Sermons

Bow at the Brook

You Are Here

Julie Andrews once trilled, “Begin at the beginning, it’s a very good place to start.” When speaking about people progressing from no faith or hostile to faith, we must begin [&...

We Can’t Take the Bible Literally

Many claim the Bible is historically inaccurate at best, and oppressive to certain peoples at worst. Because of this Christians shouldn’t take the Bible to be as authoritative a...

Science has Disproved Christianity

Stories of creation, miracles, and the resurrection are all things the modern day atheist have trouble believing. In fact, much of science and atheism tells us we must reject be...

Christianity is a Straitjacket

Imagine the Riders coach threw out the rulebook and told the players to just do what feels good to them on the field. Is there any validity to the claim […]

A Loving God Sends People to Hell?

From the culture’s standpoint, the doctrine of hell is one of the most difficult to understand and accept. It seems to distinguish between people (inequality) and calls into que...

A Good God Allows Suffering?

When we are told that God is both good and powerful, it can be difficult to understand how suffering is allowed to continue. Is God not good or is he […]

Aren’t All Religions Equal?

It seems arrogant, in our age of skepticism, to claim that ours is the true religion and everyone must convert to it to be saved. This sermon provides the rationale […]

Drilling Down

We are in the fight of our lives, but we do not do battle alone. God has power which he gives to us — not to beat the enemy into […]

Inseparable

Each week the people of God receives a benediction. This is more than a last word to wrap up the service, or even a sending of the church back into […]

Pray for Peace

iBrag

Sometimes when we don’t know ourselves well, we can be blind to things that will commonly trip us up and cause us to repeat the same mistakes over and over. […]

iReceive

When our kingdoms come under siege it is a terrible thing. There are some foes we cannot over come. Fortunately, there is one who has overcome for us and set […]

iExpect

Kings are inherently dignified which becomes a problem when God directs our actions. God seems to have a different way of doing things which makes it hard to jump in.

iQuit

Sticking with God can sometimes feel very lonely. There are times when everything seems dark and we’re all alone. The truth is God has a plan and it’s good.

iFear

Fear is a terrible master; it will make us miss our way every time. Kings fear losing it all which can cause them to compromise on what’s right to keep […]

iForget

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. As kings, we can get distracted by our own success, forgetting who the real King is.

The Fruit of the Spirit

How will we know if we are walking by the Spirit, rather than the power of Sin? Well, each ruler produces a certain type of life; one conforms to the […]

Walk by the Spirit

We might not agree with him or like it, but the apostle Paul reminds us that life is binary. Either we are being ruled by sin or by God. If […]

The Gift and Gifts of the Spirit

When we give each other gifts it is usually to express love to another person. That is certainly an element of receiving gifts from the Spirit, but these gifts are […]