Sermons

  • Not a Game
    Not a Game
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    February 13, 2022
    From childhood, most of us have learned to love games. The excitement, the cheering, even the competition creates a rush of adrenalin that’s hard to find anywhere else. And on the playing field of life—even life with God—we can find excitement too.
  • Stages of Growth
    Stages of Growth
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    January 16, 2022
    While salvation is instantaneous, spiritual maturity involves a process. It’s one filled with twists and turns and failures and successes. No matter where you are now, the goal is to grow up.
  • Time to Grow Up
    Time to Grow Up
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    January 9, 2022
    Change is part of life. And we can change for good or change for the not-so-good. In the language of the Bible, changing for good is called growth. It’s normal for living things to grow—under one condition—if they’re nourished. In other words, growth doesn’t happen when we do nothing.
  • God Gave
    God Gave
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    December 26, 2021
    We’ve just come through a time of gift-giving and joy. Of course, the most significant gift of all was God’s gift of Jesus to the world.
  • Jesus, The Hope of the World
    Jesus, The Hope of the World
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    December 24, 2021
    Hope. It’s so easy to lose but so generously available. We need hope. In a world where uncertainty and disillusionment are mixed into the air we breathe, we need a fresh perspective.
  • Cradle to Cross
    Cradle to Cross
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    December 19, 2021
    God’s plan for humanity is grand in scope and scale! It also seems at least mildly absurd. The all-powerful God of all creation enters the world as a helpless baby.
  • Remember Who You Are
    Remember Who You Are
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    November 21, 2021
    Compromise is everywhere. It’s a potential pitfall even for the most well-intentioned Christian. No wonder Paul reminds the Colossians to remember who they are in Christ.
  • Moving Toward Maturity
    Moving Toward Maturity
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    November 7, 2021
    Through Jesus all things are reconciled to God. That doesn’t mean that all will be saved but that all are now savable. A believer who continually pursues Christ will grow and move toward maturity in Him.
  • Jesus is the Point
    Jesus is the Point
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    October 31, 2021
    It all points to Jesus. But for centuries Jesus has been a flashpoint for controversy. Some recognize Him for who He is while others reject Him outright.
  • To the Church Called LifePoint
    To the Church Called LifePoint
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    October 17, 2021
    It’s one thing for you to evaluate your own spiritual progress. It’s another thing altogether to have Jesus give His critique of how you’re doing. Sometimes the truth hurts. If Jesus were to write a letter to you about what He thinks of your devotion to Him, what would He say?
  • Count Me In
    Count Me In
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    September 26, 2021
    It shouldn’t surprise us that through the centuries, superstitions arise and thrive even among well-meaning church people. Most of these superstitions are based on a desire for a kind of good luck charm in a life filled with uncertainty and hardship.
  • A Brand New Day
    A Brand New Day
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    September 12, 2021
    While God never changes in His nature, He does change the way He works with human beings. Jesus announced a significant change when He held up a cup and identified it with His blood that would establish a new covenant.
  • The Meal of the Movement
    The Meal of the Movement
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    September 5, 2021
    The church can be described as a body, a family, an army. It’s a movement of influence—one that seeks to bring glory to God and point people toward the Savior. On the night Jesus was betrayed and arrested, He initiated the movement with a meal.
  • The Power of Vulnerability
    The Power of Vulnerability
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    August 22, 2021
    It might seem natural to equate spiritual health with an absence of weakness and vulnerability. Maybe it’s exactly the opposite. Sometimes power and strength are found where we least expect them.
  • Freedom From the Past
    Freedom From the Past
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    August 1, 2021
    Our past marks us. Those experiences go into making us the people we are. But some of those experiences we would rather forget. Guilt, shame, and regret can carve deep gashes in our souls—permanent reminders of another life we would prefer to leave behind.
  • Knowing Yourself and Your God
    Knowing Yourself and Your God
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    July 11, 2021
    Getting to know God ranks high on the list of life’s most meaningful quests. God has revealed Himself to us. He is knowable. And we can grow to know Him in deeper and deeper ways.
  • From the Inside Out
    From the Inside Out
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    June 13, 2021
    To be spiritually healthy is to be thriving in your desire to pursue Jesus and walking in the strength of the Holy Spirit. But spiritual health is tricky. We might be so obsessed with looking good outwardly that we fail to pay attention to what’s going on inside us.
  • Discovering and Doing the Will of God
    Discovering and Doing the Will of God
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    May 30, 2021
    Finding the will of God is both a mystery and an adventure. Certainly, we would be short-sighted if we didn’t curiously and diligently pursue the path God wants us to walk.
  • Aware of the Dangers
    Aware of the Dangers
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    May 16, 2021
    Temptation is real. And so is the danger of making sinful choices that displease the Lord of our lives. Fortunately for our sakes, others before us have made unfortunate choices that we can learn from.
  • The New You
    The New You
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    May 2, 2021
    If we grudgingly view Christ’s lordship in our lives as a threat to our freedom, we don’t understand the real freedom we’ve been given through Him. Jesus has come to make us new, literally!