Getting Back the Love

Pastor Jared Decker

In the Book of the Revelation, we find seven letters to the seven churches of Asia Minor. The first church that Christ speaks to is the church at Ephesus. Christ commended them for many things, yet He had one thing against them. They were serving without loving. Have you or do you find yourself there? Listen to this message.

Sunday PM

The Reason for the Season

Pastor Jared Decker

This last Sunday night before Christmas, we pause to think of what the season is really all about. It is not about the gifts we give, but the gift God gave. It is not about the joy we bring, but the joy God brought. Don't materialize the season of Christmas, realize it as the season of Christ.

Sunday PM

Are You Ready?

Pastor Jared Decker

In America, the average Christian has fallen asleep to the signs of the times. It is high time we awake out of sleep and understand that we need to get ready for what is coming. God's people need to be prepared for the task of serving Christ through suffering.

Sunday PM

Barriers to Blessing

Pastor Jared Decker

In Mark 2, four men found themselves facing a barrier of people between their friend with palsy and the Lord Jesus Christ. They did everything that was necessary to get their friend to the blessing of Christ. Many times, we also find ourselves on the other side of a barrier that separates us from the blessings of our Lord. We need to break down the barriers, no matter what it takes.

Sunday PM

Keepin' The Boat Afloat

Pastor Jared Decker

Every one of us is sailing on the sea of life, but there are many storms that arise to sink the ship of our Christianity and truth. Just as one who sails a ship through a storm must do all to keep the boat afloat, we must do all to stand.

Sunday PM

Go Farther

Pastor Jared Decker

One of the most dangerous places to be in your Christian life is to be satisfied with where you are in your Christian life. This message focuses on the need to go farther in our walk, work, and willingness to Christ.

Sunday PM

Thanksgiving

Pastor Jared Decker

Thanksgiving has become so much about traditions and turkey that we have forgotten the purpose of the holiday. We need to stop and think of all that our God has so graciously done for us. Psalm 92 gives a great formula for Biblical thanksgiving to a very worthy God.

Wednesday

No Matter The Cost, Don't Let Go

Pastor Jared Decker

The account of Naboth's vineyard in 1 Kings is one that we are all familiar with. What is convicting about this passage is that Naboth was not willing, at any cost, to part with his inheritance. We must have the same convictions about truth.

Sunday PM

You Are Not Alone

Pastor Jared Decker

Discouragement is one of Satan's most effective weapon against God's people. Elijah faced a great battle with discouragement just after a great victory on Mt. Carmel. Elijah thought that he was all alone in serving God, but neither Elijah nor us today are alone in our fight for God.

Sunday PM

The Danger of Bitterness

Pastor Jared Decker

Too often, we think of bitterness simply as hatred toward someone, but it is much more than that. Bitterness can come in the form of resentment, grudges, or just the desire for someone else to be hurt. This is a dangerous and evil emotion, and God's Word gives clear instructions reguarding this emotion.

Sunday PM

Levels of Fruitfulness

Pastor Jared Decker

It is the will of God that every one of His children bring forth fruit. Christ, as the True Vine, enables us to bear fruit, but what kind and how much fruit are we bearing? There are three basic levels of Christian fruitfulness examined in this sermon taken from John 15.

Sunday PM

The Lord's Supper

Pastor Jared Decker

The Lord's Supper has, to many, become nothing more than a ritualistic practice of drinking juice and eating a wafer; however, its significance and prominance should not be taken so lightly. This message deals with the importance and symbolism of the supper instituted by our Lord to show His death till he comes.

Sunday PM

The Heart of Josiah

Pastor Jared Decker

What a great example...what a great King...amazingly, Josiah was only a bow when all this was true about him. This message focuses on the character of heart found in Josiah throughout his reign.

Sunday PM

Why Noah Found Grace

Pastor Jared Decker

In Genesis 6, the testimony of mankind before a holy God was "that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." However, one man "found grace in the eyes of the Lord." This message examines why.

Sunday PM

Giving By Faith

Pastor Jared Decker

In 1 Kings 17, God laid down some very straighforward principles for giving by faith. This sermon deals with the faith that the widow had to have to give to Elijah and relates that same faith to our giving of tithes and offerings today..

Sunday PM

Suddenly

Pastor Jared Decker

This message reminds us that although many times we have to learn patience in our life and spiritual walk, God is still able to do sudden things. Examples are used from all over the Bible in this message about God's sudden workings in the lives of men and women thoughout history.

Sunday PM

A Message From Hell

Pastor Jared Decker

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Sunday AM

How God Heals Our Hurts

Pastor Jared Decker

No one in Scripture was more open about the feelings of their heart than David was. David went through the hurt of having to run from King Saul, though he was the rightful King, but the greatest hurt came when he had to flee from his own son, Absalom. This message examines David's response to that heartbreak in Psalm 3.

Sunday PM

Consider Your Ways

Pastor Jared Decker

God gave a warning message to the national of Israel in the book of Haggai that consisted of these three words, "Consider Your Ways." God gives the same warning message to every soul that lives. This message deals with three areas that we should consider in order to change our ways.

Sunday AM

Being a Faithful Steward

Pastor Jared Decker

In I Corinthians 4:2, the Bible says, "...it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful." Could you be clasified as faithful? This message explores the Biblical definition and expectation of the words "faithful steward".

Sunday PM

Encouragement Conference: The Blessing

Dr. Don Crosswhite

In Jewish tradition and custom, the blessing the most important possession one could receive from his father, friends, or leaders. This message deals with the necessity of Christians actively pursuing being a blessing to one another.

Sunday PM

Encouragement Conference: The Finality of the Lost

Dr. Don Crosswhite

Just as certainly as there is a heaven in which those who have received Christ will spend eternity, there is a hell in which those who have rejected Christ will spend eternity. The end of our life marks the finality of our decision.

Sunday AM

Encouragement Conference: The Most Important Thing

Dr. Don Crosswhite

This message examines the problem of misplaced priorities in our Christian life. For our life to be in order as a Christian, Christ has to be first place in our life.

Saturday PM

Encouragement Conference: Why?

Dr. Don Crosswhite

Everyone has gone through, is going through, or will go through tragedies, trials, testings, and tribulation. When we go through those difficult times, the question that always is asked is, "Why?" Listen to this message to understand more of God's reasons behind our troubles.

Friday PM

Dwelling in the Shadows

Pastor Jared Decker

In Psalm 91:1, the Bible speaks of abiding "in the shadow of the Almighty". The shadows of sin and self cast darkness in our lives that cloud our relationship with God. It is only in the shadow of the Saviour that we abide in the light.

Sunday PM

Sifting of Job

Pastor Jared Decker

We all have heard sermons on the testing that Job went through, but this message relates the testing of Job to the statement Jesus made to Simon Peter. Christ told Peter that Satan desired to "sift" him as wheat. We all go through sifting, how do we respond to it.

Sunday PM

Spending Time With God

Pastor Jared Decker

Do you spend time with God? If you do, how much time do you spend with Him? What kind of quality is the time you spend with Him? Do you allow that time to affect your life? This message looks at these questions and the Biblical perspective on a proper walk with God.

Sunday PM

Who Is Satan?

Pastor Jared Decker

The only way you can effectively fight an enemy is to know who he is and what he is capable of. This message details who Satan is according to Scripture.

Sunday PM

The Unsearchable Riches of Christ

Pastor Jared Decker

What a wonderful Saviour we have in Christ. He has not only provided for our salvation, but also for our supply and our sanctification. This message examines three distinct phrases in Scripture dealing with the riches of Christ toward us.

Sunday AM

Levels of Receiving

Pastor Jared Decker

This message examines the four ways in which people receive the Word of God. Christ's parable of the seed and the sower gives us the perfect outline of these types of reception. What type are you?

Sunday PM

Where Are The Patriots?

Pastor Jared Decker

Our country is in desperate need of the kind of Patriots that helped to found and fight for the freedom we enjoy today. Christians should be spiritually and nationally patriotic. It takes a remnant of righteous people to make a nation righteous.

Wednesday

Living By Faith

Pastor Jared Decker

We would all say that we have faith. Faith is necessary for salvation. Faith is necessary for faithfulness. However, we are not commanded to have faith, we are commanded to live by faith. Faith is not to be a part of our life, it is to be our life.

Sunday PM

An Example Church

Missionary Dale Briley - Costa Rica

Dale Briley, missionary to Costa Rica, preached from I Thessalonians chapter one about the great example set by the church of Thessalonica. This church set a great example to the church of Macedonia, who in turn set an example to the church at Corinth. What kind of example are we setting in our churches today?

Sunday PM

A Lesson From Lydia

Pastor Jared Decker

Only two verses in the entire Bible talk about this woman named Lydia, but what a wonderful example of someone ready and willing to be saved and get serving. This message investigates the responses of Lydia to the Gospel and her immediate readiness to find some way to serve the Lord.

Sunday PM

Leave Egypt in Egypt

Pastor Jared Decker

Abraham's sin with Hagar, the Egyptian handmaid, would not have been possible if he had left all that belonged in Egypt in Egypt. In Scripture, Egypt is a type of the world, and the mistake that Abraham made, that set him up for failure, is the same mistake Christians make today.

Sunday PM

The Hour Is Come...Die!

Pastor Jared Decker

Just before the last supper, Jesus spoke to His disciples to explain about His death. He told them that they needed to die to bear fruit. The greatest problem in Christianity today is that we have not died. We are living to ourselves and dying in Christ, but we should be dying to ourselves and living in Christ.

Sunday PM

The Model Church

Pastor Ed Decker - Camden, Ohio

Paul had spent much time with many groups of people establishing churches. Of all the churches Paul helped to establish and equip with the truth, the church at Thessalonica was the most commendable. Pastor Decker's father preaches a sermon on this model church at Thessalonica.

Wednesday

The Responsibilities of Freedom

Pastor Jared Decker

We enjoy great freedom in this country, as well as in Christ Jesus; however, with freedom comes great responsibilities. Those who paid the price for freedom expect those of us who enjoy it to do right with it.

Sunday PM

It Just Takes A Spark

Pastor Jared Decker

We live in a day that is dry and barren of Spiritual truth. When a land is dry, all it takes is a spark to ignite a raging inferno. What should provoke us to be and stay on fire for the Lord? This message deals with that very question.

Sunday PM

The Cleansing of the Leper

Missionary Steve Gregory - Rock of Ages Ministries

Bro. Steve Gregory, Director of Chaplaincy with the Rock of Ages Ministries, preached a message on the spiritual parallel between the guidelines given for the cleansing of lepers and the cleansing of the soul and spirit.

Sunday PM

The Greatest Mission

Missionary Joe Mifsud - Malta

Joe Mifsud, Missionary to Malta, preached a sermon about the greatest mission ever given to mankind. This mission was that of giving the Gospel to every creature. Paul was not disobedient to the calling of God to go...will you be?

Sunday PM

Wherein Shall We Return

Pastor Jared Decker

There is no denying that our country is in a state of moral and spiritual decay. Israel had found itself in the same state during the days of the prophet Malachi. God told Israel that His desire was for them to return to the days of old, to the former days. Their question for Him was the same as many have today...How?

Sunday AM

Levels of Living in the Lord

Pastor Jared Decker

All of us would venture to say we love the Lord, but we might be surprised to find that Christ's response would be, "what kind of love and how much?". This was the predicament Peter found himself in in the last chapter of the Gospel of John. What level of love are you at?

Sunday PM

The Purpose of Preaching

Pastor Jared Decker

Through His infinite wisdom, God has chosen the foolishness of preaching to present His divine plan of salvation to the world. Within this plan, Christ explained to Paul what the purpose of preaching was to be.

Sunday AM

What Happens When A Christian Sins?

Pastor Jared Decker

This message follows up on the thoughts of the morning message. Our responses to wrong decisions are a personal responsibility with lasting effects, but what is God's response to our sin? How does God deal with His children when we disobey him by action, inaction, or battle of will? Listen and find out.

Sunday PM

You Shouldn't Oughta Done That

Pastor Jared Decker

We have all done things that we knew were wrong, and so many times, our first reaction is "I shouldn't have done that". But what happens next? Do we admit that our decisions are our personal responsibility, or do we get a bitter spirit because consequenses are coming? Learn from the example of Moses in this message about turning wrong decisions in to right responses.

Sunday AM