Audio Messages

In this message, guest speaker Doug Morrow explains Jesus' parable of the Talents and applies it to how we should think about Christian stewardship.

Jesus saves individuals and connects them to community to be the people of God Friendship with people is an essential part of the gospel.

1,000 adults were recently asked in a survey, “What does your community need that churches could provide?” The #1 response was: “Help for the poor and needy.” In this message, Pastor John first shares what God’s word has to say about helping the needy, and then gives three important actions to increase our generosity to those in need.

Proverbs is written by a father who is teaching wisdom to his children. In today’s message, Pastor John shares four “family values” that the Holy Spirit inspired Solomon to record for us to pass on to our sons and daughters.

Most couples spend more time preparing for the wedding than they do their marriage. It takes a 10-minute ceremony to become a husband and wife; it takes a lifetime to become the kind of excellent husband and wife God intends for us to be. In this message Pastor John shares wisdom from the book of Proverbs and other Scripture to help couples redeem the realities of marriage from a Biblical perspective.

Do you like to be corrected? Do you appreciate it when someone gives you a bit of unsolicited advice or criticism? We may not pursue counsel, correction, or criticism, but Proverbs would say that there is safety and life in receiving counsel well. In this message, Pastor John encourages understanding and appreciation of the value of counsel, correction…and even criticism from a Biblical perspective.

If you are going to steer clear of the danger of anger, you have to manage your anger. Many people work at life, at a job, at raising a family. But they never work on their life, on the things that God wants them to work out. In this message, Pastor John shares some insight from God’s word on how we can wisely and healthily manage anger.

Living wisely in our everyday world is challenging – and nowhere does this prove to be more true than our words. It’s so easy for our conversations to quickly turn sour, to go where he had not intended to go. In this message, Pastor John shares wisdom from Proverbs on how the tongue can be transformed from a factory of hurt to a fountain of life.

It’s summer and school’s supposed to be out for summer, but today we are opening enrollment in the School of Wisdom. God’s word promises blessings to those who are wise and also teaches us how to be wise. Today, Pastor John begins a series of messages on “living every day with every day wisdom.” Class is in session!

This is the second part of our Hot Topics series titled: Life. In this message we look to the Bible to find the answer to the question, how does God's value of human life compare to society's views.