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Apologetics Going the Second Mile: Living Beyond What the World Expects
Jesus said if someone forces you to walk one mile, walk two. In Matthew 5:38-42, going the second mile means choosing grace over grudge, the natural overflow of a heart already changed by grace.
Sermon Blog Let Your Yes Be Yes: Jesus' Teaching on Truth and Integrity
What did Jesus mean by "let your yes be yes and your no be no"? In Matthew 5:33-37 He calls us to be so anchored by grace we don't need to prop ourselves up.
Sermon Blog Joseph: The Forgotten Hero of Christmas — Trust, Obedience, and Quiet Faithfulness
Joseph barely says a word in the Christmas story, yet his quiet faithfulness helped change the world. Here is what his trust and obedience teach us about following God when life does not make sense.
History Winter Solstice
Pastor Kent admits he hates how short December days are — until he remembers what's coming. Here's how the winter solstice, and John 3:30, both point to the same quiet promise: the light always returns.
Holidays A Christmas Parable
December leaves preachers scrambling for something new to say about Christmas. Here's a parable about a father, his children, and their presents — a mirror for how we actually receive God's gifts.
Apologetics Understanding Jesus' Teaching on Lust and Adultery: A Christmas Message
In Matthew 5:27-30, Jesus says looking at someone with lust is already adultery in the heart — sin starts before the act. Here's what He says about the cure, and why grace outweighs any sin you carry.
Sermon Blog From Anger to Peace This Christmas: What Jesus Taught About Anger
Christmas should feel peaceful, but stress turns to bitterness and bitterness turns to anger. Here is what Jesus taught about anger in Matthew 5 — and how His peace begins where anger ends.
Apologetics Understanding Jesus and the Law: Why Christ Came to Fulfill, Not Abolish
In Matthew 5:17-20, Jesus says he didn't come to abolish God's law but to fulfill it. Here is what that means for biblical authority and the righteousness only Christ can give you.
Apologetics You Are Salt and Light: How to Live as Kingdom Citizens in a Dark World
In Matthew 5:13-20, Jesus doesn't tell His followers to become salt and light — He tells them they already are. Here's what that identity demands of your workplace and your week.
History George Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation
Before Thanksgiving was a holiday, it was a prayer. Read George Washington's 1789 proclamation, the first under the new Constitution, thanking God for liberty and asking pardon for the nation's sins.
Sermon Blog What Did Jesus Mean by "Poor in Spirit"? Understanding the Beatitudes
What did Jesus mean by "blessed are the poor in spirit"? In Matthew 5, Jesus turns the world upside down — and shows you can't achieve blessing, only receive it.
Holidays What Do We Have To Be Thankful For?
Pastor Kent's Thanksgiving list starts small — waking up healthy, a roof overhead, people who love you — and builds all the way to the greatest reason of all: the gospel itself.