Introduction: An illustration from P. R. Van Gorder: “Late one night a salesman drove into a strange city and tried to get a room in a hotel. The clerk informed him that there was no vacancy. Disappointed, he started to leave the lobby when a dignified gentleman offered to share his room with him. Gratefully…

Text: Colossians 1:20-23 Title: Reconciled to God through Christ Theme of the book of Colossians: Jesus Christ: The preeminent and all-sufficient Savior Theme of Text: Since Christ has reconciled all things to himself, believers should continue in their faith of Jesus Christ. Proposition: Those who are…

Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 2 Corinthians 5:18 (NIV) I. God Pursues us A. More than Just a doctrine 1. We hold to the doctrine of election. a. This is the biblical teaching that God chooses…

Pastor Chase wraps up our series on "This is Us". Today is all about prayer. If God is all knowing, why do we bother praying? How should we pray? We will dive in to all of this and more in the message. Take a listen!

Justification—the act of God declaring men free from guilt and acceptable to him, notice Romans 4:25. Since Romans is a book of logic, it is a book of “therefores.” Preachers have always said when you find the word “therefore” in the Bible, you should always look and see what it is “there for.” We have…

Reading: 2Corinthians 5:11-6:2 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 (NIV) Happy New Year! ¡Prospero Año Nuevo!…

So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! 18All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation… —2 Corinthians 5: 17-18

God is reconciling the world to himself. And he calls us to join him in that work. What does it look like for us as a church to be ambassadors for Christ?

“Col. 1:21-23 Intro I love reconciliations. I love it when two people who have been enemies come together, forgive one another and embrace. Have you ever watched tv sitcoms and usually there is some conflict in the beginning of the show and just as it is about to end, some nice music plays and the people…

The motivations for our message begins to explain why we should evangelize the World.

New Series - It’s time Spiritual Journey Know God Find Freedom Discover your Purpose - you won’t be really happy until you find and step into what God created you to do. Make a Difference You may have been in church for a long time… been following God for a long time. But no matter where you are on your…

The Six Characteristics of a Disciple of Jesus Christ Spiritual Enthusiasm 25 “Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 “Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove…

We’ve been looking at the theme of the Kingdom of God throughout the Scriptures. So far we’ve looked at Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. Today we will be looking at Moses. Before we begin, let’s pray together. God previously promised to make Abraham and his descendants into a great kingdom, and that…

Intro: Prayer: 14 When the hour came, he reclined at the table, and the apostles with him. 15 Then he said to them, “I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16 For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” 17 Then he took a cup,…

Vision, Mission and Who We Are

14 You are the world’s light—a city on a hill, glowing in the night for all to see. 15 Don’t hide your light! Let it shine for all; let your good deeds glow for all to see, so that they will praise your heavenly Father. We want to bring this down to a personal level. People think that only the influencers…

The Big Reveal 1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; 2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him…

In this sermon, pastor John shares with us what itmeans to be rooted in Jesus. As Jesus followers we need to be growing in the right direction in service to God, to the glory of God to reach others with the message Jesus. All we do should be rooted in Jesus and the message of reconciliation.