Simple Church Messages

Did you know that mercy is God’s number one characteristic in the Bible? The world portrays God as a God of anger and judgment. God shows Himself first and foremost as a God of mercy. This 5-week series – “The MIRACLE of MERCY” will help us cultivate a heart of mercy as we learn to understand the depth of God’s mercy and also make mercy more a practical part of our church’s spiritual DNA.

Did you know that mercy is God’s number one characteristic in the Bible? The world portrays God as a God of anger and judgment. God shows Himself first and foremost as a God of mercy. This 5-week series – “The MIRACLE of MERCY” will help us cultivate a heart of mercy as we learn to understand the depth of God’s mercy and also make mercy more a practical part of our church’s spiritual DNA.

Did you know that mercy is God’s number one characteristic in the Bible? The world portrays God as a God of anger and judgment. God shows Himself first and foremost as a God of mercy. This 5-week series – “The MIRACLE of MERCY” will help us cultivate a heart of mercy as we learn to understand the depth of God’s mercy and also make mercy more a practical part of our church’s spiritual DNA.

Jesus is the ultimate GOAT (Greatest of All Time). His entire life points to His divinity and His greatness.

Jesus is the ultimate GOAT (Greatest of All Time). His entire life points to His divinity and His greatness.

Jesus is the ultimate GOAT (Greatest of All Time). His entire life points to His divinity and His greatness.

Jesus is the ultimate GOAT (Greatest of All Time). His entire life points to His divinity and His greatness.

The Bible did not create Christianity. Christianity is the result of an event (the resurrection) that created a movement (the church) that produced sacred and reliable texts that were collected and bound into a book (the Bible). But how do we approach not being at peace with everything we read in the Bible? Paul—the apostle, Pharisee, author, preacher, and church planter—offers us clarity and confidence to move forward.

The Old Testament chronicles God’s redemptive, sequential activity in history. It’s a fabulous, gritty, epic history of the Hebrew people in which, over and over, Israel is reminded that they are a divine means to an end. So, maybe instead of seeing the Old Testament as a spiritual guidebook or a storyline that needs to be tidied up, we should see it as something even better: the history of God preparing the world for a Savior.

Many of us know the stories in the Bible. But if we don't know the story OF the Bible, those stories will never impact us beyond a simple story learned as a child.

Jesus, Messiah, Savior, and Lord, came to save us and then calls us to serve as he does.

We are made in the image of God and that means we are made to live in community with Him and with others.

God made us and the church to MOVE. If we stop moving, we end up in trouble.

Sharing your faith is as simple as sharing your story. Pastor Tom shows us just how easy that is by answering three simple questions.

"And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it. But do this in a gentle and respectful way. Keep your conscience clear." - 1 Peter 3:15b-16a

"And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it. But do this in a gentle and respectful way. Keep your conscience clear." - 1 Peter 3:15b-16a

We are free in Christ. In order to live out that complete freedom from sin and in total victory every moment of ever day, we need to do three things: Declare. Decide. Devote.

If our noun (sin) is paid for, how do we live without the verbs (sins)?

We all have a master, a boss. For some of us it is our addictions, appetites, desires, illness, or something else. Ultimately, all of us have the same master, no matter how it appears, unless we surrender to One who can defeat our old masters and become our loving and merciful one.

We have a problem. It's a noun and it leads to a lot of verbs in our life. But we can't event solve the problem is we don't understand what that problem is first!

Is there a way we can make sure that our prayers get answered by God? The simple answer, yes.

In the banquet parable, Jesus makes it clear that the host wants every chair at the banquet filled. Are you content with the empty chairs around you in your life?

Are we praying the right way? Should we stand or kneel or do something for God to answer our prayers? Actually, the Bible tells us exactly the steps.

Scarcity or abundance. How do you view the world? This perception can affect our underdog status. Let's follow Jonathan's example and remember that God can do anything with anyone in any circumstance.

Physically, David was an underdog. But despite all the haters, his faith in God made victory over Goliath a sure thing.

Sometimes, our chances seem slim. When that happens and we allow God to lead anyways, we find ourselves going from underdog to top dog.

Lions, real or metaphorical, jump into our lives at unexpected times. With God, we will not face these lions as underdogs but as top dogs.

When facing the fire, will our faith prove true? Or will we cave to man's expectations? In this week's message we look at three underdogs who face a brutal king.

We've all felt like the underdog at some point or another in our life. Maybe we feel like that right now. But God uses underdogs to do amazing things. In this message, we learn about how God used Gideon and called him to be a "mighty hero" instead of an underdog.

Strength can be physical, emotional, relational, and even spiritual. But none of us can be strong without God. Not only do we have strength because of Him, but in the storms of our life, we are able to find strength in Him.

Healthy, happy families don't just happen. They take dedication and work. The Bible lays out how to have a family that is both healthy and happy.

Confidence and self-esteem is something the world advertises that you can have if you only follow certain steps, or look a certain way, or dress a certain way. But confidence rooted in the world's values never lasts. Only God, the Lord Who Provides, can help us develop the confidence we need to have the abundant life.

When we go through things we can’t change and don’t like, trusting God and surrendering to His will is the starting point for the path to peace. With one word of “peace”, Jesus can put our raging hearts to rest.

Everyone has hurts. The only way to heal those hurts is to look to God, the Captain of the Storm, and confess those hurts to Him. We walk through a few other steps critical to healing hurts for good with God's help.

Hope is one of the essential of life – people are crying out – “Is there any place I can get hope that I can count on in this storm?” The truth is, our hope is in God, the Captain of the Storm.

What makes a prodigal child? How are we to respond and reach out to prodigal children? And how can we remember that ultimately, God is our Heavenly Father and we are the prodigal children?

The world has changed the way we view family, and we need to remember just how fragile and important the family is. God loves family.