Category: <span>Sermons</span>

This Sunday, our youth pastor, Amanda Mackie was our speaker. We love the idea of devotion. We devote ourselves to family, job, sport, friends, and school. Some of us might even say we are devoted to Burlington or whatever community you find yourself in. But what is the order of our devotion? Specifically, how would...

In the first chapter of his gospel, John established Jesus’ identity, character, and purpose. He showed that not only is Jesus the only way to the Father, but He is also the only picture of the Father. Why does Jesus matter so much? Because there is nothing true outside of Him. He is the truth....

The Cross is the great equalizer, we all stand together equal in our sin, God’s love and the opportunity to be redeemed and adopted into His family. What good is having our debt paid if our lives aren’t changed? What good is forgiveness if we keep walking in the same behaviors? Why offer freedom to...

Are we willing to let Jesus do what He came to do in our lives? Are we willing to push through the hard questions, and even unthinkable commands, so that He could do more than we could imagine? Jesus came to teach us, through Lazarus, that death has no power over Him. The enemy came...

John said that Jesus did many more things than what has been written because it could not all be contained. The things that were written were chosen so that we would believe that Jesus is the Son of God. Belief is the key to salvation which comes through interaction, seeing God, and experiencing Him as...

Have you ever thought that what you think you know could be in the way of what you need to know? Often, we make up our minds and turn off our hearts. We stop listening once we are sure. But what is Jesus is trying to tell us something new? What if it is not...

What is faith? Hebrews 11 tells us “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Substance means a setting or a place under, in this context, it is how we commit ourselves to Christ, not what He has done for us. Faith is also the conviction of things...

When Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was. He stayed because of love. In John 11:6-7 we read “So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. Then after this He said to the disciples, ‘Let us go to Judea again.’”...

Our passage today about the death of Lazarus, but this is not a passage about death, disappointment, or even resurrection. Sometimes we rush through familiar passages, thinking we already know, but those are the moments it is especially important for us to slow down and let the Scripture speak. The story of Lazarus is a...

This week we will beginning the “Seek God for the City: 40 days of guided prayer” and a 10-day Daniel Fast. What is the purpose of these things? Prayer, fasting, and fellowship are to prepare the way of the Lord. Our character is built through preparation. Fasting is not how we show ourselves to God,...