Preach It, Teach It Pastor Sermons

Passages: Genesis 15:1-6; 21:3; Isaiah 55:8

Our assumptions keep many of us from faith. As we age, many of us stop believing and start assuming. We stop living out of our right brain ...

Passages: Mark 1:14-21

Jesus' goal is for us to follow Him and to do in the lives of others what someone has already done in our own. To follow Christ means to fish for ...

Passages: Ephesians 5:15-23

In Ephesians 5, Paul encourages us to open our hearts to God the Holy Spirit so that we can be infused with the character and power of the Living ...

Passages: Genesis 12:7-9; 13:14-18; 22:1-9; Jeremiah 31: 21

Altars are markers that remind us of God's work in our lives. Four altars we can construct are for remembering God's revelations, for remembering ...

Passages: Ephesians 4:14-16

As we mature, we take on the character of Jesus Christ and are different than worldly people. Spiritual adults draw others to Jesus. 

Passages: 2 Peter 2:10-22

The backslider is described by Peter as corrupt, enslaved to evil. God commands us to live a life of freedom by surrendering to Him. 

Passages: 2 Peter 1:5-11

Peter writes in his letter that we should make every effort to cultivate Christ-like character qualities. Righteousness results from intimacy with ...

Passages: 2 Peter 2:1-10; Jude 4; Galatians 1:8-9; 2 Corinthians 11:13-15

False teachers are often hard to spot. They appear to be righteous, but pander lies of relativism, subjective morality, social gospel, and ...

Passages: Psalm 2; Hosea 11:4; Luke 1:35

The psalmist writes of Israel's expectation of God's Messiah, and the preservation of God's plan who produced the incarnation of God's Son. 

Passages: Jonah; Josahua 1:9; Hebrews 10:36-37; 1 Peter 1:17-19; 2 Corinthians 7:10-13; Colossians 1:10; 3:12-14; 2 Timothy 1:7; John 16:13; Luke 11:33

Jonah preached repentance to the Ninevites and they took some radical steps when they surrendered to God. They fasted and wore sackcloth. Yet the key ...

Passages: John 1:1-14; Philippians 2:1-11

How can we honor the Lord on his Birthday according to the Bible?  In Philippians 2:5-7, Jesus came down to earth and made himself nothing, and ...

Passages: Ephesians 4:17-32; Colossians 3:9-10

Paul teaches us that Jesus is the content of our message. Jesus is the messenger, and Jesus is the context in which we learn and hear. 

Passages: Isaiah 9:6-7; Hebrews 4:14; Philippians 2: John 14; 1 John 5:11

The prophet Isaiah told Israel of a Messiah who was not only God, but He was their Prince of Peace and their Counselor. He walked in their shoes and ...

Passages: Jonah 1:1-17; Psalm 139: 7-12; Matthew 12:39-40; Luke 11:29-32; 2 Timothy 3:16

God's Word is just as clear to us as it was to Jonah. A wide open door may not be from God. Praying to God while running from Him is difficult. Our ...

Passages: Ephesians 4:3-5; John 9:1-6; Mark 8:21-28

Differences in personality and theology can divide us and weaken our ability to face the challenges before us as Christ-followers. Unity occurs in ...

Passages: Ephesians 4:11-12; 1 Peter 4:11-12; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; Romans 12:6-8; Philippians 3:10, 19

With so many alternatives, why should we attend church, live in community and serve God? The church is God's means for growing up His children. God ...

Passages: 1 Corinthians 8-9; 13:1-3; 1 Timothy 1:5-7; 1 John 2:3-6; 4:19-5:3; Colossians 2:16-23; Galatians 5:1; Romans 14:1-23; Luke 17:1-4; Galatians 2:11-14; 3:1-5

We must recognize that love trumps knowledge. Freedom has two boundaries: God's commands and love for others. Paul teaches us that there are three ...

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Three Questions: Ever had someone tell you they had good news and bad news to tell you? Did they give you a choice of which one you wanted to hear ...

Passages: 1 John 4:1-10

The athiest says "there is no God." The agnostic says "I can't know there is a God." Christianity claims that Jesus became a man ...

Passages: John 2:12-25; 1 Corinthians 6:19; Revelation 6:15-17

The Lamb of God is also the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. When Christ cleansed the Temple, He became furious at the blatant, presumptious sinfulness of ...

Passages: Ruth 1

Life happens. If we aren't in a mess right now, there is probably one on the way. When the mess comes, where is God? As we will learn through Ruth, ...

Passages: Ruth 3:1-18

Ruth, the destitute Moabite widow, took a leap of faith to follow her mother-in-law to Israel. In doing so, God sent her a husband and she became an ...

Passages: John 10; Luke 15

Old Testament shepherds sacrificed their sheep. Jesus, the Good Shepherd, sacrificed Himself for us, His sheep. False shepherds only care about ...

Passages: Ephesians 4:31-32

Paul teaches us the progression of sin, how to change our model of repentance, the progression of the cure to sin and how to transform our model of ...

Passages: John 20:1-18

Mary Magdalene learned from the resurrected Christ that God is real, He loves her deeply and eternally, and she had a purpose to share Jesus ...

Passages: Hebrews 9

Christ is superior to angels. He is our King and High Priest.

Passages: Ephesians 2:14-19; Daniel 2:31; 1 Timothy 5:1-2

Paul gives us three pictures of the church in this passage. As members of the family of God we have the priviledges of belonging, companionship, ...

Passages: Luke 6:20-36

Jesus tells us to love our enemies, to do good to them, to speak well of them, and to pray for them. This is "crazy love."

Passages: 1 Thessalonians 5:9; Romans 12:4; Galatians 3:26; John 13:34-35; Ephesians 1:3

Every Christ-follower needs to claim their place of belonging in God's family, the church. God has gifted us uniquely to serve in the body and meet ...

Passages: Luke 6:17-26

Everyone loves a rags to riches story, a tale of success created by someone's grit and determination to make it in this world. Most of us think that ...

Passages: Romans 6

If you trust you "sin struggle" is always going to win, Romans 6 has some great news for you! In this text, Paul reveals a great truth that ...

Passages: Ruth, Selected Scriptures

Ruth, the Moabite widow, found herself in a dilemma when her husband died. She relied upon God to be her help and provider and He answered her ...

Passages: Ruth 2-4

Boaz exemplified the generosity and condescension of Christ as he bestowed upon Ruth his undeserved favor. We should be grateful for grace and having ...

Passages: Mark 12:41-44

We must live lives of generosity that reflect the character of a benevolent God. God ordained His work to be financed by the gifts of His people. ...

Passages: John 8

Jesus, the Light, is the singular source of life, the ultimate revelation of the character of God. His truth teaches us to discern between good and ...

Passages: Ephesians 1:7; 5:15

People are so narrowly focused that they often miss the obvious. As believers, we are chosen and called for the praise of His glory. We must be ...

Passages: Ephesians 3:14-18

How do we know something unknowable or measure something immeasurable? There is only one way to lose self and that is to love another and be lost in ...

Passages: John 6:35-71; James 2:24-26; Hebrews 11:31

God chooses us and we choose God. How do we understand the concept of election? How can we be sure that we are eternally secure? Jesus tells us in ...

Passages: Ephesians 3:7-10

God's intent for the church is to provide grace gifts for His people. All ministry is done in His supernatural power. He takes the worst of the worst ...

Passages: Ephesians 2 :13-21

Christ also destroyed a wall between us and God so that we may know him personally and intimately. Christ can bring peace and reconciliation in our ...

Passages: John 20

Sometimes there are compelling realities to life that move us to action. The resurrection should move us to take a risk with no reserves, no retreat ...

Passages: Ephesians 3:1; Acts 21:21-22; Colossians 1:27, 2:2-3; 1 Corinthians 4:16-17; 2 Timothy 1:13-14; 2 Timothy 3:10-14

The apostle Paul is so precious to us because he was Christ-centered, a steward of God's grace, a messenger of the mystery, a champion of the church, ...

Passages: John 15:15

Jesus not only proclaimed Himself to be our shepherd, king, the Way, Truth and Life. He also chose to call us friends. A friend is someone who knows ...

Passages: Philippians 1:27

Paul challenges us to live as good citizens of heaven while we are still on earth. We are to stand in one spirit with unflinching courage for the ...

Passages: Philippians 2:3-11

God loves us unconditionally and simply asks us to love Him intimately, humbly serve Him, and to walk with Him in submission and obedience.

Passages: Mark 14:1-9; Isaiah 53

The Messiah was broken and battered for the souls of mankind. Mary of Bethany's broken bottle of perfume symbolized her unconditional love for Jesus ...

Passages: Acts 17:16-32

Unless we become like children-humble, teachable and trusting-we will never grow into the spiritual people God intends for us to be. The ...

Passages: Philippians 1:1-5

Paul expressed his thanks to God for his brothers and sisters in Christ. He prays for grace-the underserved favor of Christ to be upon them. He prays ...

Passages: Ephesians 1:15-22

Paul encourages the Ephesian Christians to continually pray for a deeper walk with Christ. When we come to God in heart-felt prayer, He wants to ...

Passages: 1Timothy 2:1-7

Paul encourages young pastor Timothy to pray always for those in authority so that the Gospel may be propigated throughout the world. God wants to ...

Passages: Ephesians 1:1-18

Our self-image must come from who we are in Christ. We are blessed, blameless, chosen, adopted, forgiven and redeemed by the work of Jesus on the ...

Passages: John 14:6; John 10:30; Matthew 18:3-5; Acts 4

Christ taught that He was one with God the Father, the only way to heaven, the Truth and the Life. Though man would insist that there are other ways ...

Passages: Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 1:8

Christ not only wants to save our souls for eternity, but He longs to redeem our lives here on earth by giving us a purpose in living. We can bring ...

Passages: Psalm 16

David, in the midst of his troubles, had learned the "golden secret." He taught that we must be stirred to love God and focus on Him, and ...

Passages: Matthew 4:12-16, 23; John 1:1-4

Light and darkness in the material world provide powerful metaphors for the revelation of Christ's glory and man's response. For whom is the Light ...

Passages: 1 Timothy 6:17-19; Luke 12:13-31; Matthew 6:25-33

Worry is unproductive and ultimately lead to disobedience. God's joy is to provide faithfully for His people. We must simply carry out the tasks He ...

Passages: Philippians 1:8-12

Many of us live our lives by flipping a coin to discover our next move. Paul writes that the one thing we should seek is to know Christ intimately ...

Passages: Philippians 2:19-29

Paul’s companions, Timothy and Epaphroditus, epitomized godly character: compassion, loyalty and integrity. When people see authentic faith in ...

Passages: Philippians 2:5-11; 4:1-7; Isaiah 53:6

Paul enjoins two arguing Christian women to agree in the Lord. We must live harmoniously, responding to our opponents with grace and patience, even ...

Passages: Luke 1:26-38

Mary asked the angel two questions: Is this Jesus worth it, and can God do this? We ask the same questions every day. Is following God worth the ...

Passages: Matthew 1:18-23

If God, Joseph and Mary went to such great lengths to bring salvation to us, so should we take the trouble to share the gospel with those around ...

Passages: Genesis 1

We learn much in the first chapter of Genesis. The starting point of all things is sovereign God. He calls us and His nature and love is ...

Passages: Hebrews 10

Jesus Christ, as our High Priest, made a once-for-all sacrifice for our sins. As we experience His complete forgiveness in our own lives, we should ...

Passages: James 1

James teaches that the problems in our lives can be used to conform us to the image of Jesus. We can ask God for wisdom and grace as we go through ...

Passages: Amos 4:1-3; Psalm 12:5; Psalm 140:2; Deuteronomy 10:17-19; Leviticus 23:22

Amos chides God's people for living in luxury and apathy, and refusing to have compassion upon the poor. He encourages them to wake up and see the ...

Passages: Philippians 2:14-15; Genesis 3:11-13; 4:6-9; Exodus 16:1-2; Matthew 20:1-16; Numbers 14

Complaining makes life miserable. Complaining causes us to miss what God is doing now, damages the gifts He gives us and hurts our testimony. If we ...

Passages: Proverbs 25:26; 27:23-24; 1 Peter 5:1; Genesis 15:6

We are stewards of all the earthly possessions God has given us -- our mates, children, homes, cars, education, skills and more. Because of His great ...

Passages: Proverbs 10:7; 28:1; Matthew 17:17, 24-27; 2 Cor. 8:16-18, 20; 1 Sam. 12:1-4

Pastor Brad Tuttle teaches the value of integrity in the life of the believer. Integrity may be defined as "wholeness" or ...

Passages: Proverbs 12:24; 13:11; 14-23; 22:29; 1 Timothy 6:17; Titus 2:10; Colossians 3:23

The ability to work is a gift from God. We should do our work as unto Him, reverently, diligently, loyally and with excellence. God will reward our ...

Passages: Matthew 7:24-27; 8:1-3, 5-13, 23-27; Mark 1:40-42

In his "Life-Change" series, Pastor Tim Bourne encourages us to understand the nature of Christ as He calms the sea and heals the sick. For ...

Passages: Matthew 18:21-35; Matthew 5:7; John 8; James 2:13

Life change can only occur in the context of forgiveness and mercy. Jesus' parable of the ungrateful servant shows us how much we need to extend ...

Passages: John 2:1-12

The gospel account of Jesus turning water into wine reveals two important truths. Mary, the mother of Jesus, is a model for evangelism at its best. ...

Passages: Ephesians 2

In Ephesians 2, Paul takes us down to the Death Valley of the soul and then up to the Heavenly Realms in Christ Jesus in order to answer one ...

Passages: Ephesians 3:2-11

Our God is a missionary God who sent His Son as a missionary to earth to save and unite His people to Himself and to each other. As members of God's ...