Messages

A message from the series “Sermons.” In this text, we have Jesus selecting the 12 men who will be his apostles. We are going to see that by human
standards, they are ordinary, flawed individuals – nothing more than fools by the standards of the world. Yet 11 of these men will be the pillars of the NT church. But first, they would have to go through poverty, rejection, sorrow, loss, and persecution. Like their Lord, the path to glory would take them through the valley of suffering.

A message from the series “Sermons.” In this sermon, Pastor Jon English explains how believers ought to mature in their faith, avoiding the common temptations toward strife and jealousy, and instead pursue the spiritual fruit of peaceableness.

A message from the series “Sermons.” What does Bible say about how Christians should honor the principle of one day of rest for every six days of work? We must say with Matthew 5:17 that Christ did not come to abolish the Law, He came to fulfill it. Christ fulfilled and thus abrogated the civil and ceremonial requirements of the Old Testament Law, but the moral law still stands. The fourth command to honor the Sabbath is part of the moral law. So in this sermon Pastor Shawn discusses how to honor Christ who is the Lord of the Christian Sabbath.

A message from the series “Sermons.” In this sermon Pastor Jon English explains how the mind of Christ changes how we view our lives, emboldens humble service to others, removes our snobbery, and unties our tongues.

A message from the series “Sermons.” Dispensationalists and New Covenant theologians agree that in Luke 5:33-39, Jesus is teaching about the New Covenant. But right after Luke records Jesus’ teaching about the New Covenant, God sovereignly directs him to record for us Christ’s own understanding of the Sabbath. And what Christ teaches us is NOT that the Sabbath requirement is ceased or superseded, but fully established in Him as Lord.

A message from the series “Sermons.” In these verses, we once again have Jesus responding to the prevailing legalism of His day with divine wisdom. Because He is the bridegroom arrived to redeem His bride, the church, it would be inappropriate for his disciples to fast. In the parables of the clothing patch and the new wine in old wineskins, He is making reference to the new covenant He had come to establish, a covenant in continuity with God’s moral law yet fulfilling all the ceremonial requirements.

A message from the series “Sermons.” In this sermon Pastor Jon English explains the inability of natural man, the ability of the spiritual man, and how the work of the Holy Spirit ought to propel us toward holiness, purity, and peaceableness.

A message from the series “Sermons.” In the last session of our 2021 Global Missions Conference, guest preacher Chip Bugnar preaches from Romans 4:16-5:11: The gospel will succeed in saving sinners and God will satisfy all who are saved. This is on the ability of the gospel to produce what it promises and to be worth whatever costs are necessary.

A message from the series “Sermons.” John G. Paton was a missionary to the New Hebrides Islands. He encountered many trials dealing with the cannibals, the loss of his first and second wives, and religious persecution. However, he remained faith to the call to bring the gospel to those who were lost.