On this final Sunday of the church year, “Christ the King Sunday,” we focus in on the kingship of our Savior by looking at a well-known passage, Luke 23:32-43, dealing with Jesus’s crucifixion. Listen in as Pastor David explains the unique structure of that passage and what it means for our understanding of Jesus today. What did God really suffer for? For us or something bigger than us?
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We often take comfort in the truth that God hears his people when they call out to him. Yet this truth is a little more complicated than that. As Malachi 3:13-4:3 teaches us, the Lord hears all that his people say to him – both words of adoration and words of complaint. Malachi’s vision of the coming “day of the Lord” was intended to cause people to live differently in the present. How do all these thoughts tie together? Click here to listen to Pastor David’s sermon on this passage.
We know that God remembers the past – specifically, the covenant he has made with us – and that is reason enough to rejoice. What else does God remember? And how can that transform our lives in the present? Click here to listen to Pastor David’s sermon on Haggai 2:1-9, a passage from a short but important Old Testament book of prophecy.
Our reputation as believers in the surrounding community is very important: people can be attracted to Christ or turned away from him based on how we live! But our reputation before God is even more important. That is the message of Isaiah 1:10-20, and that forms the theme of Pastor David’s sermon this week. Click here to listen to his message on this challenging passage of scripture.
As we conclude our study of Paul’s final letter in the New Testament, Pastor David preaches on 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18, in which Paul reflects on having finished his life’s race. In God’s timing, this sermon came just hours after one of our elderly saints passed away after a long illness. Listen in on this timely word from the Lord:
What do running a 5k, having itching ears, and serving in the church have in common? Well, they all are part of Pastor David’s reflections on 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5, the sermon text for this week’s message. As we continue our study of this letter to Timothy, how does this passage call us to fulfill our own roles within the church? Listen in to the sermon by clicking this link.
In 2 Timothy 2:8-15, Paul writes to Timothy some words of encouragement and reminder about what is really important. Rather than quarreling about words, Timothy and the church people he serves should hold fast to the eternal Word of God, Jesus Christ. How can this passage transform the way we use words in our everyday lives? Listen in to Pastor David’s sermon on this topic:
This week, we begin a study of 2 Timothy, a letter from Paul to a young church leader who is charged with “carrying the baton” of Christian faith into a new generation. With whom do we identify, Paul or Timothy? How should we run the race? And how does this metaphor affect our daily lives? Listen in to Pastor David’s sermon on 2 Timothy 1:1-14 by clicking the link below:
In this final message during the month of “Septem-prayer,” Pastor David preaches on Psalm 34, an acrostic psalm in which each verse begins with the next letter of the Hebrew alphabet. How can this psalm transform the way in which we pray for specific needs? How should our prayer lives be more full than simply praying for the sick, grieving, or discouraged? Listen in to yesterday’s sermon:
This week, Pastor David walks us through Psalm 30, a prayer of thanksgiving. We often express our thankfulness to God for various blessings, but giving thanks should be transformative for us, not simply an afterthought that we direct toward God. How does this psalm – written for the dedication of the temple – change our attitude toward thanksgiving? Listen in: