May 12, 2013 | Jonah 3 |
Pastor Gary Combs continues the sermon series through the book of Jonah with this message about how God gave Jonah a second chance to answer His call. We can understand how God wants to give us a second chance, a fresh start. This message shows how we can receive a fresh start from God.
May 5, 2013 | Jonah 2 |
Pastor Gary Combs continues with part two of the JONAH series with this message entitled “Prayers from the Pit.” In Jonah chapter two, Jonah cries out to God from the belly of the fish and repents of his sin and God hears and answers him. God hears the prayers of the one who has a heart of humility, seeking His face and repentance.
April 28, 2013 | Jonah 1 |
Pastor Gary Combs begins a new 4-week sermon series through the book of Jonah with this message from chapter one entitled “Running from God.” Have you been running from God? Has God called you and you’re concerned that it’s too late to follow? Perhaps you’ve messed up and don’t think God can use you now? This message will encourage those who have run from God’s call.
April 21, 2013 | Mark 10:17-31 |
Pastor Gary Combs concluded the sermon series EVANGELIUM with this message from Mark 10 about the encounter of the rich young ruler with Jesus. The gospel is not a call to add something on to your life, but a challenge to let go and leave behind. It is a call for your complete and total surrender
April 14, 2013 | Ephesians 2:1-10 |
Pastor Gary Combs continues the EVANGELIUM series with this message from the book of Ephesians about receiving the free gift of God’s grace, which is salvation. This message emphasizes that the receiving of this grace is not just the ABCs of being a Christian, it is the “A to Z” of being a follower of Christ. We never outgrow our need for the gospel. In fact, we can’t continue growing without a deeper and deeper understanding of its message.
April 7, 2013 | John 3:1-21 |
Pastor Gary Combs continues the 4-week series “Evangelium: What the Gospel Is… And Isn’t” with this message from John 3. This message shows how the encounter between the religious Pharisee named Nicodemus and the Lord Jesus reveals the distinctive nature of the gospel contrasted with religion. Because while religion attempts to work from the outside-in, the gospel does its work from the inside out. Or as Jesus told Nicodemus, “You must be born again.”
March 31, 2013 | 1 Corinthians 15:1-22 |
Pastor Gary Combs begins a new 4-week sermon series on Easter weekend entitled Evangelium: What the Gospel Is… And What It Isn’t. This message is taken from 1 Corinthians 15 and and discusses the importance of recognizing that the gospel is the good news about Christ’s resurrection for us to believe, not advice for us to follow. The gospel is about what Christ has already done, not what we need to do.
March 24, 2013 | John 12:12-19 |
Pastor Gary Combs concluded the 6-part sermon series entitled “Loving Our Jerusalem” with this Palm Sunday message from John about how to tell the story of God’s love. This message is a powerful explanation of the gospel for the one seeking to believe. It is also an excellent training message for those who would learn a simple way to share the gospel.
March 17, 2013 | Acts 26 |
Pastor Gary Combs continues the this series with a message from Acts 26 based on the apostle Paul’s testimony before King Agrippa. In this testimony we can learn how to share our testimony and so share the love of God with others. This is a very practical message designed to encourage and train believers to be storytellers and gospel witnesses.
March 10, 2013 | Luke 10:25-37 |
Pastor Gary Combs continues the “Loving Our Jerusalem” sermon series with this message based on the parable of the Good Samaritan. In this message we learn that the question is not “Who is my neighbor?” But rather, “What kind of neighbor am I?’