God marks his people as his own and reminds them of his promises. That began with Abraham and the sign of circumcision, it was a sign that God had made him promises and that he would keep them. God has also marked you as his own in Christ.

Doubt is inevitable. God’s promise to Abraham hits a seemingly immovable obstacle – Sarah is barren. How does God engage Abraham when he cries out to him amidst his doubt and vexation? How does God use doubt to move us to a deeper faith in him?

God calls Abraham out of Ur of the Chaldeans to begin a new life and journey to a land that God would show him. Abraham was the first disciple, called by God to follow and walk with him. What does Abraham’s call teach us about our own discipleship?

What does the story of Babel teach us about sin and how it operates? Babel is a blueprint for understanding how sin will institutionalize and organize itself into systems of corruption and rebellion against God. Babel gives us a lens to see the power structures in our world and mankind’s attempts to regain what was lost in the Garden.

The Story of Noah is one we may not have thought about since childhood. Perhaps it almost feels like something more akin to the fables of Aesop or the tales of the Brothers Grimm? Let us consider together what God desires to show us through this violent but beautiful story.

God accepts the sacrifice of Abel, but he had no regard for Cain’s sacrifice. Why is it that God accepted one but not the other? Then when Cain murdered Abel, why was God so merciful to Cain?

The fall of mankind is at the heart of what is wrong with the world and how sin fractured everything. But we also see God introduce pain into the lives of Adam and Eve in the most meaningful places of their lives. The very things they were born to do are now painful, yet this is exactly where God will meet his people throughout the rest of the Story.

The story of Creation is where we see the goodness of God, his power, and the beautiful world that he created. He’s the God who brings order to the chaos. He brings for beauty and life and blesses it. Creation tips God’s hand and shows his purposes for life and blessing.

We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers of darkness. Often we flip this verse and operate as though our enemy is flesh and blood. When that happens we misidentify who the enemy is and grasp at earthly power instead of heavenly power. Paul teaches us to see our real enemy so that we might participate in the real war.

Perambulation? God is calling us to walk as children of light. The Christian faith is one that reorients the whole of our lives towards God and his kingdom purposes.

The "Old Man" vs the "New Man" is a theme that runs throughout the Paul’s writings. The old man is a slave to sin after our first father Adam. But the new man is alive in Christ and being conformed to his image. We are being transformed so that our mouth, hands, and heart personify the love of God to the world.

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.