Del Rey Church Sermons

1st Corinthians 1:1-31 | The Church in Sin City, Part 1 | 5/18/2025 | Pastor Tony Shen. This week, Pastor Tony Shen begins a new sermon series on the first letter to the Corinthians, examining how God's timeless word spans the millennia showing how we living today experience the same challenging philosophies present in first century Corinth.

Luke 1: 26-38 | 5/11/2025 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt preaches a powerful Mother's Day message from the opening chapter of Luke's Gospel, focusing on the motherhood of Mary and her unique role in God's plan of redemption. It's a timely word that will encourage, challenge, and draw our hearts to worship the Lord for His providence and grace.

Colossians 2: 8-3: 17 | 5/4/2025 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt preaches a special message from the book of Colossians on the sufficiency of Christ. In a world that shouts we need more status, more hustle, more affirmation, Colossians gently but powerfully reminds us that Christ is enough.

Romans 6:1-11, 8:1-11 | 4/27/2025 | Pastor Matt Jones. On the heels of Resurrection Sunday (Easter), we baptize our newest professed believers in Christ. What a joyous occasion! How does baptism declare the Good News of Jesus Christ and the resurrection into everlasting life?

Luke 24:1-12, 36-49 | Straight Outta Jerusalem: The King Comes, Part 4 | Easter | 4/20/2025 | Pastor Matt Jones. He is risen! The disciples are slow to believe. Jesus is tender-hearted and patient with them. He gives peace, assurance, and clarity.

Luke 22:39-46, 23:32-49 | Straight Outta Jerusalem: The King Comes, Part 3 | Good Friday | 4/18/2025 | Pastor Matt Jones. On the night He was betrayed, Jesus prays in the garden. On the cross, He forgives a criminal. A Roman commander affirms Jesus' deity. The veil in the Temple is torn in two.

Luke 19:29-48 | Straight Outta Jerusalem: The King Comes, Part 2 | Palm Sunday | 4/13/2025 | Pastor Matt Jones. On this Palm Sunday, Pastor Matt continues our church's 2025 Easter sermon series. The crowd praises Jesus as their King, but their understanding of His kingship is limited and somewhat confused.

Luke 1-9; 18:31-34; 19:28-40 | Straight Outta Jerusalem: The King Comes, Part 1 | 4/6/2025 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt begins our church's 2025 Easter sermon series.

Matthew 19: 16-20:16 | 3/30/2025 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt dives back into the book of Matthew to explore salvation, discipleship, sacrifice, and the call to follow Christ. Jesus teaches that eternal life requires wholehearted devotion to God, emphasizes the difficulty for the rich to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, assures rewards for those who sacrifice for Him, and shares the parable of the vineyard workers to illustrate God's grace and generosity in granting salvation.

Matthew 8 | 3/23/2025 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt dives into Matthew chapter 8 and explores the incredible sufficiency of Christ and His Lordship. In Christ, we have everything we need in this life and the one to come.

Matthew 18 | 3/16/2025 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt teaches through Matthew 18 where the Lord Jesus emphasizes that true greatness in the kingdom of heaven comes from becoming like a humble, trusting child, warning against leading others into sin. Jesus teaches us the importance of avoiding sin at all costs, seeking reconciliation in conflicts, and forgiving others without limit, highlighting His Father's deep desire to restore those who are lost.

Nehemiah 2:19–4:23 | Faithful to Fulfill, Part 27 | 3/9/2025 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt continues teaching though the book of Nehemiah, where he the prophet faces intense opposition from adversaries like Sanballat and Tobiah, who mock and plot against the rebuilding of Jerusalem's wall. Despite these threats, the Jewish community unites, organizing the work into designated sections and defending themselves so that construction continues amid mounting external pressures.

Nehemiah 1:1-2:18 | Faithful to Fulfill, Part 26 | 2/16/2025 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt begins a survey through the book of Nehemiah. Nehemiah is deeply troubled to learn that Jerusalem's walls are in ruins and its people are suffering, prompting him to fast, pray, and confess Israel's sins before seeking the king's help to rebuild. After receiving royal approval and necessary resources, he travels to Jerusalem to secretly inspect the damage and plan the city's restoration.

Ezra 8:33-10:44 | Faithful to Fulfill, Part 24 | 2/16/2025 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt completes our study in the Book of Ezra where the Israelites are confronted with their sin of intermarriage with foreign women, which led them away from God's commands. Looking to repent from that sin, they take action which leads right into another.

Ezra 1-7 | Faithful to Fulfill, Part 24 | 2/16/2025 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt returns to the Faithful to Fulfill series covering the exile and post-exilic period when God allowed the Babylonians to capture the Jews and take them out of the Promised Land. Pastor Matt explores the Book of Ezra and the command to return to the land.

Various Scripture | 2/9/2025 | Marcelo Pinell. Our brother Marcelo preaches through various passages to illustrate how the Lord works through our pain and suffering. We have access to merciful power in times of need through God the Son in His providence.

Various Scripture | 2/2/2025 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt dives into a powerful sermon on the imminent return of Jesus and His rapture of the church. As we look at Scripture, we are reminded that the return of Christ could happen any day—and who knows, perhaps even in 2025.

Ecclesiastes 1 | 1/26/2025 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt reflects on this new year and considers how, despite the passing of time, the world around us may seem ever-changing, but our purpose as Christians remains constant. As King Solomon exclaims in our text, “there is nothing new under the sun.”

1 Corinthians 6:15-20 | 1/19/2025 | Pastor Matt Jones. This weekend as we observe is National Sanctity of Life Sunday at Del Rey Church, Pastor Matt will dive into the sanctity of the human body, teaching from Paul's letter to the Corinthians, where he reminds us that our bodies belong to God and should be honored and cared for accordingly.

Various Scripture | 1/12/2025 | Pastor Matt Jones. As you may have seen in the news, the recent fires in California have left many devastated, with communities destroyed and lives disrupted. Pastor Matt helps us process this tragedy together in worship, reflecting on where is God when bad things happen to us.

1 John 2:15-20 | 1/5/2025 | Pastor Matt Jones. As we enter this new year, we are reminded of God's faithfulness and the strength He provides to persevere in the faith. Pastor Matt reflects on how God calls us to remain steadfast in our faith despite the trials, temptation, and challenges that may come our way.

Matthew 5:6-13 | The Weary World Rejoices, Part 5 | 12/29/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt concludes our Advent sermon series.

1 John 4:7-15 | The Weary World Rejoices, Part 4 | Christmas Eve 2024 | Pastor Matt Jones.

Luke 2:1-20 | The Weary World Rejoices, Part 3 | 12/22/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones.

Matthew 2:13-23, Psalm 22, Psalm 23 | The Weary World Rejoices, Part 2 | 12/15/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. We mourn with one of our church families whose baby was born and passed away this week. Even so, we reflect on the birth of Jesus, the brutality of the rulers under which He was born, and God's grace and sovereignty in forgiving the sins of any who would come to Him.

Matthew 11:20-30 | The Weary World Rejoices, Part 1 | 12/8/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. We enter the Advent season at the end of long, tiring year. How can we find rest in our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ?

Colossians 2:8-23 | Christ: The Hope of Glory, Part 4 | 12/1/2024 | Marcelo Pinell. Our brother Marcelo serves us with the next installment of his series through the letter of Colossians.

Psalm 46: 1-11 | Politics, Providence, and Prayer Part 4 | 11/24/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Continuing in our current series, Pastor Matt unpacks Psalm 46 exploring how God's presence changes our response to catastrophic events and overwhelming circumstances because He is our refuge and strength.

2 Timothy 1-4 | Politics, Providence, and Prayer Part 3 | 11/18/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. As our nation deals with deep divides and tribalism, Pastor Matt dives into 2 Timothy with a timely message that reminds us to keep our hope in Christ and our mission as His people. Paul instructs Timothy in wisdom in strength for such a time as this.

1 Timothy 2: 1-8 | Politics, Providence, and Prayer Part 2 | 11/10/2024| Pastor Matt Jones. You may be happy about the results of the election, you may not, or you may be indifferent. Regardless, what does God say in His word about how we should think about and interact with the political powers that He has ordained for us? Pastor Matt explores God's Sovereignty, preaching through 1 Timothy.

Various Scripture | 11/3/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. With the national elections approaching this season, Pastor Matt will take us through the doctrine of election - the doctrine of how God chooses those He will save, by His grace and out of mercy alone, not by any of our words or merit.

Various Scripture | Politics, Providence, and Prayer Part 1 | 11/3/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. With the national elections approaching this season, Pastor Matt will take us through the doctrine of election - the doctrine of how God chooses those He will save, by His grace and out of mercy alone, not by any of our words or merit.

Romans 5:6-8, 13:1-7 | 10/27/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Two Sundays ago, we acknowledged our local law enforcement on Faith & Blue Sunday. Today is First Responder Sunday, where we commemorate firefighters, paramedics, and others who leap to action in dangerous circumstances. Jesus is the ultimate first responder who responds to our greatest and most pressing need: our sinfulness that separates us from God and incurs His wrath.

Acts 9-13, Acts 20:15-38 | 10/20/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Today is a special Sunday, as we say goodbye to our beloved Ryan Richards family. Pastor Matt offers a sermon on friendship, mission, and the emotions of moving from the book of Acts.

Romans 13:1-7, Proverbs 21:15, Micah 6:8 | 10/13/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Faith & Blue Sunday is a program to foster closer ties between local law enforcement and faith communities. Today we welcome leaders and officers from Los Angeles Airport Police (LAXPD). Pastor Matt preaches from the Bible about what God wants us to understand about the role of government in restraining evil and crime, and the role of God and Christ in saving and forgiving sinners who have committed evil; that is to say, us. We do not deserve salvation and forgiveness, but God is gracious.

Colossians 1:24-2:5 | Christ: The Hope of Glory, Part 3 | 10/6/2024 | Marcelo Pinell. Marcelo continues his series on the epistle to the Colossians. The mission of the church is to spread the good news of Jesus the Messiah to a sinful world who needs to (but often doesn't want to) hear it, even at great personal cost to ourselves.

Luke 18:1-17 | 8/29/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt teaches from the Gospel of Luke Jesus presents two parables, the persistent widow and the Pharisee and the tax collector, both intertwined with a profound lesson on salvation.

Luke 8:40-56 | 8/22/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. As the old adage goes, “Desperate times call for desperate measures.” Pastor Matt shares a timely message from the Gospel of Luke where two people in desperate circumstances, leaned on Christ as desperate measured were required.

Psalm 68:33-35 | Won't HE Do It?! Part 4 | 8/15/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. In the fourth and final sermon on Psalm 68, Pastor Matt explores God as the One who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens.

Colossians 1:15-23 | 9/8/2024 | Marcelo Pinell. Brother Marcelo continues his Colossians series examining Christ as the Lord of the Cosmos, the Church and Creation.

Psalm 68:20-32 | Won't HE Do It?! Part 3 | 8/31/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. In the third sermon on Psalm 68, Pastor Matt explores God as a God of deliverances - delivering those who believe in Him from their enemies.

Psalm 68:8-19 | Won't He Do It?! Part 2 | 8/25/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. In this second sermon on Psalm 68, Pastor Matt explores the power and graciousness of God.

Psalm 68:1-7 | Won't HE Do It?! Part 1 | 8/18/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt begins a short sermon series on Psalm 68, to the glory of God the Father and His Son the Lord Jesus Christ.

John 12:12–19 | 8/11/2024 | Pastor Mike Nazarian. Guest speaker Pastor Mike Nazarian of Hope Chapel Hermosa Beach teaches from the Gospel of John on the King who has come, Christ Jesus, the courageous king who came to His people Israel in the midst of political expectation, unrest, and hopelessness that they didn't fully realize they needed rescue from.

Colossians 1:1-14 | 8/4/2024 | Marcelo Pinell. Our brother Marcelo preaches the glory of Christ from the opening of Paul's letter to the Colossians.

Romans 8:31-39 | 7/28/2024 | Pastor Anthony Kidd. Pastor Anthony Kidd of Community of Faith Bible Church preaches from Romans chapter 8 on how God gives us everything we need for His glory, how God acquits us of anything that would disqualify us from His glory, and He keeps us through things that could block us from His glory.

The Book of Proverbs | 7/21/2024 | Pastor Tony Shen. The book of proverbs is full of practical wisdom that both believers and non-believers can benefit from. Pastor Tony teaches through selected proverbs that contrast the differences between the wise and foolish. Ultimately, wisdom does not save; we cannot earn or think our way into heaven. God must grant faith and repentance in Jesus for salvation.

Joshua 6:22-25 | 7/14/2024 | Pastor James Iglesias. Our brother James Iglesias from Community of Faith Bible Church teaches through Joshua 6 reflecting on the story of Rehab and how even through her past sin she was able to find peace with God.

Philippians 12:12-26 | 12/18/2022 | Marcelo Pinell. This Lord's Day, our brother Marcelo takes us through the Book of Philippians examining the apostle Paul's charge to the Philippian church to give all of themselves through any circumstance for the sake and cause of the Gospel of Christ.

Exodus 1-40 | 6/30/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt follows up last Sunday's sermon on freedom in Christ with an exploration of Exodus - how God set His people free from slavery with power and glory. This is not merely a historical event. We all need to be set free.

John 8:31-53 | 6/23/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Our nation celebrates Juneteenth, commemorating the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas after the Civil War. In this sermon, we explore a different kind of slavery - a slavery that all humankind has been subject to for its entire history. And we explore a different kind of emancipation - a kind proclaimed and effected by only one Redeemer, the Lord Jesus Christ.