Teaching Text - 2 Peter 2 But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves. 2 And many will follow their debauched …

Series Title: FOLLOW Sermon Title: Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand Scripture: Matthew 15:29-39; Proverbs 19:21; Mark 7:31-37 Series Idea: We will be deeply engaged in earnest prayer to follow Jesus and make followers who will REACH people. Bottom Line: Obeying the Father means that we cannot control his ministry or narrow his mission.…

Teaching Text - 2 Peter 1 From Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, have been granted a faith just as precious as ours. 2 May grace and peace be lavished on you as you grow in the rich knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord! 3 I can pray this because his divin…

Series Title: FOLLOW Sermon Title: The Faith of a Gentile Woman Scripture: Matthew 15:21-28; Matthew 10:5-8; Acts 1:8; Matthew 7:6; Matthew 11:28-30 Series Idea: We will be deeply engaged in earnest prayer to follow Jesus and make followers who will REACH people.By Jovan Barrington

Teaching Text - 1 Peter 5 So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you: 2 Give a shepherd’s care to God’s flock among you, exercising oversight not merely as a duty but willingly under God’s direction, not for shameful profit but eagerly. 3 And do …

By Tim Kelley

Teaching Text - 1 Peter 4:12-19 12 Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad. 14 If you are insulted for the name …

By Steven Matkins

Teaching Text - 1 Peter 4:1-11 So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin, 2 in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires. 3 For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to …

Series Title: FOLLOW Sermon Title: What Pollutes Your Life Scripture: Matthew 15:1-20 Series Idea: We will be deeply engaged in earnest prayer to follow Jesus and make followers who will REACH people.By Jovan Barrington

Teaching Text - 1 Peter 3:8-22 8 Finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, affectionate, compassionate, and humble. 9 Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing. 10 For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from…

Series Title: FOLLOW Sermon Title: Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand Scripture: Matthew 14:13-21 Series Idea: We will be deeply engaged in earnest prayer to follow Jesus and make followers who will REACH people.By Jovan Barrington

Teaching Text 13 Be subject to every human institution for the Lord’s sake, whether to a king as supreme 14 or to governors as those he commissions to punish wrongdoers and praise those who do good. 15 For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good. 16 Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, bu…

Series: FOLLOW Sermon Title: The Parable of the Net Scripture: Matthew 13:47-52By Jovan Barrington

Teaching Text - 1 Peter 2:1-12 So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation, 3 if you have experienced the Lord’s kindness. 4 So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s si…

Series Title: FOLLOW Sermon Title: The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl Scripture: Matthew 13:44-46; Luke 17:20; Matthew 7:13-14 Series Idea: We will be deeply engaged in earnest prayer to follow Jesus and make followers who will REACH people.By Jovan Barrington

Teaching Text - 1 Peter 1:13-25 13 Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed. 14 Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance, 15 but, like the Holy One who called you, become h…

Series Title: FOLLOW Sermon Title: The Faith of The Centurion Scripture: Matthew 8:5-13 Series Idea: We will be deeply engaged in earnest prayer to follow Jesus and make followers who will REACH people. Bottom Line: Jesus is amazed at amazing faith.By Jovan Barrington

Teaching text - 1 peter 1:3-9 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 that is, into an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you, 5 who by God’s power are protected through …

Series Title: FOLLOW Sermon Title: Digging Up Joy with Jesus Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30 Series Idea: We will be deeply engaged in earnest prayer to follow Jesus and make followers who will REACH people.By Kyle Swann

Teaching Text From Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those temporarily residing abroad (in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, the province of Asia, and Bithynia) who are chosen 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with Jesus Christ’s blood. May grace and peace be yours in…

Series Title: FOLLOW Sermon Title: The Parable of the Sower Scripture: Matthew 13:1-23 Series Idea: We will be deeply engaged in earnest prayer to follow Jesus and make followers who will REACH people.By Jovan Barrington

Teaching Text 1 Corinthians 12-13 With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans you were often led astray by speechless idols, however you were led. 3 So I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is cursed,” and no one can say, “Je…

Series: Running With Perseverance Sermon Title: A Persevering Faith Scripture: Hebrews 13; 12:1-3, 28 Series Idea: Don’t abandon the race. To run the race marked out for us with perseverance we must abandon the drift. Bottom Line: A persevering faith is running the race of following Jesus with gratitude and praise.…

Teaching Text - Ephesians 4 I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, putting up with one another in love, 3 making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as…

Series: Running With Perseverance Sermon Title: But You Have Come to Mount Zion Scripture: Hebrews 12:18-29; Exodus 19:3-6, 18-21; Haggai 2:6-7By Jovan Barrington

Sermon Outline The Gift of the Spirit in reality: Proving the world wrong about sin. The Gift of the Spirit in relationship: Proving the world wrong about righteousness. The Gift of the Spirit in mission: Proving the world wrong about judgment. Teaching Text Galatians 5:16-16 & John 16:7-15 13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. B…

Series: Running With Perseverance Sermon Title: Non-Shrinking Faith Scripture: Hebrews 10:32-12:3 Series Idea: We do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved. Bottom Line: By faith we do not shrink back. (Faith forward. No shrinking back).By Jovan Barrington

Teaching Texts Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” John 14:16-17 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot …

Series: Running With Perseverance Sermon Title: Since We Have Confidence Scripture: Hebrews 4:14-16, 10:19-25 Bottom Line: Since we have confidence.By Jovan Barrington

Series: Running With Perseverance Sermon Title: Do Not Harden Your Hearts Scripture: Hebrews 3:7-19, 4:11-13; Numbers 14:1-10 Bottom Line: Encourage one another every day!By Jovan Barrington

Sermon Outline The Premise - the enormous claims of biblical Christianity The Problem “Power vacuum” (did I miss it?) “Power confusion -Physical power -Intellectual power -Aesthetic power -Relational power -Rhetorical power -Emotional power -Economic power -Which ones? The Purpose (Telos) The Source: Power from on high The Goal: You will be my witn…

Sermon Outline God sends his Spirit (1) on the dead and hopeless (2) for his own glory, (3) which yields abundant life. On the dead and hopeless for his own glory He’s God Provider Covenant Keeper …which yields abundant life A new Eden The Great Resurrection Teaching Text Ezekiel 36:16 - 37:14 16 The Lord’s message came to me: 17 “Son of man, when …

Series: Running With Perseverance Sermon Title: We See Jesus Scripture: Hebrews 2:5-18 Series Idea: We do not see, but we do see. Bottom Line: We do not see everything, but we do see Jesus.By Jovan Barrington

Sermon Outline Those who tell and demonstrate what they have seen and heard. Those who witness to the Suffering of Christ Those who witness to the Resurrection of Christ What Witnesses Have / Show The Peace of Christ Tangible and Experiential Evidence (touch and see) Fellowship with Jesus The Scriptures The Announcement The Spirit The Blessing Our …

Series: Running With Perseverance Sermon Title: Abandon the Drift Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-2b, 1:1-4, 2:1-4; Colossians 1:16; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Galatians 3:19; Acts 7:38, 53 Series Idea: Don’t abandon the race. To run the race marked out for us with perseverance we must abandon the drift. Bottom Line: Abandon the drift! To abandon the drift, we mus…

Sermon Outline Our Desire to See His Desire to Show Those who Can’t See Pharisees and Religious Leaders Disciples (9:44-45; 18:31-34) Crowds Those who Can See Shepherds (2:20) Simeon (2:30) A Gentile Demoniac! (ch. 8) A Samaritan A Blind Beggar Zaccheus (a tax collector) Women Giving us Eyes to See Teaching Text Luke 24:13-35 13 Now that very day t…

Sermon Title: Running With Perseverance Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-3, 10:32-34 Series Idea: When people get weary and are in danger of losing heart they are to have an uncommon pursuit of Christ. Bottom Line: Have an uncommon pursuit of Christ.By Jovan Barrington

Sermon Outline Intro: The Empty Tomb, Part 1 The Deep Rest The Empty Tomb, Part 2. “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has been raised! Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.” The N…

Sermon Title: Who Will Roll Away the Stone? Scripture: Mark 16:1-8; Matthew 28:2-4; Luke 24:5; Sermon Idea: Who will roll away the stone? Bottom Line: There is no stone that is too large for Jesus to roll away!By Jovan Barrington

Sermon Outline Intro: The Discord of Palm Sunday. We’ll soon be free, yet this feels so bittersweet We greet this weeping king Belief without Submission Religious Leaders Herod Us Power without Sacrifice Herod Jewish Leaders Christian Leaders Us Jesus’ Response Submitted Belief: Your will be done Sacrificial Power: You say so Teaching Text - Luke 2…

Sermon Title: A Body You Prepared for Me Scripture: Hebrews 10:1-18By Jovan Barrington

Sermon Outline The Garden We… are sleeping He… is praying “So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.” Hebrews 7:25 “[The intercession of Christ] takes biblical rumors and makes them real within us. Scripture teaches that God is a loving Father who is interested in the mundane,…

By Tim Kelley

Water / Wind / Fire - Jess Ray You are the ocean Wildly rushing in Busting every barricade Flooding every secret place We say we wanna feel you We say we wanna dive in I'm the fool for thinking I can just put my feet in You're gonna sweep me up And carry me away Send me spinning In your current I can't catch my breath You are the mighty wind That f…

By Kyle Swann

Unlock the secrets to a vibrant life with Dr. Jason Littleton's M.E.D.S. protocol, as we dissect the game-changing strategies from his book, "Wellspring: The Energy Secret to Do the Good Life." This episode isn't just another health guide; it's your personal blueprint for revolutionizing your daily routine. Start with the simple yet profound act of…

Sermon Outline The Westminster Confession of Faith describes Communion like this: “The night Jesus was betrayed he instituted the sacrament of his body and blood, called the Lord’s supper, to be observed in his church until the end of the world as a perpetual remembrance of his sacrifice in death and as the seal of all the benefits of that sacrific…

Series Title: FOLLOW Sermon Title: The Harvest is Plentiful Series Idea: We will be deeply engaged in earnest prayer to follow Jesus and make followers who will REACH people.By Josh Jones

Ever wondered how your weekend tennis match could revolutionize your health? I'm Dr. Jason Littleton, and this time, we're exploring the synergy between the sports you adore and your physical well-being. Straight from the snowy slopes of Tahoe, I'll share how my skiing escapade isn’t just a pastime, it's a cornerstone of my fitness regime, keeping …