In this message, Pastor Phillip addresses a very important topic that is avoided in many churches today – submission to and honoring of spiritual leaders. This week we come to understand the burden that each Pastor has for the ministry of the Body of Christ as an under-shepherd to Christ and how we as the […]
In this message, Pastor Phillip begins preaching in chapter 13 where the Apostle Paul begins admonishing his readers with bullet point topics he believes important. Studying verse 1 through 8 in this sermon, he covers the subjects like brotherly love, marriage, covetousness, hospitality, among others. As Pastor Phillip points out, these were important enough for […]
In this incredible wrap-up of chapter 12 of Hebrews, Pastor Phillip shows how the Apostle Paul brings the message he began in chapter 1 to a close and instructs his Jewish-Christian audience “See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking”. Heb 12:25a. Pastor Phillip shows how an understanding Old Testament prophecy […]
In this stirring Mother’s Day message, Pastor Phillip encourages Mom’s with a message from 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8. Here Paul uses the example of a mother’s tender care to convey the heart with which they shared the Gospel with those in Thessalonica. Motherhood is a difficult calling, but as we discover in this sermon, it is […]
In this sermon, Pastor Phillip continues our study in Hebrews 12 continuing in verse 12. Join us this week as we expositorily study the Word of God.
Suffering. It’s something we don’t enjoy thinking about. What about pain, hardship, difficulty, or sacrifice? Consciously or not, we tend to avoid these things like the plague, a tendency inherited from our 21st century American culture. The irony is that God calls us to embrace them. Why? Because it’s what Jesus did. Jesus set the […]
Today’s message is particularly epic! As Pastor Phillip mentions in this sermon, we come to one of the major, if not the major, epic in the book of Hebrews as we begin studying Chapter 12. This chapter reminds us to be focused on Christ and as Pastor Phillip illustrates, that we should put aside anything […]