it.
In his letter to the church at Colossae, Paul instructs the saints to live out their regeneration by actively participating in the Holy Spirit’s sanctifying work.
The Village Church exists to love God, love people, and make disciples of Jesus Christ, and by the Holy Spirit’s power, we are pursuing that mission daily.
The people of God are called by Scripture to be a community that cherishes and protects all human life.
As Christ’s captive servants, God is calling us to offer our lives as a sacrifice of worship in the pursuit of His mission among all peoples.
A mysterious woman appears, but her true nature is revealed and her downfall is assured.
John catches another glimpse at the throne before the wrath of God is poured out on the earth.
The grave could not hold Him! Our Lord Jesus has conquered death and is now seated at the right hand of the Father.
A false Trinity attempts to mimic holy God but falls short of His glory. The saints are called to endure.
The unseen war behind all wars is won as the sower of deceit is thrown from heaven. A desperate and defeated Enemy turns his attention to the people of God.
Idols which were once revered on earth turn to destroy their worshipers as God enacts His justice. John receives a bittersweet message of judgment and mercy.
The ultimate meaning of history is revealed as John witnesses the Lamb open the scroll. Mystery moves toward fulfilment.
With the churches addressed, John’s gaze turns toward God on His throne, a majestic sight that demands surrender and submission.
John pens the words of Jesus directed at seven specific churches, the theme of each a constant call to faithfulness.
The book of Revelation—John’s letter to the churches of Asia Minor—is full of prophecy, poetry, and promise. Despite the mystery that surrounds it, this final book in the canon of Scripture is an incredibly hope-filled picture of a coming battle that has already been won.
If we are to see revival break out among the nations, the people of God must take seriously their allegiance to King Jesus and participate fully in the work of ministry.
When God has moved among His people in times of cultural disintegration, it has always been built upon their prayers.
When the Church of Jesus Christ embraces her role of showing the world that the God of the Bible is the one true God, profound things begin to occur.
In Philippians 4, Paul charges the people of God to be marked by joy, graciousness, and prayer and to leave a mark themselves.
Because of Jesus and what He has done, Christians can walk in a kind of unshakable joy that the world can’t touch.
In the coming of Jesus, love has been made visible, love has been defined, and real love has expanded across the globe.
Christ’s kingdom of peace is where we all long to live forever, and anyone can enter in—not by political conquest but by personal surrender.
The advent of Jesus Christ gives us hope for freedom from the idols that promise what they cannot deliver.
Those who belong to a local church are part of the great mystery that lies at the center of God’s plan for salvation.
Generous grace-givers are motivated by an inward gospel reward and an outward gospel response.
As we reach the end of a contentious election season, we must continue to pray for our leaders and get back to the most important work there is: making disciples of Jesus Christ.
In a time of extreme division and distrust in our society, the people of God have the opportunity to step in and overcome evil with good.
The people of God are called to have a higher allegiance, law, hope, and standard than those who do not belong to Him.
At the end of John’s Gospel, Jesus offers Simon Peter the same thing He offers to us: freedom from shame.
We are able to stand firm in the mercy and presence of Jesus because He knows our names.
As He died on the cross, Christ fulfilled the promises of God and finished His atoning work once and for all.
In the High Priestly Prayer, Jesus asks the Father to bring unity to those who would believe in Him.
The Holy Spirit is sent by the Son to do the necessary work of revealing to the Church what is wrong, what is right, and who has already won the battle.
Christ prepares His people for life in Him by rehearsing the truth in the midst of struggle and inviting us to see the Father.
When we recognize Jesus as the resurrection and the life, we can join the refrain of Scripture that finds Him to be better than anything else.
There are many things in our world that claim to have what we’re looking for, but only Jesus can offer true, lasting salvation.
In John 7, Jesus gives His followers a stunning invitation: of life, of freedom, and the promise of an eternal home.
In chapter 20 of the Gospel of John, the author lays his cards on the table and explicitly states why he has written: that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ and have life in His name.
In the midst of the everyday suffering of this world, it is a comfort to be reminded that we are in God’s story and belong to Him.
Psalm 23 teaches us that though we may not always be able to discern God’s purposes in our lives, we can always trust His intentions as a Good Shepherd and Gracious Host. For more resources, visit tvcresources.net. Follow us on social: Instagram Facebook Twitter
As Christians, we grow into maturity and become people who respond to the hardships of life with patience, endurance, and joy when we remember what story we’re in and who we belong to.
Paul’s prayer at the beginning of Philippians shows us that the love which flows from God is the starting point of the Christian life and should impact everything we say and do.
Church planters Ethan Ezikian and Randle Bishop share about where the Lord is leading them and how you can support their efforts.
In this unique season, we have the opportunity to grow in holiness and devotion to Christ so that we might be sent out to a world in need of Him in the days to come.
If we are going to experience the fullness of Christ in our lives, we need strength in our inner being, a work of the Spirit, and a level of holy discontentment.
Marveling at the inexhaustible well of God, Paul prays that those who love the Lord might grow in knowledge, hope, and power.
Romans 5:1–5 tells us that we can rest in assurance because we are at peace with God, we stand in grace, our suffering is redeemed, and we are lavished with love.
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At the end of Romans 8, Paul draws upon his own experiences to declare that God will always meet the Christian in the middle of suffering.
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In order to solve the problem of human sin, Jesus paid the price of death on the cross, fulfilling the promise of God.
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The gospel of Jesus Christ gives us the power to destroy strongholds that are created when we agree with the lie that we are unworthy of God’s love.
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We are able to find true identity and purpose for our lives because of the precious gift God has given us in Jesus Christ.
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At the end of Romans 8, Paul begins asking a series of questions that remind us of the powerful promises God has made to His people.
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Instead of placing confidence in spiritual credentials or physical comforts, Christians should place their confidence in Christ, His gospel, and the surpassing worth of knowing Him.
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