Technology, Every Square Inch, Media, Sermons | by Pastor David Parker

In the fifth segment of our six week series, we learn how Jesus shapes our view and use of technology. Technology, or any human activity that uses tools to transform God's creation for a practical purpose, is an extension of God's command to develop the resources of the natural world. After the fall, man's desire to create and advance continued, but in sin we no longer also desire God's glory. Technology becomes our idol and enables a constant distraction without the power of the gospel to set us free. In Christ we see that any claim to power, pleasure, or promise technology may give is a lie, and move it back to it's proper place in our lives.

Every Square Inch, Media, Sermons | by Pierce Martin

In the third segment of this series, we look at the way Jesus' sovereign lordship shapes the way we work. Work is anything that utilizes the way God has gifted us to cultivate or improve the world around us. From creation, we see that God was the first worker, and gave man a job to continue cultivating the earth. Once man sinned, however, work was cursed, and now we sinfully either make work itself our god, or work only to enable our other gods. The good news is that when Jesus came, he redeemed our work, and through the cross our work finds restoration and the hope of a risen Lord.

Every Square Inch, Media, Sermons | by Pastor Randy Lundy

This morning, in the second week of our new series, we look at the topics of art, beauty, and creativity. God is author of all creation and is the source and inspiration of our creative desires. We were created in God's image to testify of his glory and majesty but due to our sinful, selfish desires, we became allured by a competing beauty. Christ came to redeem us from our fallen state, was pierced for our transgressions, defeated death by rising on the third day, and will return again ushering in the dawn of a new heaven and a new earth in which there is eternal life.

Every Square Inch, Media, Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

This morning we start a new series called Every Square Inch. In the first sermon of this series, we look at Jesus' sovereign lordship over life in the topic of rest. God built time for rest into the created order, but since we sinned, rest has become a subject of idolatry. We either idolize work, and never rest, or idolize rest, and hardly work. Either way, we learn in Matthew 11:28-30 that true rest is not the presence or absence of activity, but a condition of heart that only Jesus can give.

Media, Other Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

This week is Sanctification of Life Sunday, and we take a brief break from the Mark series on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade to take a deeper look at abortion. Not just a merely political issue, we discuss what God says about what it means to be human, the beginning of human life, what abortion really is, and how the gospel shapes our response.

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Media, Other Sermons | by Pastor David Parker

When it comes to the future most of us like the idea of being at a future destination, but we don’t necessarily like the process of getting there. It’s the prize that motivates us to persevere to push on. What we unpack this morning in Philippians 3 is that the same attitude is true with our spiritual journey. We often can envision ourselves at a future reality, a better place, but how do we get there? More importantly, how does knowing the surpassing worth of Christ instruct us and guide us on that journey?

Media, Other Sermons | by Pastor David Parker

We all have a past, it’s unavoidable. Everyday we make decision in light of what we believe is true, and what will often bring us the most joy and happiness. But we can also hold onto our past, live in fear of our past, or live trying to make up for the past. The only way we can let go of and put our past in perspective, is by letting the surpassing worth of knowing Christ, His righteousness, His suffering, and His resurrection, shape, and interpret all of our past success, failures, and the failures of others. Today Pastor David Parker uses Phillipians 3:7-11 to guide us in our understanding of knowing Christ's power in our lives.

Christmas, Media, Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

As we celebrate Christmas Eve, Pastor Adam guides us through the Full Christmas Story. The story of Jesus begins not at his birth, but at the beginning of time. The Bible tells us the full story, from the creation of the Earth, the forming of Israel, the prophecies of the prophets, and through the gospel stories themselves tell of Jesus and what he came to accomplish for us.

Baptism, Media, Other Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

Jesus commands us, in the great commission to “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.” Matthew 28:19-20. Where did Christian baptism originate? What is its meaning? How is it to be done? Who is it for? Today we are going to see that Christian baptism is far from an empty religious ritual, but an outward expression of a personal commitment to Christ.

Disciple: Following Jesus, Media, Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

This morning we’ll be continuing our four-part series called, “Disciple”. Last week we learned that to be a Disciple of Jesus, is to be a servant of God and others. Today, we’re going to look at our identity as Missionaries of the Gospel.