Worship Service Videos

Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s…” In our American ears, Jesus’ words sound, perhaps, like a way of speaking of a separation between church and state. But the people of God are meant to recognize something deeper. Yes, in this life we have a responsibility to submit to the […]

Jesus is the royal bridegroom of heaven, and with His coming, God the Father extends His invitation to the world to enter into the joy of the ultimate wedding feast, where all is richly provided and love reigns. And yet, the sad reality communicated in the Gospels is that many refuse the invitation, or they […]

Within the church, there are those who seem to settle for “good enough” when it comes to the living out of their faith. “As long as we get to heaven when it’s all done, that’s all that matters, right?” But the picture that the Bible paints of life in the body of Christ is much […]

When we think about the work that God would have us do, we may be tempted to think of that work primarily as a solo affair. But life is better together! Acts 18:1-8 gives us a small glimpse into the network of friends and coworkers in the Gospel that Paul enjoyed, and it encourages us […]

We as people were not made to live isolated from one another – God made us for community from the very beginning, when He created Adam and Eve to share life together. As God gives His people gifts, He gives them further reason to live in unity with one another – so that His blessings […]

God blesses each person with gifts by which we can be a blessing to the body of Christ. Trusting in the grace of God, we resist the temptation to either to deny our gifts or to overemphasize them at the expense and to the exclusion of the gifts of others – rather, we “think so […]

You matter. Your life is a gift from the loving hand of our generous God. So is the life of your neighbor. Before we could do anything, God gave us everything – He created us in His image, and He redeemed us through His Son. The loving action of God is the ultimate affirmation of […]

What does it mean for Jesus to be the promised Messiah? It means that He will lay down His life. And those who follow Him are called to do the same: to deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow Him. As the church, we have the gift and the calling to help each other […]

In Matthew 7:24, at the end of His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus says that the person who hears His words and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Now, in Matthew 16, Jesus promises to build His church on the rock of Peter’s confession: “You are […]