Sermons

This week Malcolm Starts a four part series on the core teachings of the Apostles Creed. He starts with the first sentence, "I believe in God the Father, Maker of Heaven and Earth. Malcolm walks through the Scriptures to unpack the richness of this declaration by the early Church. 

Tom Kyle from the Lifelink Church in St Louis share the the story of the Prodigal son in a new way, focusing on the heart of the father as apposed to the  mess ups of the son. He looks at each of the main characters in the story and compares our hearts to each of the extreme places these family members were. 

Brent Diggs relays another tough but well known story from the book of Acts, the imprisonment of Paul and Silas. They were imprisoned by a corrupt system but were themselves always free. Paul and Silas' response to their circumstance was evidence of their freedom as was the jailers response evidence of his enslavement to the system. God's heart is liberation for both the oppressed and the oppressor. 

Ken brings a message about a Father for Father's Day. He uses the story of Paul and Lydia to show God's providence as we show up and listen to the Spirit of Jesus. We have a Father who will protect, encourage, develop, love, and provide for us. We can listen and obey but it is always up to God to produce the fruit of changed lives. 

This week Doug Han visits us from the church in St Louis. Doug gives us a quick overview of the story of Jonah to bring us to the last chapter in the story. Here we see Jonah's heart exposed by his anger with God for being merciful to a people that he hated. Jonah's response to God's call was to sit and wait for calamity instead of getting about the business of God's redemption in Nineveh.  Jonah's self pity caused brought him to a place of depression, selfishness, and stirred a desire for comfort that was more important that the lives of the people in Nineveh.

Today Brent Diggs uses the division of Paul and Barnabas at the begining of their second missionary journey to preach on conflict management. Different personalities have different approaches towards conflict. Brent talked about the "bowling ball" and the "ledge walker", those who run to or run from conflict. This was in fact a "big deal" conflict between Paul and Barnabas and Brent teaches on what we can learn from this incident in the Church. 

Alan Scotland shares some challenging and encouraging words from the book of James.

This week Malcolm joins us again from the Lifelink church in Lansing MI to encourage us to remember. We look at Isaiah 51 to "look at the rock from which we were cut". And then we look at Ephesians to remember who we once were but then realize who God has made us to be. We have to remember rightly and to hope in God from the truth of what he has done. 

This week, coming off of our week fast as a church Ken preaches, ironically, on the table of the Lord and the feast he provides. God is our provision and we need to let him be that, enter his rest and meet with Him. 

Peet Strydom presents a great overview teaching on the spiritual discipline of fasting. He walks through the scripture to show the different accounts and purposes of fasting. Whether deliverance, intersection, repentance or clarity and direction... in the end the primary purpose of fasting is to draw near to God. That has to be our heart. Peet also teaches on the practical and physical aspects of fasting and informs us with what to expect with our bodies so we don't freak out!!