Sermon Audio & Review
Morning Worship Series
1 Thessalonians 1-2
- Pastor Tim Potter
- Category: Looking and Living (1 Thessalonians)
- January 6, 2019
- Audio Video Notes
The Organic and Practical Lifestyle of the Expectant Believer.
1 Thessalonians speaks often of the New Testament believer's hope of seeing Jesus. We eagerly await Christ's return. This anticipation only grows as we get older.
Selected Passages
- Pastor Tim Potter
- Category: Looking and Living (1 Thessalonians)
- December 30, 2018
- Audio Video
The Wisdom of Anticipation in the New Testament
1 John 4:7-14
- Pastor Tim Potter
- Category: Morning Worship Series
- December 16, 2018
- Audio Video Notes
The Divine, Practical Purpose of the Incarnation.
Love is talked about often during the Christmas season. The love of God in our hearts produces hope (Romans 5:5). The Holy Spirit instructs us about God's love. The gifts given by the Holy Spirit are to be lived out in love (1 Corinthians 13:1-13 and 1 Peter 4:9-11). It is God Himself who teaches us to love (1 Thessalonians 4:9-10).
Romans 16:25-27
- Pastor Tim Potter
- Category: Not Ashamed (Romans)
- December 2, 2018
- Audio Video Notes
The Song of Gospel Praise, Part 2.
Romans 16:25-27 may not be a song, but these are glorious words spoken about God. They encapsulate our focus as we end our study of this book. While we live out the Gospel, our singular goal is to bring glory to God.
Romans 16:25
- Pastor Tim Potter
- Category: Not Ashamed (Romans)
- November 25, 2018
- Audio Video Notes
The Song of Gospel Praise.
Setting goals and achieving them is a reflection of God's image in humans. Focusing on one thing has proven to produce great success for many entrepreneurs, although their achievements are only temporal. The ultimate goal of the Gospel is to spiritually and positionally restore us in Jesus Christ back to our original spiritual condition and purpose in the eyes of our Creator. The Westminster Shorter Catechism puts it this way: "the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever." How is this done?
Psalm 13
- Pastor Kent Hobi
- Category: Morning Worship Series
- November 18, 2018
- Audio Video Notes
From sorrow to singing, Psalm 13 reflects our human emotional shifts and points us to stability.
Psalm 12 expresses how David felt when he had been abandoned by godly friends. In Psalm 13, David is so alone, he feels he has been abandoned by God Himself. This feeling is prompted by the length of his suffering. Perseverance in a long time of difficulty is perhaps the most trying to our minds and hearts.
David's struggle will feel familiar to many people of God. In a marathon of trust, we often ask similar questions. Is God one who abandons? Through David's wrestling, we will learn that God's character and work confessed in prayer sustains us during long, drawn-out periods of suffering.
Romans 16:17-24
- Pastor Tim Potter
- Category: Not Ashamed (Romans)
- November 11, 2018
- Audio Video Notes
The Final Touch of Grace.
Paul includes two unusual elements at the end of his letter to the Roman Christians. He gives a final instruction about protecting the health of a good church and closes with a 3-verse doxology. (He normally ends his letters with a prayer of benediction.) Though danger was not present in the Roman church yet, spiritual danger is always imminent. He warned the church in Rome so they would be ready.
Romans 16:6-16
- Pastor Tim Potter
- Category: Not Ashamed (Romans)
- November 4, 2018
- Audio Video Notes
Profiles of Grace.
As we finish Paul's list of greetings for those who are "in Christ," consider which description you identify with. What is your role in the pursuit of Gospel progress?
Romans 16:3-5
- Pastor Tim Potter
- Category: Not Ashamed (Romans)
- October 28, 2018
- Audio Video Notes
Profiles of Grace.
In the first century, names were given with significant thought. In the longest list of names found in Paul's epistles, however, it is not the names themselves that are the most important. It is the fact that these people are "in Christ" and "in the Lord," which is repeated 11 times in 23 verses. Some of the people in this list were slaves with no formal names aside from the household they served. Slave or free, when they were saved, these believers were given a greater identity in their Savior.
Romans 16
- Pastor Tim Potter
- Category: Not Ashamed (Romans)
- October 21, 2018
- Audio Video Notes
Profiles of Grace.
We can learn a lot from Paul's list of greetings in Romans 16. In this longest list of names in Paul's letters, he repeats the phrases "in Christ" or "in the Lord." All 26 people named had been redeemed and transformed by Jesus Christ.
How do we know the Gospel is real? It evokes more than an emotional response. It changes the whole person. Many know the facts of the Gospel and are emotionally moved, but they still feel empty. They can't break their bad habits, because they are still governed by their old selves. Jesus gave His life to redeem us. The appropriate response is to give all of ourselves to be completely His.
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Organizing Life by God's Principles
The Pastoral Epistles: 1 Timothy
Pastor Tim Potter leads an in-depth study of Paul's first epistle to Timothy.
The Book of Genesis
Pastor Tim Potter leads us through an in-depth look at the first book of the Bible.
The Book of Ephesians
Paul's epistle to the church in Ephesus.
