Sermons from April 2018

Why Your Tiny Bit of Faith is Enough

Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?”  “From childhood,” he answered.  “It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.” (Mark 9:21-22) We jump right into some tough questions that you can ask yourself from what we are discovering from the 9th chapter of Mark. What are you arguing about instead of acting out? What reality are you denying and thinking that…

Why You Want a Faith Gap

 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” (John 6:29) I want to share this morning about Faith Gaps and why we should create some gaps in our lives that can only be filled by the activation of our own faith.  A Gap is a break between two objects.  A Faith Gap is the distance between what you are currently experiencing and what you see in your future.  The GAP is only narrowed or…

The Completeness of Salvation

“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be (sozo) saved.” (Acts 4:12)  The Greek word SOZO means “To be Saved” or “rescued”.  But the imagery gets even clearer when we realize that it is an action word, a verb’ that shows how we are rescued from the enemy of our soul, removed out from under Satan’s power AND restored into the Family of God, placed…

Why You Are Not a Sinner Saved by Grace

“If your salvation isn’t based upon your actions or your ability to be and do good then why do you think your sainthood is based on your ability to be and do good?” (Pastor Les)   Here is a statement I hear a lot:  “I am a sinner saved by grace”   And, I want to declare, from the beginning of this message,  that I believe this is a false statement and in fact, a statement that keeps us bound up…