Series: Why Jesus Matters: Exploring the Power of Christian Hope
Category: Suffering
Speaker: Tanner Turley
Passage: Matthew 26:36-46
Summary: We all face trials and suffering. If you have not experienced a heavy dose of suffering yet, you probably will. How can we endure? The Power of Christian Hope teaches us that we can endure suffering to the glory of God because Jesus is the solution to our suffering.
Series: Why Jesus Matters: Exploring the Power of Christian Hope
Category: Money/Possessions
Speaker: Jon Chasteen
Passage: Matthew 6:19-25
Summary: The way we spend our money reflects what we believe about God and what we truly treasure in life. Jesus teaches that disciples are to reflect the values of the kingdom by using money in such a way that shows that money is not their treasure, God is.
Series: Why Jesus Matters: Exploring the Power of Christian Hope
Category: Prayer, Fasting
Speaker: Tanner Turley
Passage: Matthew 6:5-18
Summary: The Lord's prayer possesses both childlike simplicity and profound depth. As Jesus teaches his disciples how to pray and fast in the Sermon on the Mount, he instructs them to seek the praise of God rather than the praise of man.
Series: Why Jesus Matters: Exploring the Power of Christian Hope
Category: Missional Living, Second Coming
Speaker: Tanner Turley
Passage: Matthew 25:14-30
Summary: How will you spend your life? We will all have to give answer for how we spent our lives when Jesus returns to judge all people. In Matthew 25:14-30, he teaches us that we need to be ready for his return by investing faithfully in the kingdom of Christ. What is the Power of Christian Hope? Jesus saves us from a wasted life.
Series: Why Jesus Matters: Exploring the Power of Christian Hope
Category: Faith, Worry
Speaker: Jon Chasteen
Passage: Matthew 6:25-33
Summary: Does worry and anxiety consume your life? In Matthew 6:25-34 Jesus teaches us that even material necessities are not valid causes of worry but that we must reflect the kingdom of God by our unwavering trust in his gracious provision. In the midst of a life filled with many uncertainties, Jesus tells us that some things are certain. He gives us six great reasons to live without worrying. Will you believe them and trust God’s gracious provision?
Series: Why Jesus Matters: Exploring the Power of Christian Hope
Category: Worship, Gospel
Speaker: Tanner Turley
Passage: Matthew 15:1-20
Summary: Jesus teaches us that true devotion to God flows from a heart of worship rather than external righteousness. In Matthew 15:1-20, Jesus confronted the legalistic hypocrisy of the Pharisees and taught them, the crowds, and his disciples about the centrality of the heart in worship. Our devotion and good deeds necessarily flows from the inside out.
Series: Why Jesus Matters: Exploring the Power of Christian Hope
Category: Jesus Christ, Faith, Resurrection
Speaker: Tanner Turley
Passage: John 20:24-31
Summary: Jeroslav Pelikan said, "If Jesus rose from the dead, nothing else matters; and if Jesus didn't rise from the dead, nothing else matters." In John 20:24-31 we are confronted with the resurrected Christ. We learn that Jesus meets us in our doubt and gives life to all who believe in him. His resurrection demands a response from all people. What is the power of Christian hope? In the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, death has been crushed to death, and the restoration of all things is near.
Series: Why Jesus Matters: Exploring the Power of Christian Hope
Category: Jesus Christ, Cross, Redemption, Gospel
Speaker: Tanner Turley
Passage: John 18-19
Summary: The crucifixion of Jesus Christ is the climactic moment in the storyline of God's redemptive plan in the pages of the Bible. In John 18-19, we learn that Jesus accomplished his mission of redemption through his sacrificial death on the cross. Though he was rejected by men and suffered unjustly, it was all part of the promised plan of God as he voluntarily laid down his life for the redemption of sinful people. The cross truly changes everything.
Series: Why Jesus Matters: Exploring the Power of Christian Hope
Category: Discipleship, Jesus Christ, Worship
Speaker: Tanner Turley
Passage: Matthew 13:44
Summary: Jesus said, "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure . . ." In this short parable, Jesus taught his disciples that his kingdom of so supremely valuable that they should joyfully sacrifice everything in order to possess it. The treasure of Christ outshines all other competitors and delivers the greatest reward because it restores the rule and reign of Christ and provides lasting satisfaction.
Series: Miscellaneous Sermons
Category: Discipleship
Speaker: Jon Chasteen
Passage: Luke 14:25-35
Summary: Discipleship is not just for the "super-Christian." In Luke 14, Jesus addresses the crowds and calls all of them to love him supremely, follow him sacrificially, and to count the cost wisely. The cost of discipleship is great, but the cost of non-discipleship is even greater.
