Audio Messages

Every good love story must overcome obstacles. When two people overcome obstacles, they demonstrate their love for each other. The story of Ruth and Boaz is no different. In today’s last installment of the story of Ruth, we’ll learn some lessons on the best ways to work through the obstacles we face with godly wisdom and grace.

The next character introduced in the story of Ruth is the man Boaz. And what we learn from Boaz is that one redeemed person can make a difference.

When it comes to romance, dating, marriage, and human sexuality, there are so many things that we encounter that are off-base and bizarre. The truth is that many men and women have unrealistic, inaccurate expectations when it comes to romance, sex, relationships, and marital happiness. But the story of two redeemed people – Ruth and Boaz – show us that it is possible for two people, given all the opportunities to do what’s wrong – where others have messed up and maybe they have messed up in the past – to do what’s right.

The conversion of Saul of Tarsus is one of the most well documented conversions in all of Scripture. On the Damascus Road, Saul was transformed from a persecutor of the church to a promoter of the gospel. In Saul’s conversion we see a demonstration of the patience and power of Jesus that is given as an example to each of us to encourage us in our faith and witness.

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.