Teaching from James 5:7-8, Pastor Phillip explains how James is encouraging the believers to trust in the Lord even in the midst of their hardships and sufferings, because God is the one who will make right every wrong. The illustration of the farmer planting the seed and patiently waiting for it’s profitable growth is used […]

In this message, Pastor Justin expounds on Paul’s travels from Tyre, to Ptolemais and then finally Caesarea where God used a prophet to confirm the fact that Paul would indeed be bound in Jerusalem. Pastor Justin encourages us to be willing to go wherever God calls us to go, no matter the consequences – with […]

This week, we had the special privilege of having Justin Blocker, our School of Ministry graduate, preach on Hebrews 13:9-16. In this passage, Justin outlines Paul’s encouragement to these Jewish believers to not give way to strange doctrines but to recognize the unique blessing of following Jesus since “we have an alter from which those […]

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 […]

This week, Pastor Phillip finishes out our study in Hebrews chapter 11 by pointing out the focus of the heroes of the faith that are rapidly identified by the author. An important distinction that he makes is that Paul identified these individuals as having been spared from suffering and death, but also being delivered to […]

In Hebrews 5, we see how the author begins to make the connection between the fact that Jesus was of the lineage of Judah but also a priest, but not of the lineage of Aaron. Pastor Phillip address this topic in today’s sermon and also shows how Christ was obedient to the father through the […]

HE IS RISEN! – HE IS RISEN INDEED! This Easter celebration is something that we all have the opportunity to celebrate every single Sunday. Pastor Phillip reminds us of this in today’s sermon. However, on this day, we take set aside the time to celebrate the day our Lord was raised from the dead and that […]