What is the Gospel?

What is the Gospel that all Christians claim to believe? For many, they would be hard pressed to answer this question. Knowing the answer is vitally important, not only in order to share the good news of salvation, but because ignorance of the Gospel is a reason to...

The Church at Sardis

We live in a time when people are making claims to once being believers and now no longer making that claim. The question that is often raised is, did that person walk away from a genuine faith or did they reveal the true nature of their heart?  The issue often can be...

The Most Glorious Change

We rarely think of death as something positive, but when it comes to what Jesus accomplished in his death and resurrection on the cross, it certainly was the most glorious act imaginable.  As part of our Baptism Sunday, this message looks to the book of Romans to...

The Facts of Life

There are certain things in life that we would consider facts of life.  The need of money to buy our groceries and pay our bills, the value of a good education and that gravity holds us firmly to this earth.  The writer of Eccesiastes would add a few others.  He...

The Defeat of Death

By every measurable appearance, it looked as if, on the day Jesus Christ died, that he was overcome by death. But there was more to this day than meets the eye. In this Good Friday message, we look to the Scriptures to see the true significance of Christ’s...