Apr 9, 2023
Sermon: By Faith – Eyes Fixed on the Prize
By: Pastor Ben Hulst
Series: The Book of Hebrews
Hebrews 12.1-3: We are surrounded by witnesses of the gospel life in those who come before us. This urges us to keep moving forward as they did. Their lives encourage us and call us to keep our eyes fixed on the One who leads us - Jesus Christ. (At the end are testimonies of faith given by members).
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- Apr 9, 2023Sermon: By Faith – Eyes Fixed on the Prize
Apr 9, 2023Sermon: By Faith – Eyes Fixed on the PrizeBy: Pastor Ben HulstSeries: The Book of HebrewsHebrews 12.1-3: We are surrounded by witnesses of the gospel life in those who come before us. This urges us to keep moving forward as they did. Their lives encourage us and call us to keep our eyes fixed on the One who leads us - Jesus Christ. (At the end are testimonies of faith given by members).
- Apr 2, 2023Sermon: By Faith – The Long Strand of History
Apr 2, 2023Sermon: By Faith – The Long Strand of HistoryBy: Pastor Ben HulstSeries: The Book of HebrewsHebrews 11.29-40: To tie one's own life in time to eternity is the life of faith. This calls for a trust in God's promise of a coming kingdom, one that will overcome all that this world is and bring renewal and victory. Though we might see decay, defeat, and despair all around, we wave our palms of victory - for we know the end of his story.
- Mar 26, 2023Sermon: By Faith – Moses and Proper Fear
Mar 26, 2023Sermon: By Faith – Moses and Proper FearBy: Pastor Ben HulstSeries: The Book of HebrewsHebrews 11.23-28: To live by faith is to live in the fear of God. To live in the fear of God means to not be intimidated by the fear of man. This is a challenging place to live and earthly fears are real and constantly surrounding us. To address fear, we must continually be sober-minded and keep our hearts grounded in Scripture and reverent fear of the Lord.
- Mar 19, 2023Sermon: By Faith – A People Defined Not by the Grave
Mar 19, 2023Sermon: By Faith – A People Defined Not by the GraveBy: Pastor Ben HulstSeries: The Book of HebrewsHebrews 11.17-22: Living 'by faith' leads to an ever-expanding horizon of our future. We begin to inhabit our eternal future even now as we face the trials of life. To live opposite 'by faith' leads to an ever-shrinking horizon as our future begins to collapse into our present. Christ opens us up to the sure future of broad vistas of God's eternal kingdom.
- Mar 12, 2023Sermon: By Faith – Abraham the Alien
Mar 12, 2023Sermon: By Faith – Abraham the AlienBy: Pastor Ben HulstSeries: The Book of HebrewsHebrews 11.8-16: Abraham is one of the key figures in the Old Testament and his life offers a framework for the life of faith. It begins with trusting God's direction, even though the full map isn't in front of us. It involves engaging his patterns, not the world's. And it involves being part of the church's growing family as God brings to life people who were once dead. To live by faith is to look forward to that which is built by God, not man.
- Mar 5, 2023Sermon: By Faith – Abel, Enoch, & Noah
Mar 5, 2023Sermon: By Faith – Abel, Enoch, & NoahBy: Pastor Ben HulstSeries: The Book of HebrewsHebrews 11.4-7: By faith Abel, Enoch, and Noah lived to bear testimony for us of the path of truth. In their brief stories, we are given examples of how to live out our lives of faith.
- Feb 26, 2023Sermon: By Faith
Feb 26, 2023Sermon: By FaithBy: Pastor Ben HulstSeries: The Book of HebrewsHebrews 11.1-3: For Lent, we will follow the lives of the Old Testament ancients who are encourage us to live by faith in our current situation. We trust the God who makes thing visible from that which is not seen. In this we hope that this same God will bring our faith to sight, as we anticipate the future of his heavenly kingdom.
- Feb 19, 2023Sermon: Not Shrinking Back
Feb 19, 2023Sermon: Not Shrinking BackBy: Pastor Ben HulstSeries: The Book of HebrewsHebrews 10.26-39: The challenge of being faithful to Christ contains threats within and without. The world can have a strong pull, with its threats and its desires that tempt. So we need to value correctly what we have - a treasure that is valued higher than any other and which lasts. If we calculate wrongly the value of the gospel we might throw it away. The writer urges us, "Do not shrink back." "Persevere, for Christ is coming soon."
- Feb 12, 2023Sermon: Living Toward the Day
Feb 12, 2023Sermon: Living Toward the DayBy: Pastor Ben HulstSeries: The Book of HebrewsHebrews 10.24-25: We're instructed to encourage one another "all the more as we see the Day approaching." The Day approaching is the culmination of all meaning, where the intrinsic value of God's kingdom replaces the decaying world with its permanence. The wise, who desire to invest their lives with true lasting value with discern this intrinsic value and pursue it. In the church, we do this together, for to do it alone is a very difficult road.
- Feb 5, 2023Sermon: True Confidence
Feb 5, 2023Sermon: True ConfidenceBy: Pastor Ben HulstSeries: The Book of HebrewsHebrews 10.19-23: Where does true confidence come from - confidence in the sense of being able to stand tall in the face of opposition, of guilt, and of shame? It doesn't come from ourselves, for in the end our unworthiness will be exposed. It comes from Christ, who gifts us his righteousness and opens up a way for us to access our heavenly Father.
