Latest Sermons
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Ephesians Explained Part 6 (The Love of Christ)
Paul resumes the prayer he began earlier in the chapter and bows his knees before the Father. He asks that the church would be strengthened with power through the Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in their hearts through faith. Rooted and grounded in love, the
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Ephesians Explained Part 5 (The Mystery of the Gospel)
Paul continues from the creation of the one new man and reveals the long-hidden mystery: that the Gentiles are now fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. This truth was given to him by revelation so that he
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Ephesians Explained Part 4 (One New Man)
Paul calls the Gentile believers to remember their former condition: without Christ, alienated from the people of God, strangers to the covenants, having no hope, and without God in the world. Then comes the great reversal. In Christ Jesus those who were far off have been brought near by His
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Ephesians Explained Part 3 (Saved By Grace Alone)
Paul paints the stark reality of our natural condition: dead in trespasses and sins, walking according to the course of this world, enslaved to the flesh, and by nature children of wrath. Then come the two most powerful words in Scripture: “But God.” Rich in mercy and great in love,
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Ephesians Explained Part 2 (The Supremacy of Christ)
Paul has just laid out the incredible spiritual blessings we have in Christ. Now he prays that the eyes of our hearts would be opened to truly know three things: the hope to which God has called us, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and the immeasurable
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Ephesians Explained Part 1 (Every Spiritual Blessing In Christ)
Paul opens his letter to the Ephesians with one long, overflowing doxology of praise. In these first fourteen verses he unpacks the incredible spiritual blessings that belong to every believer in Christ: chosen by the Father before the foundation of the world, redeemed and forgiven through the blood of the
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Spiritual Warfare Part 3 (The Full Armor of God)
After identifying the true nature of the battle and the roots of temptation, we examine a passage in Ephesians, where Paul explains to the church how to stand firm against these forces. In Ephesians 6, we are told to put on the full armor of God: the belt of truth,
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Spiritual Warfare Part 2 (The 3 Roots of Temptation)
Building on last week’s foundation in 2 Corinthians 10, this message examines where temptation actually comes from. John identifies three roots that fuel every sinful desire: the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. From the Garden of Eden to the temptations of
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Spiritual Warfare Part 1 (Destroying Strongholds)
Many believers today think of spiritual warfare primarily as a battle against demons, territorial spirits, and breaking strongholds over people, families, or cities. But in 2 Corinthians 10, Paul describes something different. Though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh. Our weapons have
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You Meant It For Evil Part 7 (But God Meant It For Good)
After Jacob’s death, Joseph’s brothers fear he will finally seek revenge for the evil they committed against him years earlier. Instead, Joseph weeps, comforts them, and speaks the now-famous words: “You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be
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You Meant It For Evil Part 6 (Forgiven)
After years of testing his brothers, Joseph finally reveals himself and speaks words of comfort instead of revenge. The same men who betrayed him, sold him into slavery, and lied to their father for twenty years now stand before him in fear. Yet Joseph extends full forgiveness, comforts them, and
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You Meant It For Evil Part 5 (He Took My Place)
Joseph’s brothers, who once hated him and sold him into slavery, now stand before him in Egypt during the famine. What began as cold selfishness slowly turns into conviction as they confess their guilt for what they did to Joseph years earlier. The transformation reaches its peak when Judah offers
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You Meant It For Evil Part 4 (From Prison to Palace)
In prison and forgotten by man, Joseph is suddenly brought before Pharaoh to interpret two dreams that no one else could understand. He gives glory to God alone, foretells seven years of abundance followed by seven years of severe famine, and is immediately elevated from the dungeon to second-in-command over
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You Meant It For Evil Part 3 (Forgotten But Not Forsaken)
In prison for a crime he didn’t commit, Joseph interprets the dreams of Pharaoh’s cupbearer and baker. One is restored to honor, the other is executed. Yet the cupbearer forgets Joseph and leaves him behind bars for two more years. This chapter draws a striking parallel to the two thieves
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Unconditional Election: Jacob I loved, Esau I hated
In Romans 9, Paul wrestles with a painful question: If the Gospel is so powerful and God’s love in Christ is so secure, why have most of the Jewish people rejected Jesus? Using the story of Jacob and Esau from Genesis 25, Paul shows that God’s purpose of election does
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Faith Alone Part 12 (The Risen Bridegroom)
Abraham sends his trusted servant on a long journey to find a bride for his son Isaac. The servant prays at the well, meets Rebekah, adorns her with lavish gifts, and she willingly leaves everything behind to go to the bridegroom she has never seen. Isaac then comes out to
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Faith Alone Part 11 (Look Beyond The Grave)
Sarah dies, and for the first time Abraham must bury his wife in the land God promised him. The mother of the promised line is gone, and death has entered the story in a very personal way. Instead of minimizing the loss or rushing past it, Abraham publicly mourns, then
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Faith Alone Part 10 (Believing in the Promise)
After years of waiting, God finally gives Abraham and Sarah their promised son Isaac. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, God commands Abraham to take his only son, the child through whom all the promises were to be fulfilled, and offer him as a burnt sacrifice. Abraham obeys without delay. He
