Sermons

To the Church – The Revelation of Jesus Christ

What do you know about the book of Revelation? What do you think of when someone mentions this book of the Bible? Do you think of weird symbols and creatures? Do you think of bizarre predictions and failed attempts to determine the exact date of the return of Christ and the destruction of the world…
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Mission Trip to Puerto Rico

At Meadowbrook Christian School, the big class trip in high school is taken in the junior year in the form of a missions trip. Today, two young men from our church who go to Meadowbrook, Michael and Alex, will be sharing about their trip to Puerto Rico that they took this past November. They will be…
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Obeying the Christmas Mandate

In Acts 20:35 we read the words of Jesus, where He said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive”  (The New King James Version).  The last two sermons have been spent looking at what we receive at Christmas, but now we want to talk about what we should be giving.  God sent us…
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Knowing the True Love of Christmas

This is not about some kind of sentimental love based on feelings. This isn't a romantic love or a Hallmark moment.  True love goes far beyond feelings and magical moments.  True love has one true source, one ultimate example.  This message seeks to highlight that example and help us to not only know what true…
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Knowing the Hope of Christmas

What is Christmas to you?  Just another holiday?  A fairy tale?  An important historic date? If you are a follower of Christ, you would probably say it was the day the Savior was born, the day many prophecies were fulfilled.  You might say it is the most important day on the church calendar, or at…
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Dwell Orphan Care Presentation

Being a foster or adoptive family can be a beautiful thing. It can also be brutal.  God never intended for us to make this journey alone. We were created for community. The foster and adoptive community needs an army of love and a network of support around them so that they can best love on…
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Successful Parenting – Part 3

Training is always happening.  That can be a very good thing or a very bad thing.  We all want our kids to turn out the best; better than us.  Unfortunately, what we are is what is being imprinted on them.  So in training them, we have to begin with training ourselves to be the people…
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The Danger of Ungratefulness

Complain or give thanks: which is more typical for you?  There are always things we could wish were better.  There are always struggles we will face on this earth.  Ignoring them doesn't make them go away, but neither does complaining about them.  Unfortunately, complaining can be a bad habit we fall into and it begins…
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Shoebox Sunday!

Today is collection and dedication Sunday here at our church.  Each year we fill shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child and have a special Sunday where we pray for them and send them off.  We ask God to guide them to just the right places, connecting the right box with the right child.  We pray for…
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Michael’s Alaska Trip

This week one of our own young men will be sharing about a ministry trip he took with Live 10:27 Ministries.  Michael went on a hiking trip to Alaska with a group of other high school and college students.  Their plans were very open ended with their main goal being to give God an opportunity…
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