- Jan 12, 2025What Are You Devoted To?
- Dec 29, 2024Confessing Weakness
Dec 29, 2024Confessing WeaknessBy: Jeff RileySeries: Individual messages
This sermon focuses on James 5:13-20, emphasizing the importance of seeking spiritual healing through prayer, confession, and community. Pastor Jeff challenges the common interpretation of this passage as referring to physical healing, arguing instead that it addresses spiritual weariness and the need for believers to be vulnerable. The message underscores the significance of not keeping struggles hidden, the power of confessing sins, and the healing that comes from shared prayer and support within the church.
- Dec 15, 2024God’s Glory in our Trials
Dec 15, 2024God’s Glory in our TrialsBy: Jeff RileySeries: Gospel of John
This sermon explores the challenging concept of suffering in the Christian life, focusing on Jesus' deliberate delay in responding to Lazarus's illness. It emphasizes that God's love sometimes involves making us wait, and that all suffering, regardless of its origin, can serve the purpose of bringing glory to God. Pastor Jeff encourages believers to maintain faith and dependence on God during trials, viewing suffering as an opportunity for spiritual growth and a testimony to God's sustaining grace.
- Dec 8, 2024The Saved Stay Saved
Dec 8, 2024The Saved Stay SavedBy: Jeff RileySeries: Gospel of John
This sermon explores the doctrine of eternal security, emphasizing that true believers in Christ cannot lose their salvation. Pastor Jeff delves into Jesus' words in John 10, explaining how God's sovereign grace ensures that those who are genuinely saved will remain saved and addresses common misconceptions about losing salvation and emphasizes the transformative power of genuine faith in Christ.
- Nov 24, 2024Following Your Good Shepherd
Nov 24, 2024Following Your Good ShepherdBy: Jeff RileySeries: Gospel of John
Pastor Jeff explores Jesus' metaphor of the Good Shepherd from John 10, emphasizing how Christ knows, leads, and values His followers. It highlights the intimate relationship between Jesus and believers, the provision and guidance He offers, and the profound worth He places on each individual. The sermon also addresses the human tendency towards foolishness and the need to recognize our dependence on God's wisdom and direction.