Sermons
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January 29, 2012 “Puffed-Up Imposters and the Trunks of Their Cars” 1 Cor 8:1-13 Dave Zahl
January 22, 2012 “God Is My Rock” Psalm 62:6-14 Dave Johnson (text)
January 15, 2012 “God Loves Your Body” Psalm 139 Paul Walker (text)
January 8, 2012 “Asking the Question” Mark 1:4-11 Dave Zahl
January 1, 2012 “The Name Above Every Name” Dave Johnson (text)
Christmas Day 2011 “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” John 1:1-14 Paul Walker (text)
Christmas Eve 2011 ”There’s Room on the Nice List for Everyone” Luke 2 Paul Walker (text)
December 18, 2011 “On Donum, On Datum!” Luke 1:26-38 Dave Zahl
December 12, 2011 “Not Too Much For Aunt Mary” 1 Thes 5:16-24 Paul Walker (text)
December 4, 2011 “God Our Comforter” Isaiah 40:1-2 Dave Johnson (text)
November 27, 2011 “Cheer Up, Sleepy Jean” Mark 13:24-37 Paul Walker (text)
November 24, 2011 ”Thanksgiving in the Midst of Suffering” Dave Johnson (text)
November 20, 2011 “Pariahs, Sandpiles and Farm Animals” Matthew 25:31-46 Dave Zahl
November 13, 2011 “God’s Destiny For Us” I Thessalonians 5:9-10 Dave Johnson (text)
November 6, 2011 “Oh Wow… Oh Wow… Oh Wow” Revelation 7:9-17 Paul Walker (text)
October 30, 2011 “God’s Mercy Endures Forever” Psalm 107 Dave Johnson (text)
October 23, 2011 “The Love of a Dragon Mother” Matthew 22:34-46 Dave Zahl
October 16, 2011 People – Not Pockets” Matthew 22:16-22 Paul Walker (text)
October 9, 2011 “The Gentleness of Jesus Christ” Philippians 4:5 Dave Johnson (text)
October 2, 2011 “Life Cannot Save You” Philippians 3:4-14 Paul Walker (text)
September 25, 2011 “The Humble Ambitions of a Security Camera” Philippians 2:1-11 Dave Zahl
September 18, 2011 “Scrambling to Be First” Matthew 20:1-16 Dave Johnson (text)
September 11, 2011 “He’ll Leave the Light on for You” Matthew 18:21-35 Paul Walker(text)
September 4, 2011 “Why are You Wearing That Dress?” Romans 13:8-14 Paul Walker (text)
August 28, 2011 “Stick ‘em Up Monkeys!” Matthew 16:21-28 Paul Walker (text)
August 21, 2011 “The Peter Principle” Matthew 16:13-20 Dave Zahl
August 14, 2011 “No Take-backs” Romans 11:29 Dave Johnson (text)
August 7, 2011 “On Your Lips and In Your Heart” Romans 10:5-15 Paul Walker (text)
July 31, 2011 “Jesus’ Compassion Is More Than Enough” Matthew 14:13-21 Dave Johnson (text)
July 24, 2011 “The Catholic and Hidden Kingdom” Matthew 13 Paul Walker (text)
July 17, 2011 “The Benefits of Tooth Decay” Romans 8:12-25 Dave Zahl
July 10, 2011 “No Condemnation in Christ Jesus” Dave Johnson (text)
July 3, 2011 “I Do Not Do What I Want To Do” Romans 7:15-25 Paul Walker (text)
June 26, 2011 “This Is Not A Test” Genesis 22:1-14 Dave Zahl
June 19, 2011 “Where Grace Leads, Love Follows” 2 Cor. 13:11-13 Paul Walker (text)
June 12, 2011 ”The Paraclete” Dave Johnson (text)
June 5, 2011 “So That They May Be One” John 17:1-11 Paul Walker (text)
May 29, 2011 “Once for All” I Peter 3:18 Dave Johnson (text)
May 22, 2011 “Jesus and the Double Rainbow” John 14:1-14 Paul Walker (text)
May 15, 2011 “Abundantly Abundant” John 10:1-10 Dave Zahl
May 8, 2011 ”We Had Hoped that He Was the One” Luke 24:13-35 Dave Johnson (text)
May 1, 2011 “Not As The World Gives” John 21:19-30 Paul Walker (text)
Easter Sunday 2011 “Where You Say Goodbye Is Where God Says Hello” Mt 28:1-11 Paul Walker (text)
Good Friday 2011 “Human, Fully” Psalm 22:1 Paul Walker (text)
Maundy Thursday 2011 “Do this in Remembrance of Me” 1 Cor. 11:23-15 Dave Johnson (text)
Palm Sunday 2011 “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Matt. 27:46 Dave Johnson (text)
April 10, 2011 ” You Still Believe In Me” John 11: 1-27 Dave Zahl
April 3, 2011 “God Judges the Heart” Samuel 16:1-13 Paul Walker (text)
March 27, 2011 “This Grace in Which We Stand” Romans 5:1-11 Dave Johnson (text)
March 20, 2011 “Throwing Stones at Drowning Men” John 3:1-17 Dave Zahl
March 13, 2011 “Being Like God is a Killer” Genesis 2 Paul Walker (text)
March 9, 2011 “The End of Scorekeeping” Matthew 6:1-6 Paul Walker (text)
March 6, 2011 “Friends of the Cross” 2 Peter 1:16-19 Dave Johnson (text)
February 27, 2011 “Start Acting Like A Baby!” Matthew 6:24-34 Paul Walker (text)
February 20, 2011 “The Boldest Boulder” Matthew 5:38-48 Dave Zahl
February 13, 2011 “The Elevator Door is Open” Matthew 5:23-24 Dave Johnson (text)
February 6, 2011 “Love Calls Us To The Things Of This World” Matthew 5:13-20 Paul Walker (text)
January 30, 2011 “Our Merciful Friend” Matthew 5:1-12 Dave Zahl
January 23, 2011 “Grace is Foolish” 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Paul Walker (text)
January 16, 2011 “God is Faithful” I Corinthians 1:9 Dave Johnson (text)
January 9, 2011 “The Voice” Matthew 3:13-17 Paul Walker (text)
January 2, 2011 ”The Newborn King” Matthew 2:1-12 Dave Johnson (text)
Christmas Day 2010 ”The Greatest Gift” John 1:1-14 Dave Johnson (text)
Christmas Eve 2010 ”Christmas Comes for the Unprepared” Paul Walker (text)
December 19, 2010 “God Cares about the Lonely” Matthew 1:18-25 Dave Johnson (text)
December 12, 2010 “We Need a Little Christmas Now” Matthew 11:2-11 Paul Walker (text)
December 5, 2010 ”A Chance To Live Again” Matthew 3:1-12 Dave Johnson (text)
November 28, 2010 “Cast Away the Works of Darkness” Isaiah 2:1-5 Paul Walker (text)
November 21, 2010 “The Mother of All Virtues” Colossians 1: 10-14 Dave Zahl
November 14, 2010 “Surely” Isaiah 12:2 Dave Johnson (text)
November 11, 2010 “That’s Why They are Sad – You See” Luke 20:20-27 Paul Walker (text)
October 31, 2010 “How to Reach a Short Guy” Luke 19:1-10 Paul Walker (text)
October 24, 2010 “God is Merciful to Sinners” Luke 18:9-14 Dave Johnson (text)
October 16, 2010 “Make The Woman Love Me” Luke 18:1-8 Dave Zahl
October 10, 2010 “Perfect Ice Cubes Again!” Luke 17:11-19 Paul Walker (text)
October 3, 2010 “Between Scylla and Charybdis” Luke 17:5-10 Paul Walker (text)
September 26, 2010 “The Great Chasm” Luke 16:19-31 Dave Johnson (text)
September 19, 2010 “Expectation Is A Planned Resentment” 1 Timothy 2:1-8 Dave Zahl
September 12, 2010 “The Feet That Followed After” Luke 15:1-10 Paul Walker (text)
September 5, 2010 “God Welcomes Us and Has Paid for Everything” Dave Johnson Philemon 17-18 (text)
August 29, 2010 “Deep Calling Out To Deep” Hebrews 13 Paul Walker (text)
August 22, 2010 “God is For You” Luke 13:10-17 Paul Walker (text)
August 15, 2010 “Looking to Jesus” Hebrews 12:1-2 Dave Johnson (text)
August 8, 2010 “Burning Baby Books” Hebrews 11:1 Dave Zahl
August 1, 2010 “Rich Toward God” Luke 12:13-21 Paul Walker (text)
July 25, 2010 “The Cuckold God” Hosea 1:2-10 Paul Walker (text)
July 18, 2010 “The Better Part” Luke 10:38-42 Dave Johnson (text)
July 4, 2010 ”Bear One Another’s Burdens” Galatians 6:1-16 Paul Walker (text)
June 27, 2010 “For Freedom Christ Has Set Us Free” Galatians 5:9 Dave Johnson (text)
June 20, 2010 “You Belong to Christ” Galatians 3:23-29 Dave Johnson (text)
June 13, 2010 “Justified By Faith” Galatians 2:15-21 Dave Johnson (text)
June 6, 2010 “The Compassionate Christ” Luke 7:11-17 Paul Walker (text)
May 30, 2010 “If Live People Could Only Understand” Romans 5:1-5 Paul Walker (text)
May 23, 2010 “We are Children of God” Romans 8:14-17 Dave Johnson (text)
May 16, 2010 “Only Spirit Feeds Spirit” John 17:20-26 Paul Walker (text)
May 9, 2010 “Healing Begins With the Grace of God” John 5:1-8 Paul Walker (text)
May 2, 2010 “The End of the Story” Revelation 21:1-6 Dave Johnson (text)
April 25, 2010 “What Sheep Long to Hear” John 10:22-30 Paul Walker (text)
April 18, 2010 5 p.m. Service: “God is a Restoring God” John 21:1-19 Dave Johnson
April 18, 2010 9 a.m. Service: Message from The Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnston John 21:1-19
April 11, 2010 “Peace Be With You” John 20:19-31 Dave Johnson (text)
Easter Sunday 2010 “Everything Is Going to Be Okay” Luke 24:1-12 Paul Walker (text)
Good Friday 2010 “He Was Wounded for Our Transgressions” Isaiah 53:5-6 Dave Johnson (text)
Palm Sunday 2010 “Father, Forgive Them” Luke 23:34 Dave Johnson (text)
March 21, 2010 “What Real Love Looks Like” John 12:1-8 Paul Walker (text)
March 14, 2010 “The Forgiving Father” Luke 15 Paul Walker (text)
March 7, 2010 “Moses at the Burning Bush” Exodus 3:1-15 Dave Johnson (text)
February 28, 2010 “What God Does To His Enemies” Philippians 3 Paul Walker (text)
February 21, 2010 “Let Each One Find You Mighty To Save” Luke 4:1-13 Paul Walker (text)
Ash Wednesday: February 17, 2010 “Have Mercy on Me, O God” Psalm 51:1-2 Dave Johnson
February 14, 2010 “The Transfiguration” Luke 9:28-36 Dave Johnson (text)
January 31, 2010 “Love Meets The Bad Thing” 1 Cor 13 Paul Walker (text)
January 24, 2010 “I Have Need Of You” 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 Paul Walker (text)
January 17, 2010 “The Wine of Grace” John 2:1-11 Dave Johnson (text)
January 10, 2010 “A Sermon About Nothing” Isaiah 43 Paul Walker (text)
January 3, 2010 “Birth or Death?” Matthew 2:1-12 Paul Walker (text)
December 27, 2009 “A ‘Do Over’ in Life” John 1:4 Dave Johnson (text)
December 13, 2009 “Already But Not Yet” Zephaniah 3:14-20 Paul Walker (text)
December 6, 2009 “God Always Finishes what He starts” Philippians 1:6 Dave Johnson (text)
December 2, 2009 – Celebration of the New Ministry – Sermon by Paul Zahl
November 29, 2009 “Give us Grace” 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Dave Johnson (text)
Thanksgiving Day – November 26, 2009 “The Thankful Samaritan” Luke 17:11-19
November 22, 2009 “I Feel Like I Win When I Lose” John 18:33-38 Paul Walker (text)
November 15, 2009 “Gospel Deconstruction” Mark 13:1-8 Paul Walker (text)
November 8, 2009 “Once For All” Hebrews 9:24-28 Dave Johnson (text)
November 1, 2009 “Shed Tears – Wiped Tears” John 11:32-44 Paul walker (text)
October 25, 2009 “God in the Dock?” Job 42 Paul Walker (text)
October 18, 2009 “Getting Over Ourselves” Mark 10:35-45 Dave Johnson (text)
October 11, 2009 “God’s Riches at Christ’s Expense” Mark 10:17-31 Paul Walker (text)
October 4, 2009 “God’s Grace is Enough“ Hebrews 1:1-4 and 2:5-12 Dave Johnson (text)
September 27, 2009 “God is On Our Side” Psalm 124 Dave Johnson (text)
September 20, 2009 “The Pecking Order” Mark 9:33 Paul Walker (text)
September 13, 2009 “Words Will Never Hurt Me?” James 3:1-12 Paul Walker (text)
September 6, 2009 “Mercy Triumphs Over Judgement” James 2:13 Dave Johnson (text)
August 30, 2009 – “I Am Not What I Am” (Mark 7:1-23) Paul Walker (text)
August 23, 2009 – “To Whom Shall We Go?” (John 6:60-69) Paul Wallker (text)
August 16, 2009 – “Wisdom from God” (I Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14) Dave Johnson (text)
August 9, 2009 -Christ Loved Us and Gave Himself for Us- (Ephesians 5:2) (text)
August 2, 2009 -This is the Work of God – Belief (John 6:24-35) (text), Paul Walker
July 12, 2009 -Herod, John the Baptist, and the Law (Mark 6:14-29) (text), Paul Walker
July 5, 2009 – “God’s Grace Is The Glue” (2 Corinthians 12:1-10) (text), Paul Walker
June 28, 2009 – “What a Fool Believes” (Mark 5:21-43), Dave Johnson (text)
June 14, 2009 – “The Annointing of King David” (1Samuel 15:34-16:34), Dave Johnson (text)
May 31, 2009 – “Jesus Amplified” (John 16), Justin S. Holcomb
May 24, 2009 – “A Green Island Appears” (John 17:6-19), Paul N. Walker (text)
May 17, 2009 – “I Have Loved You” (John 15:9-17), Dave Johnson (text)
May 10, 2009 – “Abide in Christ” (John 15:1-8), Justin S. Holcomb
May 3, 2009 – “Preach the Gospel, Love People, and Trust God” (1 John 3:16-24), Paul N. Walker (text)
April 26, 2009 – “Spinning” (Luke 24:36-48), Dave Johnson (text)
April 19, 2009 – “Furious Love of God” (1 John 1:9), Justin S. Holcomb (text)
April 19, 2009 – “We’re Happy Because We’re Forgiven” (1 John 1:9), Dave Johnson (text)
April 12, 2009 – “Things of First Importance” (Easter), Justin S. Holcomb
April 12, 2009 – “Only God Can Write Act V” (Easter), Paul Walker (text)
April 10, 2009 – “It Is Finished” (Good Friday), Dave Johnson (text)
April 9, 2009 – “Our Lord’s Death” (Maunday Thursday), Justin S. Holcomb (text)
April 5, 2009 – “You Will Not Surely Die” (Mark 15), Paul Walker (text)
March 29, 2009 – “Reconciliation” (2 Cor 5:14-21), Justin S. Holcomb
March 29, 2009 – “The Son of Man Glorified” (John 3:20-33), Dave Johnson
March 22, 2009 – “Not the I Believe in Love, but Love Believes in Me” (John 3:16-21), Paul N. Walker (text)
March 15, 2009 – “No Power in Ourselves…” (1 Corinthians 1:18-25), Justin S. Holcomb (text)
March 8, 2009 – “Help! I Need Somebody” (Romans 4:13-25 and Mark 8:31-38), Paul Walker (text)
March 1, 2009 – “Grace in the Midst of Temptation” (Luke 4:1-13 and Matt 4:1-11), Dave Johnson (text)
February 25, 2009 (Ash Wednesday) – “Never Give Up Beer for Lent” (Joel 2), Paul N. Walker (text)
February 25, 2009 (Ash Wednesday) – “Be Reconciled to God” (2 Cor 5:20), Dave Johnson (text)
February 22, 2009 – “Haven’t Got Time for the Pain” (Mark 9:2-8), Paul N. Walker (text)
February 15, 2009 – “Be Made Clean” (Mark 1:40-45), Justin S. Holcomb (text)
February 15, 2009 – “Jesus Makes Us Clean” (Mark 1:40-45), Dave Johnson (text)
February 8, 2009 – “The Waiting is the Hardest Part” (Isaiah 40), Paul N. Waker (text)
February 1, 2009 – “I Want An Oompa Loompa Now!” (Mark 1:21-28), Paul N. Walker (text)
January 25, 2009 – “Jesus is the End of Religion” (Mark 1:14-20), Justin S. Holcomb (text)
January 25, 2009 – “Repent and Believe the Good News” (Jonah 3:1-10 and Mark 1:14-20), Dave Johnson (text)
January 18, 2009 – “How Do You Know Me?” (John 1:43-51), Paul N. Walker (text)
January 11, 2009 – “With You I Am Well Pleased” (Mark 1:4-11), Paul N. Walker
January 4, 2009 – “God Keeps His Resolutions” (Ephesians 1:3-6, 15-19), Dave Johnson (text)
December 28, 2008 – “From the Manger to the Cross” (Galatians 4:4-7), Justin S. Holcomb ( (text)
December 24, 2008 – “Christmas Eve,” Paul N. Walker
December 21, 2008 – “Three Words from Gabriel,” (Luke 1:26-38), Dave Johnson (text)
December 14, 2008 – “News, Not Advice” (Isaiah 61:1-4), Paul N. Walker (text)
December 7, 2008 – “The Meaning of John the Baptist” (Mark 1:1-8), Paul N. Walker (text)
November 30, 2008 – “Guiltless” (1 Cor 1:3-9), Justin S. Holcomb (text)
November 30, 2008 – “Grace, Blamelessness, and Faithfulness” (1 Cor 1:3-9), Dave Johnsnon (text)
November 23, 2008 – “Unplugged” (Ephesians 1:15-23), Justin S. Holcomb (text)
November 16, 2008 – “Joy of the Master” (Matt 25:14-30), Paul N. Walker (text)
November 9, 2008 – “Comfort in the Return of Christ” (1 Thess 4:3-18), Justin S. Holcomb (text)
November 9, 2008 – “Second Coming of Jesus” (1 Thess 4:3-18), Dave Johnson (text)
November 2, 2008 – “We WIll Be Like Him” (1 John 3:1-3), Paul N. Walker (text)
August 10, 2008–“Jesus in the Storm” (Matthew 14:22-33), Dave Johnson
August 3, 2008–“Bread in the Desert” (Matthew 14:13-21), Justin S. Holcomb
July 27, 2008–“The Hero We Need” (Romans 8:31-38), Paul N. Walker
July 20, 2008–“Rugs and Crowns” (Romans 8:13-25), Justin S. Holcomb
July 13, 2008–“Parable of the Sower” (Matt 13:1-9), Paul N. Walker
July 6, 2008–“Bulls-Eye of the Gospel” (Matt 11), Justin S. Holcomb
June 29, 2008–“God’s Office is at the End of Your Rope” (Genesis 22), Paul N. Walker
June 22, 2008–“Guests of the Victor” (Romans 6:1-11), Bryan White
June 15, 2008–“Surrendered” (Matthew 9:34-10:4), Dave Johnson
June 1, 2008–“By Faith and not by Sight” (Genesis 6), Paul N. Walker
May 18, 2008–“Grace and the Great Commission” (John 17:1-11), Paul N. Walker
May 11, 2008–“Redemption Applied” (John 16:5-15), Justin S. Holcomb
May 4, 2008–“This Is Our Story” (John 17:1-11), Paul N. Walker
April 27, 2008–“Help for Hardpan Hearts” (John 14:15-21), Paul N. Walker
April 20, 2008–“The Accessible God” (John 13:33-14:7), Justin S. Holcomb
April 6, 2008–“Ransomed” (1 Peter 1:18-21), Justin S. Holcomb
March 30, 2008–“Total Access” (John 20: 19-31), Paul N. Walker
March 23, 2008–“Yesterday Today Forever” (Matthew 28:1-10), Paul N. Walker
March 21, 2008–“Good Friday” (John 18-19), Paul N. Walker
March 20, 2008–“Maunday Thursday” (John 13:1-17, 31-35), Dave Johnson
March 16, 2008–“No Defense” (Matthew 27:1-2, 11-14), Paul N. Walker