Sunday Talks

We are in week five of our series on the Divinity of Jesus. Over these weeks we have been walking through the Gospel of John and looking at the moments where Jesus makes extraordinary claims about His own identity. We started with the eternal Word who became flesh. We heard Jesus claim the divine name - I AM. We looked at Him as the Bread of Life, the Light of the World. And today He is going to do something that is deeply personal. Today He is going to tell us He is our Shep

Here is the thing about light. We take it for granted until we do not have it. Have you ever been in a power outage at night? Total darkness? Suddenly you are walking into walls, looking for your phone, trying to remember where you left things. Light is not a luxury. Light is orientation. It is how you know where you are and where you are going. You do not realize how much you depend on light until it is gone. The second the lights go out, everything familiar becomes a hazard

There is a massive difference between someone who says, 'I have the answers,' and someone who says, 'I am the answer.' The religious leaders in John 8 were kind of “ok’ish” with Jesus as a local teacher, but they were ready to riot the moment He claimed to be Eternal. Today, we’re looking at an 'I Am' statement—the one that forced everyone in the room to decide if Jesus was a madman or their Master. All right. Open your Bibles or your Bible app to John chapter 8, verse 48. We

INTRODUCTION Go ahead and open your Bibles, or pull up your Bible app, to John chapter 6, verse 25. We are on week two of our series on the Divinity of Jesus. Now - I can hear some of you thinking already: Wait a minute, Jerry… What happened in chapters 2 through 5? I encourage you to read those chapters especially since they hold amazing events and truths. But I want you to see that John is building a case about who Jesus says He is, as that will be our main focus over these

Now, before we even get into the text, let me ask you something. When you hear the name Jesus - what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Depending on where you grew up, what you were taught, or what you have seen Christians do over the years, your answer could be all over the place. Some of you grew up in church and Jesus has always been Lord. Some of you are here and Jesus is more of a historical figure - a good man, a teacher, someone to admire from a distance. And

Here is the honest truth. If you take a good look at the world right now - and I mean a real look, not the filtered version we all scroll past - it looks like a mess. And I am not just talking about out there. I am talking about in here, in our minds or hearts. In the quiet parts of your life that you do not post on social media. The stuff you think about at 2 in the morning when nobody's watching. We hit walls. We hit bottom. We hit dead ends. And there is that moment where

Y'all, we have been in the Book of Psalms for many weeks together. We started in Psalm 1 - one guy, sitting quietly, meditating on the law. And from there, we traveled through some territory. We sat in the lament psalms, the 'How long, O Lord?' ones. We rested in Psalm 23 with the Good Shepherd. We confessed alongside David. Last week, we sat with Psalm 139 and the God who knows us - better than we know ourselves, by the way. And now we arrive here. Six verses. Thirteen Halle

Last week, we looked at the communal strength found in Psalm 136 - but this week we turn inward. Or rather, we turn toward the God who looks inward. We live in a world obsessed with tracking. Your phone knows where you have been. Algorithms know what you are going to click on before you do. Your search history is a biography you never meant to write. And yet, with all that data collected about us, most of us still feel deeply unknown. There is a difference between Amazon know

Have you ever noticed that your life has a soundtrack? When things are going great—when the bills are paid and the kids are acting right—the music is upbeat. It’s a song you want to dance to. But when the rug is pulled out from under you, the music stops. The silence can be deafening. Or worse, the soundtrack becomes a loop of our own anxieties, playing over and over in our heads. Today, we’re looking at a Psalm that was written to be an "External Soundtrack." This isn't just

Well guys, we are in week 10 of our Compass series. Last time, we sat in the fragrance of Psalm 133 , marveling at the beauty of "dwelling together in unity." We learned that when God’s people live in harmony, it’s like that precious oil running down Aaron’s beard—a refreshing, life-giving presence that God commands as a blessing. But as any believer knows, life isn't always a mountaintop experience of unity. Sometimes, we find ourselves in the "pit." If Psalm 133 is about t