Each week, join the community of The Grove in Mt Juliet, TN as they share messages of the biblical grace and truth of Christ that transforms all people into fully devoted followers.
Jake Lampton talks about the story of the Israelites in Exodus chapter 16 and how we can Undo: Complaining in our everyday lives. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
Pastor Andrew explores one of the most overlooked of the Ten Commandments, addressing a struggle many of us face but may never fully confront in our spiritual lives. Join us today as we learn how to 'undo' coveting. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
John Driver explores the ways we so easily condemn others, specifically by holding them in contempt and judgment. But the way of Jesus shows us a different path, one that does not pretend condemnation is not deserved, but rather leads Christ-followesr to embrace the reality of their own condition that caused Christ to offer us grace, an offer we now freely extend to others we believe to be in the same condition as ourselves. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
In the first message of 2025, instead of only focusing on all that we need to do in the new year, John Driver explores some things we need to undo. Comparison is an epidemic, even among Christians, yet few of us believe we are sick. But Scripture shows us that comparison is an identity and a competition problem, both alleviated by the love of God that leads us to dwell in security in the lives we actually have as we let God love us well day-by-day. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
We often hear phrases like 'Let there be peace on earth,' 'We want peace for the whole world,' or 'Can't we just live in peace?' On the second week of Advent, we'll focus on peace, typically understood in the context of the absence of strife. Today, Pastor Andrew delves into a deeper spiritual understanding of peace as it applies to our lives, exploring the 'wholeness' that true peace brings. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Twitter: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
John Driver explores some of the historical contexts that led to the Church's observance of the season of Advent, and specifically, why hope is the gateway to the joy, peace, and love we celebrate every Christmas. Like the older Simeon in Luke 2, we can also wait with confident expectancy because the salvation outside of ourselves that we so desperately hope for has not only arrived, but is also still arriving in increasing increments of light within our present and future lives. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj
In the intro to a new series, John Driver explains why it Scripture leads us to honor the stories of other believers throughout history, the "huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith” (Hebrews 12:1). This week, we explore the story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian who served God faithfully, discipled others about what it means to embrace “costly grace,” lived in radical community with others, stood strong against injustice, worked as a spy against the Nazis, and was eventually martyred because of his faith in Christ. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Twitter: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
Pastor Andrew speaks on the seven non-negotiables of life in Christ for both individuals and the church, with a final emphasis on the altar and its significance in our lives. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
John Driver dives into Ephesians 6 and God's imperative invitation not to just stand exposed and be beaten down by the attacks of our enemy in this world, who, according to Scipture, hinders us. We can have armor laying all around us—truth, His righteousness, peace, faith, a mind fixed on salvation, Scripture—and not actually take it up and put it on. John explores how to actually use it. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
As this series nears its end, John Driver explores how the fruits and leading of God's Spirit actually invovle us leading ourselves (self-control). We can't always know where to go or what to do, but we can know how to be in any circumstance. And in our moment of faith crisis, when we're willing to choose again at least one part of God's ways, we will discover that God is actually building real faith in us right then and there— and this faith is an eternal, unwasted outcome in our present and eternal realities, even as we wait and seek other outcomes in this life. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
Sunday morning service at The Grove. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
John Driver explores a leg of Paul's Second Missionary Journey from Antioch to Troas, a journey marked repeatedly by limitations placed upon him by God Himself. What do we do when we feel that God is either allowing or placing limitations on our progress in life? There aren't always easy answers, but there is a path to continue taking chances on God's faithfulness and the good that is to come. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
John Driver explores how the daily stressors of our pressures and pace somehow make us more oppositional to what would most bring us relief. Under stress, we hold our breath rather than take a breath. But even when we feel that we can't take a break, we can still take a breath, which is why understanding the biblical concept of God's life-giving, ongoing breath in us is a key to finding rest and peace amid the chaos of life. An unopposed heart and contemplative practices can make all the difference. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
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In the final verse of Psalm 100, we encounter two profound words that capture the essence of life's beauty. Pastor Andrew explores these words—generation and faithfulness—as he wraps up the concluding lesson in our series. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
Pastor Andrew takes a look at the timeless truths “The Lord is good and His mercy endures forever, Psalm 100:5. This single verse encapsulates the essence of God's character and His enduring relationship with us. Knowing these truths, we will explore how we respond to them. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
John Driver continues our series on Psalm 100, focusing on verse 4: "Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise; give thanks to him and call upon his Name.” In all of our days, there is both an invitation from God and a pathway provided by Him to moves us past whatever gates may make us feel distant from Him, specifically through practices of gratitude and single-hearted praise. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: http://facebook.com/grovechurchmj Instagram: http://instagram.com/grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
As we continue to explore our calls to a joyful noise we make before the Lord, Pastor Andrew explores the relationship between Sheep, Shepherd, and Joyful singing found in Psalm 100. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Twitter: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
John Driver explores verse 3 of Psalm 100, specifically what it means to: "Know this: The Lord himself is God; he himself has made us, and we are his.” The daily life in Christ is a process not of knowing Him in order to solve the divine mystery, but knowing Him in order to continually grow in experience and intimacy within the divine mystery. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Twitter: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
In this one short phrase in Psalms 100, we are asked to sing. There is an unfortunate perspective that singing is only for those who are capable. Yet, singing is one of the most intrinsic values of our spiritual well-being, allowing us to connect with the things of the Father, daily life in Christ, and spiritual health. Pastor Andrew leads us into an invitation to “Sing.” To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
John Driver continues our series on Psalm 100 with a focus on verse 2: serve the Lord with gladness. What does it mean to “serve the Lord” and do we truly believe that doing so should produce gladness in our lives? To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: http://facebook.com/grovechurchmj Instagram: http://instagram.com/grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
The first verse of Psalms 100 describes what appears to be a simple action that we are to participate in: shout! In our conversation today, Pastor Andrew discusses how the focus probably should not be on the shout, but on the joy and how it is expressed within our lives. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
John Driver kicks off a new summer series exploring the act of worship as revealed in Psalm 100. To view sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
John Driver wraps up the series at the feeding of the 5000 in John 6. There are times when the questions of Jesus are meant to cause us to take inventory of what we believe is possible and impossible. We struggle with the idea of being tested because we tend to view any such thing from God in a negative light, certainly apart from his goodness. But when we can be honest with God and offer to Him the actual life we have in our present messy moments, no matter how small it may seem, we will find that Jesus may already be multiplying bread and fish in our hands, even if we don't realize it. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
As we continue this series, Pastor Andrew delves into multiple questions that Jesus asked, culminating in a connectivity to the concept of our lives being transformed by Christ as to how we live our life out for Him and with others. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
Today, we delve into the walk to Emmaus and the question Jesus asked: “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along? What things?” The narrative backdrop of this journey illuminates various facets of our everyday existence, thrusting them to the forefront of our actions and endeavors as devoted followers of Christ. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
In this conversation Pastor Andrew explores the metaphor of the fruit tree and solid foundation as a relates to how our heart reflects our outward expressions. We explore the question "So why do you keep calling me 'Lord, Lord!' when you don't do what I say?” (Luke 6:46) To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
John Driver explores the next line of the Apostles' Creed: "From there he [Christ] will come to judge the living and the dead.” These topics can easily cause obsession over times, dates, and possible ways events might happen, as well as fear of God's judgment. But we can become joyfully grounded in the simplicity of Jesus's promise to come again, as well as His decision to experience the judgment we deserve, meaning we are not longer appointed for wrath, but for a fullness of life that never ends. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
Today Pastor Andrew will delve into the events of Jesus' ascension into heaven. His present status is being seated at the right hand of the father and why these are essential both for understanding life in Christ. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: http://facebook.com/grovechurchmj Instagram: http://instagram.com/grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
John Driver addresses the next stanza from the Apostles' Creed: [Jesus] was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead.” The cross is the place where all things intersect— heaven and earth, sin and rightness, despair and hope, life and death. The work that Jesus did on the cross and in unseen places during His death eventually led to the ultimate moment that secured life for us that never has to end: His resurrection. In this way, the cross (literally in Latin, “crux”) truly is the crux of our faith. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
Today, Pastor Andrew dives into the truths encapsulated in the apostles' creed, focusing on the stanza: "and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate.” High points include the miraculous conception, His suffering, and how these shape our daily life in Christ. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: http://facebook.com/grovechurchmj Instagram: http://instagram.com/grovechurchmj Twitter: http://twitter.com/grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
John Driver kicks off a new series by exploring the ways different people embrace a vast diversity of Christian beliefs, which can lead to confusion and division. The Early Church had the same experiences, which is why they prayerfully developed creeds to help every believer “speak the same thing.” This does not mean seeing every facet of faith identically, but rather agreeing upon that which is orthodox and essential so that we can together hold to "the hope we profess,” and "spur one another on toward love and good deeds. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/watch Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj Twitter: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
Today Pastor Andrew takes a dive into what it means to slow down and allow creation to speak to us and just how far that creation goes. Allowing those things which God created to feed our souls, strengthen our hearts, and purify our minds. To watch past messages, visit: grovemj.com/watch To view sermon notes, visit: grovemj.com/sermon-notes Facebook Instagram Visit our website
John Driver explores the story of ten men with leprosy who were healed by Jesus, but only one slowed down long enough to return and say “thank you.” It is all too easy for us to get so caught up in the pace of life that nine times out of then, we also don't return to give God thanks for His goodness towards us. But as we will learn, gratitude is one of the gateways to taking hold of that which is truly life, no matter how big or small the circumstances of our daily temporal lives may be. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/video Facebook: http://facebook.com/grovechurchmj Instagram: http://instagram.com/grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
Pastor Andrew leads us in our last message of the series on the Lord's Table with the focus specifically on “the table”, to which we gather around to celebrate the festivity of communion. We discover that the table is a place where the meal is meant for celebration, remembrance, and reflection. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/video Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj X: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
aIn the penultimate message of the series, John Driver explores how our own developmental stories affect the practices we adopt— and how the story of the gospel leads us out of stagnation and into and into fresh newness in our practices so that we can consistently approach the Lord's table on a regular basis with humility and wonder. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/video Facebook: http://facebook.com/grovechurchmj Instagram: http://instagram.com/grovechurchmj Twitter: http://twitter.com/grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
John Driver addresses some of the difficulties the modern mind has with Jesus's use of the term “blood” as connected to wine that we drink. Returning to God's covenant “blood walk” with Abram in Genesis 15, we learn that these practices and images reach far deeper than we often understand today, but that Christ's new covenant revealed at His table is the best of news, calling us to into the light and life of the bread and wine rather than the darkness of the sacrifice and death of flesh and blood that we deserve. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/video Facebook: / grovechurchmj Instagram: / grovechurchmj X: / grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
The act of communion was a table that Christ laid out for us to participate in. By doing so, it also speaks to the element of us being together as believers. Today we examine how taking communion is truly an act of being together in unity. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/video Facebook: http://facebook.com/grovechurchmj Instagram: http://instagram.com/grovechurchmj Twitter: http://twitter.com/grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
John Driver opens up a new series exploring the biblical and historical event of Holy Communion and what it means for us today as an ongoing practice (reflected in many different church traditions) in which we actively and intentionally come to a table together to remember and receive the “charis” (grace, gifts) of Christ. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/video Facebook: http://facebook.com/grovechurchmj Instagram: http://instagram.com/grovechurchmj Twitter: http://twitter.com/grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
Often we neglect the fact that being a follower of Christ comes with persecution because we think persecution is only being put to death or made a public mockery of for the Faith. Today we explore those who are persecuted, for they shall inherit the Kingdom of God. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/video Facebook: http://facebook.com/grovechurchmj Instagram: http://instagram.com/grovechurchmj Twitter: http://twitter.com/grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
John Driver explores what Jesus really means when we talks about the blessing that follows those who are “pure in heart” from a gospel lens, revealing the true nature of our hearts and an invitation to rightly-aligned confidence. Then there are the peacemakers, those who know that they are ill-equipped to settle and judge the infinite conflicts in society and relationships that swirl around us— but there is a way to think and act like actual children of a trustworthy Judge and merciful Father. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/video Facebook: http://facebook.com/grovechurchmj Instagram: http://instagram.com/grovechurchmj Twitter: http://twitter.com/grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
Using a daily action that we all participate in, eating, we gain an understanding of how that metaphorically relates to living a life in the Kingdom of God. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/video Facebook: http://facebook.com/grovechurchmj Instagram: http://instagram.com/grovechurchmj Twitter: http://twitter.com/grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
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This week we explore what it means to be merciful, with guest John Elmore, Teaching Pastor at Watermark Community Church in Dallas, TX. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/video Facebook: http://facebook.com/grovechurchmj Instagram: http://instagram.com/grovechurchmj Twitter: http://twitter.com/grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
John Driver continues the series by exploring the confusion and modern Christian resistance to Jesus's teachings on meekness and gentleness. Yet if we will join Him on the mount and follow after His ways, we will find that we no longer have to try to control or conquer our own corners of the world. As we follow the meekest One, by His grace, we will inherit so much more. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/video Facebook: http://facebook.com/grovechurchmj Instagram: http://instagram.com/grovechurchmj Twitter: http://twitter.com/grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
Today Pastor Andrew Wharton explores the context of mourning in relationship to our sinfulness as individuals. To be comforted in this place is an invitation from God to lead us to joy and freedom. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/video Facebook: http://facebook.com/grovechurchmj Instagram: http://instagram.com/grovechurchmj Twitter: http://twitter.com/grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
John Driver opens a new series by exploring the context of Jesus's famous Sermon on the Mount, focusing on the Beatitudes and what it truly means to be “blessed” and to live in “the Kingdom of Heaven.” Surprisingly, being "poor in spirit” does not mean what most modern Christians think it does, yet the nature and extent of Christ's true invitation to anyone who is spiritually distraught or bankrupt truly is the greatest news imaginable. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/video Facebook: http://facebook.com/grovechurchmj Instagram: http://instagram.com/grovechurchmj Twitter: http://twitter.com/grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
Today we will explore the final message in our Here's Hoping series with a look into the transformative way gospel practices shape our daily living. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/video Facebook: http://facebook.com/grovechurchmj Instagram: http://instagram.com/grovechurchmj Twitter: http://twitter.com/grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
In life, the circumstances we face can be seen as obstacles to which we often yield to. This moves us into uncertain decisions and mindsets that often control our life. The story of Gideon teaches us that lack, uncertainty, and fear, are common to all, yet hope rises to conquer. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/video Facebook: http://facebook.com/grovechurchmj Instagram: http://instagram.com/grovechurchmj Twitter: http://twitter.com/grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
John Driver opens a new series on the topic of hope, something the world is in short supply of these days. Diving into the series' first biblical character study on the topic, the life and story of Hannah reveal the ways shame and unmet expectations try to rob us of hope… but there is good news on the other side of bad stories. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/video Facebook: http://facebook.com/grovechurchmj Instagram: http://instagram.com/grovechurchmj Twitter: http://twitter.com/grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
In the final message of the series, John Driver dives deep into what Proverbs says about how to live well with others in relationship and community, exploring biblical principles for cultivating humility, the right kind of confidence, restraint and encouragement with our words, and generosity. To download sermon notes or watch past messages, visit: http://grovechurchmj.com/video Facebook: http://facebook.com/grovechurchmj Instagram: http://instagram.com/grovechurchmj Twitter: http://twitter.com/grovechurchmj Visit us online at http://grovechurchmj.com
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