Sermon On The Mount - Law, Anger, Lust, Divorce
Sean continues walking us through Jesus' sermon on the mount and what He says about The Law, as well as anger, lust, and divorce.
Sermon On The Mount - Salt And Light
"You are the salt of the earth,
but if salt has lost its taste,
how shall its saltiness be restored?
It is no longer good for anything
except to be thrown out
and trampled under people's feet.
You are the light of the world.
A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
Nor do people light a lamp
and put it under a basket, but on a stand,
and it gives light to all in the house.
In the same way,
let your light shine before others,
so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven."
Matthew 5:13-16
Sermon On The Mount - The Beatitudes
The first sermon in our new series on the Sermon On The Mount. Jesus came and preached about a kingdom that seemed upside down and backwards to what the world says. The beatitudes Jesus spoke about show us how we who are in God's kingdom can look different than those in the world because our hope is not in this world.
The Humility Of Jesus
Bret Farris teaches us what a life of humility looks like by looking at the example Jesus lived for us. Counting His status as nothing, our King left His throne and came to serve us. Let us now lay down our lives to serve Him!
Surrender Your Comfort
“Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.”
Philippians 3:8-11
Surrender Your Sin
Sean Eppers examines the story of King David and Nathan and what repentance in the life of a believer looks like. Praise God for the blood of Jesus that takes away our sin! We can surrender it confidently knowing that our God has paid for it already.
Surrender Your Life
The first sermon in our series on surrender. We want to be a people who surrender our whole life to the Lord. In this sermon, we look at Peter, and the way Jesus called him into this sort of surrender.
Abba Father
Josh continues our mini-series on loneliness by pointing us to the relationship we have with our Heavenly Father. It is personal, intimate, and satisfying. Praise God that He hears us and knows us and loves us as His children.
Battling Loneliness
Sean teaches us about how loneliness is a very real battle in this day and age and how we are to fight it by finding our every need in Christ and by being a part of the Church. God gives us community with Himself and with our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Ruth - God's Greater Plan
Sean Eppers wraps up our series on Ruth, showing us how Jesus is our True and Better Redeemer, and how God is sovereign over all things in life, working for our good and His glory.
Ruth - A Stand For Righteousness
Sean examines the moment Boaz wakes up to Ruth at his feet. But rather than giving into a moment of passion, Boaz stands for righteousness, further displaying the character of Jesus, our Redeemer.
Ruth - Redeeming Love
"Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you? Is not Boaz our relative, with whose young women you were? See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor. Wash therefore and anoint yourself, and put on your cloak and go down to the threshing floor, but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking. But when he lies down, observe the place where he lies. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down, and he will tell you what to do.” And she replied, “All that you say I will do.”
So she went down to the threshing floor and did just as her mother-in-law had commanded her. And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then she came softly and uncovered his feet and lay down. At midnight the man was startled and turned over, and behold, a woman lay at his feet! He said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth, your servant. Spread your wings over your servant, for you are a redeemer.”"
Ruth 3:1-9
Ruth - The Price Of Redemption
Ruth is a story that clearly parallels and points to Jesus and the redemption that He brings His people. Sean examines how we start seeing those parallels in Boaz towards Ruth.
Ruth - Ruth's Conversion
"But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.” And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.
So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them. And the women said, “Is this Naomi?” She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. I went away full, and the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, when the Lord has testified against me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?”
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest."
Ruth - Relationships
“Then she arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the fields of Moab that the Lord had visited his people and given them food. So she set out from the place where she was with her two daughters-in-law, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me. The Lord grant that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband!” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept. And they said to her, “No, we will return with you to your people.” But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb that they may become your husbands? Turn back, my daughters; go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, even if I should have a husband this night and should bear sons, would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that the hand of the Lord has gone out against me.” Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. And she said, “See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.””
Ruth 1:6-15
Ruth - A Redemption Story
“In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. 2 The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. 3 But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, 5 and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.”
Ruth 1:1-5
EPHESIANS - The Armor Of God
A look at how we should walk through each day wearing God's armor, not ours.
EPHESIANS - How Should We Work?
“Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free. Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.”
Scripture: Ephesians 6:5-9
EPHESIANS - Our Need As Parents
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
Scripture: Ephesians 6:1-4