This sermon uses the story of a homeless man seeking reconciliation with his estranged mother as a springboard to explore the book of Hosea. The pastor parallels the mother's conditional love with God's unconditional love, contrasting the son's need for transformation rather than mere change . Hosea's marriage to Gomer, a prostitute, serves as a parable of God's unwavering faithfulness to his unfaithful people, Israel, ultimately culminating in the arrival of a savior who offers redemption . The...
Dec 29, 2024•31 min•Ep. 6
Hear the whisper of hope declared by an angel to those walking in darkness so long ago: “Fear not! For behold I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord!” Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org...
Dec 24, 2024•37 min
Jesus keeps you from falling and pays the bill so he can present you as perfect. The righteousness of Jehovah Tsidkenu can be applied to your sins so that you can declare that the Lord is my righteousness…and it is he that presents me as perfect. I don’t know about you, but to me that is an amazing reason to have hope! Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org...
Dec 22, 2024•31 min•Ep. 4
The curtain that separated us from God has been forever removed. He placed his perfect righteousness upon us and restored all who believe in Him to a right relationship with God. Our spiritual restoration has already happened. All you have to do to experience this is to submit your life to the King, to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org...
Dec 15, 2024•36 min•Ep. 3
This sermon by Dr. Bruce McGregor uses Romans 15:1-13 to explore the nature of hope. He contrasts three types of hope: no hope , false hope , and true hope found in Christ . McGregor illustrates these concepts with personal anecdotes and biblical examples, emphasizing the importance of the Gospel and a relationship with Jesus for true, lasting hope. The sermon highlights the church's role in sharing this hope with those struggling, whether in despair or clinging to false assurances. Finally, the...
Dec 01, 2024•28 min•Ep. 2
The virgin birth reminds us that God has not abandoned us. He is with us! Despite our disobedience, He has always had a plan for our salvation, deliverance, and redemption through the birth of Jesus, Immanuel. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org...
Nov 24, 2024•32 min•Ep. 1
Church, let us find great joy and comfort in God’s election and His unmerited grace for sinners, and let us live every day to share that Good News with a lost and perishing world. And that is how I would answer your question, “What about predestination? Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org...
Nov 17, 2024•51 min•Ep. 4
This audio recording captures a sermon and musical worship service centered around the Psalms of Ascent (Psalms 120-134). The service incorporates devotional readings, songs based on the Psalms, and reflections on themes of spiritual pilgrimage, confession, repentance, and community. The "Poor Bishop Hooper" anecdote serves as an introductory humorous story. The Psalms of Ascent are presented as a structured spiritual journey, culminating in a focus on God's love and the importance of family and...
Nov 10, 2024•1 hr 3 min
This audio recording captures a sermon and musical worship service centered around the Psalms of Ascent (Psalms 120-134). The service incorporates devotional readings, songs based on the Psalms, and reflections on themes of spiritual pilgrimage, confession, repentance, and community. The "Poor Bishop Hooper" anecdote serves as an introductory humorous story. The Psalms of Ascent are presented as a structured spiritual journey, culminating in a focus on God's love and the importance of family and...
Nov 10, 2024•1 hr 13 min
If you are a Jesus follower…if you are a Christian…you are part of the Body of Christ. Christianity is not a solo sport…we follow Jesus together, in community, as Paul so beautifully articulates in Romans 12 and 1 Corinthians 12. Just as soon as you enter into a community of believers…be it a house church, a small congregation out in the rural areas, or a large suburban church like Colonial, everything we talked about here becomes VERY important. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us ...
Nov 03, 2024•42 min•Ep. 3
But in answer to the question, “Why infant baptism?” I will suffice it to say that baptism is less about “me” and more about “we.” Baptism has replaced circumcision as the sign of the Covenant of Grace. And just as the sign of circumcision applied to both infants and adults in the Old Testament, the sign of baptism also applies to both infants and adults in the New Testament. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org...
Oct 27, 2024•39 min•Ep. 2
Four Frequently Asked Questions at many churches: 1) Why Women Pastors and Elders? 2) Why Infant Baptism? 3) Why Presbyterian? and 4) What About Predestination? Today we address the first question. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org...
Oct 20, 2024•44 min•Ep. 1
We in Kansas City can be part of both going to and welcoming the least reached. We can create ripple effects of blessing from Kansas to the nations. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org
Oct 13, 2024•42 min
I hope you can see that the story of Jonah is the story of God’s love and unmerited grace for the worst of sinners, and the tendency for self-righteous religious people with idolatrous nationalistic tendencies to miss the point of God’s grace. Find your place in the story and be honest about where you are — then respond with repentance and faith. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org...
Oct 06, 2024•47 min•Ep. 26
We are to trust God, live as people who are free, conduct ourselves honorably, love our brothers, and honor whoever sits in the chair on Capitol Hill. That is our duty as Jesus followers. That is our role as sojourners and exiles. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org...
Sep 29, 2024•45 min•Ep. 25
As the community of the redeemed, we live in this country, and every country...in every tribe, tongue and nation...as exiles and sojourners. Our true country is not this land...for our citizenship is in the Kingdom of God, and as Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world.” Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org...
Sep 22, 2024•38 min•Ep. 24
These Biblical stories, Jonah and the Prodigal Son, are a gift to us all because everyone you know...everyone, including you, needs grace. Find yourself in these stories. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org
Sep 15, 2024•46 min•Ep. 23
Anytime we become convinced that “those people” are the enemy, “those people” are the reason for our suffering, “those people” are the threat that will take us out, “those people” are the reason the world is going straight to hell...we are channeling our inner Jonah. We are perched under our self-made tent of self-righteousness, waiting to see and secretly hoping that God eliminates “those people”. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org...
Sep 08, 2024•41 min•Ep. 22
There are many other lessons we can learn from Jonah’s pity-party, and I don’t mean to pick on Jonah because, again, it is only by Jonah’s humility and redeemed life...a life that eventually grew into spiritual maturity...that we have the privilege of reading this story and learning from it. I pray, that by God’s grace, we will all grow into spiritual maturity so as not to forget God’s mercy, to be those with a powerful imagination to set our eyes on the unseen hand of God at work, and to resist...
Sep 01, 2024•40 min•Ep. 21
Keep talking to God. Trust Him enough to be angry and to be honest. Know that God can handle your doubts, your frustrations, and even your very wrong thinking about Him! And remember Jonah. Jonah is well-intentioned but wrong, and he’s a bit of blockhead right up to the end of this story. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org...
Aug 25, 2024•38 min•Ep. 20
If you want to bear fruit, or bear more fruit. You will likely have to slow down. You will have to reassess how you spend your time. You’ll probably have to let go of one or more of things in your life and fill that space with Jesus. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org...
Aug 18, 2024•35 min•Ep. 4
Serving like Christ is not a drag. It’s fun! And more importantly, it’s significant and fulfilling because when we serve, we serve within the Body of Christ to advance His mission in the world . Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org...
Aug 11, 2024•31 min•Ep. 3
Pruning keeps the vine productive. Pruning looks devastating at times, nothing left but stems. Yet pruning brings better grapes or more abundant fruit. The same is true for us. Actively meeting with just 1 PERSON Every Week for 1 year is Passing the baton to others, walking with them when the pruning takes place, THIS is at the heart of DISCIPLE-MAKING. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org...
Aug 04, 2024•31 min•Ep. 2
JESUS' ultimate purpose for you and me is to "MAKE DISCIPLES" BUT . . . just like Peter, Andrew, James, and John, and just like all other Disciples who Make Disciples throughout the history of the Church, we must "FOLLOW JESUS" first, and be DISCIPLED FIRST. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org...
Jul 28, 2024•37 min•Ep. 1
Studying the Five Traits of Jesus -Awareness -Availability -Acceptance -Abiding -Self-Abandonment Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org
Jul 21, 2024•27 min
Remember that God’s nature is to love and show mercy to His enemies. That doesn’t mean that He devalues justice, but wherever there is a bit of repentance, His nature is to forgive and to be patient, even when people continue to get it wrong. That was true for the Ninevites, that was true for us, and that remains true for those who offend and threaten us. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org...
Jul 14, 2024•40 min•Ep. 19
The Ninevites repented at the preaching of Jonah. The Ninevites repented and turned from their wicked ways when they encountered the Sign of Jonah. And the men of Nineveh will rise up and condemn this evil generation because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here! Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org...
Jul 07, 2024•43 min•Ep. 18
D o you know the shepherd? The good shepherd that prepares a table before me in the presence of my enemies and overflows my cup, so that everyone and everything around me is affected by His goodness. Do you know the shepherd that gave his life for me, so I can live my life for him. Do you know the shepherd? If you don’t know Him. You need to get to know Him today. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org...
Jun 30, 2024•25 min•Ep. 2
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Jun 23, 2024•31 min
Jonah’s story is a pre-Christian story of Christian conversion and mission! Such is why it’s so important that Jesus points back to the “sign of Jonah.” Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish as a rebellious soul captured by God’s justice. He cried out to God and was saved by God’s unmerited grace, and he reentered the world as a new man...a saved man...and an ambassador of God’s justice and mercy. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or In...
Jun 16, 2024•36 min•Ep. 17
