Day 1: More Than You Bargained ForDevotionalMost of us have, at some point, treated faith like a vending machine. We bring our preferences, our prayers, and our expectations, and we wait for what we w...  Read More

SummaryIn this sermon from Romans 14:17-23, the pastor calls believers to shift their focus away from personal preferences and liberties and toward the kingdom of God. The kingdom is not about what we...  Read More

Day 1: Freed to LoveDevotionalWhat does it mean to truly be free? In our culture, freedom often gets defined as the right to do whatever we want, whenever we want. But Jesus reframes freedom entirely....  Read More

SummaryIn this sermon from Romans 14:13-23, the pastor explores the tension between Christian liberty and the call to love and serve one another within the body of Christ. Paul's central argument is t...  Read More

Day 1: Whose Life Is This, Anyway?DevotionalIt is easy to drift into thinking that your life is your own. You make your plans, set your goals, and try to fit God in where it feels right. But Scripture...  Read More

SummaryIn Romans 14:1-12, the Apostle Paul addresses the reality that followers of Jesus Christ come from radically different cultural and religious backgrounds, bringing with them different practices...  Read More

Day 1: The Foundation That Holds Us TogetherDevotionalEvery family has things they agree on and things they argue about. The same is true in the church. We come from different backgrounds, different t...  Read More

SummaryIn this sermon from Romans 14:1-12, the pastor explores how the law of love should govern relationships within the church, particularly between believers at different stages of their faith. Dra...  Read More

Day 1: Wake Up: The Urgency of NowDevotionalIt is easy to drift through life with a passive faith, believing the right things but never quite acting on them. Augustine of Hippo knew that feeling well....  Read More

SummaryThis sermon explores Romans 13:11-14, using the dramatic conversion story of Augustine of Hippo as a lens through which to understand the passage. Augustine, a brilliant but spiritually conflic...  Read More

Day 1: Love That Does No WrongDevotionalWhat does it actually mean to love your neighbor? It is easy to assume love is simply being nice or staying out of people's way. But biblical love is something ...  Read More

SummaryIn this sermon from Romans 13:8-14, Pastor Phil explores the nature of Christlike love and its relationship to God's law. He emphasizes that biblical love is not mere emotion or tolerance, but ...  Read More