Sermons

Have you ever walked through an airport and heard the ascending chimes over the public address system?  (Ding, ding, ding)  When you hear that sound, you know there is an important announcement to be made...it's time to pay attention or you will miss something urgent.  The events of Christmas were prophesied hundreds and thousands of…

2 Kings 4:1-7 Vertical Stewardship is a radically different way of thinking.  What we say is "ours" is actually all God's Money!  As we come to the end of this series, we all realize that there have been times when we have made poor financial decisions.  All of us have felt the reality of financial…

Proverbs 30:8-9 Is the money we give more holy than the money we spend or save? Not at all. If God owns all that we have, then the way we spend, save and invest is just as much a spiritual matter as any money we give to the Lord. If He is Lord of all,…

Every month we take the Lord's Supper together. We do this because it is one of the two 'ordinances' (baptism is the other) that Jesus Christ instituted and established for His Church. Jesus told us to do this regularly, so we practice it on the second Sunday each month. But do you know why Jesus…

As we have studied Vertical Stewardship (it's all God's, contentment, connection God, and generosity), it should cause us to consider what we give. What would happen if we began to give what we think God wants us to give? Would anything change for me? Would I be better off financially? Would I simply be better…

Today, there are many who believe we are living in the “End Times.” Hollywood and novelists have picked up on this with movies such as The Omen and Left Behind (both movie and book series). Plus there’s a plethora of books written on the subject with varying views and perspectives, even among Christian churches. Why…

Very often, when we endure hardships and face difficult situations in life, our faith is shaken and we question God's will for us. However, genuine biblical faith puts its hope not in the temporary outcomes of situations, but in a sovereign God who determines all eternal outcomes. It is such faith that will let us…

It's God's Money, not ours. We steward what He owns. And stewardship is a matter of the heart. Our attitude toward material things reveals if we have a "getting" heart or a "generous" heart. If we don't like the view through that window into our heart, the good news is God has graciously given us…

Is is possible to find financial contentment? Is it realistic to watch someone pass us on the highway driving our dream car...and be grateful for what we have? What if less qualified people have better jobs and bigger incomes? Can we stop looking at nicer clothes, better phones, or bigger houses without envy gripping our…

1 Chronicles 29:12 - It's all God's Money. Many nod their head in agreement, but when it's time to act on it, it's as if we have completely forgotten. Suddenly it is our money and we try desperately to get or keep it. My passion in this series is to transform the way we think…