Hopefully everyone is familiar with the story of the lost sheep and the lost coin. They are hallmarks in the many parables that Jesus teaches as recorded in the Gospels. However, as Pastor Phillip teaches in this message, Christ’s point in telling these parables was to point out to the Pharisees that God rejoiced when […]

How do you handle a situation where someone asks you a pointed question intended to back you in a corner? Well, Jesus was no stranger to this and in today’s message, Pastor Phillip points out that Jesus likely encountered this again. But as Jesus does, He turns the tables on those asking and teaches about […]

What is the purpose of Jesus’ coming to earth? What was His early ministry focused on during those three and a half years? As we begin studying a new chapter in the book of Luke, we see that Jesus is going around everywhere preaching. What is he preaching? The good news of the Kingdom of […]

I’m sure you have been in an awkward situation at some point in your life, right? In today’s passage, an awkward situation takes place while Jesus is visiting and dining with a pharisee in his home, but fails to pay Jesus the common curtesies of a guest at that time. Instead a woman who has […]

In this message, Pastor Phillip continues in our study of Luke where John the Baptist is preaching the message of repentance and the hearts of the people are stirred by the moving of the Holy Spirit. They believe John may be the promised Messiah, but John points specifically to the one to come. In this […]

In this message, Pastor Nathan discusses the coming of John the baptist as the forerunner of the Messiah and the impact of the message of repentance for the Jewish people. There is a difference between saying “I’m sorry” and true, genuine repentance which Pastor Nathan explains that John the Baptist preached to Jewish people.

In this message, Pastor Nathan discusses how pride is the at the heart of so much of the sin that we commit but that God calls us to repentance and humility. Digging into the heart of God’s desire for us, we see how devious pride really is but how God’s grace abounds to those who […]