Audio Messages

Crime scene investigators can unearth lots of clues from the way a victim dies to understand the time of death, the cause of death, the relationship between the victim and killer, the motive, and the mindset of the victim as he died. In this message, Pastor John looks at the “postmortem” evidence of Jesus’ claim to divinity. His death actually provides very convincing evidence of His identity.

Innocent people sometimes need alibis when they are wrongfully accused or their actions are misunderstood. They need someone to vouch for their actions, whereabouts, or identity. As we continue our look at pieces of evidence that support Jesus’ claims that he was the Son of God and innocent of doing any of the wrong things he was accused of, today we investigate at the alibi evidence.

When he allowed the blind man to worship him, Jesus was declaring in a real way that He was God; no "regular Jewish guy" would receive what rightfully belonged only to God. The bind man believed not because of a long list of explanations about Jesus, but because of what was undeniable in his life - that he could see!

A look seven of the Old Testament prophecies of the Messiah. What was written about Jesus hundreds of years before he was born provides significant corroboration of His identity as the Messiah.

Did Jesus ever say that He was God? Jesus was brought up in a deeply religious culture with a clear viewpoint of God as revealed by His word and miracles. Everything that he said about himself and God was said with an understanding of how it would be interpreted by the people who heard him. Jesus did and said certain things to make it clear that he indeed did believe that He was the Son of God.

The epilogue – the “after story” - is always an interesting part of the story. How did their life turn out? What impact did their words or work or sacrifice ultimately have on those around them? In this message, we look at the impact Jesus had on His followers as strong evidence of His claim to be the Son of God.

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.