Messages

A message from the series “Sermons.” As we explore this part of Matthew’s birth narrative, we find depicted three kinds of kings. There are kings who leave everything to pursue and worship the Lord. There is a king who sees the Messiah as a threat and deceptively seeks to preserve His own power and dominion. And then there is the King of Kings who, even as a toddler, is worthy of all praise, adoration, and devotion.

A message from the series “Sermons.” In this sermon from Malachi 1-2:16, Pastor Jon English explains how God demands true, heart-level worship, and how faithfulness to God’s covenant requires faithfulness to our marriage covenant.

A message from the series “Sermons.” The covenant of redemption, planned in eternity past between Father and Son, dawned in creation when Israel was under the boot of Roman and Herod the Great ruled with an iron fist over God’s people. The incarnation of our Lord would come through some of the most unlikely means imaginable – a young carpenter named Joseph and his betrothed, Mary. In this sermon, we explore how God revealed His plan and purpose to Joseph to prepare him to be the earthly Father of Christ.

A message from the series “Sermons.” As Jesus had now begun to prepare His disciples for His upcoming sacrifice, He took three of the men with Him up to the top of Mt. Miron to experience the visage of His glorified self. Peter responded by expressing his desire to erect three tents for Christ, Moses, and Elijah and live with them in this moment of glory. His earnest desire is that of all true disciples, yet we must realize that the true path to glory always goes by way of suffering on the cross.

A message from the series “Sermons.” Who is Jesus? How we answer this question reveals the state of our heart as well as our destination in eternity. Jesus asked His own disciples this question at a critical point in His ministry, and as they acknowledged that He was the “Christ of God,” Jesus began preparing them for His work of redemption and the true path of discipleship.

A message from the series “Sermons.” We are accepted into the eternal kingdom of God based on the merits of Christ alone. However, there will be some of us who are scarcely saved and others who have been growing in holiness all of their lives who will be richly welcomed in. They will be some who have great assurance as they leave from this life and enter into eternity.

A message from the series “Sermons.” In this sermon from 1 Corinthians 7:25-40, Pastor Jon English explains Paul’s principle of living where God has called us, resumes tracing a biblical theology of singleness throughout redemptive history, and explains how Paul wants all believers (married or not) to live life in light of the end.

A message from the series “Sermons.” In Jesus, we have a Savior who not only satisfies every single spiritual need, He satisfies every relational need, every emotional need, and every physical need. In this text on the feeding of the 5,000, we learn how important it is to retain an eternal perspective, how we must realize our insufficiency and Christ’s all-sufficiency, and how we are to rejoice in Christ’s provision.

A message from the series “Sermons.” In this sermon from 1 Corinthians 7:25-40, Pastor Jon English explains Paul’s principle of living where God has called us, and then begins tracing a biblical theology of singleness throughout redemptive history.