Audio Messages

God's purpose is to make you like His Son Jesus Christ. How? Through the sanctifying work of the Spirit. In this message, Pastor John shares three truths for new creations.

Keeping your gaze upward and longing for the appearance of Jesus does something wonderful in the life of a believer. Pastor John reviews three things this does in the life of a believer who is being trained and transformed by the grace of God.

We all have different tasks, different to-do lists. And while the Bible instructs us to do certain things, Christianity is not a to-do list of things for you to work harder on. It's a response to the grace of God. In this message, Pastor John looks at Paul's instructions to all the different life-stage groups that are represented in a church and how the gospel should intersect with each life.

We aren't sanctified day after day by following rules. We are sanctified by following Jesus. In this message, Pastor John looks at the disaster that rule-following and legalism causes. Following rules is debilitating. Following Jesus is liberating and will set you free.

What does it mean to be made for more? It does not mean you were made for more stuff, not more power, not more money not more possessions. You were not born primarily for these things. Pastor John Stillman takes a deeper look into Psalm 122 to answer the question what were we made for.

Jesus’ church has been blessed and built up by a long and wonderful practice of sharing words of encouragement, direction, and praise. In this message, Pastor John provides a message to the church on how to commend the good in others while praising the glory of God.

What's holding you back from following Jesus? In this message, Pastor John looks at the story of a man who had been told lots of things that, before that moment, at least in his mind, kept him from making that kind of commitment. But then he hears of how Jesus came to remove the barriers that had kept him from a relationship with God.

A recent study found that Christians are not all that different from non-Christians when it comes to navigating their lives with compassion, understanding, mercy, and forgiveness. In this message, Pastor John gives a hopeful plan for having hard conversations that navigate towards unity.

We live in very polarized times. We might want to ignore hard conversations or try the ways that make sense to the world, but our aim is to honor Christ. In this message, Pastor John shares a Biblical perspective on how to have hard conversations.