From the Blog
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Growing in Belonging
Pastor Gary Combs concluded the sermon series "Healthy for Life" with this message from Romans 12 on how we can grow in our sense of Christian belonging.
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Growing in Becoming
Pastor Gary Combs continues the “Healthy for Life” sermon series with this message from Colossians about how we can grow in our becoming more like Jesus. In other words, how we can cooperate with God’s work in us conforming us to the character and image of Christ.
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Growing in Behaving
Pastor Gary Combs continues the sermon series “Healthy for Life” with this message about how our behavior should grow to match our believing. In other words, following Christ and believing in Him should affect how we live and behave. This is part three in a five part series discussing the four areas that Jesus grew…
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Growing in Believing
Pastor Gary Combs continues the series entitled "Healthy for Life" with this message from John 8:23-32 on the importance of growing up and being mature in our believing. If healthy things grow and if Jesus grew in wisdom, then Christians should be growing in wisdom, in knowledge and understanding too. In other words, as we follow Jesus, we can grow up to maturity in Christ's wisdom.
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Growing More Like Jesus
Pastor Gary Combs begins a 5-week sermon series about discipleship entitled "Healthy for Life." This series is based on Luke 2:52 which says that Jesus grew in four areas. These four areas might be described as the four ways or "B"s of how we can grow more like Jesus. These four "B"s of discipleship are: believing, behaving, becoming, and belonging.
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All I Want for Christmas is Love
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<p class="first">Pastor Gary Combs concluded the 4-week "All I Want for Christmas…" sermon series with this message from 1 John. This message shows the "ABCs" of how we can experience the agape love of God through Jesus, His Son.</p>
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All I Want for Christmas is Hope
Pastor Gary Combs continues his sermon series “All I Want for Christmas” with this message about the living hope we have in Christ. During a time when our nation is feeling a sense of hopelessness with the massacre of the children and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut, we need the encouraging message of…
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All I Want for Christmas is Peace
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<p class="first">Pastor Gary Combs continues the series "All I Want for Christmas…" with this message from Colossians <a class="video_time" data-time="195">3:15</a>-17 on how we can experience the peace of Christ. In a world filled with war and strife, the message of Christmas means more than a cessation of hostility. It means true peace. Peace that begins in the human heart through God's peace offering– Jesus Christ.</p>
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All I Want for Christmas is Joy
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<p class="first">Pastor Gary Combs begins a new 4-part Christmas sermon series discussing the truly meaningful gifts that God offers us through Christ. This first message, taken from Philippians 4:1-9, reveals to us the necessary "right" conditions for living a life marked by Joy.</p>
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Time to Celebrate
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<p class="first">Pastor Gary Combs concludes the "Time to Thrive" series with this message from 1 Corinthians. The apostle Paul told the Corinthians that Christ’s victory over sin and death meant that they could live life to the full, knowing and celebrating that this victory was already theirs. And that everything they did for Christ would matter for eternity. Celebrating this victory that Christ has won, we can live life to the full, we can do more than just survive, we can thrive.</p>
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