The Sermons of Pastor Scott Julian
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Betrayal cuts deepest when it comes from those closest to us. In Psalm 109, David writes from the wreckage of Absalom's coup — and his words echo through history to Judas, to Christ, and to every Christian who has ever faced false accusation. Pastor Daniel walks through this raw, imprecatory psalm using a threefold framework: what it meant for David, how it was fulfilled in Christ, and what it means for the church today. When enemies surround you and accusers multiply, who stands at your right hand? The answer changes everything.
Galatians 1:6-9 Scott Julian teaching/
Paul wrote Philippians from a Roman prison cell — and somehow it's the most joy-filled letter in the New Testament. In this concluding message of our Philippians series, Pastor Daniel draws together the whole letter into a single, urgent commission: walk worthy of the gospel. That means striving together as a team, standing firm on Christ rather than our credentials, and suffering well when the inevitable comes. Two themes weave through every chapter — joy and unity — and you can't have one without the other.
Israel had every advantage — God's Word, a national identity, freedom, and a covenant relationship with the living God. And they squandered all of it. In Amos 3, God brings a covenant lawsuit against His people: privilege unaccompanied by responsibility is not innocence — it's indictment. Pastor Daniel works through Amos' vivid rhetorical questions, the public humiliation of Israel's coming judgment, and the sobering parallel to the church today. With great privilege comes great responsibility. Are you stewarding what God has given you — or hoarding it?
Psalm 107 opens the final book of the Psalter with a thunderous call: if you've been redeemed, say so. But who is the "adversary" the psalmist has in mind? Not merely Egypt, Assyria, or Babylon — a single, cosmic adversary stands behind them all. In this expository teaching from Psalm 107, Pastor Daniel Christensen traces six dimensions of God's redemption — provision, freedom, wisdom, rescue, curse reversal, and final judgment — and shows how each finds its fulfillment in Christ. A psalm written for post-exilic Israel turns out to be written for anyone who has ever been snatched out of the dragon's jaws.
These five verses give you one of the clearest pictures in all of Scripture of what Christian generosity is, what God thinks of it, and what God does in response to it. Philippians 4:14-20 Scott Julian is teaching.
Description Scott Julian teaching. Explore the profound secret to true contentment, contrasting modern dissatisfaction with the Apostle Paul's unshakeable peace found in Christ. This message reveals how Christian joy is a learned skill, rooted in divine strength and fellowship, offering a powerful alternative to worldly struggles. Discover how to draw upon God's power for lasting peace.
The West is in the middle of a mental health and education crisis — and the church has the answer. In this teaching from Philippians 4:8–9, Pastor Daniel Christensen walks through Paul's eight virtues for the Christian mind: true, dignified, right, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, and worthy of praise. Recover your thinking. Renew your mind. Transform your life. #BibleTeaching #ReformedTheology #ExpositoryPreaching #Philippians #ChristianLiving #TheologyMatters #RenewYourMind #GospelTruth #BiblicalWorldview #ChurchLife
What can the story of Joseph—betrayal, slavery, false accusation, prison—teach us about God? Everything. In Psalm 105, David shows us how to read history as theology: looking back at what God has done to build confidence in what he will do. God preserves his people, exalts them through suffering, judges their enemies, and remains faithful to every promise he has made. #BibleTeaching #Psalms #ReformedTheology #ExpositoryPreaching #GospelTruth #ChristianLiving #TheologyMatters #ScriptureDaily
What do doomsday preppers and the prophet Joel have in common? They both know a reckoning is coming — but only one of them is ready for the real thing. In Joel 2:1–17, Pastor Daniel Christensen unpacks the Day of the Lord: a cosmic, final event in which Christ returns as commander of a heavenly army to judge his enemies and vindicate his people. Two trumpets sound — one of warning, one of worship. Which side of that day will you be on? #BibleTeaching #ReformedTheology #ExpositoryPreaching #DayOfTheLord #Joel #Eschatology #GospelTruth #ChristianLiving #TheologyMatters #Preaching
What can a walk in a pasture teach you about God? More than you might think. In Psalm 104, David traces four perfections of God through the created order — transcendence, creative power, provision, and sovereignty over time — and arrives at a single response: praise. From the physics of light to underwater waterfalls, from the Telluride valley to Jonathan Edwards singing in a thunderstorm, this teaching invites you to see the natural world as God's own sermon to you.
What does it actually look like to live as a citizen of heaven? In Philippians 3:17–21, the apostle Paul gives us four practical steps: find a good mentor, recognize bad examples, remember your home country, and eagerly await your King. This teaching explores the Pauline ethic of imitation, the difference between friends and enemies of the cross, and why your journey to paradise isn't a pilgrimage—it's a homecoming.
Psalm 103 is David's crash course in the art and science of knowing God. In this teaching, Pastor Daniel walks through four methods of theology that David models for us — experiential, historical, comparative, and natural — and shows how each one deepens our understanding of God's character, His mercy, and His eternal faithfulness to those who fear Him. A practical, encouraging call to pursue the knowledge of God with everything you have.
Scott Julian teaching. This video explores Philippians 3:12-16, highlighting that pursuing Christ is an empowered expectation, not an unattainable ideal. It emphasizes God's calling as the foundation for spiritual transformation and encourages active pursuit of Christlikeness. The message calls for surrendering to Christ for growth, focusing on the future, and persevering towards the "upward call of God.
Philippians 3:7-11 Scott Julian teaching.
Featured Teacher: Daniel Christensen In Hosea 11, God reveals Himself as a father who raised Israel from infancy, freed them from slavery, and led them with bonds of love—only to be met with relentless rejection. Yet where human fathers would say "good riddance," God declares, "I am God and not man." His compassion prevails. Through the lens of the Prodigal Son and Matthew's portrait of Jesus as the Second Son, we discover how Christ retraced Israel's steps to fulfill what the first son never could—and why the Father still runs to meet the repentant. #Hosea #ExpositoryPreaching #ReformedTheology #OldTestament #ChristInTheOldTestament #ProdigalSon #GodsGrace #BibleStudy #VerseByVerse #MinorProphets #SermonsOnHosea #ChristCentered #CovenantFaithfulness #WestHillsChurch
Featured Teacher: Daniel Christensen Where does the Christian find assurance? Not in heritage, good works, or religious performance — but in Christ alone. In this sermon from Philippians 3:1–6, we trace Paul's devastating critique of misplaced confidence and learn from the 18th-century Marrow Men who fought the same battle. If your joy is in something other than the Lord, your confidence will be too. #Philippians #ReformedTheology #ExpositoryPreaching #ChristAlone #SolaFide #MarrowMen #GospelOfGrace #PaulTheApostle #ChristOurTreasure #BibleTeaching #SundaySermon #ReformedChurch #GraceAlone #ChristianConfidence #WestHillsChurch
Philippians 2:25-30 Scott Julian teaching. This sermon explores the profound example of Epaphroditus, a devoted servant who exemplified sacrificial love and commitment to Christ. Learn how his near-death experience for the gospel highlights the preciousness of sacrifice and God's sustaining power through suffering. Discover the importance of valuing all church servants, especially those whose faithfulness is often unseen.
Featured Teacher: Daniel Christensen What does it take to be a truly effective Christian? Psalm 100 gives us seven practical habits drawn straight from the text: making a joyful noise, serving the Lord in all your work, coming before God in private communion, knowing Him deeply, gathering with His people, giving thanks, and blessing His name. These aren't complicated—but they require consistent, daily choices. In this sermon, we walk through each habit with practical counsel for building them into your life today.
Philippians 2:19-24 Scott Julian teaching.
Featured Teacher: Daniel Christensen Hosea 9 tells the tragic story of Israel's complete reversal. Every blessing God gave them is systematically stripped away. Their Exodus is undone as they return to captivity in Assyria. Their prophets are mocked, abused, and silenced. Their God-given mandate to be fruitful and multiply is overturned as they sacrifice their own children to Baal. And the covenant itself is reversed — Gilgal, once a place of remembrance, becomes a place of God's hatred. This chapter is a sober warning against apostasy and a call to guard the faith we have received.
Featured Teacher: Daniel Christensen Psalm 99 completes the trilogy begun in Psalms 96 and 98, connecting the Great Commission not only to salvation but to the lordship of Christ. The psalmist reveals that the theological center of the universe is the mercy seat—the footstool where heaven meets earth. Through three declarations of "Holy," we see that God's reign is universal, His justice is unwavering, and true worship requires a mediator. The flawed priesthoods of Moses, Aaron, and Samuel point forward to Christ, our great high priest, who tore the veil and opened the way for all people to worship at the footstool of God.
Featured Teacher: Daniel Christensen Did you know Acts 1:8 — "Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, to the ends of the earth" — isn't a new idea Jesus invented? It's the geographic blueprint of Psalm 98, written centuries before. In this message, we trace the gospel's movement from Israel to the nations to all creation, discover why God's "right hand and holy arm" is a title for Jesus, explore the Year of Jubilee and what the shofar announces, and ask a hard question: are you too quiet about the gospel? The judge is coming. Creation is waiting. The shofar has been blown. It's time to sing.
Feb. 22nd Sermon Daniel Christensen teaching
Philippians 2:1-4. Scott Julian teaching. The significance of biblical teachings on unity is emphasized, along with stories of churches facing legal issues that challenge transparency. The message encourages believers to adopt humility, focus on others' needs, and practice selflessness, concluding with a call for unity in the church.
Featured Teacher: Daniel Christensen Psalm 96 issues a triple command: sing, sing, sing the gospel to all nations. This isn't optional—it's our daily calling. Why sing? Because God is great, fearsome, and the Creator who puts all pretender gods to shame. The content of our song is eschatological: "Yahweh reigns!" Our evangelism must be theologically robust, personally experienced, and a summons to submit to Christ as King. When this gospel song goes forth, all creation—heavens, seas, fields, and forests—responds with resounding joy.
Featured Teacher: Daniel Christensen This psalm rings like church bells—first with joyful invitation, then with funeral solemnity. We're summoned to exuberant worship of our Creator-King and tender reverence before our Shepherd-Maker. But then the music shifts to warning: "Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts." The wilderness generation sang and bowed yet perished in unbelief. Their graves remind us that worship without obedience is deadly pretense. Discover why "today" is always now, and how Christ alone can bring hard hearts into God's promised rest.
Featured Teacher: Daniel Christensen Why do the wicked prosper while God's people suffer? Psalm 94 confronts this age-old question with stunning honesty and surprising comfort. The psalmist cries out to the "God of vengeances" while corrupt rulers crush widows, murder orphans, and mock divine justice. Yet this isn't a psalm of despair—it's a declaration of certainty. God sees everything, knows everything, and will repay everything. In the meantime, His discipline brings blessing and His consolations delight the soul. Discover why heaven's apparent silence is actually preparing the greatest reversal in history.
Featured Teacher: Daniel Christensen Why do the wicked seem to prosper while the righteous struggle? Psalm 92—the only psalm designated for the Sabbath—reveals what "brutish" people cannot grasp: the wicked flourish like grass, but only as a prelude to eternal destruction. Meanwhile, those planted in God's house grow like palm trees, bearing fruit even in old age. In this message, we discover why praising God is the most fitting activity of human existence, how Christ fulfills the psalm's Messianic imagery, and the secret to flourishing when everything around you withers.
Philippians 1:27-30 Scott Julian teaching. The sermon explores themes of spiritual grants, suffering for Christ, and living a life worthy of the gospel. It highlights the dual nature of faith, emphasizing belief and the privilege of suffering. Unity among believers and courage in sharing the gospel are essential.
Feb. 1st Sermon. Philippians 1:18-26. Scott Julian teaching. The first part of the sermon did not record.
Featured Teacher: Daniel Christensen What happens when the church's greatest missionary gets locked up? The gospel advances anyway. In this message, we explore how Paul's Roman imprisonment became an unexpected platform—reaching the elite Praetorian Guard, emboldening fearful believers, and demonstrating that faithful suffering speaks louder than comfortable freedom. From the Chinese church under communism to John Bunyan's prison cell, history confirms Paul's pattern: the obstacle becomes the way. Your chains might be God's strategy. Who are the captive audiences in your life?
Featured Teacher: Daniel Christensen Satan quoted Psalm 91 to Jesus in the wilderness—making it the only Scripture the devil directly cites in all of the Bible. So whose psalm is it? In this message, we discover that Psalm 91 belongs first to Christ, and then by faith to all who are in Him. From Spurgeon's experience during the London cholera epidemic to Corrie ten Boom's miraculous provision in a Nazi concentration camp, we explore how God's promises of protection find their ultimate fulfillment in the resurrection. The devil may twist Scripture, but Jesus knows it better—and He has claimed its promises for you.
Featured Teacher: Daniel Christensen Seventy years is all you get—eighty if you're strong. That's the sobering message of Psalm 90, the oldest psalm in the Bible, written by Moses himself. But this meditation on mortality isn't meant to crush us with despair. Instead, Moses lifts our eyes from the dust of death to the dwelling place of the Most High. In this teaching, we explore how God's eternality becomes our security, why human transience points to deeper truths about sin and judgment, and how Christ becomes the ultimate answer to our mortality. Number your days. Get a heart of wisdom.
Featured Teacher: Daniel Christensen What do you do when God's promises look like lies? Psalm 89 tackles this question head-on. Written by Ethan the Ezraite during Israel's darkest hour—after Solomon's kingdom split in two—this psalm moves from soaring praise to devastating accusation before resolving in unexpected worship. Ethan teaches us the posture of biblical lament: approaching God first as worshipers, then as petitioners. The Davidic covenant that seemed broken found its fulfillment centuries later in Christ, who entered fully into the psalm's suffering before rising victorious. Learn how to maintain faith when everything visible suggests you should abandon it.
Featured Teacher: Daniel Christensen Psalm 88 is the darkest psalm in Scripture—ending not in praise but in a single word: "darkness." Why would God include such a hopeless text in His Word? Because it reveals what Christ endured for us. This Good Friday psalm shows us Gethsemane before Golgotha—the cup Jesus dreaded yet drank to the dregs. He absorbed infinite wrath so we would never taste it. He descended into ultimate darkness so we might dwell eternally in light. The psalm ends in darkness, but the gospel ends in light. Christ was abandoned so that we might be accepted forever.
Featured Teacher: Scott Julian Spiritual growth in Christ is essential, focusing on love, wisdom, and discernment. Paul's prayer for the Philippians highlights the need for growth in love and knowledge. Personal experiences and biblical teachings encourage believers to deepen their connections with God and one another. The message concludes with a call to reflect on spiritual lives and pursue excellence in faith, aiming to glorify God through actions.
Featured Teacher: Daniel Christensen
Featured Teacher: Scott Julian Gratitude plays a vital role in the Christian life, shaping perspectives and relationships. The message highlights the deep bond of fellowship among believers, emphasizing shared missions and community support. It encourages trust in God's ongoing work and active engagement in gospel partnership, fostering unity and hope. Additionally, it invites those yet to accept Christ to explore the promise of new life and transformation through faith.
Featured Teacher: Scott Julian Themes of grace, peace, and Christian identity are explored through the book of Philippians. The importance of servanthood and shared ministry is highlighted, along with the role of grace in sustaining believers. A deeper understanding of identity in Christ and the communal aspect of faith is encouraged. The message emphasizes unity, humility, and serving others, inviting reflection on faith and deeper connections within the church community.
The Songs of Christmas The Song of Elizabeth Daniel Christensen teaching
Luke 1:67-80 Scott Julian, teacher.
Jude 24, 25 Scott Julian teaching. Nov. 30, 2025
Featured Teacher: Daniel Christensen What happens when God provides the blueprints and humanity becomes the contractor? Exodus 36-39 reveals Israel's extraordinary execution of the tabernacle—built with zero deviation from God's specifications. This sermon explores five transformative lessons about repentance, generosity, Spirit-empowered service, excellence, and obedience. Discover how the ancient tabernacle points to Christ as the ultimate dwelling place of God and challenges the church today to build faithfully according to the divine blueprint. Are we constructing our lives and ministries with the same precision, excellence, and Spirit-dependence that characterized Israel's finest moment?
Featured Teacher: Daniel Christensen The church faces a spiritual war, requiring vigilance against false teachings. Historical figures and biblical texts illustrate this ongoing battle. Jude's letter provides tactical advice for confronting mockers and false teachers. Recognizing the enemy and understanding their tactics is crucial, along with the role of apologetics. Additionally, personal responsibility and compassion are highlighted.
Nov. 16th Sunday sermon. Jude 11-16 Scott Julian teaching. The Book of Jude addresses rebellion against God's authority and the dangers of false teachings. It uses historical figures like Cain, Balaam, and Korah to illustrate disobedience and judgment. Believers are encouraged to stay true to their faith, trust in God's timing, and prioritize character over charisma in leaders. The message concludes with a call to embrace salvation and rely on Christ as a guiding shepherd through challenges.
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