What is the purpose of predestination? It doesn’t mean that we sit back because whatever is supposed to happen will happen. When misunderstood it creates a spiritual apathy, but when we understand how Paul describes it then we are driven towards a fuller participation in the purposes of God in Jesus.

What is predestination? Is God a Tyrant? Are we just puppets on a string that are forced to do whatever God wants? Doesn’t God love us and want us to love Him? When rightly understood, predestination compels us to engage in God’s mission, not neglect it. Follow us as we dive into the deep end of the pool and explore the much misunderstood doctrine of predestination.

How do our circumstances shape our view of God and the Gospel, and how can we find hope in hopeless circumstances?

The second coming of Christ isn’t just an event we wait for, but something we prepare for as Christians. We are to be ready for that which will come like a thief in the night, so we should not fall asleep but remain vigilent.

How is the second coming of Christ a comfort to Christians? Historically that was the basis of the Church’s remembrance of the second coming. It offered hope to those who recognized they lived in a broken world and that one day, all will be made new.

In this sermon we consider the face of God and our desire for it and the transforming power of beholding it. At the Second Coming we will see Christ in his fullness, yet will are still called to seek the face of God in hope that he desires to meet with us.

Advent is about restoring hope. How does the second coming offer hope in a world of grief and sorrow? What keeps us from experiencing the hope that is ours in Christ? In this sermon, we see how Paul uses the reality of the second coming to offer hope to a grieving church and give us a picture of the future that awaits all believers.

The Lord’s Supper is a perpetual meal that Christ gave the Church. He invites us to come and eat with him at his table. It’s a reminder that Jesus pursues us in the same way he pursued so many in the Gospel of Luke.

Even as Christians we must continuously reconvert throughout our lives by turning away from sin and follow Jesus. The Bible calls this reconversion process repentance. The story of Zaccheaus is a beautiful picture of repentance and how we continue to answer the discipleship call.

At this meal Jesus ate at the house of a Pharisee and taught about the type of banquet that God throws - one that invites the outsiders. Jesus reveals how he is gathering the unwanted guests in this world for the Great Banquet of God.

Jesus confronts the Pharisees who invited him to dinner. Why does Jesus confront them and what does it mean for us? It reminds us that Jesus came to rescue his people from corrupt shepherds and teaches us what it means to offer him what he truly desires and reject external religion.

In this passage we come to the famous story of Mary and Martha. Mary was sitting at the feet of Jesus while Martha was busy being the host. Martha gets frustrated yet Jesus seeks to bring her busyness to rest to spend time with him. Are we willing to see how our own busyness keeps us from Christ?

Jesus came to fellowship with his people – but what kind of people are his people? Simon the Pharisee had a different idea than Jesus of who the people of God really are. When the prostitute washed Jesus’s feet, Simon was indignant and held her and Jesus in contempt. But Jesus challenges Simon with the transforming power of God’s grace.

In this sermon we look at the banquet that Levi throws for Jesus and consider what it means to respond to the discipleship call. Jesus ate with all sorts of people and the Gospel of Luke includes meals all throughout his telling of the gospel. Why are meals so important to him and what does this one teach us about Jesus?

The psalmist is looking for power that brings stability to his life when his world has turned upside down. Where does the psalmist lead us as we search for stability in a chaotic world? How does being still invite the power of God to bring confidence to our hearts?

In Psalm 69 we find the psalmist is drowning in challenges and trials. They feel alone and isolated by their circumstances and struggle to find hope. Yet the psalmist teaches us how to engage these moments in life where we feel up to our neck in difficulty and how to focus on God when we do.

Psalm 51 is one of the most famous psalms in the Bible. How does it speak to the self-absorbed and show us the symptoms of the self-absorbed life? David shows us in his psalm what he lost sight of and came to see anew through repentance.

We live in a world that's trapped in an identity crisis. We face constant pressure to conform in a world that makes us feel small and insignificant. So what does your Creator have to say about who you are? What does God think of you?

In this sermon we read this psalm as though it were a prayer of Jesus to look at it from a deeper perspective. We learn that memory and meditation go hand-in-hand when we experience distress. One of the most powerful things we can do is to remember what God has done.

How do you approach God in your anxiety? In this psalm we see David struggle with the reality of a restless mind that’s thinking through all the challenges and difficulties of life. Yet we see David come to a place of confidence that’s rooted in how he approaches God.