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Choose This Day - Advent 2022

Pastor Warren Harvey preaches on Joshua 24:1-28.

Christ Appeared - Advent 2022

Pastor Warren Harvey preaches on Luke 2:10-14. A birth announcement is news that brings joy and cause for celebration to those who receive it. Even though the angel's announcement of Jesus' birth was given to a small group of shepherds in a middle eastern field many centuries ago, it is still cause for celebration by all who hear and receive it today. Christmas is a time to hear that familiar good news with fresh ears and open hearts, and to receive it again with the wonder, excitement and celebration of a little child on Christmas morning. Join us this  Christmas Sunday as we celebrate the good news that Jesus Christ is born.

Christ Appeared to Justify - Advent 2022

Pastor Kyle O'Donnell preaches on Galatians 4:4-6 This Sunday of Advent, we remember that the saints were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God (1 Cor. 6:11). Christ appeared to justify; or, as the apostle puts it elsewhere, the Son of God was born to redeem those under the law that they may receive adoption as sons. The Son of God making sons of God: that's the good news we'll hear preached from Galatians in interaction with Jesus' parable of the prodigal son. O come, let us adore him!

Christ Appeared to Sanctify Us - Advent 2022

Pastor Warren Harvey teaches from Titus 2:11-14. At Advent, we look back with gratitude at the birth of Christ, the grace of God appearing to bring salvation. We also look forward in eager hope to the return of Christ when we will be with him in glory. As we live our lives in between the appearing of Christ in grace and his return in glory, it is the work of God's grace through the Holy Spirit that prepares us and shapes our lives to share in his glory when Jesus appears again. That is the work of sanctification. Join us as we will look at what it means that Christ appeared to sanctify us. 

Christ Appeared to Purify Us - Advent 2022

Pastor Warren Harvey preaches on Hebrews 9:1-15. We can all appreciate the benefits that come from a good washing and being clean. Whether it's our clothes, our cars, our dishes or our bodies, we often go to great lengths to cleanse away that which continually stains or soils. And yet the dirt and grime always seems to come back. Such is the case with the defiling nature of sin in our lives. No matter how much we try, we cannot rid ourselves of the stain of sin which keeps us from entering into and enjoying the fellowship with God for which we were created. But what we cannot do, God himself does for us in the appearing of his Son, our Savior Jesus Christ., who came as our high priest, to wash and purify us once and for all that we might draw near to God with a cleansed conscience, and live in full fellowship and service to him and with him in the body of Christ. Join us this advent Sunday as we look at Hebrews 9:1-15 and consider how Christ appeared to cleanse us.

Equipping the Saints to Live Together in Holiness - 1 Corinthians

Pastor Warren Harvey preaches on 1 Corinthians 6:9-11.

Equipping the Saints to Suffer One Another - 1 Corinthians

Pastor Kyle O'Donnell preaches on 1 Corinthians 6:1-11. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?" These rhetorical (rather indignant) questions the Apostle poses we shall attempt to answer in this sermon. While we may in fact have decent justifications as to why not, we have even greater reasons as to why to do it. The cross of Christ and thus our new cruciform life give us an example, give us efficacy, and give us expectation of an inheritance far more worthwhile than getting ours now. We have a living hope our God suffered to secure for us -- will we suffer to receive it?

Equipping the Saints to Live Together in Purity - 1 Corinthians

Pastor Warren Harvey preaches on 1 Corinthians 5:1-13. If you know you have cancer in your body, you would be quick to take drastic measures to treat it before it spreads, which may include cutting out tumors that are cancerous. Sin is like cancer in the body of Christ. God has graciously given us the remedy of repentance and faith in Christ who mercifully has taken our sin upon himself on the cross. But if we ignore, overlook or even tolerate sin it does not just harm the one who sins, but the entire body of Christ, and even the glory of Christ himself. That is why Paul's seemingly harsh response to sin being tolerated in the church at Corinth is reality a loving act of God's mercy to pursue healing and promote holiness for the overall well-being of his children and his church. Join us as we consider how church discipline equips us to live together in purity in the body of Christ.

Equipping the Saints to Testify by Example - 1 Corinthians

Pastor Warren Harvey preaches on 1 Corinthians 4:8-21. Little children often learn and grow up by imitating their parents. In particular the example set by fathers often has significant impact in the lives of children. As the apostle Paul admonishes the believers at Corinth for their prideful attitudes, he appeals to them as a spiritual father to his beloved children to imitate him not just in what he taught them to believe, but in how they live it out. To not just talk the talk of the gospel, but to walk the walk of sacrificial service and love in Christ. While doing so will not make you popular with the world, it will serve as a powerful testimony and conduit of the transforming grace and power of God in Christ Jesus. Join us as we continue in our series from 1 Corinthians.

Equipping the Saints to Testify in Truth - 1 Corinthians

Pastor Warren Harvey preaches on 1 Corinthians 3:18-4:7. Pride is a powerful deceiver, and we can easily deceive ourselves by placing undue significance, value and confidence in what we know (or don't know), what we have (or don't have), or what we do (or don't do). Such self-deception actually limits our understanding and experience of the wisdom, provision, and power of God for us in Christ. How do we avoid the self-deception of pride and experience the humbling and freeing truth of all that God is and has for us in Christ? Join us as we continue in our series in 1 Corinthians and are equipped to testify in truth.