Audio Messages

In this opening message on the positive role of religion in America, Pastor John explores four principles of human government described in the opening pages of Scripture.

It could be that your name will be written into a history book somewhere. But even if it isn’t, your life can matter. Your moment in history can be significant. In this message, Pastor John shares an example from the book of Esther of how average men and women are part of HIS story.

The Bible is filled with commands, and many of them have meaning for how Christians should act as citizens in their countries. Even under a hostile government, we’re supposed to obey the laws, pay our taxes, pay our respects, and pay our debts. There’s one obligation, however, that never gets paid off – the obligation to love.

The Bible is a story all about people moving from place to place, with the ultimate immigration being from the world to God’s kingdom. When it comes to the topic of immigration, the Bible has less to say about controlling the borders of the country, and more to say about controlling the borders of heart to avoid prejudice – because in reality, we are all aliens in this world.

Freedom of Speech seems to be open to every thought and idea, except when it comes to speaking about Jesus. In this message, Pastor John explores some of the principles to keep in mind when we are given a Holy-Spirit-opportunity to share our faith in the public square.

God is a patient parent – more patient than any person on earth. But his patience will not last forever. 2 Peter 3:9-10 says, “God is patient, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come.” In this message, Pastor John shares how we should learn a lesson about fate from a playboy king.

In Daniel 4, Nebuchadnezzar gets a clear vision of his pride that literally brings him to his knees. In this message Pastor John shares three attitudes of pride that God wants us to see and correct in our own lives.

Being a witness for Jesus is both a responsibility (because Jesus commanded it, Matthew 28:18-20) and a joy (because the Bible commends it, Philemon 1:6). This message concludes a look at several case studies in evangelism and the Christian’s call to POINT to Jesus wherever we may find ourselves.

Being a witness for Jesus is both a responsibility (because Jesus commanded it, Matthew 28:18-20) and a joy (because the Bible commends it, Philemon 1:6). This week and next we’re going to be looking at the process of evangelism and the Christian’s call to share our faith wherever we may find ourselves using five “points” to POINTing to Jesus.

Part of Luke’s purpose in writing Acts was to record the growth of the church as, through the Holy Spirit, Jesus continued the ministry He began. The growth of the church - any church - is for the glory of God. It isn’t pastors, programs, or practices that cause a church to grow – it is the Holy Spirit that causes growth as He draws people to Jesus. But, we must cooperate with the Holy Spirit for growth to happen. With that in mind, this passage provides us with three observations about the building of the church.