First Pres Colorado Springs Sermons

THIS WEEK'S SERMON Jesus' own brothers (and mother) doubted Him! Wow. Families can be messy. But these siblings show that there is room in the family of Jesus. There is room in the family for doubters. Room for those who don't immediately...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON Mary. Mother of God. She is revered by Catholics and Orthodox (almost deified sometimes). She is not God, but...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON Joseph was the silent and obedient man of God who protected his family as best he could. Twice we get the same...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON John the Baptist was Jesus' wild cousin. Always a little off track. Always dancing to a different tune. But God...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON I know we don't preach genealogies much. I mean it's just a list of names, right? But take a look at some of the...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON 'But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON 'But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness...

THIS WEEK'S SERMON 'But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.' (Galatians 5:22–23) Without love, we are nothing...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON So, finally, hear the offer of Jesus Christ in your life. You have been called to belong. Move out of isolation...

THIS WEEK'S SERMON There is an old saying, it is hard to hate up close. The nearer you get to someone, the harder it is to hold ill will or bad feelings about them. Sometimes we just need to hear and understand each other a little better. God...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON When love is sincere, we belong to one another. Your burdens are my burdens. Your pain is my pain. We share...

THIS WEEK'S SERMON If we are truly a body, then we do not belong to ourselves anymore. We belong to Jesus and to one another. The price of belonging is to give yourself away. When you do, you actually find that you have a new life. In losing...

THIS WEEK'S SERMON So, what is our response? We long to belong. Jesus has a way of breaking into our isolation. What are we supposed to do? Present yourself to God as a living sacrifice. In view of God's mercy and love, respond with devotion and...

THIS WEEK'S SERMON Why is God so interested in expanding belonging? God is a God of eternal belonging in community. The Trinity is the Divine Community of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The mission of God to the world He made, the mission we...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON Jesus executes this same pattern of breaking into belonging over and over again. Look at the story of Simon...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON The woman is now at home enough in her own skin and with her Lord that she can open up to others. In fact, she...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON What happens to the soul when you join in worship? God is seeking worshipers, those who will open up their...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON It's very frightening when you risk being known by others. We all have masks we wear, fronts we put on, a...

THIS WEEK'S SERMON When I think about the search for belonging, I turn to the Samaritan Woman at the well in John 4. We all have a longing to belong. She came out to the well at noon, at the heat of the day. This was a way of avoiding the...

THIS WEEK'S SERMON Time to move. Time to wake up. This is not a cruise ship; this is a battleship. Every man, woman and child to their stations. The battle is on, and we cannot fail. Time to find motivation of ministry in every heart. If...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON In Jesus, love wins the day. Love wins the day—in Jesus. Do not miss the centrality of Jesus Christ. God's full...

THIS WEEK'S SERMON Love is so central to God's character, so defining of God's purposes toward us, so essential to understanding the purpose of life in the cosmos God made, John is bold to say, and even repeat, “God is Love.” It's possible to...

THIS WEEK'S SERMON Love is not only a warm emotion or feeling, but it is action. Love makes a sacrifice for the well-being of the one loved. Our reaction to learning how God loves us is to love our brothers and sisters in the same way. John...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON What great love. What marvelous love. We don't always see how we are growing and changing, but we are. And one...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON We are frightened to be truly known and to have our misdeeds exposed by God's light. But God sends His love our...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON Benjamin Franklin famously looked out the window as the Continental Congress struggled to put the Declaration of...

THIS WEEK'S SERMON We see a City in Revelation. We don't return to the Garden, but we are ready to live together in a City. When we say we are “Light and Life for the City” we are talking about our advocacy for the city where we live, but also...

THIS WEEK'S SERMON The picture is of a diverse gathering of nations, a plurality of different peoples, all worshiping Jesus with integrity and faithfulness to their own tribe, people and language. God loves the beautiful diversity of the peoples...

THIS WEEK'S SERMON In the eternal heavens, at the end of time, every creature in heaven and on earth give glory to Jesus Christ. Jesus is worthy. The death of Jesus was a cosmic event, unmatched in the history of time. Jesus gave His life away...

THIS WEEK'S SERMON Jesus is not done. His ministry did not end with the resurrection on Easter morning. There is more to come and more to be done. Jesus is the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and the Omega, the A to Z. We don't know what the...

THIS WEEK'S SERMON David knew that God was faithful to save over and over again. There was more than one instance when David needed God’s grace to forgive and sustain him. A Redeemer is one who pays your ransom and sets you free. God is a...

THIS WEEK'S SERMON David knew that God is a Savior (v9) who creates a temple (v4) that is a house and a stronghold (v1). God saves us and pulls us into safety from enemies. He will not turn us over again to our opponents who want to reverse His...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON What if there were no forgiveness in God? Only a growing register of our good and bad deeds. David failed in a...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON David looked to God to lovingly guide him. It isn’t just knowledge we need, but wisdom. God walks with us...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON David knew God is a God of justice and righteousness. People turn from God and then turn against one another...

THIS WEEK'S SERMON God is the Maker and Creator of everything that is. David knew that his life was part of all life in the cosmos. All connected and all made by the same God. Therefore, all belonging to the same God. God made us. We bear the...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON David knows a God who cares for him like a shepherd cares for sheep (something David knows about). Our Shepherd...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON The disciples were “overjoyed.” Why? Well, of course, they were excited to see their dear Lord Jesus again. But...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON Around the world, what symbol represents Jesus most? The cross. Why? Because on the cross Jesus paid what we...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON Who killed Jesus? The religious leaders had it out for Him, but they did not have the authority to take His...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON There is transactional love, love that expects to gain in return for what it gives. This is common and the most...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON Jesus is the way, the truth, the life. The reason He gave His life away was to make it possible for us to have...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON Jesus knew that the hour had come (v1). Jesus knew that he had come from God and was going to God (v3). When we...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON Jesus knows what He is doing every step of the way. He has no doubt that He has come to give His life. In fact...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON We enter Jerusalem today! Usually we wait until Palm Sunday to walk into Jerusalem with Jesus, but this year we...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON Be eager to use your gifts to bless others. Your words can bless or curse. Every one of us makes something of...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON (cf. 1 Peter 4:8–10) Responsible exegesis sees a passage in its time, then applies it to our time. Very...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON We have good news to share. Sharing the Gospel and making disciples of all people. This is the mission of the...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON Our love for one another builds off of Jesus’ love for us. Because Jesus loves us the way He does, we can love...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON Hold Fast and Keep Growing. Two values to keep us rooted in the truth. Don’t just dip into the Word of God from...

View the entire Sanctuary Service. View the entire Worship Center Service. See all ways to watch and listen. THIS WEEK'S SERMON We want to live for God and worship is where that starts. Worship trains our hearts to beat for God, and the...