Sermons

In John 16 we find the prayer of Jesus before He is arrested and put on a cross.

What we pray about tells us what’s important to us.

What do you find yourself praying about? What did Jesus pray about in his John 16 prayer?

Find out what’s important to Jesus in this sermon by examining what Jesus prayed about.  

The Holy Spirit is the most misunderstood person in the God-Head.

In this sermon from John 16 we learn about who the Holy Spirit is, why Jesus told us He would come, and what the Holy Spirit would do.

Find out why the Holy Spirit is called, “The Helper” and how He helps us accomplish our purpose!

Have you ever found yourself asking the question, “God, why would you allow me to go through so much hardship?”

In John 15 we find an analogy of a vineyard. God is the Gardener. Jesus is the Vine. His disciples are the branches.

The job of the Branch is to produce fruit. The Gardener will do everything He can to make sure the Branch does exactly that. He prunes and he prunes until the harvest.

It’s brutal, but the end result is beautiful! 

Jesus washed his disciples feet.

The lowliest of jobs, not for a King. And his disciples knew it. Just see Peter’s reaction!

After all, what would you do if you saw your Teacher, your Master, the Messiah… being disrespected by doing the job of a slave?

Jesus taught us how to love our neighbor by serving. 

“Jesus Wept”

In this sermon we find why these words matter. When we lose a loved one it hurts. In fact, it’s hard to imagine experiencing a greater feeling of loss or pain. If Jesus really loves us, why do we have to experience a pain like this? Then we read these words… “Jesus wept.”

Mary and Martha wondered if Jesus really loved them (and Lazarus). After all, when Jesus heard Lazarus was sick and instead of going straight to Lazarus, he waited 2 more days. In that time, Lazarus had already died. He had been buried in the tomb for 4 days. Did Jesus even care? “Jesus wept.”

His weeping gives us an insight in to the nature and character of God. Jesus wasn’t weeping because he was powerless to do anything. He wept because Mary and Martha were so deeply troubled.

What we find next in this story is a proclamation of the power of Jesus. It is evident Mary and Martha knew Jesus could have prevented Lazarus from dying. But, Jesus wanted them know a truth about Him that was far greater. He is the Resurrection and the Life! Jesus rose Lazarus from the dead!

In this sermon from John 11 we find how we should respond in death. When others die and when we face death’s door. Compassion first… just like Jesus.

We all have assumptions.

Unfortunately, our assumptions can have a negative impact on the people around us if we’re not careful.

In this story from John 9-10 we find a man born blind. Jesus heals the man, but what happens throughout the story is assumption after assumption that leads to the man getting kicked out of the synagogue.

So how do we assume well? How can we make sure we don’t hurt others like the man in the story?

This sermon dives in to the power of assumptions, why assumptions impact people, and how we can assume well.

What we believe about Jesus matters.

In fact, John makes it clear – He wrote his Gospel so his readers may believe.

In this sermon from John 6 George Johnson reminds us about what we need to believe and why we would believe it.

George is the director of the CEA (Christian Evangelical Association).

A Changed People are a grateful people. That’s what we see in John 4-5.

Jesus takes an outcast woman… and gives her a sense of belonging.
Jesus takes and elite official… and turns him in to a humble follower.
Jesus takes a lifelong invalid… and validates him.

Find out how YOUR STORY is important and significant in the Kingdom of God.

The most famous passage in all of Scripture is couched in a conversation Jesus has with a Religious man named Nicodemus. Nicodemus was a Pharisee who was taught how to, “get it all just right.” What Jesus told him has the power to bring hope to an exhausted, religious Christian who just wants to know they’re enough.

“For God so loved the world!” is a statement about God’s goodness.

In this sermon we see how Jesus teaches us to live by the Spirit. It’s not about our works. Our works is an overflow of the life-giving Spirit inside us.