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From Humility to a Life of Service
Sermon: From Humility to a Life Service Text: Isaiah 6:1-8, Luke 5:1-11 Jonathon Aitken a former member of Parliament in the United Kingdom was convicted of perjury and lost everything. He was on track to potentially be the Prime Minister, but it all came unravelled when he lied in court. As a result, he lost […]
Sermon: How Can We Thrive in Adversity?
Some people spiritually just seem to have it together. They have stay calm in the midst of crisis. When they pray there is an intimacy to their relationship with God that is readily present. They often times have a servant heart and are rich in relationships. Are people like this special? Or, is their maturity […]
Three Ways You May Be Neglecting Your Spiritual Gifts
This past Sunday we had technical difficulties and as a result we did not a get a video or audio recording of the service. However, here is a condensed transcript of this sermon on how you may be neglecting your spiritual gifts, based on 1 Corinthians 12:1-11. 12 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I […]
Hearing God’s Word with Understanding
Title: “Hearing God’s Word with Understanding Text: Nehemiah 8:1-3,5-6,8-10 The word of God is like a family album of the people of God. There are good snapshots and bad snapshots. In today’s passage, the people of Israel stood on the threshold of a new beginning. They had been in exile. They returned home and rebuilt […]
Why Would Jesus Turn Water into Wine as His First Miracle?
Why would Jesus turn water into wine as his first miracle? This seems like a curious miracle. Jesus could have done anything and as his first miracle you would think he would want to do something spectacular. Turning water into wine seems almost a miracle on the level of a parlor trick. So why this miracle […]
The Baptism of Jesus Christ
This sermon is based on Luke’s account of the baptism of Jesus, Luke 3:15-17, 21-22. Why was Jesus baptized? Have you ever thought about that? On the surface, it seems completely unnecessary. John the Baptist was calling people to repent of their sins and he was offering them a baptism of repentance, but Jesus has […]
The Gift of Contagious Joy
The joy of new life is contagious. When Jesus was born the angels rejoiced by singing to shepherds in a field. There’s one other time in scripture that talks about the heavens rejoicing. That one time involves you. Listen to find out how and when the heavens rejoice over you. The text in the video […]
Why God Picks Ordinary People for Extraordinary Missions
Text for this sermon is Micah 5:2-5 and Luke 1:39-55 Perhaps one of the most extraordinary characteristics of Mary the mother of Jesus is her ordinariness. Mary, a small town girl from a common family, is selected by God for one of the most extraordinary miracles. In this sermon, Rev. John Arnold explores how God […]
The Four Words that Are the Secret to Letting Go of Anxiety
