Sermons
SOMA Church Community: Santa Rosa, CA
Scripture: Romans 9:6-29. Ultimately God chooses who is saved.
Scripture: Romans 9:1-6a. The apostle Paul has great anguish for his ethnic brothers and sisters who don't believe and we should have great anguish for the yet to believe in our life.
Scripture: John 15:1-8. Our work in transformation is to abide.
Scripture: Romans 8:31-39. Christian, God is for us!
Scripture: Romans 8:28-30. The unbreakable chain of God's saving grace.
Scripture: Luke 10:25-37. Lessons from the Good Samaritan.
Scripture: Romans 8:26-30. God provides help in prayer and help with providence.
Scripture: Romans 8:14-17. To be children of God by the Spirit of God is both encouraging and assuring.
Scripture: Romans 8:12-13. We are obligated not to the flesh but to the Holy Spirit, and by the Holy Spirit to put to death the deeds of the flesh.
Scripture: Romans 8:5-11. There is a new way to be human - life in the Spirit.
Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23. True spiritual living will be characterized by fidelity in every area of life.
Scripture: Romans 8:1-4. Believers are entirely free from condemnation and empowered to live righteously through Christ and the Holy Spirit, leading to transformed lives filled with hope and purpose.
Scripture: Romans 7:13-25. The law can't free us, but Jesus can!
Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-5.
A distinguishing mark of a Christ-like man or woman is patience with others.
There is joy as we anticipate what Christ's arrival in our lives means.
The fulfilled promise of Jesus' birth gives us hope today that no matter what we face, Jesus is with us, and has made a way for our forgiveness.
Scripture: Romans 7:1-6. Christians have been set free (died) from the binding authority of the law and now belong to Jesus.
Scripture: Romans 6:15-23. Christians are no longer slaves to sin but slaves to God, and there is indeed freedom in being enslaved to God.
This message looks at Jan Hus, the Five Solas, and Lady Jane Gray.
Scripture: Romans 6:1-14. Christians are dead to sin's enslaving power and alive to God.
Scripture: Romans 6:1-14. Christians are dead to sin's enslaving power and alive to God.
Scripture: Romans 5:12-21. We are able to have the life-changing results of justification by faith alone because we are no longer in Adam but in Christ, the second Adam.
The power of the church - including SOMA as we celebrate 16 years - is the Holy Spirit.
Scripture: Romans 5:3-11. The apostle Paul continues to list some of the life-changing results of being justified by faith alone.
Scripture: Romans 5:1-2. The apostle Paul begins to list some of the life-changing results of being justified by faith.
Scripture: Jude 3-16. We must contend for the faith because of false teachers.
Scripture: Jude 1-4. Contend for the Faith because of your identity in Christ.
Scripture: 3 John 1-15. What ordinary gospel progress looks like for ordinary Christians.
Scripture: 2 John. God longs for his church to be filled with truth and love.
Scripture: Luke 18:1-8. Jesus wants us to always pray and not give up praying.
Scripture: Luke 15:1-32. The commission of discipleship is to join Jesus in seeking the lost and rejoicing when the lost are found.
Scripture: Luke 10:38-42. Listening to the teaching of Jesus is the better choice of discipleship because it determines how we should serve (Garland).
Scripture: Luke 5:1-11; 27-32. Jesus takes ordinary people and transforms them into instruments for his use (Bock).
Scripture: Luke 9:23-26. There is a cost to following Jesus.
Scripture: Romans 4:13-25.
Scripture: Romans 4:1-8. Abraham was justified by faith, not works. Same with everyone!