What Are You Waiting For? - 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

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Date:  03/12/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  What Are You Waiting For?
Scripture:  2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Description:  Waiting is a basic Christian posture. We walk by faith, not by sight, until God's promises come to pass. In this passage Paul clarifies what it is that we're waiting for, and what we do while we wait.

What Are You Waiting For?
Matt McCullough

Beyond Comparison - 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

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Date:  03/05/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Beyond Comparison
Scripture:  2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Description:  Paul says the problems we face now can't compare to the eternal glory we're promised in Christ. He says we get this truth when we focus not on what we can see but on what we can't see. But how do we compare what we can see to what we can't see?

Beyond Comparison
Matt McCullough

Proof in the Pudding - 2 Corinthians 3:1-11

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Date:  02/12/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Proof in the Pudding
Scripture:  2 Corinthians 3:1-11

Description:  True freedom, the freedom that comes by God's Spirit, is not primarily freedom from something holding you back. It's freedom for--freedom to see, to enjoy, and to be transformed by the glory of Jesus.

Proof in the Pudding
Matt McCullough

Fragrant Knowledge - 2 Corinthians 2:12-17

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Date:  02/05/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Fragrant Knowledge
Scripture:  2 Corinthians 2:12-17

Description:  How does the knowledge of God spread throughout the world? It's not a question we would normally ask, but it's crucial for understanding our calling. Paul shows us we've got to recognize the difference between God's responsibility and ours.

Fragrant Knowledge
Matt McCullough

Godly Sincerity - 2 Corinthians 1:12-22

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Date:  01/22/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Godly Sincerity
Scripture:  2 Corinthians 1:12-22

Description:  One of the main reasons Paul wrote this letter was to defend his own sincerity against people who thought he was speaking from both sides of his mouth. And sincerity is certainly worth defending. You want to know that someone means what he says, that he's not holding anything back, and that you can trust him to follow through. But sincerity is easier to require from someone else than to produce consistently in ourselves. Paul explains how the grace of God is the only sure path to the sincere lives we want.

Godly Sincerity
Matt McCullough

Afflicted Comforters - 2 Corinthians 1:3-11

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Date:  01/15/17
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Afflicted Comforters
Scripture:  2 Corinthians 1:3-11

Description:  Paul describes a community where, though everyone experiences suffering, everyone is comforted and everyone is responsible for comforting others. He helps us learn to see our suffering for what God is doing in us and what he will do through us.

Afflicted Comforters
Matt McCullough

No King In Israel - Judges 17:1-21:25

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Date:  11/20/16
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  No King In Israel
Scripture:  Judges 17:1-21:25

Description:  Judges ends in almost total darkness with some of the ugliest stories anywhere in the Bible. But even these darkest of scenes point the way to light. They're here to show us what we need if we really want lasting justice. We need a true and worthy king.

No King In Israel
Matt McCullough

Last But Not Least - Judges 13:1-16:31

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Date:  11/13/16
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Last But Not Least
Scripture:  Judges 13:1-16:31

Description:  In Samson, the last of the judges, we see a leader of unprecedented power leading a life of unbridled selfishness. We have a judge, in other words, who's no better than his people with no interest in saving them. But still God uses him. And in his story we get a glimpse of the future, of how God saves, and whom.

Last But Not Least
Matt McCullough

Holy Love - Judges 10:6-11:40

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Date:  10/23/16
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Holy Love
Scripture:  Judges 10:6-11:40

Description:  The story of Jephthah is a dark one. It is a story of deliverance like the others, but the focus is not on his courage or even God's power. The focus is Jephthah's tragic misunderstanding of God's love; and it shows us our only hope for a peaceful, life-giving relationship with God is God's free, undeserved, gracious love for us in Jesus.

Holy Love
Matt McCullough

Like Father Like Son - Judges 8:1-9:57

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Date:  10/16/16
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Like Father Like Son
Scripture:  Judges 8:1-9:57

Description:  Gideon's decline and Abimelech's fall show what happens when you treat your power as a blank check for your agenda, not a stewardship from God. This story warns us against abusing the privileges and opportunities we've been given, and it points us to the leader we desperately need.

Like Father Like Son
Matt McCullough

Expect the Unexpected - Judges 4:1-5:31

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Date:  10/02/16
Speaker:  Matt Givens
Title:  Expect The Unexpected
Scripture:  Judges 4:1-5:31

Description:  It may be that the stories in Judges follow a familiar cycle, but there's nothing predictable about the way God delivers his people. When he acts to save them, he makes it obvious that he's the one who does the saving.

Expect The Unexpected
Matt Givens

No Compromise - Judges 1:1-2:5

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Date:  09/11/16
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  No Compromise
Scripture:  Judges 1:1-2:5

Description:  Judges begins where Joshua left off. Israel has entered the land God promised them. They've been charged with removing the Canaanites still living there. But why was this so important? Why was it even ok? And then there is the driving question of the story: will Israel be faithful?

No Compromise
Matt McCullough

Introducing Judges: The King We All Need - Judges 1-21

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Date:  09/04/16
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Introducing Judges: The King We All Need
Scripture:  Judges 1-21

Description:  This overview sermon sets up our fall preaching series. What is Judges about? It's about Israel's disobedience and ours. It's about God's holiness and his perfect justice and his relentless love. And it's about Jesus, who is the only answer to the questions raised by this book.

Introducing Judges: The King We All Need
Matt McCullough