Audio Messages

What is the gospel? What is faith? In this message, Pastor John explores the good news of the gospel and the righteousness of faith.

How can I really be at peace with God? Does anything work? This is a real question for us all. In this message, Pastor John looks at the testimony of the psalmist as he cried for God's mercy to rescue him from a pit of despair, and the words of Jesus, the ultimate King who went into the pit for His subjects.

Would you want to live for 100, 200, even 500 years? How about forever? Some scientists think we can engineer our way into immortality, but when Scripture talks about resurrection and immortality, it is more than just life without death. In this message Pastor John will explore what the Scriptures say about death, life after death, resurrection, and life after life after death.

The Bible tells us that at His baptism and at the cross, Jesus identified with all the sins of humanity (2 Co 5:21) to show that God knows the needs of sinners and has a plan for our forgiveness. The Bible also says that we are to identify with Him through faith – which is an unseen reality - and connect ourselves to Him through baptism and obedience as a seen reality. In this message, Pastor John describes what it means for us to be baptized "in Christ."

A recent religious survey reported a growing number of Amerians are "Nones" - not commited to any particular relgiious system - many of them moving from being even nominal Christians. In this message that completes the not a fan series, Pastor John looks at a decision time in Jesus' ministry when fans walk away, but followers stay close and are sustained by Jesus' authoritative, life-giving words.

In the closing words of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus has strong, direct words to say about the demands of life in His kingdom.

Is there more to life than this? The answer Jesus gives is a confident, "Yes. Trust me, there is more to life than this. Yes, because I am going to prepare the place for you that is beyond this world." But, should we believe him? In this message, Pastor John covers four reasons why we should trust Jesus when He says there is more to life than this.

Today, we’re looking at the season of life from 20 to 39 years-old. It’s in the twenty-something years that God wants us to open our eyes to the resources that He has blessed us with. The “life lesson” of this stage of life is that our treasure, talents, and time are resources to be invested. Jesus challenged a man in his twenties to invest where the need was greatest – his own soul.

In the feeding of the 5000, Jesus teaches us the important principles of rhythm, compassion, and thankfulness that lead to a life of multiplied blessings.

The unwasted life is a focused life - focused on the opportunities (the kairos moments) that God provides.