A list of all the audio only sermons available on the site.

Jesus crosses social, racial, and cultural barriers because no one is beyond his love. And he can use anyone, no matter how unexpected that person may be, to turn the world upside down.

He Is Risen! This momentous declaration will never grow old. On this Resurrection Sunday, we proclaim boldly that Christ is Risen and that his Life brings us New life as individuals and collectively as a church. Through stories of resurrected lives and resurrected churches, we will proclaim our intention to “Come Alive” in 2018, growing in our passion for God and our passion for others!

In this sermon, I will share some exciting news about our way forward as a church. The Reynoldsburg church will take intentional steps to grow current disciples and t make new disciples. These steps are met with the growing challenges of being a church in the 21st century. We continue to assert in faith that God is able to do immeasurably more than all we could ever ask or imagine.

Starting with a description of God’s character (Exodus 34:6-7), we will launch into this series by making the case that it is of paramount importance to believe, embrace and embody God’s character first. When we live into God’s character, the natural outflow should be the sharing of God’s character, particularly His grace.

Video courtesy of Cody Guy.

Will we intend to follow in the footsteps of the early Jesus followers, who were adamant about living lives that reflected their allegiance to risen Christ. Informing people about God’s kingdom is not done exclusively through preaching or teaching. We can do this through our service and our presence. Frost offers many examples for Christians to follow. In this concluding sermon, we will challenge the church to embrace a new habit of being Sent.

Video courtesy of Michael Frost

It is a blessing that we are a church that places a high emphasis on Bible reading and study. Having said that, many of us struggle to make time with our Bibles a priority. This sermon will not only encourage a robust re-engagement with scripture, it will also be an invitation to spend a weekly time learning about Jesus by reading the gospels, books about Jesus or watching films and videos about Jesus. The church will be challenged to embrace a new habit of Learning about Jesus.

Video courtesy of NT Wright and The Work of the People.

Busyness is robbing us all of enjoying a life in the Spirit. Our busy schedules and subsequent fatigue means we don’t allow time for silence, solitude, meditation, prayer and listening. In this sermon, we will highlight the benefit of listening for God’s voice. The church will be challenged to embrace a new habit of listening.

The Bible is rich with the theme of hospitality. God first demonstrated hospitality in the garden when he welcomed Adam and Eve to eat and partake of the food in Eden. We are reminded through the ministry of Jesus and the early church that eating with others represents a best of a hospitable spirit. The church will be challenged to embrace a new habit of eating.

Flowing out of the previous series on sharing, we begin this new journey by continuing the conversation about generosity. God’s call to his people is to be a “blessing” to the nations. Given our possession of the riches of God’s generosity, we have so much to give in terms of blessing others. This sermon serves as the introduction to the series as well as the first challenge to embrace a new habit of Blessing.

On this Sunday, those involved in the missions to Guyana and Honduras will share their ministries with the church. In highlighting these missions, we will see the importance of sharing God’s real estate (the globe) with others.

The generosity of God is on full display in our lives. Even the poor among us possess a wealth that is not experienced in most parts of the world. How does the community of God view their wealth and how willing are we to share this wealth with others?

The community of God loves worshipping God. The gracious and loving God has invited us into his presence to worship. Do we see the import of sharing this invitation with others to be a part of God’s gathering?

Starting with a description of God’s character, we will launch into this series by making the case that it is of paramount importance to believe, embrace and embody God’s character first. When we live into God’s character, the natural outflow should be the sharing of God’s character, particularly His grace.

The birth of our Savior speaks to our deepest needs.

On the second Sunday of Advent, we probe our struggle with belief. We will be prodded to examine our struggle of belief, and the incredible blessing of belief. Using the movie, “The Polar Express”, we will be challenged to be awakened to a deeper faith in the promises of God by believing that his appearance to the world

Today is the first day of Advent. Today we began the lighting of the first Advent Candle as we journey towards the Christmas season. In the first sermon of Awaken, we focus on the fourth reading of the Lectionary texts. In 1 Corinthians, Paul highlights in his greetings that God has gifted and equipped the people of God for a special purpose. Using the film “It’s A Wonderful Life” as a backdrop, we will encourage everyone to accept their place in God’s story and within the story of the people with whom they have had interaction.

In this concluding sermon, we explore the place of wisdom in the Psalms of Orientation. Psalm 133 is a Psalm that celebrates the Jews ascent to Jerusalem for the three Jerusalem festivals. It was a celebration of kindred minds, hearts and spirits joined together in the celebration of God. May we be reminded of the beauty, power and necessity of being one in God’s kingdom. May we unite in purpose, in passion of God and in pursuit of Holiness as God’s chosen ones.

Highlighted by Psalms like Psalm 136, many Psalms of Orientation are simply expressions of gratitude and thanksgiving for all the activity of God. As we enter into seasons of thanksgiving and gift giving, may we be reminded that we have been oriented as people who give thanks.

Many of the orientation Psalms profess outright trust in God, even in the face of adversity, trial and calamity. We follow God because he has demonstrated time and time again that he is able to defeat the foe, calm the storm and make a way when there seems to be no other way.

God’s Law is at the heart of the people of God's commitment and devotion. We are not speaking merely of written words or words on tablets, for God’s Law comes from God. They are in essence God. For the believer, following God’s Law is just right. It is an expression of right orientation. In this sermon, we will read aloud all of Psalm 119 with limited commentary. It is our desire to simply breathe in the beauty of God’s Law.