Sermons

In Luke 15, Jesus tells the greatest short story ever written — the Parable of the Prodigal Son. It’s the story of a son who took everything, ran as far as he could, and hit rock bottom. And a father who didn’t wait for him to clean himself up before running to meet him. But…

Christ-followers are all called to be bridge-makers. We build relational bridges to people that enable connections to be built for lost people to discover God. Bridging is not just a good idea; it is our mandate. Unfortunately, because sharing our faith can seem risky or scary, we can easily develop a bad attitude towards a…

The long-haul of life is building. We are to build disciples. Marriages have to be built; they just don’t happen. Children have to be built toward adulthood. A business has to be built. Your finances have to be built. A career has to be built. Ministry to people has to be built. There is no…

We belong to God which gives us ultimate security, joy, connection, and value. But community is not just something we passively enjoy. We are to actively create community through our serving and relating to one another. We are part of the body of Christ and we belong to each other, in such a way that…

When we hear the phrase “God loves you,” we ought to be thrilled beyond words that the almighty creator of everything has CHOSEN to love us. But often, we just think, “that’s nice” or “of course he does.” Although our human nature is broken by sin, neither brokenness nor sin define the Christian. Something deeper…

There are three kinds of brokenness. We live in a broken world that doesn’t work the way it was designed to. Further, we, ourselves, are broken and we do not relate to people the way we were designed to. But there is also a good brokenness, in which God uses the brokenness of sin redemptively,…