Audio Messages

Everything in this world will encourage you to love, worship, adore, idolize, serve yourself. In this familiar parable from Matthew 25, Jesus describes faithfulness, reward, and the Father's joy towards those who take seriously their identity as servants in the kingdom.

Jesus told many parables about the kingdom of heaven using the picutre of a party. The problem is, sadly, that some will not get in because they aren’t ready according to the way God has declared that we must enter into the celebration. In this parable of the virgins, Jesus tells us to shine brightly as we faithfully wait for His return.

Jesus' return is immanent, and yet many are completely unaware of it. In this message, Pastor John looks at Jesus' warnings in a few parables that challenge us to wake up before it's too late and we are faced with God's judgment.

Many Christians throughout history have attempted to predict the exact date of Jesus 2nd coming, forgetting that Jesus said we are to be part of the “welcoming committee” (inviting people into the kingdom) rather than the “planning committee” (setting the schedule for His coming). In this first message in a series called “No one knows the day or hour”, we’ll see how Jesus commands us to turn our attention outward and upward.

What does it mean to be made for more? It does not mean you were made for more stuff, not more power, not more money not more possessions. You were not born primarily for these things. Pastor John Stillman takes a deeper look into Psalm 122 to answer the question what were we made for.

Jesus’ church has been blessed and built up by a long and wonderful practice of sharing words of encouragement, direction, and praise. In this message, Pastor John provides a message to the church on how to commend the good in others while praising the glory of God.

What's holding you back from following Jesus? In this message, Pastor John looks at the story of a man who had been told lots of things that, before that moment, at least in his mind, kept him from making that kind of commitment. But then he hears of how Jesus came to remove the barriers that had kept him from a relationship with God.

A recent study found that Christians are not all that different from non-Christians when it comes to navigating their lives with compassion, understanding, mercy, and forgiveness. In this message, Pastor John gives a hopeful plan for having hard conversations that navigate towards unity.

We live in very polarized times. We might want to ignore hard conversations or try the ways that make sense to the world, but our aim is to honor Christ. In this message, Pastor John shares a Biblical perspective on how to have hard conversations.