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.
Series: Miscellaneous Sermons
Category: Jesus Christ, Faith, Authority
Speaker: Tanner Turley
Passage: Luke 7:1-10
Summary: Great faith is cultivated by complete humility and unyielding trust in the absolute authority of Christ. Jesus marvels at such faith. Moreover, because the authority of Christ provides the foundation for the Great Commission, great faith in the authority of Christ is essential to fulfilling the mission of Christ.
Series: Miscellaneous Sermons
Category: Discipleship, Jesus Christ
Speaker: Tanner Turley
Passage: Mark 3:7-35
Summary: Everyone must respond to the person and work of Jesus Christ. Some embrace him as the Son of God. Others reject him as a liar, lunatic, or reduce him to a great moral teacher. The Gospel of Mark teaches that true disciples embrace the person of Christ, the work of Christ, and the will of Christ.
