The Vanity of Envy, Loneliness, and Politics will Weigh Down Your Ability to Enjoy God’s Gifts In this passage, Solomon is teaching on yet another three vexations that commonly weigh down man’s ability to enjoy the gifts of life his Cr...

Main Idea: Purify yourself in preparation for Christ’s return. Introduction: Abide in ChristContinuing to trustContinuing to take in God’s WordContinuing to prayContinuing to obey...

Main Idea: Share in the life of God by holding fast to the truth of Christ as He is revealed in the Bible and rejecting the false messages of the antichrists. Beware of deceivers and liars who deny Jesus Christ (1 John 2...

Solomon once again reaches back into his memory bank to consider how he once processed the realities of Death and Injustice. In Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 Solomon expressed his God-fearing conclusion about every day matters of life. The frustrations and ...

Main Idea: Cling to Him who is eternal and reject the “world” that is passing away 1. Cling to Him who is eternal (2:12-14) Realities to treasure: Forgiveness Fellowship Faithfulness Vict...

Solomon once again reaches back into his memory bank to consider how he once processed the realities of Death and Injustice. In Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 Solomon expressed his God-fearing conclusion about every day matters of life. The frustrations and ...

Main Idea: John gives three manifestations of a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ that assures the heart of a true Christian. Keep His CommandsJohn 14:23-24a Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he w...

Introduction: God is light Life giving (John 8:12)IlluminatingHolyPurifying Three conditions for complete joy and fellowship with God and his people Walk in the lig...

God is always loving and good, therefore we must abide in Him and depend on Him. Key Passages: Exodus 34:6, Romans 1:18-32, Matthew 5:44-45, Note: this audio cuts off before the end due to a techn...

God has limitless, fervent zeal to glorify Himself in the lives of His people. Key Passages: Exodus 20:5; Exodus 34:14-16; James 4:1-6...

God rules over and is in control of or in charge of everything. Key Passages: Genesis 45:4-6; Genesis 50:19-20; Acts 2:22-24; Romans 8:28-29; ...

God’s holiness means that He is infinitely and transcendentally separate from the world and thus the only Being worthy of all worship. Key Passages: 1 Peter 1:14-16; 1 Peter 2:9; Isaiah 6:1-8; Exodus 15:11...

Five insights into making God’s sovereignty the foundation of persistent joy. You can usually bet that when the season changes, the weather changes accordingly. Certain weather is appropriate and fitting for certain seasons. In Ecclesias...

Proposition: John describes three realities about his letter that you must embrace so that you might know fullness of joy. The message is Christ Himself (v. 1)The personal experience of the Apostle means his message ...

In this passage Solomon turns from describing his pursuit of gain through wisdom and folly. Now he begins to explain what he learned through a deep evaluation of that pursuit. ‘What does he have to show for it?’ In other words, he’s still tr...

Main Idea: Four reasons why 1 John demands our attention and interest We need to keep a high view of the gospel.We need encouragement and assurance when false teaching and sinful behavior swirl close to us.W...

Main Idea: The purpose of Ecclesiastes is to teach us how to think rightly about a God-pleasing life that focuses on eternal things. In this message, we enter back in to the book of Ecclesiastes after 6 weeks away from it. The purpose is t...

Main Idea: Delight in your God and King and declare His greatness to the next generation! Delight in your God and KingPsalm 145:1-3Declare God’s greatness to the next generationPsalm 145:4-7 Declar...

Main Idea: God is the rightful king. Repent of participating in or promoting LGBTQ sins and believe the gospel of Jesus Christ Feelings and desires are not the same as identity Heed the consequences of acting out on c...

Main Idea: Live and speak the gospel in such a way that the message is clear and compelling when opportunities arise. Get Prayer SupportLive wisely before unbelieversBe aware and intentionalSpe...

Main Idea: God’s Name is Proclaimed to the World through the Unity of His Church The Church is: A People Shaped By the GospelA People Clothed in Christ’s GloryA People Included in His Love...

Main Idea: A loving community making disciples of Jesus Christ engages in three categories of God pleasing and world changing prayer. Concerns of World Changing prayer The Preeminence of Christ (Col. 1:18)Wal...

Main Idea: Christ’s return changes everything and everyone—whether you’re ready or not. 1. Scripture tells us about future events. (1–2) 2. Some will scoff at Jesus’ promised return. (3–6) 3. Jesus’ delay has...

The storyline of the Bible: Luke 24:45, Acts 17:2 God’s glory in salvation: God’s saving power on display through weakness Main Idea: Consider how the wicked and the righteous talk about the L...

An Echo of Covering for Shame (Genesis 2 and 3)An Echo of Appeasing God’s Wrath (Genesis 8)An Echo of Substitution for Man (Genesis 22)An Echo of Salvation through Judgment (Exodus 12)An Echo of Entering ...

King Solomon has discovered that every surface upon which life can be enjoyed, every nook and cranny in which one might search for some new hidden gem of fulfillment, and any luxurious amenity life might have to offer for a man’s short stay on t...

Main Idea: Consider how the wicked and the righteous talk about the Lord and how God will judge them so that you will choose the fear of the Lord. Guard against wicked con...

‘Hevel…’ Vanity…Smoke…Mist…Breath… If these things represent the transience of life, and if they represent the transience of the experiences life has to offer, then Solomon wants to be sure we’re not chasing after the wron...

Main Idea: Repent of robbing the unchanging God and He will restore and bless you as a witness to the nations. Trust the character and promise of the unchanging GodRepent of robbing GodGive witness to the blessing of ...

Don’t Weary the Lord by Slandering Him Deuteronomy 18:10-12 Deuteronomy 25:16 Isaiah 5:20 Trust His Messengers by Listening A voice cries: “In the wilderness p...

Main Idea: Pure worship requires covenant loyalty through loving God and neighbor. Love the Lord your God with all your heart by having no other gods before Him.Malachi 2:10-12Where do you see yourself being tempted to...

What’s the difference between unbelief and doubt? Unbelief is a resistance to unwanted truth; whereas doubt is belief under scrutiny. The main difference between the two is: unbelief doesn’t want help to believe, whereas doubt does want help t...

Main Idea: Malachi exhorts the priests to be faithful by showing them the gravity of unfaithfulness and the glory of the priesthood. The passage also points to the grace of the Faithful Priest. Call to Faithfulness (...

In this message we ‘deconstruct’ deconstruction. Deconstruction is a practice being promoted in some progressively Christian circles today. Believers are being encouraged to doubt what they’ve been taught, in order to organize a ‘faith of ...

IntroductionMany of the expectations of the Israelites were for good reasonEzekiel 34:26-27Zechariah 8:7-8But God’s responses are also predictable in another wayNehemiah 9:16-17...

Main Idea: Malachi calls us to believe God’s love so that we repent from half-hearted worship and half-hearted relationships. Believe God’s love.Watch out for sinister doubts.Take a closer look at what God is doin...

Four things that are necessary to faithfully contend for the faith. Remember ‘them’ The Apostles’ wordsWho they spoke aboutGuard yourselfBuild yourselves up Pray in...

Main Idea: The Biblical Covenants between God and his people are the vehicles God uses to advance his kingdom and give us purpose and hope. 1. Biblical Covenants Defined 2. Summary of Biblical Covenants ...

Main Idea: The Lord Will judge those whose teaching is ungodly.Jude 14-16 Sounds of ungodly teaching: 1. Grumbling and Complaining 2. Promoting sinful desires 3. Boasting 4. Favoritism to gain advan...

Main Idea: Three essential disciple-making convictions will make us effective in becoming like Christ as a church and powerful in our witness to the world. Pre-requisites to disciple-making convictions  Know...