Sermons

What happens when God’s promises seem delayed or impossible, and we are tempted to take matters into our own hands? In Genesis 16, Sarai, Abram, and Hagar show us how quickly impatience and self-reliance can lead us away from trusting God. Yet in Christ, we see the opposite response: humble obedience, surrender, and trust in … Read more October 4, 2026

What can we depend on when our faith feels weak and we cannot accomplish God’s promises for ourselves? In Genesis 15, Abraham discovers that God’s promise is the foundation of faith – not our power, performance, or certainty. Like Abram, God’s promise gives us righteousness before God, assurance in doubt, and unconditional hope in the … Read more September 27, 2026

What does it mean to live a life of faith when you could just “help yourself”? In Genesis 14, Abram encounters God’s grace through his appointed Priest-King, Melchizedek. His response shows us that faith means receiving the blessing of the Priest-King, responding generously to the Priest-King, and refusing any rivals to the Priest-King. Melchizedek points … Read more September 20, 2023

What does it mean to live a life of faith? Abraham shows us that faith begins with encountering the living God: God calls unlikely people, blesses those he calls, and proves faithful to those he blesses. In Christ, Abraham’s promised blessing reaches us, calling us to trust and follow him. Speaker: Rev. Creighton Friedrich

In a world of distraction, information overload, and constant pressure, how should Christians understand the time God has given them? Paul’s letter to the Colossians reminds us that the Christian life begins not with what we do for God, but with what God has done for us in Christ. As God’s chosen and beloved people, … Read more September 6, 2026

Christians are called to give according to their means, but often we miss what’s at the heart of our giving: our hearts, our very selves. When we give God our hearts, generosity is multiplied and God is glorified. When we grasp how generous God is to us, our hearts are freed to overflow in response to his … Read more August 30, 2026

In the Parable of the Talents, we see that God entrusts each of us with gifts, skills and abilities; holds us accountable to what we have received; and will ultimately judge the outcome of our faith. We have a choice to make: will we faithlessly bury our talent out of fear; or will we faithfully … Read more August 23, 2026

Why does our endless obsession with our self-worth leave us feeling less and less worthy? Could it be that we have been looking for self-worth in the wrong place? Jesus wants us to see that in beholding the truly worthy one that we gain the perspective to worship God and trust his sovereign purposes and … Read more August 16, 2026

What perspective does God’s heavenly throne room give us in the midst of our earthly struggles? In Revelation 4, Jesus pulls back the curtain to reveal the reality behind our circumstances. God is presently reigning, forever holy, and unsurpassably worthy. Seeing this heavenly reality gives Christians confidence, holiness, and perspective amid present hardship. Speaker: Rev. … Read more August 9, 2026

What if Jesus had nothing good to say about a church? That is exactly the case in his letter to the church in Laodicea, which he calls lukewarm. If we care about the spiritual health of our church today, we need to ask: What does it mean to be spiritually lukewarm? What do lukewarm Christians … Read more August 2, 2026

Jesus knows that compared to the might of the Roman Empire, the church in Philadelphia seems to have little power. But what it has is far more important: the strength to keep faithful to God’s Word. So what is a faithful church? What does a faithful church do? And what is the consequence of the … Read more July 26, 2026

Jesus confronts the church in Sardis with a startling diagnosis: they have a reputation for being alive, but are spiritually dying. So what makes for a dying church? What should a dying church do? And what hope does a dying church have? Speaker: Rev. Creighton Friedrich