“I Am”
Sermon Series

“But these are written so that you might believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name.” (John 20:31)

God wants to be known. He has spoken and acted throughout history in ways that reveal his existence and power, but nowhere has he spoken and acted more clearly than through the words and actions of his son, Jesus Christ. The gospel of John presents him as the one who, though “near to the Father’s heart” (John 1:18), has “made his home among us” (John 1:14). He uniquely “radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God” (Heb. 1:3), therefore in Jesus we not only have evidence of God’s existence and power, but the very heart of the Father expressed in flesh and blood.

The gospels all record things Jesus said and did, as well as the reactions and assumptions of others. But there’s something special about the “I am” metaphors in the book of John. Each expression is rich and vibrant and loaded with meaning. In his own words, Jesus tells us what he is like. Who better to explain himself, and thereby explain the Father, than he?

For the season of Lent, we will dive deeply into these special statements in John. Together, we will get to know the man behind the metaphors. He has acted and spoken, and these deeds and words are recorded that we might know him, believe in him, and have life by the power of his name.

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I Am
I Am
The Bread of Life
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  • The Bread of Life

    The Bread of Life

    Mar 6, 2022 • 35:20

    The point of the sign and reenactment and ensuing discussion of the feeding of the multitudes is not that Jesus provides food, but that Jesus IS food. He is the one who mediates the very life of God, life that truly satisfies, life that is imperishable and never ends. Speaker:…

  • The Light of the World

    The Light of the World

    Mar 13, 2022 • 34:37

    Jesus Christ is God’s special revelation, unique in how he alone reveals and exposes both the truth about God and the truth about us. He is God’s personal, saving presence in action, and he invites all who live in darkness to come to him, walk in the light he is…

  • The Good Shepherd, Part 1

    The Good Shepherd, Part 1

    Mar 20, 2022 • 45:49

    The exhortation of the scriptures is to entrust our hearts to Jesus, who tends, feeds, and secures his flock through devoted undershepherds who rightly divide the word of truth, but also rightly live it day in and day out. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: I Am Scripture: John 10:1-5

  • The Good Shepherd, Part 2

    The Good Shepherd, Part 2

    Mar 27, 2022 • 36:07

    There is no safer, more secure, more rich or satisfying life than life as part of the flock of Jesus. Despite all the promises of the world, the flesh, and the devil, only Jesus provides the life we were created for and our hearts truly desire, and he does so…

  • The Way, the Truth, and the Life

    The Way, the Truth, and the Life

    Apr 3, 2022 • 32:37

    Jesus is the only way to the Father because he is the Truth of God and the Life of God in the flesh. He saves by who he is and all that he does, and there is no other way to heaven than through him. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: I Am…

  • The True Vine

    The True Vine

    Apr 10, 2022 • 34:29

    As the True Vine, Jesus Christ is the true and better Israel, the one producing fruit his Father the Vinedresser desires. He is the one who was obedient unto death. He supersedes the temple, all the Jewish feasts, even Moses himself. Now he supersedes historical Israel as the locus of…

  • The Resurrection and the Life

    The Resurrection and the Life

    Apr 17, 2022 • 39:12

    That Jesus is the resurrection and the life means that your relationship to him today will determine your experience of eternity tomorrow. If life for you ends today without Jesus, all that remains is a permanent second death. But if you believe in him now, and every other now until…

That You Might Believe
Sermon Series

“But these are written so that you might believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name.” (John 20:31)

Signs are all around us. They can be found just about everywhere you go and in everything you do. We need them to point us in the right direction, otherwise we might get lost along the way.

The history of the Bible is marked by the recurrence of miraculous events—divine signs given to authenticate messengers sent by God. Their purpose: That people would believe the messages they delivered. The gospel of John is famous for its deliberate highlight of such moments that accompanied the life and ministry of Jesus. Turning water into wine; feeding the multitudes; bringing a man back to life—these were more than mere naked displays of power. They were pointers to the true identity and mission of God the Son, and they were incorporated into the narrative of the fourth gospel to demonstrate that Jesus was who he said he was, thereby helping people believe his message.

Signs are meant to point us in the right direction. Following the signs through John will lead you to faith in Jesus and life through his name.

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That You Might Believe
That You Might Believe
Turning Water into Wine
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  • Turning Water into Wine

    Turning Water into Wine

    Jan 16, 2022 • 42:22

    The sign at Cana reveals that the son of Mary is the Son of God, the one through whom creation came into being and the one who has come that he might bring re-creation. In Christ, God has saved the best for last. He invites us all to come to…

  • Healing a Royal Official's Son

    Healing a Royal Official's Son

    Jan 23, 2022 • 31:42

    Have you come to Jesus with need, only for your prayer to go unanswered, or for you to feel ignored, perhaps even rebuked? Don’t lose faith! Follow the signs in his word which point straight to his heart for you. Don’t wait to trust him until after he performs your…

  • Healing a Sick Man

    Healing a Sick Man

    Jan 30, 2022 • 45:33

    Only Jesus can touch and heal the real issues at the heart of every person. He wants you to trust his word, to know he is at work in your life, and that he will use you to bring glory to himself, which always results in the salvation of another.…

  • Feeding 5,000

    Feeding 5,000

    Feb 6, 2022 • 46:18

    In every circumstance you find yourself in, Jesus sees, knows, and plans to produce and cultivate faith in you. He is greater than all who have come before him and all who have ever come since. He hasn’t come for you to mold him to your earthly plans and purposes,…

  • Walking on Water

    Walking on Water

    Feb 13, 2022 • 41:03

    As you and I find ourselves engulfed in the torrents and swells of life in this broken world, Jesus comes into the midst of it all, walking on top of it all, to make himself known. It takes faith to see him coming atop the waves and hear him calling…

  • Raising a Dead Man

    Raising a Dead Man

    Feb 27, 2022 • 45:33

    For people of faith living in this broken world, the whole story of Lazarus teaches that it’s not just the things Jesus does that reveal his heart, but sometimes it’s the things he doesn’t do. Neither his permitting of suffering nor his delay in relieving it is ever in conflict…

  • Healing a Blind Man

    Healing a Blind Man

    Feb 20, 2022 • 51:57

    Despite appearances, God is at work in and through your experiences of suffering. It is possible that the things in your life that cause the worst distress are the very things in which God wants to reveal his glory the most. He wants to reveal himself to you and through…

Come, Restorer, Come!
Sermon Series

“But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf.” (Micah 5:2, NLT)

We live in a broken world. We know deep in our hearts that something about the world is off. All around us we see evil, greed, exploitation, oppression, and injustice, but, even worse, we can detect something is wrong within our own hearts. We know the world isn’t right, and as creatures created in the image of God we all have an innate longing for this upside-down world to be flipped around and made right.

These are not new ideas or longings. Ancient people, just like us, have always explored ideas of fairness, mercy, and goodness. These ideas frame the message that Micah was sent by God to deliver to the people of God in his day. But Micah speaks to our own world just as much as he spoke to his own world. Though written a very long time ago to a culture in many ways very different than our own, Micah speaks into the universal human experience.

This Advent season, we are going to explore these ancient ideas from the other side of human history. We will see how the hope, peace, joy, and love promised to the people of old have come to the world in the incarnation of Jesus Christ. We will discover how all of Micah’s message ultimately points to him, the one in whom all the tragedies, tensions, hopes, and laments in Micah find their fulfillment and resolution. And our hearts will be comforted by the certainty that, though the world is broken and judgment for sin is inevitable, in the babe of the manger lies the hope of restoration. Come, Restorer, Come!

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Come, Restorer, Come!
Come, Restorer, Come!
A Shepherd is Coming
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  • A Shepherd is Coming

    A Shepherd is Coming

    Nov 28, 2021 • 31:33

    Advent is a season for hope. Hope for the oppressed—that God’s kingdom will restore true justice and put an end to the brokenness of the world. But hope also for the oppressor—that God is working to strip our hearts of their sinful attachments and bring us to a place of…

  • A Kingdom is Coming

    A Kingdom is Coming

    Dec 5, 2021 • 35:28

    To a people about to experience the suffering of judgment and exile, the promise of peace is coming in the form of God’s presence and rule, which you and I can experience today in the person of his Son, Jesus Christ. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Come, Restorer, Come! Scripture: Micah 4:1-5

  • Unexpected Blessing is Coming

    Unexpected Blessing is Coming

    Dec 12, 2021 • 40:00

    In whatever adversity you face in this world, take comfort that Jesus is close and sympathetic, but he is also a powerful defender. He’s by your side, and he’s got your back. Maybe in the midst of your suffering and trials, God could surprise you with the unexpected blessing of…

  • Unfailing Love is Coming

    Unfailing Love is Coming

    Dec 19, 2021 • 28:20

    We don’t always know how God is going to bring hope, peace, or joy to our lives, but we know that he will. That’s because he has revealed his heart through his Son. Love has come, and his name is Jesus. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Come, Restorer, Come! Scripture: Micah 7:18-20

Almost Home
Sermon Series

One of the most helpful ways of understanding the Christian life is by viewing it as a journey. From cover to cover, the Bible is filled with this sort of imagery: Abraham stepping out in faith by leaving the land of his fathers; his descendants wandering through the wilderness of Sinai; Israel experiencing captivity and exile. The New Testament builds off of these Old Testament themes and refers to Christians as pilgrims traveling through a foreign land. The Christian life as journey provides a tangible and relatable rubric for grasping the life of faith.

We are on our way somewhere, but we’re not there yet. Thus we find ourselves caught in between the overlapping of ages, when God has called us out of the world while still remaining in the world. Heaven has broken into history and taken residence in our hearts, but our feet still trod through a broken and hostile world. We’re almost home, but not yet home, and God cares as much about the process as he does the goal.

Almost Home is a sermon series from the book of Hebrews that examines our present journey with an eye toward our future destination. How do we walk today in light of what lies ahead? From where does our strength come, or our power, or encouragement, or correction? And who will we be as present-day sojourners whose destiny is to become one-day settlers?

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Almost Home
Almost Home
Already, but Not Yet
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  • Already, but Not Yet

    Already, but Not Yet

    Oct 10, 2021 • 37:26

    How are the people of God to live in the overlapping of ages—where God’s work in saving us and ushering in his kingdom has begun but has not yet been consummated? The answer is by faith. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Almost Home Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-2a; 11:1

  • Almost, but Not Quite

    Almost, but Not Quite

    Oct 17, 2021 • 51:38

    The warnings in the book of Hebrews are a call to wake-up and hold fast and never quit. They are a call to remember both where you came from and where you are heading. Above all, they are exhortations to keep the eyes of faith fixed upon Jesus. Speaker: Sean…

  • The World is Behind, Our Home Ahead

    The World is Behind, Our Home Ahead

    Oct 24, 2021 • 39:31

    The Christian life is a journey. But walking with Jesus means leaving the world behind—along with all of its values, promises, and pursuits—and looking ahead to the home we truly belong to. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Almost Home Scripture: Hebrews 11:13-16

  • Following the Path

    Following the Path

    Oct 31, 2021 • 42:05

    There is a great cloud of witnesses—faithful men and women of old—who testify concerning God’s promises and power and show us the path. They cheer us on and point us to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of faith. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Almost Home Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-3

  • Returning to the Path

    Returning to the Path

    Nov 7, 2021 • 32:13

    God’s discipline isn’t always punishment. Often times it is simply his loving, Fatherly work in our lives to cause us to desire the better things rather than the immediate things. Speaker: Aaron Meservey Series: Almost Home Scripture: Hebrews 12:5-12

  • Keep on Keeping On

    Keep on Keeping On

    Nov 14, 2021 • 47:13

    In Christ we have become recipients of great privileges of grace, but with privilege comes responsibility. The church of Jesus Christ, as an outpost of heaven on earth that is marked by the things pertaining to the age to come, is to pursue the peace and holiness of God himself.…

  • It is (Not) Finished

    It is (Not) Finished

    Nov 21, 2021 • 42:08

    Concerning the sacrifice of Jesus, it is finished. There is nothing left for him to do. We need nothing less or more than him. There is no Jesus + anything for the Christian life. He is our all in all. But concerning the sacrifice of worship for the Christian living…

The Way to Worship
Sermon Series

“Worship” is a word that churchgoers know and use on a regular basis, yet it means and encompasses far more than how it is generally understood and expressed. We say things like, “we’ll pray after worship,” as if the sum total of worship is the collection of songs being sung to kick off a Sunday morning service.

In the book of Romans, the apostle Paul has a thing or two to say about this very important concept. Building off a deep awareness of the Old Testament, as well as his intimate knowledge of Christ and the Gospel, he offers a richer and more profound understanding of the meaning behind the creation, fall, and redemption of mankind and a right relationship to Almighty God.

“The Way to Worship” is a 3-part sermon series that explores the essence of worship. It will trace mankind’s movement away from God’s original intention to be known and enjoyed, how he has made a way of return to himself, and the ways those who are restored might express their response to his gracious work rightly.

Worship is more than the 3-song set at the start of a church service. It is much deeper and wider, an all-encompassing reality that involves the totality of a person.

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The Way to Worship
The Way to Worship
Worship's Deterioration
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  • Worship's Deterioration

    Worship's Deterioration

    Sep 12, 2021 • 36:51

    You were created to know God and to worship and delight in God. Jesus Christ is the only one who makes God known and only through him can God be worshipped and enjoyed. Everything else is our own stubborn determination to go our own way. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: The Way…

  • Worship's Restoration

    Worship's Restoration

    Sep 19, 2021 • 51:33

    You and I can never come to God for healing and restoration until we acknowledge and accept our need for healing and restoration. The Bible provides the diagnosis of our problem, as well as the prescription for the cure, and it begins with genuine and sincere lament leading to repentance…

  • Worship's Aggregation

    Worship's Aggregation

    Sep 26, 2021 • 31:38

    Worship is more than just showing up on Sunday morning and singing a few songs. It involves the totality of the whole person presented unto God as a living sacrifice. This is what we were created to be and to do. Speaker: Aaron Meservey Series: The Way to Worship Scripture: Romans…

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