January 5, 2025
Series: Epiphany, The Gift of God
Speaker: Pastor James Enderle
Topic: All, Amazing, Angel, Awe, Beauty, Breathless, Danger, Facts, Focus, Gentile, Gift, God, Goodness, Greater, Heard, Humility, Israel, Jesus, Jews, Knowledge, Lord, Lose, News, Overwhelmed, People, Practice, Priceless, Reveal, Reviews, Rumors, Savior, Saw, Sheba, sin, Solomon, Truth, Wisdom, World
On Christmas Eve the angel told the shepherds, “I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people” (Luke 2:10). One wonders if those words struck those Jewish shepherds as odd. For centuries, God had given special attention to one nation—Israel. There were Jewish religious leaders who taught that only members of that special people would be saved. Not according to the Christmas angel! The birth of the Savior was good news for all people.
Today we celebrate the Festival of the Epiphany. Epiphany comes from a Greek word meaning “reveal.” When the Savior was born, he was first revealed to Israelites: the shepherds, Simeon, Anna. But today, we see the Lord miraculously guides foreigners across countless miles so the Savior could be revealed to them as well. How did the magi respond? “They were overjoyed” (Matthew 2:10). The Festival of Epiphany is sometimes known as “The Gentiles’ Christmas.” We Gentiles (non-Jews) rejoice in the good news that this Jewish baby is not just a gift for the Jews. He is a gift for all people—the Savior of the world.
December 15, 2024
Series: A Real Christmas..., Advent, Choir Concert, Christmas
Speaker: Pastor James Enderle
Advent marks the start of a new Church Year and helps us prepare for the coming our Savior. With family gatherings and shopping for presents, delicious food and Christmas songs, we feel the Christmas season is knocking at the door. The time to celebrate and remember the birth of the Savior is right around the corner. Let us come together this Advent and remember what His coming is really all about. A real Christmas results in knowing the real Jesus.
September 22, 2024
Speaker: Pastor James Enderle
Humility and pride are polar opposites. Pride exalts self at the expense of God and others. Humility exalts God and others at the expense of self. Pride is the essential vice, for it increases one’s hunger for all other sins. Humility increases one’s hunger for the forgiveness and healing found in Christ. The one who is proud demands to be served. The one who is humble is not content unless serving others. St. Augustine described it this way: “It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.”
As we see all Christ did to serve us, our hearts melt. Within us grows a Christ-like obsession to serve others, without counting the cost, without any desire to be repaid. Those who are in positions of Christian leadership understand that their leadership can only be achieved through service. For followers of Christ are humble servants.
December 31, 2023
Series: Christmas, New Year, New Year's Eve
Speaker: Pastor James Enderle
Topic: Broken, compassion, Focus, Forgive, Gentleness, Humility, Kindness, Loved, Patience, Peace, Reign, Resolution, Rule, Share, sin
On Christmas Eve a choir of angels sang, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” So, where is this peace on earth? Between nations? There are always wars going on somewhere. In our country? True eternal peace comes through Christ. Because of what Christ did as our Savior, there is no hostility between us and God, only peace and love. We have the peace of salvation in our hearts, as we turn from one year to another.
December 13, 2023
Series: Advent, The Clothing of the King
Speaker: Pastor James Enderle
Topic: Clothed, compassion, Embarrassed, Emotions, forgiveness, Gift, Humility, Joy, Pride, Repentance, Turn
This midweek Advent Sermon Series tells the stories of the clothing of the King. Stories that describe a wardrobe at once splendid and sin-stained, with fabrics that reveal who we are and cover us all the same. The clothing of the King is tattered and worn and glorious in its incorruptibility. It isn’t ours, yet He gives it to us freely.
September 18, 2022
Speaker: Pastor Randy Ott
Topic: forgiveness, Humility, Imitate, Love, Value
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June 19, 2022
Speaker: Pastor Randy Ott
Topic: Difficulties, Humility, Knowledge, Struggles, Wisdom
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