Audio Messages

Judas Iscariot committed what may be the most spectacular sin in the history of the world – the betrayal of the only Son of God into sinful men. But, he was no different than any of us in needing someone to forgive him. In this message, Pastor John uses the remorse and destruction of Judas to show who we must go to when we need “someone to forgive me.”

In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus endured His “dark night of the soul.” In that time, He turned to His Father in prayer. In the same way, we too will have difficult days and dark nights. In this message, Pastor John looks at Jesus’ example and how He instructs us to pray.

There have been some spectacular sins in the history of the world. But because of God’s sovereignty, we can say, “What you intended for evil, God used for good.” (Gen. 50:20) In this message, Pastor John examines spectacular sins – including our own – and how the Son of God demonstrates the Father’s spectacular, sovereign love for us.

Life brings hurts when it doesn’t go according to our plan. But when we realize that Jesus has a plan – and that it’s a good plan - then we just might be able to see something beautiful in it. In this message, Pastor John looks at Jesus’ plan and how some choose to follow His plan and be honored, or their own plan and face condemnation.

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.