by Pastor Curt on January 29, 2012
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Faithfulness, gospel, love, ministry, perseverance, resurrection, reward, work, zeal
Today’s message from 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. I summarized the theme of the text this way: the victorious reality of our future resurrection anchors us in an unshakeable constancy in ministry. Work for God fueled by the fire of a gospel-resurrection hope will be [...]
by Pastor Curt on January 24, 2012
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Acts, Bible, gospel, John Wesley, prayer, priorities
Sunday’s message is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. We have now completed the New Year’s emphasis on Godward priorities in prayer and the Word. Part three focused on the word of His grace and the importance of regularly putting ourselves under the reading and hearing of the gospel. Oh [...]
by Pastor Curt on January 9, 2012
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Bible, gospel, prayer, priorities
Yesterday’s message from Acts 20:17-38 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Here’s how I summed up this second installment of what has become a three-part New Year’s mini-series: Given grave threats to the church’s wellbeing, what it needs most is leaders and followers alike who focus on ultimate priorities [...]
by Pastor Curt on December 12, 2011
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deity of Christ, failure, faith, glory, grief, guilt, love, prophecy
Sunday’s message from John 13:31-38 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Here’s how I summarized things: Because of Jesus’ great care in preparing His own for His departure, we should believe in Him as the Messiah, God’s Son – His pointing to glory both of the Father and the [...]
by Pastor Curt on December 4, 2011
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Advent, betrayal, humanity of Christ, incarnation, Jesus, Judas, loving enemies, the cross
Today’s message from John 13:21-30 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Here’s how I summarized the flow of the message: As we come to the Table of the Lord this morning, feast your eyes on and give your tastes to the beautiful Savior. Having heard the preached Gospel, we [...]
by Pastor Curt on November 14, 2011
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apostasy, community, exhortation, gospel, persecuted church, sin
Yesterday’s message in Hebrews 3:1-14 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. As promised, here are my bullet points on the qualities of the godly exhorter and exhorted: Seven Qualities of a Godly Exhorter First, gripped by biblical necessity. Prov. 27:5 – Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Proverbs [...]
by Pastor Curt on November 7, 2011
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church, Evangelism, Great Commission, mission, witness
Yesterday’s message from Luke 19:1-10 is now on the website. You can listen to the audio here. Here’s how I wrapped things up: Grasping Jesus’ rescue mission to even this world’s lost of the lost summons us to embrace that same mission as our own – grasping the interest He drew, the initiative He took, [...]
by Pastor Curt on October 23, 2011
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community, followership, gospel, humility, leadership, submission
Today’s message from 1 Peter 4:19-5:7 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. John Calvin said this of the proverbial expression, God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble: We are to imagine that; God has two hands; the one, which like a hammer beats down and breaks [...]
by Pastor Curt on September 25, 2011
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community, conscience, doubtful things, gospel, harmony, judging, legalism, license, unity, welcoming
Today’s message in the Graces of Gospel-Shaped Community series is now on the web. You can listen to the audio for Romans 14:1-15:7, The Grace of Welcoming, here. Here is how I summarized the message: The gospel shapes our community by constraining us to manifest the grace of welcoming – an ongoing determination to embrace [...]
by Pastor Curt on August 21, 2011
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community, gospel, grace, law, legalism, license, love, peacemaking, service
Today’s message from Galatians 5:1-15 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. I articulated the main theme of the text this way: So here is my main take away from this text in terms of what it means through love serve one another. Beware turning liberty in Christ into license [...]
