Gospel Community Sermons

God unites his people beneath a common salvation​ - The serpent strikes a separated people (1 Sam. 11:1-3)​ - God delivers His people by His Spirit-led king (1 Sam. 11:4-11)​ - God's Anointed unifies his people (1 Sam. 11:12-15)​

God's Spirit can make men new​ - Saul is an unlikely king (1 Sam. 9:1-25)​ - God makes Saul new (1 Sam. 9:26-10:13)​ - Saul becomes a reluctant king (1 Sam. 10:14-27)

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