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The Bible and the Flood
This sermon is based on Genesis 6:9-20.
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A Flood of Salvation
This sermon is based on Genesis 6:5-8.
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Why, not When or Where or How
This sermon serves as an introduction to this new series and is based on Genesis 6:1-8.
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Truly Great Parents
This sermon is based on Luke 1:46-55.
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Truly Errant Parents
This sermon is based on 1 Samuel 2:22-25.
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The Power of the Father
This sermon is based on Proverbs 23:24 on Father’s Day when we celebrate and pray for men and their fathers.
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Parenting and Discipline
This sermon is based on Proverbs 29:17.
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Parenting and Gracious Words
This sermon is based on Proverbs 16:24.
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The Impossible, Wonderful Calling
This sermon is based on Proverbs 22:6.
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Jesus: The Justice of God
This sermon is based on Luke 4:16-20.
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The Woman Wisdom
This sermon for Mother’s Day is based on Proverbs 8:12-21.
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The Temple
This sermon is based on John 2:13-22.
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Israel Revisited
This sermon is based on Matthew 4:1-11.
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A Friend, a Judge, and a Savior
This sermon is based on Matthew 11:16-22.
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Christ Jesus
This sermon is based on Matthew 16:13-20.
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The Kingdom of the Son
This sermon is based on Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 and concludes our Easter series on “The Path Jesus Chose.”
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The End of the Path
RESURRECTION SUNDAY: This sermon is based on Philippians 2:6-11.
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The Path into Jerusalem
This sermon is based on Luke 19:37-44.
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The Path Jesus Chose
This sermon is based on Mark 6:47-52.
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A Way of Weakness, Part 3
This sermon is based on 2 Corinthians 13:5-6.
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If I was asked for a list of ten things we don’t have enough of, my top three answers would be faith, hope and love, followed
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A Way of Weakness, Part 2
This sermon is based on 2 Corinthians 12:9-10.
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If I was asked for a list of ten things we don’t have enough of, my top three answers would be faith, hope and love, followed
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A Way of Weakness, Part 1
This sermon is based on 2 Corinthians 12:1-10.
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If I was asked for a list of ten things we don’t have enough of, my top three answers would be faith, hope and love, followed
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A Cross-Shaped Faith
This sermon is based on 2 Corinthians 11:21-33.
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A Culture-Shaped Faith, Part 2
This sermon is based on 2 Corinthians 11:5-15.
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If I was asked for a list of ten things we don’t have enough of, my top three answers would be faith, hope and love, followed
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A Culture-Shaped Faith, Part 1
This sermon is based on 2 Corinthians 11:1-4.
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If I was asked for a list of ten things we don’t have enough of, my top three answers would be faith, hope and love, followed
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Proper Boasting
This sermon is based on 2 Corinthians 10:12-18.
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A New Community
We are grateful to the Lord that Dan Passerelli, pastor to young adults/young families at Chapelgate Presbyterian Church, shared God’s Word with us today while Dane Lewis is home recovering from his wrist surgery.
This
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Intruder Alert
This sermon is based on 2 Corinthians 10:1-13.
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If I was asked for a list of ten things we don’t have enough of, my top three answers would be faith, hope and love, followed
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Getting the New Year Right
This sermon is based on 1 Timothy 6:17-19.
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The Hope of Dwelling
This sermon is based on John 1:14-18.
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The Hope of Christmas
This sermon is based on Isaiah 9:2-7.
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That Mourns in Lonely Exile Here
This sermon is based on Matthew 2:16-18.
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The Sin That Longed for Christmas
This sermon is based on Matthew 1:18-21.
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The Love of Christmas
This sermon is based on 1 John 4:9-10.
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The Peace of Gratitude
This sermon is based on Colossians 3:15-17.
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The Gratitude Initiative
This sermon is based on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18.
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State of the Ministry Message 2017
As we celebrate our church’s 15th anniversary, it is a good time to reflect on all that God has done in our midst as well as consider the challenge from God’s Word for the
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Gratitude and Peace Together
This introductory sermon sets the stage for seeing the connection between gratitude and peace based on Philippians 4:6-7.
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Always Reforming–The Church
May we commit ourselves to growth and health as a church as we consider together Hebrews 10:19-25.
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Jodocus van Lodenstein is not a name you hear bantered around at parties a lot, partly because he
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Always Reforming–Culture
This sermon helps us understand a godly perspective on what Jesus meant about being “in the world, but not of it” so that we are engaged in transforming culture for His glory. It is based
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Always Reforming–Ourselves, Part 2
This sermon is based on Luke 9:23-24, 57-62.
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Jodocus van Lodenstein is not a name you hear bantered around at parties a lot, partly because he died in the 1600’s and partly because Jodocus sounds
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Always Reforming–Ourselves
This first sermon in our series reminds us how important it is to be “always reforming” ourselves into the image of Christ and is based on Philippians 3:12-14.
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Jodocus van Lodenstein is not a name
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A Door of Unbelievable Developments Has Opened
We were privileged to have Stephen and Susan Beck, our missionaries in Germany, in our worship service. Stephen opened God’s Word to us from 1 Corinthians 16:5-9, and they both shared powerfully about the amazing things God is
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The LEAPS
This second sermon in the series introduces the acrostic “LEAPS” as a way to understand our “everyday mission” and is based on Psalm 108:1-5.
L – Live as light
E – Engage in
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Everyday Missions
From day one we’ve said that missions are at the heart of our church. And you can see all sorts of ways this idea has shaped our church (the budget, missionary updates, missions conferences,
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Going Off on Nineveh, Part 2
This sermon continues to explore Jonah’s hatred for Nineveh and how it was steeped in nationalism and racism, much in the same way we are guilty of these same sins in our own lives and
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Going Off on Nineveh
This sermon discusses Jonah’s hatred of Nineveh, based on Jonah 1:1-3.
I can remember the first time I heard the story of Jonah. After I heard the story, I didn’t go swimming for weeks.
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Fresh Off the Boat
This sermon discusses Jonah’s prayer from inside the big fish, based on Jonah 1:1-10.
I can remember the first time I heard the story of Jonah. After I heard the story, I didn’t go
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Running Off
This sermon discusses Jonah’s request that the sailors throw him overboard in order to calm the storm, as well as the remarkable indication of the sailors’ faith, based on Jonah 1:8-17.
I can remember
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Off to a Bad Start
This sermon discusses Jonah’s decision to go to Tarshish instead of Nineveh as God had commanded him to do, based on Jonah 1:1-10.
I can remember the first time I heard the story of
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Off on the Wrong Foot
This first sermon of this series gives the background and context for how to examine the book of Jonah, based on Jonah 1:1-3.
I can remember the first time I heard the story of
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The Blessings and Dangers of Doubt, Part 2
This sermon explores the blessings and dangers of doubt (Part 2) and is based on Jude 20-25.
Let’s take a quiz. Pick one. Doubt is (a) the worst sin imaginable, (b) a terrible weakness
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The Blessings and Dangers of Doubt
This sermon explores the blessings and dangers of doubt and is based on Jude 17-23.
Let’s take a quiz. Pick one. Doubt is (a) the worst sin imaginable, (b) a terrible weakness that derails
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Faith and Doubt
On this Mother’s Day, our sermon examines the relationship between faith and doubt based on Matthew 13:53-58, using the faith of Jesus’ mother, Mary, as our example.
Let’s take a quiz. Pick one.
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The Other Doubter
After the resurrection when Jesus reinstates Peter, we encounter the way in which Peter doubts (John 21:15-19), which is different from that of Thomas. Peter doubts that he is worthy of being forgiven because
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The Unlikely Doubter
Let’s take a quiz. Pick one. Doubt is (a) the worst sin imaginable, (b) a terrible weakness that derails people’s faith, (c) a great benefit and encouragement to our faith, or (d) an
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Resurrection Sunday: Christ Alone
What makes the resurrection such a good day? In addition to all the blessings we enjoy in Christ, more importantly, the resurrection fulfills the story of the Bible. Rejoice and
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For the Glory of God Alone
On this Palm Sunday, our sermon examines the fifth of the Five Solas: For the Glory of God Alone (based on John 17:1-5). In Jesus’ prayer, He asks that God’s glory be revealed in His death
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Christ Alone
This sermon examines the fourth of the Five Solas: Christ Alone (based on Acts 4:8-12). Here, we rejoice that “salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to
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Scripture Alone
This sermon examines the third of the Five Solas: Scripture Alone (based on 2 Timothy 3:14-17). Knowing what Paul meant when he states that all Scripture is “God-breathed” gives us confidence that God’s Word is
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By Faith Alone
By the time the Reformation was in full swing, everyone knew the gospel could be reduced to the “Five Solas” (think of them as the Reformation’s “five spiritual laws,” but in Latin). Now
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By Grace Alone
By the time the Reformation was in full swing, everyone knew the gospel could be reduced to the “Five Solas” (think of them as the Reformation’s “five spiritual laws,” but in Latin). Now
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Love and the Gift of Forgiveness
Based on Colossians 3:12-14, consider how we can build up stronger relationships by forgiving one another as a conclusion to our series, The Other Approach.
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Love and the Removal of Fear
Since God teaches that “perfect love drives out fear,” it stands to reason that we are also called to serve others by helping to “remove or minimize” the fears they carry in their hearts. Based
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Meeting the Needs of the Other
God calls us to “serve one another”; therefore, this sermon takes a closer look at what it means to Meet the Needs of the Other based on Galatians 5:13-15 in order to embrace The Other
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Out on a Limn, February 19, 2017
This portion of our worship service called “Out on a Limn*” is designed to give a “visual or practical application” of our main theme for a particular worship service.
This “Limn” was part of our series, The
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Listening to the Other
Ephesians 4:29 gives us great guidelines for when to speak and when to listen, as well as a solid treatment of the often-misunderstood concept of what is meant by “wholesome talk” as opposed to “unwholesome
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Out on a Limn, February 5, 2017
This portion of our worship service called “Out on a Limn*” is designed to give a “visual or practical application” of our main theme for a particular worship service.
This “Limn” was part of our series, The
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The Other Approach
Based on Romans 13:8-10, this sermon begins to explore an other-centered approach to relationships in light of God’s command to “love one another” and to “love your neighbor as yourself.”
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The Selfish Approach, Part 2
This sermon continues the study of how a selfish approach to relationships violates 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 and leads to difficult relationships that are not based on love.
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The Selfish Approach, Part 1
When we look at our strained relationships, we ought to be able to identify where the train went off the tracks. And we can. It’s our approach. We love the self-centered approach, but
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A House Filled with Glory
The New Year is an opportunity. Our hearts and minds are pointed towards the future, and we have a chance to set goals that are good and wise. 2,500 years ago, the nation
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“The Coming of One a Little Lower than the Angels” based on Psalm 8
This sermon helps us understand the Psalms’ prophecy of Jesus’ birth more clearly.
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The Coming King
You can’t really understand Christmas without understanding the Old Testament. And that means you can’t truly sing about Christmas without first singing the songs of the Old Testament, the Psalms. And at Christmas time, you’ve
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The Birth of the Messiah King
As we move fully into the Advent season, this is a fitting conclusion to our series on the Minor Prophets as we explore their understanding of the coming Messiah, based on Micah 5:1-9.
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A Prophet’s Thanksgiving
“A Prophet’s Thanksgiving” based on Micah 7:14-20
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Out on a Limn 161113
This portion of our worship service called “Out on a Limn*” is designed to give a “visual or practical application” of our main theme for a particular worship service.
This “Limn” was part of our series, Major
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Just Believing
Sermon that passionately reminds us that God is a God of justice and desires that His followers fight for social justice, too. Based on Amos 5:10-15, 21-24.
To hear the accompanying “Out on a Limn” and
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State of the Ministry 2016
As we celebrate the 14th anniversary of our church, it is a good time to reflect on God’s blessings of where we’ve been, where we are and also to consider the challenge from God’s Word
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Out on a Limn
This portion of our worship service called “Out on a Limn*” is designed to give a “visual or practical application” of our main theme for a particular worship service.
In this “Limn,” Dane first rehearsed a little
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The Day of the Lord
How we understand the “Day of the Lord” will be either as a day of judgment OR as a day of deliverance and rejoicing depending on whether we are willing to repent and return to
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Words of Repentance and Hope
While we often think of the minor prophets as only preaching judgment and doom, here we are reminded of the lengths to which God goes to show us his unrelenting love and grace as we
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The Awakening
New teaching series on the “Major Hits” (key messages) of the Minor Prophets. This first sermon is based on Amos 4:4-12.
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New Worship
Chris Zang, our Director of International Ministries, explores our New Worship priorities based on Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman in John 4:4-18.
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A New Allegiance
Being made new in Christ gives us a new allegiance to God’s kingdom based on Mark 12:13-17.
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A New Status
Since all things are made new in Christ, we have a new status to be like Jesus in our humility (Philippians 2:3-4).
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A New Way of Serving
The Bible tells us we have been made new in Christ, and this means we now have a new way of serving others. This sermon is based on Romans 7:4-6.
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New Through and Through
When we become a “new creation” in Christ, we are given a new commandment based on John 13:34-35.
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The Story of Jesus
Zach Rallo, Director of Youth Ministries, shares God’s Word about the overarching story of Jesus in the Bible based on Hebrews 1:1-5, 8-13.
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The Story of Israel
In this series, we trace the big story of the Bible from cover to cover. This sermon examines the story of Israel using 1 Peter 2:9-10 as our launching pad.
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Hearts of Greed
How to deal with the greed that is in our hearts based on 1 Timothy 6:17-19
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Hearts of Envy
Sermon based on James 3:13-18 in the series, “Straight from the Heart.”
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Proud Hearts
Sermon to help us understand the root of pride in our hearts, based on 1 Peter 5:15-16, in the Straight from the Heart series.
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Angry Hearts
Where does our anger originate? Sermon based on Ephesians 4:25-32, as part of the Straight from the Heart series.
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The Heart of Desire
How should we understand the longings and desires of our hearts? Sermon based on Psalm 63:1-5, part of the Straight from the Heart series.
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For Our Sins
RESURRECTION SUNDAY: Jesus rose from the dead. Alleluia! Based on 1 John 2:1-2
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Hope and Hostility
The story of Jesus leading up to his death and resurrection, Part 1
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