James gets at the heart of what "true faith" is. James remind you that what you do matters! Remember that God has not called you to a moment of faith, but rather a life of faith!

Everyone has life defining moments. In 1 kings we see some of Elijah's life defining moments. And from these we can know that God was to meet us when he calls us up on the mountain tops, and when we're hiding for fear of our lives. He meets us in wind, and fire, but also in the silence of a whisper. And he shows up, generation, after generation, after generation!

God called the first disciple to a life of faith. He calls every disciple to a life of faith. He's calling you too. Will you answer His call?

What do we leave those we leave behind when we die? We all leave something, good bad, or indifferent. But what Abraham passes down to his ancestors is something greater than anything money can buy. It's called Hope!

Why is Abraham tested by God? Why are you tested by God? How can God stay true to all His promises when life looks the way it does right now in this moment? Surely Abraham feels this when he is raising his hand with the knife. It feels like God is turning His back on Abraham, and on us. But we find out in this passage that He tests us because He loves us. How does this make sense? find out in this sermon about the life of Abraham.

The story of Sodom and Gomorrah is often reduced to a story about what God does to the wicked. We often don't graduate to a deeper understanding of scripture. It's not just a story about divine judgment… It's a story about divine mercy.

The pre-incarnate Christ, and two angels, visit Abraham and Sarah in the desert. And He reiterates His promise to her. Sarah laughs, not in belief, but in disbelief. But God is going to accomplish His purpose in her life and remain true to His promise to her whether she believes or not. Her Laughter of disbelief gives way to laughter of joy a year later when God proves his promises are always true. God doesn't wait for Sarah to believe, and He doesn't wait on us to believe either. He gives us every good thing even though we doubt His goodness.

God covenants with Abraham, but He also calls Abraham to obey. God calls Abraham to bear the sign of circumcision, that he might live by faith in the hope of the Promised One to come. The Promised One comes, bringing with Him a circumcision made without hands, that His faithful might live obediently by the sign of His New Covenant (baptism), while waiting with hope for His return.

God makes incredible, unbelievable promises to Abram and Sarai, but they can't wait to see how good God's promises can be and take matters into their own hands. Both of them make mistakes. What is God speaking to us in this ancient story? More than than you might think!

Abram learns what it means to live by faith. God makes promises to Abram and he believes God, or does he? There's little doubt there, and you hear it in his response. We all have doubts. We pray that this sermon on Genesis 15 will encourage you and bring you closer to God as you grow in faith in the midst of your own doubt.

Abraham, is learning very quickly that his new God would not tolerate his old ways of worshiping the moon god. He used to pay tribute to the moon god but in this passage we see Abraham now gives to the LORD because he wants everyone to know that he no longer worships the moon god, he worships the Most High. When we give sacrificially we remind ourselves where our true allegiance is. Who do you worship? You can find out if you look at your bank statement.

Abraham, enters Egypt to save his family. But he is so afraid for his life that he gives his wife to the Pharaoh! The wife who was to bear a son that God promised would bless all the nations! Not the stereotypical picture of father Abraham. But we have fear too. What can we learn from this man of faith about our own fear?

Abraham, as the first disciple, worships by building an altar. But there's more going on here than piling up stones. Abraham worships the Lord by waging war on the gods of the land he arrived in. How should this shape our own worship? Come along with us on this journey know the Lord and follow him.

In Genesis 11/12 we find the world in the throws of sin and chaos. And at this point, God does something different than He had done before. He calls a family into discipleship. God decides to fix the world through the holiness of a family. God is calling you into a new life! Will you answer that call?

This Psalm was written in exile, just when the people of God were losing hope in worldly power, and beginning to trust that God would have to do something different. They asked God for more of Him.

King Jesus is better than all the ancient myths. He is better than any other story we could possibly imagine!

David tells us in beautiful language how beautiful it is to be planted in the house of the Lord.

David wrote this Psalm in the aftermath of taking another man wife, then having him killed and then covering it up like nothing happened. You may not see yourself in this story, but self absorption leads to blindness so how could you? 4 simple words helped David to see himself for who he really was. We pray they will help you also to see that "you are the man" in this story of being blinded by sin, and that it would bring you to repentance.

According to Psalm 133 unity is tied to salvation. Is eternal life only for the "unified church"? In this sermon on Psalm 133 we see the beautiful picture of unity unfold as King David looks back on the consecration of Aaron as the first high priest if God's people!

In Psalm 72 David offers a prayer for his son who will take his place. He prays for prosperity, but it doesn't really look like the way we define prosperity. David knows that in the Kingdom of God less is more.