Sermons

With the abundance of grace that has been lavished on us, how should we respond? Paul outlines two key expectations that come with God's grace. God's grace isn't a hall pass to sin, it leads us to a transformed life where we are freed from sin's enslavement. (PowerPoint only)

Who gets to sing "Father Abraham" and really have it be true? Paul applies this idea of God's level playing field to redefine who gets to be part of God's family. It's all about God's grace, our response of faith, and his keeping his promises through Jesus. Or in other words, it's all about God's faithfulness. (See "Live" page on our website for the sermon video)

Romans 1:18ff describes the negative side of our spiritual level playing field before God. In other words, all people make the same fatal mistake - we've traded worship of God for the worship of creation. Whether it's literal graven images or idols of our hearts, mankind has embraced sinful worship of false gods. We are all equally guilty and have strayed in a completely comprehensive way. The good news about Jesus stands out in relief to the darkness of the bad news. And we can't understand one without the other. *Sermon starts around the 10:40 mark.

Jim Strube points us to important biblical wisdom for the new year. Specifically, James 4 shows us the right way and the wrong way to go about preparing for the future.

How is Jesus, the Son of God, an "Everlasting Father"? Have we mixed up the Trinity? What's going on with this title of Isaiah's prophecy? We unpack what this term means and how Jesus fulfilled it in this morning's message.