The joyful conclusion to the book of Ruth is centered around the birth of a child and points ultimately to the hope of our future Kinsman Redeemer, the Lord Jesus. Jesus is a qualified redeemer, a willing redeemer, a complete redeemer and a redeemer for everyone. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on May 5, 2024.
Ruth needed a kinsman redeemer and God led her to Boaz. Boaz was not proud nor judgmental nor selfish. He was humble, sacrificial, gracious, and he points us to our greater Redeemer, Jesus, who is all of those things and more. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on April 28, 2024.
God is at work to bless us even in the very ordinary events of our lives. The book of Ruth shows us God's hesed love working through His providence, His precepts and His people. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on April 21, 2024.
Ruth is one of the best short stories ever written; it's rich in grace and points powerfully to Christ. In it we see God never makes light of our suffering but pours out His hesed love, His goodness, kindness and covenant faithfulness. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on April 14, 2024.
We all have doubts. Let Jesus speak directly to your doubts as He did to Thomas. Jesus takes our hopelessness in this world and turns it to pure hope. He can give us faith. He can solve our greatest need. Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.” This message was preached by Pastor Gabe Medina on April 7, 2024.
In the resurrection, Jesus proved His claim of who He is, Jesus has decidedly removed our sin, and we can have confidence that we will also be resurrected. Connecting with the hope we have in the resurrection can take time and the Lord is persistent and patient to keep bringing us this hope. There is a day of ultimate celebration coming. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on March 31, 2024.
Why did God allow bad things to happen on Good Friday? First, to glorify Christ, second to defeat death forever and third to bring about ultimate good. God can use the worst pain, the worst suffering for our good and His glory. This message was preached by Pastor Josh White on March 29, 2024.
Who is God? What is He like? For people who don't believe in God, ask them what kind of God do they not believe in and then take a moment to introduce them to the One True God. He is Independent, Triune, Unchanging, Infinite, Good, Wise, Just and Love. And these only begin to scratch the surface. How great is our God. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on March 23, 2024.
Isaiah's vision was of God seated on His throne high and lifted up: holy, holy holy. God's utter uniqueness sets Him apart from all He has made. Yet this unapproachable holy God is the One who approaches us with His grace. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on March 17, 2024.
Who is the Holy Spirit and what does He do? He is a person not an impersonal force and His work in the lives of believers is profound. From giving us spiritual life to producing fruit to guaranteeing our inheritance in Christ, the Holy Spirit is a gift from the Father & Son to His people. This message was preached by Pastor Josh White on March 10, 2024.
Who is God the Son? He is God; He is the Creator of all things; He is true God from true God, begotten, not made. He comes forth from the Father, sharing the Father's essence from all eternity. He is fully God and fully human, retaining both for all eternity. Let's all marvel and be in awe of our God. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on March 3, 2024.
What is the disposition of God the Father toward us? Scripture tells us He loves us because He loves us. His love for us is not dependent upon our performance. And because He loves us He sent His Son so that we might know and experience the Father's love. This message was preached by Pastor Gabe Medina on February 25, 2024.
This begins a short series on the doctrine of God, who He is and what He's like. What is the Trinity? It is the doctrine that there is one God eternally existing in 3 persons: Father, Son & Holy Spirit. The Trinity is true, but also it's better than any other conceptions people have of God. Learn why. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on February 18, 2024.
How do we receive the God of peace and power? How do we receive everything good to do His will? By faith. What are the hands of our heart doing toward God and toward others? This benediction in Hebrews shows us the way. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on February 11, 2024.
How can we, in trying times, stand fast in the faith. The author of Hebrews encourages us with these simple practices. 1. Follow faithful leaders who have gone before us and those who are amongst us still, 2. Be strengthened by grace, and 3. Live in and live out your gratitude for what God has done (i.e. praise God and bless your neighbor). This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on February 4, 2024.
The commands from God always flow from our relationship with the Father through the Son. God says, 'I love you, now live this way.' Hebrews 13 shows us what this acceptable worship looks like. 1. Love one another by serving those in need. 2. Don't seek refuge in things that cannot satisfy. 3. Be content for He is with you. This message was preached by Pastor Gabe Medina on January 28, 2024.
Our adoption in Christ was a decision. It was planned before the world began and it came at great cost. How can our adoption as sons and daughters of God stir our hearts toward adoption as well? This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on January 21, 2024.
How do we avoid the temptation to drift away from Christ? To either be assimilated into this culture or to devolve into self-righteous religion? Listen to the encouragement of abiding in Christ in community and the warnings against the pull of pride. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on January 14, 2024.
How can we bear up under hardship? Understanding the Lord's loving hand in all of it, whether discipline or training, is key. And learning how to strengthen one another in the midst of suffering is key. "The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary" (Isaiah 50:4). This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on January 07, 2024.
What sin has the devil pushed in your face and has said, 'You will never be free from this?' Let the promises of God in Romans 6 define who you are. Consider yourself dead to sin and alive to Christ. This message was preached by Pastor Gabe Medina on December 31, 2023.
With the birth of Jesus, God is fulfilling his covenant promises that He gave to Eve, to Abraham and to David. God poured out His unmerited favor, His grace, on Mary, and He extends that grace, through Christ, to all who trust Him. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on December 24, 2023.
In I2 Samuel 7 & Isaiah 9 we see how Jesus is the Son promised to David to reign over the world forever. Christmas is about his kingdom come. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on December 17, 2023.
In this Advent message we see Jesus is the Son promised to Abraham, who blesses all nations. There's a wonderful missions theme to this week of advent. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on December 10, 2023.
This is the first in a 4 part Advent series. To Us A Son Is Given: Jesus, the Son of Eve highlights the problem of the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. From that very bleak beginning God gave a priceless promise that there would be a Son coming who would bring the ultimate solution and reverse the curse of sin. This message was preached by Pastor Gabe Medina on December 3, 2023.
Did you know there is a great cloud of witnesses who have run the race of faith before us? They are there to provide an example of God's faithfulness and to cheer us on. Let's be encouraged to lay aside every weight and sin, to run with endurance and to look to Christ. He will help us; He understands and He's in control. This message was preached by Pastor Gabe Medina on November 26, 2023.
Such soul-feeding truth is found in this passage, one complete picture of what it means to live by faith. God delivers us by faith and allows us to suffer by faith. Suffering doesn't mean your faith has failed. Rather, God sustains us through suffering by faith. We have no better example of this that in our Savior, the Lord Jesus. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on November 19, 2023.
Do you ever feel afraid, confused, overwhelmed by sin & shame? There is a faith that overcomes our fears, overcomes our confusion, and overcomes our sin and shame. It is found in Christ alone. Remember that our God is a God of surprising deliverances. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on November 12, 2023.
What are three temptations that threaten to pull us away from Christ? The fear of man, the pleasures of sin, and the treasures of this world. How did Moses face these fears and how did faith overcome them? This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on November 5, 2023.
What does the cross of Jesus Christ mean? What did the reformers regain regarding the gospel? There are five images of atonement that were everyday words in the 1st Century: Propitiation, Justification, Redemption, Adoption and Christus Victor which should impact our every day lives. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on October 29, 2023.
God tests us to reveal and refine our hearts, and when severe trials come, they often make God's promises seem impossible. Abraham passed the ultimate test of offering Isaac because he saw God's faithfulness over and over again, and he believed that God was even able to raise the dead to fulfill his promises. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on October 22, 2023.
