Anyone with debt of any size knows the strangulating feeling of being financially obligated to other people or institutions who essentially own part of you. Paul uses the language of debt in Romans 8:12 to illustrate the spiritual reality of debt to the flesh and argues that this is a bondage that sons and daughters of God no longer need to endure.…

Life may not have been great for  Christians in the capital of the Roman world in the first century A.D., but compared to the trials to come it may have seemed so at the time Paul’s letter arrived. Eager to preach the gospel to the Roman Christians, the apostle Paul could not afford to wait until he could visit them in person.…

Happy New Year!  Once again we’ve allowed a bit of a backlog of sermons.  We will be up to date very soon! Thanks for your patience. You can listen to this past Sunday’s message by clicking the ‘Sermons’ and ‘Listen to a Sermon’ links above. ~Pastor Darin

No responsible Christian can read the Bible, watch the news, and ignore the ever-approaching reality of persecution. We in the west cannot know with certainty when the violence that we hear of toward Christians in far away places will arrive at our doorsteps, but nevertheless we do well not only to pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ around the…

Click on the following links to download or listen to pastor Darin’s messages from the past four Sundays. “I Am Small and Despised” (Psalm 119:137-144) – Oct. 14 “Keep Steady My Steps” (Psalm 119:129-136) – Oct. 7 “Sanctification in Action” (Ephesians 5:22-6:9) – Sept. 30 “Be Imitators of God” (Ephesians 5:1-21) – Sept. 23

For week two of the Sanctification series we move to Paul’s letter to the Ephesian Church and begin to explore the “not yet” aspect of sanctification. As followers of Jesus, God has declared us sanctified (i.e. set apart, holy in His sight) because of the merits of Jesus and His work on the cross on our behalf. However, we live on in…

Listen to part 1 of the “Sanctification” series by clicking the image below.

What is revival? For too many Christians the idea of revival is limited to images of a sweaty guest preacher and a special guest song-leader holding meetings for several nights of the week, an event planned months in advance to generate momentum and enthusiasm in our churches, something we do in hopes of winning converts to the faith. While these things are…

Have you ever wondered how, as Christ-followers, we’re supposed to embrace and agree with the righteous judgment of God on sin and sinners while also offering His grace to those very sinners in the name of Christ? Do you ever feel hypocritical for believing in a God who is angry at sinners and yet merciful toward sinners? If so, you’re not alone.…

In one of the most vivid and memorable texts in the Bible on the Bible we find that the Word of God isn’t just intended to be a collection of facts God intends for us to know intellectually, but truths to warm us and motivate us spiritually, compelling us to engage faithfully in the journey of righteousness for the glory of God…