This sermon highlighted Christ’s Lordship over our lives and why that motivates obedience in us. Matt points out that our Christianity cannot be another identifier, like pastor or ginger, but that our lives should be poured out as an offering in submission and obedience to Christ.
In Paul’s imprisonment, intended to prohibit him from sharing the news of Jesus Christ, the gospel was instead advanced through the boldness it inspired in those that followed Paul’s mission, and through Paul’s use of his time and limited resources to share the gospel with the very people who held him captive. In our own lives, we often seek deliverance …
What does it mean to be truly known? This sermon looks at how in the age of social media and constant texting, we place cheap and shallow connections on an altar. In John 4, the Samaritan woman met Jesus at the well, and she was rid of her shame and guilt. When we truly experience Jesus and allow ourselves to …
Bible Text: Jonah 4 | Speaker: Matt Simpson | Series: Jonah: The Prodigal Prophet | God calls us to compassion, even for those it seems impossible to show grace to. In this sermon, we see how Jonah was called to show compassion to the Ninevites, despite how wicked they were. Even in his refusal, God was pursuing both grace for …
Bible Text: Jonah 1:11-17 | Speaker: Matt Simpson | Series: Jonah: The Prodigal Prophet | Even if we are doing all of the “right Christian things”, it is possible to still have a hardness of heart towards God, which can be revealed by a hardness towards other people. This sermon looks at how Jonah was hardened towards those outside of …
Bible Text: Galatians 6:11-18 | Speaker: Matt Simpson | Series: Galatians | What is truly important is being a “new creation.” Works don’t please God, power, acclaim doesn’t please or impress him, what he wants from us is to become a new creation in Christ. If that is how we can summarize Galatians, then we should be concerned about knowing …
Bible Text: Galatians 5:13-15 | Speaker: Matt Simpson | Series: Galatians | In this sermon Matt Simpson looks at how Paul defines freedom in his letters to the Galatians. As Christians we have freedom from sin, as well as freedom to approach God and to be in relationship with Him. Our society looks at freedom as individual liberty, but in …
Bible Text: Galatians 5:7-12 | Speaker: Matt Simpson | Series: Galatians | Galatians 5 shows how the cross was not politically correct when Paul was writing to the churches of Galatia, just as it is not politically correct now. Society still wants us to add different cultural movements to the gospel, but if we are following the true gospel, it …
Bible Text: Galatians 3:14-22 | Speaker: Matt Simpson | Series: Galatians | Truths to be reminded of: 1. No one has ever been justified by works. Ever. 2. God doesn’t change. Ever. 3. The Law exposes that on your best day, you are as desperately wicked as your worst day. Always. 4. The Law did not give life and your …
