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Our message for the 3rd Sunday of Advent on Advent Joy is from Luke 2:8-20.

Our first message for our Classic Christmas series and the first week of Advent is on Advent Hope from Isaiah 9:1-7.

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Jesus closes a section of the sermon by saying all the ethical commands of God are summed up in the Golden Rule, and opens the conclusion by stressing the exclusivity of His Kingdom. We explore this in Matthew 7:12-13.

As Jesus wraps up His Sermon on the Mount, He encourages us to continually come to our gracious Father who longs to provide what we need when we ask, seek, & knock. We explore this in Matthew 7:7-11.

In Jesus' famous teaching on judging others He commands us not to take the seat of the Ultimate Judge and to fight the hypocrisy of finding serious fault in others but none in ourselves. We explore this in Matthew 7:1-6.

To cure our daily anxiety and worry, Jesus asks us to consider God's gracious provision for lesser things of the world to understand how He lovingly provides for us, and to fix our minds on His kingdom priorities. We explore this in Matthew 6:25-34.

As Jesus shifts from private religious practice to how we live in the public world, He zeroes in on what we treasure, what we behold, and who we serve. We explore this in Matthew 6:19-24.

Jesus assumes His followers will make a regular practice of the spiritual discipline of fasting, but like charity and prayer we will make every effort to be seen not by others but by God alone in our fasting. We explore this in Matthew 6:16-18.

In the famous Lord's Prayer the Lord Jesus gives us a model prayer to be followed regularly, setting our hearts on His kingdom and our daily dependence on our Heavenly Father. We explore this in Matthew 6:5-15.

To begin His vital teaching on prayer Jesus says we must resist all attempts to craft our prayers for the praise of other people, and instead should cultivate a private practice of prayer when no one else but God is around. We explore this in Matthew 6:5-15.

The sermon enters into a new section with Jesus commanding us to not be religious hypocrites, beginning with charity. Our giving to those in need is to be in secret as much as possible, with the goal of pleasing God alone. We explore this in Matthew 6:1-4.

Perhaps no more radical teaching of Jesus exists than that on how we should treat our enemies. That is, we are to never personally retaliate, but instead are to seek a positive response of love towards those who hate us. We explore this from Matthew 5:38-48.

Jesus' ethical teaching on the promises we make in marriage and in our daily lives points us to being people of impeccable integrity in a world of broken promises. We explore this in Matthew 5:31-37.

Jesus teaches His disciples that the tree of adultery begins at the roots of lust, and the hyperbolic language He utilizes demonstrates our need for vigilant Kingdom-focused purity. We explore this from Matthew 5:27-30.

To open His instruction on Kingdom Ethics, Jesus points us to how serious unjust anger in our hearts is, how it leaves us open to divine judgement, & how we must be diligent to settle all anger-related disputes quickly. We explore this in Matthew 5:21-26.

Jesus says our Kingdom Witness is to be both salt and light to this world, preserving that which would otherwise decay and giving light into places of darkness, with the effect of leading people to praise God. We explore this in Matthew 5:13-20.

In the Beatitudes Jesus pronounces unexpected blessings that are meant to reorient our lives as His disciples around a different way of living; around the way of the Kingdom. We explore this in Matthew 5:1-12.

The Sermon on the Mount is Jesus' most intensely practical teaching for anyone seeking to live out the way of the Kingdom of God, yet the demands of its ethics point us to only One who can ultimately fulfill it. We explore this in Matthew 4:23-5:12.

The resurrection of Jesus means a new world, a new you, and a new future are all now possible and can be ours. Indeed, Easter means God is making all things new. This is our Easter 2022 message from Luke 24:36-40, 2 Corinthians 5:16-19, and Revelation 21:1-5.

On Palm Sunday the crowds went out to crown Jesus as king and ask him to save them. It's an ironic coronation, because five days later they will all abandon Him while He is saving the world. We explore this in John 12:12-26.

Christmas Love is revealed not only in God sending His Son into the world at Christmas, but also in God sending His Son to die for the world. We explore this in 1 John 4:7-16.

Christmas Joy is that good news for the world is finally found in the true Savior, Son of God, and Lord, Jesus Christ, who came in weakness to the least noteworthy. We explore this in Luke 2:8-20.

Christmas Peace comes from the newborn King, the Prince of Peace, the King who saves, who crushes the oppressor, and whose reign of peace will endure forever. We explore this in Psalm 72.

Christmas Hope looks back on the past faithfulness of God to meet us in our darkest times, to forgive all our sins, and to save us in our time of need, and looks forward to again wait for Him alone. We explore this in Psalm 130.

From Genesis 3-11 humanity is in a downward spiral of curse and destruction, until redemption is initiated by God in the blessing of one man, Abraham, and his family. We explore this in a survey of the Book of Genesis.

A proper understanding of Creation and the Fall sets the foundation of the entire story of God and explains why the world is so desperate for the work of Christ. We explore this in Genesis 1-3.

This message begins our new series, The Drama of Scripture, based on the book of the same time. Today, we walk through sections of Isaiah, Mark, John, and Revelation to see that the sixty-six books of the Bible are one grand story, the story of God, the one grand story that makes sense of all our stories.

In the conclusion of his letter to the Corinthians Paul reminds us that we are a universal church, to keep on in courageous faith, and that we are all a spiritual family in Christ. We explore this in the final message of our series in 1 Corinthians 16.

Everything done in a public worship gathering of the church should be executed as orderly as possible with the goal of maximum encouragement and understanding for all present. We explore this in 1 Corinthians 14:26-40.

The spiritual gift of tongues, in general, serves only the one who does it. The exercise of any spiritual gift in a public worship service should be done in a way that encourages, not alienates, everyone. We explore this from 1 Corinthians 14:1-25.

Love is the supreme Christian ethic, so much so that every other charitable Christian deed done without love is as nothing. When all other deeds will be forgotten, love will remain forever. We explore this in the famous chapter of 1 Corinthians 13.

God, through the Holy Spirit, gives every follower of Jesus particular spiritual gifts to be used in service of the collective mission of the church, and like a body every person is indispensable. We explore this today in 1 Corinthians 12.

The overriding concern in all Christians do should not be defending our own rights and freedom, but should be the glory of God through as many people as possible putting their trust in Jesus. We explore this in 1 Corinthians 10:23-11:1.

The failures of ancient Israel serve as warning for us as the modern people of God to resist temptation by fleeing from every form of idolatry. We explore this in 1 Corinthians 10:1-22.

Paul's example to lay down his apostolic rights to money and cultural preferences serve an example for how we are to serve others so they can know Jesus. We explore this in 1 Corinthians 9.

For the Christian, changed and rescued by Jesus, what's vastly more important than our freedom to do what we want is our calling to love others sacrificially as God has loved us. We explore this in 1 Corinthians 8.

Marriage is good. Marriage is hard. Divorce is bad. Contentment is best. Christ is all. We explore this in 1 Corinthians 7:6-40.

Followers of Jesus have been redeemed by God through Christ, both our souls AND bodies. Sexual pleasure must joyfully be lived out within the parameters of our redemption. We explore this in 1 Corinthians 6:12-7:5.

For Christians to bring civil cases against one another is a defeat for the church no matter the outcome. Believers must keep an eternal perspective throughout all our disputes. In this message we explore this from 1 Corinthians 6:1-11.

The Corinthians grossly misunderstood what is commendable in Christian leadership. It’s humility, not pride. It’s service, not power. It’s stewardship, not accumulation. We explore that this week in 1 Corinthians 4.

God’s people, and individual expressions of them in local churches, are the new and forever temple of God, and church leaders are accountable for how they build on the one foundation of Christ. We explore this in this message in 1 Corinthians 4.

The world seeks wisdom from flashy speakers and spiritual sages, but wisdom and maturity for followers of Jesus come through the Holy Spirit as He points us to Christ. We explore this in 1 Corinthians 2.

The gospel of a crucified Savior resets all our concepts of power and wisdom, and removes all boasting in ourselves, our heroes, and all else we use to put ourselves above others. In this message we explore this in 1 Corinthians 1:10-31.

The Apostle Paul’s first letter to the Corinthian church called a young, urban, and cosmopolitan church to live and walk in holiness and reject the ways outside of Christ. The letter does the same for us today. This message kicks off our brand new series in the letter of 1 Corinthians.

God’s object lesson for Jonah is meant to cause Jonah and us to reflect on this question: Do we have hearts of hate more like Jonah or hearts of compassion more like God? We explore this today in Jonah 4 and our final message from our Jonah series.

The Ninevites comprehensive and corporate repentance teaches us about the nature of sin and what true repentance looks like, and most importantly that God is eager to be merciful. We explore this in Jonah 3:6-10.

Having experienced a divine salvation, Jonah is now a changed man. Or is he? Either way, God works through Jonah’s ironic message to save an unexpected people. We explore this in Jonah 3:1-5.

Jonah’s conclusion in his song of salvation that “Salvation belongs to the Lord!” reminds us the deep truth of the gospel, truth which Jonah shows us can be so easily forgotten. We explore this good news in Jonah 1:17-2:10.