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Scripture Reference: John 14:1-11 Sermon Points: The Destination The Way The Assurance

Scripture Reference: John 11:1-6, 17-44 In John 11, When death overcomes one of Jesus good friends, the One who proclaims Himself to be the Resurrection and the Life shines forth. Against the backdrop of death, Jesus, in His Words and Actions, display the character of God and calls all to trust Him as Resurrection and Life. He is comfort in pain and death and He is the master of bringing life out of death. Sermon Points: Jesus Waits (vv. 1-6) Jesus Weeps (vv.33-35) Jesus Rages (vs. 33, 38) Jesus Wins (vv. 25-26, 29-44)

Scripture Reference: John 10:7-18 Sermon Points: The Care of the Sheep The Character of the Shepherd The Calling of the Church

Scripture Reference: John 8:12-13, 28-38 Jesus makes one of his seven I am statements when he refers to himself as the light of the world. Light dispels darkness, light reveals the truth about things that otherwise would never be seen if they remained in darkness. Jesus as light reveals the uncomfortable truth about humanity, the truth about God, and the transformation that He brings in the lives of his followers. Do you want to live in truth? Come to the light?

Scripture Reference: Mark 4:1-20 Sermon Points: The Seed and How the Gospel Enters Your Life The Soil and What Hinders the Gospel in Your Life The Saved and How the Gospel Bears Fruit

Scripture Reference: Colossians 1:19-23 We are alienated from God, but because God loves us he has reconciled us to himself. Sermon Points: Alienation Reconciliation

Scripture Reference: Exodus 14:1-31 Sermon Points: God Is Greater God Is at Work God Is for Us

Scripture Reference: Matthew 3:1-4:11 & Luke 4:14-21 Taking a brief look Jesus’ baptism, temptation, and first sermon together gives us a greater understanding of how they are connected and how these three episodes can encourage us to live in and live out the Gospel. Sermon Points: Christ's Baptism Christ's Temptation Christ's Sermon

Scripture Reference: Hebrews 1:1-14

Scripture Reference: Hebrews 1:1-4

Scripture Reference: Amos 5:18-24, 9:13-15

Scripture Reference: Lamentations 3:19–26 What do you do when the worst possible scenario comes true? How do you live with incredible hurt but hope? The writer of Lamentations gives us a glimpse into the heart of God for his people, even as they suffer. Learning to lament well is essential to Christian maturity. Sermon Points: The Worst of Suffering The Hope in Lament The Practice of Waiting

Scripture Reference: Zechariah 3:1-10

Scripture Reference: John 10:1-11 Sermon Points: We Are Sheep Jesus Is the Door

Scripture Reference: Haggai 2:1-9 The Temple meant that God was present with Israel. But it was destroyed and under judgment. Jesus said he WAS the Temple and would be judged on our behalf. Why? So he could make his church the new locale for his presence and each believer into a temple for the Holy Spirit. Sermon Points: ]The Temple and Israel The Temple and Jesus The Temple and You

Scripture Reference: Revelation 21:1-6 Sermon Points: The Goal of Our Hope The Grain of Our Hope The Getting of Our Hope

Scripture Reference: Zephaniah 3:14-20 There are good days and there are bad days. Zephaniah prophesies about a terrifying Day of the Lord where God will judge his people. And yet, he follows up these dire predictions with some of the most tender, borderline sentimental expressions of affection from God. How can both be true? Only in the resurrection! Sermon Points: The Problem The Judgment The Resolution

Scripture Reference: Habakkuk 1:12–2:4; 3:17–19 God uses unjust nations to judge injustice, and Habakkuk waits in perplexity. The so called “Problem of Evil” is famously dragged out to justify abandonment of the God of the Bible. But what Habakkuk learn is that the “righteous shall live by faith.” And there, we find a life rooted in hope beyond circumstance. Sermon Points: The Conversation The Dilemma The “Answer”

Scripture Reference: Jonah 3:10-4:11 Sermon Points: Jonah's Anger Jonah's God

Scripture Reference: Micah 5:2-5a The persistent rebellion of God’s people leads the prophet Micah to say some sobering things about God’s judgment upon them, even to the point of saying that he will “leave them” for being such. But there’s hope even in exile as we wait for THE Good Shepherd to rescue and lead his people. Sermon Points: See God Miss God Follow God

Scripture Reference: Jeremiah 31:31-34 The prophet Jeremiah speaks of the Old Testament covenants as if they failed to produce what God intended. So he foresees Christ instituting a new covenant, sealed in His blood, writing God's law on our hearts through the Spirit, creating people who want what God wants. Sermon Points: What is the covenant? How is the New Covenant “New?” How do we participate in the New Covenant?

Scripture Reference: Proverbs 11:30 Sermon Points: You have a stunning identity. Your identity has a stunning cause. Your identity produces stunning behavior.

Scripture Reference: Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Israel's suffering is judgment for sin, but the Servant suffers voluntarily and substitutionally. Christ is not just an example of suffering; He bears our guilt to create a new community by grace. Sermon Points: The Ordinary Servant The Suffering Servant The Substituting Servant

Scripture Reference: Isaiah 9:1-7 Isaiah ministered during a time of great gloom and fear, a real social darkness. But a new kind of King is coming! Christ is the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace—the King who doesn't use power to take, but to save. Sermon Points: The Historical Setting The Good News of the Child The Messiah’s Kingdom

Scripture Reference: Hosea 1:1-3, 3:1-5 When the prophet Hosea lives out God’s strange command to him and speaks as God’s mouthpiece, something incredible emerges. In what theologians have called the most scandalous book of the Bible, we actually see something about the desires of our heart. We long for someone to see us for who we really are and committed to love us with a never stopping, never giving up love.

Scripture Reference: Ezekiel 10:1-4, 43:1-5 Visions of glory are a powerful human motivator. In Ezekiel’s prophecy, God's glory leaves because of sin, yet returns in promise. In Christ, God's glory takes up residence not in a temple of stone but in His incarnate body—and through Him, in us. Sermon Points: Glory Examined Glory Lost Glory Regained

Scripture Reference: Deuteronomy 18:15-22 The entire prophetic tradition springs from the expectation in Moses sermon: God will raise up a final, authoritative Word-bringer. Israel's prophets are echoes—Jesus is the Voice. Christ doesn't only bring God's word; He is the Word. Sermon Points: The Need for a Prophet The Problem with Prophets The Fulfillment of the Prophets

Scripture Reference: 1 Chronicles 29:9-22 King David reaches the end of his reign and prepares his son Solomon's building project before he finishes. There he reflects on the way in which God provided for his people and provides a powerful model for Christ Pres as we prepare to launch a building campaign of our own. Sermon Points: The Story The Lesson The Application

Scripture Reference: Joshua 21:43-45 Anticipating the unknowns of 2026 can be exciting and anxiety inducing. We can be confident that the same God who promised and delivered the land to His people has made promises to us and He is faithful to keep them. Sermon Points: God Makes Promises God’s Promises Seem Dim God Is Faithful to His Promises

Scripture Reference: Isaiah 55:1-13 Sermon Points: Mercy Invites Us to a Feast Mercy Invites Us to Focus Mercy Invites Us to a Future

Scripture Reference: Titus 3:3-8 Paul ends his letter to his co-worker Titus by appealing to the appearing of “our Savior.” In a world that is full of quarreling, envy and hatred, the goodness of God appeared as a baby in order to bring about salvation and transform His people into those that do good works.

Scripture Reference: Ephesians 6:10-24 Paul ends his letter by reminding his audience that they are in a fight. But it’s a fight not against not flesh and blood, but against spiritual forces of evil. Paul has already reminded the Ephesians that Christ is seated in the heavenly places above all rule and authority and power and dominion (1:20-21), and now Paul shows us how the work of Christ enables the church to stand against the devil who always wants darkness, death, and division. Sermon Points: The Backdrop of the Appearing (v. 3) The Appearing (v. 4) The Results of the Appearing (vv. 5-8)

Scripture Reference: Titus 3:3-8 Paul ends his letter to his co-worker Titus by appealing to the appearing of “our Savior.” In a world that is full of quarreling, envy and hatred, the goodness of God appeared as a baby in order to bring about salvation and transform His people into those that do good works.

Scripture Reference: Ephesians 6:5-9 The Ancient Greeks told the story of Pandora’s Box and how “hard labor” escaped when she opened it. Mankind has always struggled with a negative view of work. No surprise that Paul takes up this topic in Ephesians 5 and gives some of life changing insight into how Christians are to view their jobs. Sermon Points: The Context of Paul's Teaching The Content of Paul's Teaching The Confidence in Paul's Teaching

Scripture Reference: Ephesians 6:1-4 You can’t sequester your beliefs when you enter the public sphere to make decisions as a Christian. But we need to start “local” by looking into what the Gospel says about our most fundamental relationships, that between parents and children. Paul has wisdom to spare in these (oddly) short verses. Sermon Points: The Simplicity of the Commands The Wisdom in the Commands The Motivation in the Commands

Scripture Reference: Ephesians 5:22-33 Christians have lived through their fair share of mania regarding cultural discussions around the topic of gender roles. But have we always lived up to Paul’s ideal he sets forth in Ephesians 5? Probably not. When we see God’s complementary design for men and women, our marriages can flourish again. Sermon Points: The Role of the Church: Wives The Role of the Head of the Church: Husbands The Big Finale: Profound Union

Scripture Reference: Ephesians 5:22-33 Marriage can be so hard. Paul turns to the topic of marriage as the culmination of a letter dedicated to the idea that God was repairing the world by uniting all things in Christ. Our marriages are intended to be pictures of that union. When we use marriage for what it was intended, we experience flourishing. Sermon Points: Marriage is a picture of God's Grand Plan Marriage is an antidote for human selfishness Marriage is a sign of how Jesus heals us

Scripture Reference: Ephesians 5:1-20 Paul continues to focus on the new life the Lord brings by the Spirit dwelling in His people. The new life is marked by love, which practically changes our relationship with money, sex, and alcohol. The Scriptures press in on these issues, not to shame us, but to bring them to light for healing and transformation. Sermon Points: Walking Opposed to Love in Darkness (vv. 3-8) Walking in Love as Light (vv. 8-20)

Scripture Reference: Matthew 12:1-8 Sermon Points: The Details of the Conflict The Heart of the Conflict The Application of the Conflict

Scripture Reference: Ephesians 4:17-32 How does change happen in the Christian Life? Paul in Ephesians 4 says it involves a putting off and a putting on. But what’s so encouraging is that the life you are putting on actually is the life that fits the person who is united to Christ. It’s a life of truth, kindness, generosity, and forgiveness. Sermon Points: The Old Self (vv.17-22) The New Self (vv. 23-32)

Scripture Reference: Ephesians 4:1-16 You don’t have to be a philosophy major to understand how complicated the problem of the “one and the many” is for even daily life. But Paul launches straight into the topic of Christian unity in Ephesians 4, making it a top priority for God’s people to work towards if we hope to be a maturing church. Sermon Points: Understand Unity Embrace Diversity Grow Into Maturity

Scripture Reference: Psalm 46:1-11 When life gets turned upside down, we have a God who is a mighty refuge. In the midst of crisis we can rely on a strong God because He became weak and a present God because He was forsaken. Sermon Points: A Perilous World A Powerful God A Present God

Scripture Reference: Ephesians 3:14-21 What do you think the Apostle Paul would pray if you could hear him offer a prayer for you? The end of Ephesians 3 is just that. What he gives us, therefore, is the idealized version of how every Christian should live their lives, especially as it pertains to how love transforms our “inner world.” Sermon Points: Have Strength Know Love Be FullBowing The Knee

Scripture Reference: Ephesians 3:1-13 Add the wonder of Paul’s description of the church in God’s eternal plan together with the immensity of the blessings afforded to those “in Christ,” and Paul realizes that he has something that people need to know. The first half of Ephesians 3 is highly instructive of an evangelism that isn’t packaged but full of joy. Sermon Points: Mission Motivation Humble Confidence Corporate Thinking Captivated Imagination

Scripture Reference: Ephesians 2:11-22 Sermon Points: Hostility Remembered (vv. 11-12, 14) Hostility Killed (vv. 13-16) Hostility Transformed (vv. 17-22)

Scripture Reference: Ephesians 2:1-10 Having set out that heaven and earth will be reunited through God’s work through the church, Paul turns to how the world will be healed in YOU, a Christian. Turns out, he has to animate the “bad news” of the Gospel before we can really understand the “good news” of his grace, to be in union with Christ! Sermon Points: Man is Dead God is Gracious

Scripture Reference: Ephesians 1:15-23 As the apostle Paul writes his letter to the Ephesian church, he is overwhelmed with gratitude and tells them how he is praying for them. In Paul’s prayer we see the unlocking of a mystery. What is most needed in all of our lives is NOT necessarily a chance in circumstances. No, what is most needed is to have the eyes of our heart enlightened so that we live according to what is unseen but real. Sermon Points: Knowledge (vs. 17) Hope (vs. vs. 18) Inheritance (vs. 18) Power (vs. 19) Church (vs. 22-23)

Scripture Reference: Ephesians 1:4,5,11 Watch lovers speak to each other and invariably the talk turns to other-worldly themes. We instinctively know that we were made to be loved outside of time. Paul is excited to say that a huge blessing of being “in Christ” is the knowledge that it was true before we were ever born. Sermon Points: The Doctrine The Objections The Blessings

Scripture Reference: Ephesians 1:3-14 The more overwhelming the site you’re describing, the more words you’ll throw at it to try to sum it up to those who’ll listen. Paul sits down to contemplate the blessings God’s people have in Christ and what follows is a litany of keywords about the Christian’s spiritual status in one long run-on sentence of pure joy. Sermon Points: Adoption Redemption Inheritance

Scripture Reference: Ephesians 1:1-3 Keywords give us the ability to be “found” online if we know what we’re searching for. In a Christian’s quest to build the church, Paul provides a host of power-packed terminology to guide his favorite church plant in Ephesus towards becoming complete in Christ by being united to his church and looking for blessing. Sermon Points: The Utility of Blessing The Location of Blessing The Fountain of Blessing

Scripture Reference: 2 Timothy 3:10-17 We live in a day where even having a talk about “truth” is incredibly confusing. We have attempted to build a society on the shifting ground of our feelings. But a community that lives by the revealed truth of God’s word simply functions differently. What would it look like to be a “people of the book?” Sermon Points: The Bible stands the test of time The Bible comes with its own power The Bible is a “word from the outside”