Sermon From August 25, 2019
When God intercedes with your needs, it's perfect. God gives to meet needs, not wants.
Read MoreWhen God intercedes with your needs, it's perfect. God gives to meet needs, not wants.
Read MoreBlessing always comes on the other side of giving, and God loves a "hilarious" giving. But what does that mean, exactly?
Read MoreGod is not afraid of placing us in wilderness situations. Why? Because it forces us to trust Him. And because of that, it is a gift to us. It helps wean us off things that are worthless to worship.
Read MoreWhat does Jesus demand from the world? Is it to live a good life? Is it to treat others well? Is it to avoid doing bad things?
Read MoreSermon From July 28, 2019
As we continue our series in 2 Corinthians, Pastor Dan Brenton looks at a portion of Paul's message to the church at Corinth in the longest passage in the New Testament on the subject of money and giving.
Read MoreSorrow is the God-given emotion that tells us we've sinned. And that's a good thing because that sorrow causes us to not want to hurt our relationship with God and others again.
Sometimes sorrow is the very best thing we can experience. Why is that? Sometimes the deepest lessons we learn are through sorrow.
Read MorePastor Dan Brenton continues in a series from 2 Corinthians as he teaches from Chapter 6 and verses 11-18. What do we do when we run into troubles as a church? How do we handle conflict?
Read MoreHow prevalent is procrastination? Why do we do it? We are notorious for putting things off. But what keeps us from doing what needs to get done?
Read MoreAll of us are quick to judge on externals — how we dress, how we talk, how we look. When we judge from our limited perspectives, we cause division. But Jesus, who sees into our hearts, transforms people from selfishness to selflessness.
Read MoreWhat are we building our lives on? What does it matter for our future? As we continue in our series in 2 Corinthians, Pastor Dan Brenton looks at what the Bible says about our deeds and our future in eternity.
Read MoreWhy do bad things happen? Why does God allow bad things to happen to seemingly good people? Our world is filled with stories every day of random, senseless tragedies. From acts of terror to sudden deaths to natural disasters, it never ends.
Read MoreGod asks us to look at what we can't see when he tells us to "walk by faith." But how do we do that in real life?
Read MoreHow does God use our bad things for His good purposes? We are subject to illness. We are subject to weakness. We are subject to fatigue. Yet God is not reluctant to all His Holy Spirit to dwell in our weak vessels.
Read MoreIt has been said that the very idea of the concept of "sin" has vanished from American consciousness. But it has not disappeared from the sight of God.
Read MoreThe story of man is that man doubts God's grace. Because of the Holy Spirit and His indwelling presence in our hearts, we never need to doubt God's grace. But why?
Read MoreWhy did God choose to save us? Is it because of his deep love for his elect or is there more to it?
Read MoreIn 2 Corinthians 3:7-11, God tells us (through Paul) that the new covenant is better than the old covenant. Why? One reason is that we have a tendency to want to live by rules, to have someone tell us what to do.
Read MoreDeath is an inevitable part of our lives, yet it is something we seldom think about if at all. Many of us live as if death is not a problem. Yet, throughout history, death has been something that has been acknowledged and dealt with openly.
Read MoreWe are a culture that expects certain standards. We expect credibility. The Apostle Paul faced that when dealing with the church at Corinth.
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