Audio Messages

While Christmas is a time of many celebrations, not everyone feels bright and cheery. Some are having a "blue Christmas," perhaps because of a recent loss, an illness, or some anxiety. Through his life, John the Baptist teaches us some "lessons in the wilderness" to encourage us.

Christmas is a day or two away from the normal grind and activities, but after the tree has been taken down and the lights are turned off, what will you have? In this message, Pastor John shares how coming home for Christmas is not a one-day-a-year holiday, but a lifetime experience of God’s presence.

Suffering is a common, everyday kind of condition, but one that seems even more acute at Christmas when we’re supposed to be having happy times, parties, fun, and family. In this message, Pastor John shares how suffering is connected to Christmas and how Jesus is our Christmas Comforter.

We say that Christmas is for giving gifts to our friends and family. In this message, Pastor John shares the best gift we can ever get and give.

Christmas is an ancient holiday, dating back to even before Jesus’ birth. It goes back to Garden of Eden when God promised our first parents that He would provide a deliverer who would defeat sin, death, and the power of the devil. In this message, Pastor John shares how the gospel is declared in Jesus’ genealogy.

No one knows everything, and no one is perfect. So we need counsel and correction sometimes. In this message, Pastor John uses God's word to show how to engage in a conversation with another person in a way that can open our eyes to insight.

God uses the consequences of your sin not as an end to hurt you, but as His means to get your attention and direct you back to Him in repentance so you can receive His mercy.

Wisdom and insight come to us in many ways. In this message, we look at how God uses difficult circumstances to benefit our lives with insight.

Confident and humble leadership is important. 700 years before the birth of Jesus, the leaders were known for injustice, bribery, and weakness. God filled a prophet named Micah with the Holy Spirit to declare His message that we can be led a different way. A way that removes our fears, clears up our confusion, and forgives our failures.

The virgin birth of Jesus has been challenged by skeptics as preposterous – a fairy tale. But as we work to understand the significance of the incarnation, we discover its relevance for giving us the courage we need to have Jesus in our life.