Gospel Community Sermons

Our man-made replacements for God always take more than they give​ ​The choice of a king (1 Sam. 8:1-9)​ The price of a king (1 Sam. 8:10-17)​ The heart revealed (1 Sam. 8:19-22)

Sinners need a guide to return to God​ We return to the Lord through repentance (1 Sam. 7:3-6)​ God delivers His repentant people (1 Sam. 7:7-11)​ We stay on the path of repentance through remembrance (1 Sam. 7:12-17)

God reveals Himself via His word, thereby judging the obstinate and establishing the faithful​ God Speaks (3:1-9)​ God's servant repeats His words (3:10-18)​ God establishes His prophet (3:19-4:1a)​

Guest Preacher: Glen South

Jesus proves Himself risen by being powerfully present with His disciples​ A Good Report: Jesus is Risen! (Mt. 28:1-10)​ A False Report: Jesus is Stolen! (Mt. 28:11-15)​ Vindication: Jesus' disciple-making disciples (Mt. 28:16-20)

God reverses our fortune by lifting up His Chosen​ Hannah's particular exaltation (1 Sam. 2:1-3)​ God's pattern of exaltation (1 Sam. 2:4-10)​  

Because a gracious God hears desperate prayers, our world can be turned upside-down​ God grants grace amidst our desperation (1 Samuel 1:1-20)​ God's grace lends to a sacrificial life (1 Samuel 1:21-28)

If Jesus is to be Savior, He must also be honored as King​ The World rebels against God's King (Ps. 2:1-3)​ God has established His King (Ps. 2:4-9)​ A warning: honor the King (Ps. 2:10-12)

The remedy to our self-exalting anxiety is hope in Jesus Christ​ Our souls need quieted (v. 1-2)​ Hope is to be placed in the Lord (v. 3)​ ​

We receive everyone whom Christ has received​ Onesimus is made useful (Philemon 8-14)​ Onesimus is made family (Philemon 15-16)​ Onesimus is accepted (Philemon 17-20)​ Onesimus is made a partner (Philemon 21-25)​

We should anticipate Christ-like action from fellow Christ followers​ Grace and peace bring us together (v. 1-3)​ Love and faith move us to righteous action (v. 4-7)​

God's strength in us allows us to finish well​ Some work alongside us (Romans 16:1-16)​ Some work against us (Romans 16:17-24)​ God strengthens us (Romans 16:25-27)​ ​

Paul desired to fulfill his ministry and take the gospel to those who had never heard​ God gave and empowered Paul's ministry (14-19)​ Christ's glory and lost souls drove Paul's ministry (20-21)​ God's people supported Paul's ministry (22-33)​

We serve others by limiting our freedom because Christ first served us​ Don't use freedom to destroy (Rom. 14:13-23)​ Jesus served us to build up (Rom. 15:1-13)​ ​

Those who honor the Lord in life and death have only one Judge​ God has welcomed us (Rom. 14:1-3)​ God is Master of all (Rom. 14:4-9)​ God will be Judge of Each (v. 10-12)​

Love lives righteously by putting on Jesus as we await His return​​ Loving others means fulfilling the law (Rom. 13:8-10)​ Wake up from sinful slumber and dress yourself in Jesus (Rom. 13:11-14)​

Submitting to governing authorities is submission to God​ We are to be subject to God's servant (Rom. 13:1-5)​ We owe God's ministers (Romans 13:6-7)​

In Christ, our relationships are now marked by grace-informed humility and evil-overcoming love​ We're humbly connected (Rom. 12:3-8)​ We're overcoming evil by love (Rom. 12:9-21)​ ​

Guest Preacher: Marco Rankin Boldness in Prayer (Verses 5–6)​ Persistence in Prayer (Verse 7)​ God's Generosity and Faithfulness (Verses 8–12)​ ​The Ultimate Gift: The Holy Spirit (Verse 13)​

God's mercy makes us an offering​ Christians offer their bodies by mercy (v. 1)​ Christians are renewed in their mind to know God's will (v. 2)​  ​ ​

A Life Of Rebellion  (2 Chronicles 33:1-9)      ​ A Call To Repent pt. 1 (2 Chronicles 33:10)      ​ A Call to Repent pt. 2 (2 Chronicles 33:11)      ​ Life Changing Repentance (2 Chronicles 33:12-17) 

Jesus saves because God's steadfast love endures forever​ God's steadfast love is different (Psalm 136:1-3)​ God's steadfast love is active (Psalm 136:4-22)​ God's steadfast love is forever (Psalm 136:23-26)​

Lasting joy is rooted in resurrection​ God sweetens life in His goodness (v. 1-8)​ God preserves life by resurrection (v. 9-11)​

Our hope begins with the promise of the deceiver's end​ The serpent is crafty to deceive (Gen. 3:1-7)​ The serpent's deceit causes human suffering (Gen. 3:8-13)​ The serpent is cursed (Gen. 3:14-15)​

God's glorious plan to save Jews and gentiles establishes harmony in His church​ There is still hope for Israel (Rom. 11:11-24)​ God has established equality in His saving work (Rom. 11:25-32)​ God's plan is beyond scrutiny because He is ultimate (Rom. 11:33-36) ​

We preach the good news because it is the only way His people can be made righteous​ Achieving our own righteousness will not work (9:30-10:4)​ Faith in Jesus Christ will make us righteous (10:5-13)​ We must hear the word preached and believe it (10:14-21)​

God uses all humanity to glorify His Name​ God is righteous to show mercy and harden (Rom. 9:14-18)​ God makes known His power and glory through His sovereign choice (Rom. 9:19-24)​

God's word never fails​ Paul's concern for the Jews (Rom. 9:1-5)​ God's Word has not failed Israel (v. 6-13)​

Jesus alone can make things new​ A Call: Praise God as long as you live (Ps. 146:1-2)​ A Warning: Princes cannot save (Ps.146:3-4)​ A Blessing: God is an unending help (Psalm 146:5-10)

God's love for us in Christ will forever be undefeated​ God is for us so that we cannot be condemned (Rom. 8:31-34)​ God loves us so that we cannot be separated (Rom. 8:35-39)​

The Spirit moves us from groaning to glory by praying the Father's will​ We are adopted heirs (Rom. 8:12-17)​ We groan for our future sonship (Rom. 8:18-25)​ The Spirit moves us toward glory (Rom. 8:26-30)​

If the flesh brought sin and death, Jesus' death gives us new life in His Spirit​ In Christ, we aren't condemned by the law but are equipped to fulfill it (Rom. 8:1-4)​ We have life in the Spirit, not death in the flesh (Rom. 8:5-13)​ ​

God's law exposes our sin and explains our death, but Jesus has taken our death for us​ We have died to the law so that we might belong to Christ (Rom. 7:1-6)​ The law is good to expose our sin and explain our death (Rom. 7:7-20)​ We will need grace until our final resurrection (v. 21-25)​

If we've died with Christ, we are raised with Christ to live as He would have us live ​ Christ's death and life are ours, so that we don't have to sin (Rom. 6:1-11)​ Sin doesn't have to reign in us (Rom. 6:12-14)​

Jesus' obedience overcomes our trespass so that our impending death becomes eternal life​ Adam's disobedience brings death (Rom. 5:12-14)​ God's free gift is different (Rom. 5:15-17)​ Jesus' obedience gives us eternal life (Rom. 5:18-21)​  

Jesus' death is our life​ We Rejoice in our suffering because of hope (Rom. 5:1-5)​ We rejoice because Christ's death has reconciled us (Rom. 5:6-11)​

Faith is being sure of things hoped for​ God's promise was for those of faith (Rom. 4:13-15)​ God's promise only came by His power (4:16-22)​ God's promise also comes to us by faith (4:23-25)

God unifies His people in justifying faith. 

Nothing more and nothing less than faith in Jesus Christ can make us right with God. 

Romans 12:16 Guest Preacher: Marco Rankin

Colossians 3:16 Preaching: Joel Teeple 

I Corinthians 13 Preaching: Ryan Filbrun

1 Corinthians 13 Preaching: Ryan Filbrun

Psalm 90 Preaching: Josiah Teeple 

Ecclesiastes 2:18-26 Preaching: Brian Spirito

Romans 3:21-31

Romans 3:9-20

God is so true to His promise that He must judge those who do not keep them

our actions tell us about our standing with God

What we condemn condemns us so that God's condemnation is righteous

God's wrath is revealed against the ungodly as He hands them over to unrighteousness