This sermon uses the despair of Psalm 88 to teach that Christians are not immune to profound suffering and feelings of abandonment by God. It encourages believers to honestly lament their pain to God, drawing comfort from the fact that Jesus experienced ultimate despair on the cross so that we may have hope.

This sermon uses the journey of the Magi to encourage believers to seek the promised King and leave behind the "flawed kings" or idols of their lives. It asserts that by embracing the paradox of the humble and powerful God-king born in Bethlehem, we can experience a transformation that leads us to offer our lives in worship to Him.

This sermon teaches that the name Emmanuel, meaning "God with us," is the profound truth of the Christmas season, revealing Jesus as both fully God and fully man, who drew near to humanity to offer salvation. It challenges believers to move beyond a superficial understanding of this truth and live fully for Him, because He is with us.

This sermon teaches that Matthew's genealogy of Jesus is not a dry list, but a powerful narrative that reveals God's faithfulness in fulfilling His ancient promises to humanity despite our imperfections. It also shows that Jesus came to offer ultimate rest and to radically include outsiders, welcoming everyone into His family regardless of their background or past sins.

This sermon asserts that the Bible is the ultimate authority for Christians, as demonstrated by Jesus himself, and that all of Scripture points to him. The message calls for repentance and submission to God's word, which is necessary for a true relationship with him and leads to hope and transformation.

This sermon explains that the Christian life is a spiritual battle, urging believers to stand firm against the devil's schemes by drawing their strength from Christ's victory on the cross. It emphasizes that we don't fight for victory, but from the assured victory that Jesus has already won, allowing us to resist sin and his accusations.

This sermon celebrates baptism as an act of discipleship and a public testimony of Christ's finished work, not a means of earning salvation. It explains that baptism beautifully illustrates the gospel—Jesus's death and resurrection—and that our obedience to this command is not about adding to our own "good list," but is a joyful response to the perfect righteousness that Jesus has already fulfilled and credited to us.

This sermon focuses on the Incarnation—God becoming human in Jesus—as the ultimate example of God's humility, which provides a foundation for a proper view of ourselves and others. It encourages believers to be "incarnation people" by living out this same humility, denying their own rights for the flourishing of others, and bringing "Shalom" (peace) to a broken world, particularly in the face of racial injustice.

This sermon uses Isaiah's vision of God's holiness to illustrate that true awareness of our own sinfulness comes from a vertical look at God's perfection. It then pivots to the good news that God's holiness is not just a source of our disintegration but also our development, as the sacrifice of Jesus atones for our sin and imputes His own holiness to us, making us new.