Matthew 20:20-28 · Ephesians 4:32
Facets of Forgiveness
Facets of Forgiveness - Emotions
Forgiveness has two parts: a decision made in the mind and an emotional shift in the heart. Because emotions change slowly, the struggle to forgive often involves managing feelings of hurt, anger, and betrayal while committing to the difficult work of letting go.
Luke 6:37-45
Be Like Your Teacher
This sermon examines Jesus's command to love enemies by extending mercy without prejudging who might receive God's grace, demonstrating through our attitude and actions that we reflect God's character.
Luke 10:30-37 · Luke 19:5
Compassionate Sacrifice
Demonstrating compassionate sacrifice to people already in your life—through the gift of time, genuine attention, and authentic care—opens doors for spiritual impact and shows them your faith is real.
Ephesians 4:25-27
Conflict
Conflict in relationships and churches is inevitable. Rather than avoiding it, Christians should learn to handle disagreement with godly wisdom, anger, and love—distinguishing the church from the world not by the absence of conflict but by how it is managed.
James 2:1-13
James
Discrimination
This sermon examines how followers of Jesus must treat all people impartially, rejecting negative discrimination based on economics or status, and instead seeing people as God sees them—by their character and heart.
Hebrews 10:19-25
Encouragement
This sermon examines the biblical imperative to encourage one another, emphasizing that true encouragement affirms who people are, not just what they do. Practical methods include direct affirmation, written notes, phone calls, acts of service, and presence with those who hurt.
1 Peter 3:8-12 · Ephesians 4:26
Fight Fair
This sermon teaches believers how to handle conflict with dignity and care, preserving relationships through fair fighting practices that honor both parties as siblings in Christ.
Joshua 23:6-11 · Joshua 24
Joshua
Final Words
Joshua's final words to Israel's leaders emphasize staying grounded in God's Word, resisting worldly temptation, and loving God above all else—wisdom every generation must hear and act upon.
Genesis 2 · Ecclesiastes 4:10
Friend Day
This sermon explores what friendship truly means—acceptance, loyalty, and sacrifice—and points to Jesus as the ultimate friend who laid down his life for us.
Matthew 22:34-40 · Deuteronomy 6
God's Priorities
Jesus identifies the two greatest commandments—love God with all your being and love your neighbor as yourself—establishing that these priorities, rooted in self-sacrificial agape love, must shape how we live and serve others.
1 Thessalonians 4:1-12
God's Will: Holiness
This sermon examines how to live pleasing to God through holiness—avoiding sexual immorality and practicing genuine brotherly love by seeing other Christians as family rather than taking advantage of their generosity.
Labor Day Devotional
This devotional challenges listeners to boldly express appreciation and affection to the people they love while they still have the opportunity, using stories of regret and life's brevity to underscore the urgency of speaking words that matter.
John 13:34-35
Let's Love Each Other
Jesus commands Christians to love each other as he has loved us—a distinguishing mark that will attract the watching world. This love is not optional but defines Christian identity and witness.
1 John 2:7-14 · John 13:34
1 John
Living in Light
Walking in light means loving one another and living ethically; John reassures believers that their sins are forgiven through Jesus while calling them to examine whether their claims to know God match their actions.
John 14:15-31
John Gospel
Love and Obedience
True love for Jesus is demonstrated through obedience to his commands. Though Jesus physically departs, the Holy Spirit empowers believers to keep his commands and prove the genuineness of their relationship with him.
1 John 3:11-18
1 John
Loving Each Other
Love is demonstrated through sacrificial action for others. True followers of Jesus prove their faith by laying down self-interest to meet the material needs of those in their community.
1 John 5:1-5
1 John
Overcoming the World
Those born of God believe that Jesus is the Christ and demonstrate this faith through love for others. This faith grants present victory over the world's temptations and doubts.
Luke 7:36-50
People Matter
This sermon examines how Jesus saw people—both the religious and the rejected—as God sees them: loved and important. Believers are called to move beyond labels and social comfort zones to value people as God does.
John 13:18-38
John Gospel
Predictions
Jesus commands his disciples to love one another authentically and sacrificially, just as he has loved them. This genuine, vulnerable love proves to the world that we belong to Jesus.
1 John 4:13-21
1 John
Real Love
Perfect love from God gives confidence for judgment and is completed in us when we love each other sacrificially, just as Christ loved us.
Singing Night
This devotional examines the distinction between involvement and commitment to Jesus, emphasizing personal relationship, sacrifice, and the transformative power of Christ's love.
James 2:1-9 · Matthew 18
The Crisis of Community
This sermon examines how churches have lost the meaning of biblical community—personal sharing of lives—and challenges believers to actively practice love toward one another rather than passively waiting to feel connected.
Matthew 5:38-48
Sermon on the Mount
The King's Children Love
Jesus calls his followers to abandon retaliation and extend love to enemies, imitating God's indiscriminate grace by treating all people with intentional kindness regardless of whether they deserve it.
Ephesians 3:14-21
Ephesians
The Power of Love
This sermon examines Paul's prayer for spiritual strengthening and examines how Christ's indwelling love enables believers to reflect God's character and treat one another with sacrificial, unconditional love.
Song of Solomon 1:2 · Song of Solomon 1:5
The Song of Songs
This sermon challenges allegorical readings of Song of Solomon to show that the text celebrates sexuality as God's good gift within marriage—a beautiful, mutual, exclusive, and multidimensional expression of devoted love between husband and wife.
Matthew 7:1-5 · Matthew 23:23-24
What We Need Are More Rules
This sermon challenges the belief that God is primarily rule-focused and legalistic, arguing instead that a grace-oriented view of God transforms how we treat others in life's gray areas.
Ephesians 5:21-33 · Genesis 2:24
God's Desire for Husbands
This sermon examines God's call for husbands to lead through sacrificial love modeled on Christ's love for the church, emphasizing servant leadership that nourishes, protects, and spiritually directs rather than dominates.
Luke 7:36-50
People Matter
This sermon examines how Jesus saw people—both the respectable and the outcast—as God sees them: loved and important. Listeners are challenged to move beyond social labels and see others through God's eyes.
Mark 12:35-44 · Mark 11:10
Mark
A Riddle
Jesus poses a riddle about the Messiah being both David's son and David's Lord, revealing his divine nature. True love for God requires awareness of who Jesus is, evidenced not through public displays of piety but through wholehearted commitment and sacrifice, like the widow who gave all she had.
Mark 2:23-3:6 · Deuteronomy 23:25
Mark
Rules or People
Jesus challenges the prioritization of religious rules over human needs, demonstrating that people and their wellbeing matter more than rule-keeping, and that God's heart is centered on compassion rather than rigid enforcement.
Romans 13:8-14 · Matthew 6:34
Romans
Love Is a Verb
This sermon examines how believers demonstrate love as an action rather than a feeling, living urgently in light of Christ's coming and the brevity of time, by understanding their position in God's timeline and clothing themselves with Jesus to fight spiritual battles with love in a darkening world.
Romans 15:1-13
Romans
Unity
This sermon examines how believers build unity through sacrificial love and endurance, sustained by the scriptures and the Holy Spirit's gift of hope in Christ.
Ephesians 5:21-33 · Ezekiel 16:8-14
Ephesians
Submission and Love
This sermon examines how the marriage relationship between husbands and wives reflects the spiritual intimacy of Christ and the Church, calling believers to mutual submission and sacrificial love as signs of being filled with the Spirit.
John 13:1-38
John
Love's Full Demonstration
Jesus demonstrates authentic love through humble service and commands his followers to love one another with the same sacrificial, selfless love he showed them—a love that reveals Christ's reality to the world.
John 12:1-11
John
Priorities
This sermon examines how Mary's costly anointing of Jesus reveals right priorities. When hearts are set on honoring Jesus, choices flow from love rather than calculation.
John 13:1-38
John
Love's Full Demonstration
Jesus commands his disciples to love one another as he has loved them—authentically, sacrificially, and with humble service. When we recognize that life is about God's glory rather than our own, we become channels of Christ's transformative love to a divided world.
Ephesians 5:21-33 · Genesis 2:24
God's Intention for Marriage
Marriage is a covenant relationship that mirrors Christ's relationship with the church, calling spouses to mutual submission, loyalty, and honor as a spiritual reflection of divine love.
1 Thessalonians 2:17-20 · Acts 17
1 Thessalonians
The Crown
Paul's separation from the Thessalonians reflects his deep love and reveals that God's work continues wherever we are placed. Believers should invest in people and trust God's purpose even when plans are thwarted.
Ephesians 5:21-33 · Ezekiel 16:8-14
Ephesians
Submission and Love
This sermon examines how the marital relationship between husband and wife reflects the spiritual intimacy between Christ and the church, calling Spirit-filled husbands to sacrificial love and wives to respectful submission as demonstrations of their devotion to God.
Proverbs 8:34-35 · Proverbs 18:22
Proverbs
Marriage
God's wisdom for marriage teaches that a godly spouse is a blessing to be valued and protected, while a critical, quarrelsome spouse causes spiritual decay; Christians are called to see their spouse as God's gift and choose to build up rather than tear down.
1 John 4:7-12 · 1 John 2:19
Transition
Let Us Love
Love is the defining mark of those who know God. This sermon examines how God's sacrificial love in Jesus transforms us to love others supernaturally, not sentimentally—and how this love binds a congregation together.
Luke 10:25-37 · Deuteronomy 6
Mercy
Jesus redefines neighborly love not as a question of whom to exclude but as a call to extend mercy without limits to all in need, regardless of worthiness or personal cost.
Proverbs 4:20-24 · Proverbs 12:18
Family
God's Desire for Communication
God calls families to communicate with respect and care—listening closely, speaking directly and kindly, and treasuring one another's words as gifts rather than dismissing them.
Exodus 34:4-8 · Genesis 3
Family
God's Desire for Forgiveness
Forgiveness is the key to family harmony. This sermon examines three essential elements of forgiveness—relinquishing rights, clear communication about sin, and offering love without guarantee of return—and calls believers to forgive as Jesus forgave.
Ephesians 5:21-33 · Genesis 3
Family
God's Desire for Husbands
Husbands are called to love their wives sacrificially, reflecting Christ's love for the church—not through authoritarian rule but through servant leadership that nourishes, protects, and spiritually directs the family.
Ephesians 5:21-33 · Genesis 2:24
Family
God's Desire for Marriage
Marriage reflects the covenant relationship between Christ and the church. Spouses are called to mutual submission, loyalty, and honor—treating marriage as a sacred mystery that reveals God's design for intimacy and oneness.
Ephesians 3:14-21 · Ephesians 1:1-14
Serving
Power & Glory
Paul's prayer in Ephesians 3:14-21 calls believers to know Christ's love deeply and allow the Spirit's power to strengthen Christ's place in their hearts, resulting in humble service and lives that glorify God.
John 15:12-17 · 1 Peter 1:17-21
Friend Day
Christ's willing sacrifice reveals his desire for friendship with us. Through his death, Jesus demonstrates God's love and offers redemption to all who accept his offer of relationship.