January 10, 2016 | Pastor John Bayles | What is the Will of God? | Romans 9:14-24

What is God’s will? Often we refer to the will of God as something akin to his viewpoint, or his disposition, or his opinion of something. This is a human response and a perspective that we each live with daily. We make up calendars and schedules with the greatest of intention to do what we set down as our will, yet make adjustments and changes almost immediately as time passes. According to the Scriptures, this is not the reality with God. His will is determined by His very nature, which is, among other things, immutable. This is His inability to change. We, however, live in one of three chronological spheres: the past is where we experience life and we cannot change it; the future is where we will live life and we cannot control it; the present is where we live, yet it is such a brief encounter.

January 3, 2016 | Pastor John Bayles | Instruments of Praise | Psalm 112:1-10

December 27, 2015 | Pastor John Bayles | The Place of Discovering God’s Strength | 2 Corinthians 12:2-10

December 13, 2015 | Pastor John Bayles | 3rd Sunday of Advent: The Shepherd of God | John 10:1-21

December 6, 2015 | Pastor John Bayles | 2nd Sunday of Advent: The Bread from Heaven | John 6:25-32

November 29, 2015 | Pastor John Bayles | Joseph: Driven by Love and Fear | Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 2:1-7

Was the virgin birth a demonstration of the great power of God? Does a virgin birth show us that Jesus' birth was a prophetic miracle? These two views are often referenced by many as the primary reason for this strange and awesome phenomena. We will not take time to confront the flimsy historical evidence of other alleged virgin births (such as Mary's according to some sources). Oddly, some believe that other virgin births somehow affirm the truth of Jesus’ birth.

November 15, 2015 | Pastor John Bayles | Doctrines of Grace: The Great Impediment | Romans 3:9-21

October 25, 2015 | Pastor John Bayles | The Doctrines of Grace: Efficacious Grace | Luke 14:16-24

September 13, 2015 | Pastor John Bayles | The Doctrines of Grace: Grace Alone | Ephesians 2:1-10

The Protestant Reformation Declarations set forth the great standards of the Christian Faith to be Scripture Alone, Grace Alone, Faith alone, Christ Alone. These powerful declarations form the foundation of the Christian Faith. They are not the product of the Reformation, they were not developed during the Reformation, and they were not created during the Reformation. These truths were reignited during the Reformation. They were preached throughout Christian history long before the Reformation by church fathers like Augustine and martyrs such as John Wycliffe, John Hus, and William Tyndale. There was, in fact, always a witness to these truths, for they lived since the moment they were breathed into the minds of prophets and Apostles and preserved in the pages of the Holy Scriptures by the Holy Spirit.

September 6, 2015 | Pastor John Bayles | The Counselor Has Come! | Acts 2:1-13

On several occasions Jesus had referenced the coming of the Holy Spirit. John the Baptist had seen the dove come down from heaven and rest on Jesus. He identified this as the Holy Spirit. The disciples had seen Jesus work the mighty miracles because the Holy Spirit was upon Him. Jesus had told them that He, the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, would be sent by the Father after He had gone. He had breathed the Holy Spirit upon them. But now, the Holy Spirit would not be observed only, not be seen in Jesus only, not felt passing over them, or promised to them. Now the Holy Spirit would come into them, into their message, and into the recipients of their message.