Who would you expect God to point us to as a model of faith? A pastor or priest? A wise and mature believer? How about a teenage girl? In these verses, the Lord points us to the example of Mary as a model of faith that everyone should imitate. Listen as Pastor Josh shows us three marks of God’s servants from the life of Mary that should challenge us and raise our expectations of what teenagers can do for the Lord.
Speaker: Pastor Josh Tong
Passage: Luke 1:26-56
Series: Advent
Why does Luke begin his gospel account of the life of Jesus with the story of an old, unremarkable priest named Zechariah? He is not mentioned anywhere else in Scripture. He is absent from all of our Christmas carols. So, why does Luke’s Christmas story begin with him? Luke begins with him to introduce one of the main themes of his book, which is that Christ has come to bring comfort to the weak and weary. Listen as Pastor Josh teaches about God’s heart for the weak through the life of Zechariah.
Speaker: Pastor Josh Tong
Passage: Luke 1:5-25
Series: Advent
Listen as visiting pastor Dwayne Cline walks us through a biblical perspective on Money from Jesus teachings in Luke 16.
Speaker: Pastor Dwayne Cline
Passage: Luke 16
Series: Standalone
Speaker: Pastor Josh Tong
Passage: Romans 8:35-39
Series: Romans
The Bible teaches that, following His resurrection and ascension, Jesus took His place at the Father’s right hand where He forever intercedes for His blood-bought people. Christ’s intercession is not a commonly discussed reality, and yet it is one of the most comforting truths for the believer. Listen as Pastor Josh teaches on Christ’s intercession and what they reveal about His loving heart for each of His beloved people.
Speaker: Pastor Josh Tong
Passage: Romans 8:33-34
Series: Romans
Is God on your side? Most people assume that He is, but Scripture corrects that notion by revealing that God is against those who live apart from Christ. But once we are united to Christ by faith, we enjoy the wonder, confidence, and assurance of knowing that God is indeed for us. Listen as Pastor Josh attempts to explain the wonders of this reality.
Speaker: Pastor Josh Tong
Passage: Romans 8:31-32
Series: Romans
In this sermon, Pastor Josh continues guiding us through the “golden chain of salvation” found in these two verses. These verses re-tell our testimonies from God’s perspective and remind us that all of salvation — beginning, middle, and end — is completely and totally from God.
Speaker: Pastor Josh Tong
Passage: Romans 8:29-30
Series: Romans
What does it mean to be “foreknown” and “predestined” by God? Does it mean that God knew who would believe, or does it mean that God determined who would believe? Listen as Pastor Josh teaches through this difficult but important theological question and explains the difference that it makes to how we understand God and talk about our story of salvation.
Speaker: Pastor Josh Tong
Passage: Romans 8:29-30
Series: Romans
Romans 8:28 is one of the most well-known and beloved verses in all of Scripture. It provides a powerful means of comfort to those who suffer. But when verses enter the evangelical mainstream, they tend to lose their biblical meaning. In this sermon, Pastor Josh identifies five problematic ways of understanding and applying this verse. If we understand what it doesn’t mean, we will better understand what it does mean and receive its God-intended effect in our lives.
Speaker: Pastor Josh Tong
Passage: Romans 8:28
Series: Romans
What do we do when we have no words to pray? It may be because we are weak in prayer. It may be because we have prayed as much as we could but have nothing else to say. It may be because we are uncertain about what to pray for because we are uncertain about God’s will. The Bible’s answer to this is that we trust that the Spirit Himself is interceding for us, and He will help us in our weakness. Listen as Pastor Josh teaches on these two comforting verses about the Spirit’s intercession.
Speaker: Pastor Josh Tong
Passage: Romans 8:26-27
Series: Romans
