Recent Sermons
Sermon Series beginning June 1, 2008
Unshakeable Anchors
What are the anchors that hold your life steady in the storms of life? At SBPC, we have identified six “unshakeable” anchors that we call our Bedrock Beliefs. They are the non-negotiable, foundational, and totally dependable truths we fall back on when the storms strike.
June 22, 2008
A Life Purpose
Bedrock Belief: God has a purpose for each of us.
Excerpt: Our Bedrock Belief says we want to make an eternal difference. Whether we are CEO’s or waiters in a restaurant, whether we are doctors or scrub nurses, whether we are physically fit or the prime example of the 90 pound weakling, whether we are the most popular kid on the block or the nerdiest nerd from nerdsville – no matter what we are doing with our lives, our focus is God’s eternal purpose for us and the difference we can make that lasts for all eternity.
June 15, 2008
Life-Changing Prayer
Bedrock Belief: God changes lives through prayer.
Excerpt: I used to try to tell God in my prayers what I wanted God to do. I had long lists of people to pray for. Thought God might need some help in that. It is okay to do that. God doesn’t mind. It is just that God has so much more for us than we can ever imagine or think to ask for. Prayer is more about surrender. It is about listening for the heartbeat of God in every circumstance. It is about being in love with God. It is just saying, “Here I am Lord.” I am hurting, or down, or disgusted, or bent, or broken, or angry, or confused, or doubtful, or lonely, or crazy – but here I am. I am yours.
June 8, 2008
Forgiven
Bedrock Belief: God forgives every sin through Jesus Christ.
Excerpt: I think we have enough resentment, revenge, and anger in the world, don’t you? God calls his church to be the exception. And at SBPC we are committed to being the exception. Because we know what Jesus did for us, how much he paid for our forgiveness, we want to be warriors of forgiveness. God put us here to go to our brothers and sisters, to tell them that their lives can be different, their problems solved, their hopes raised because God forgives every sin through Jesus Christ. This is the path to the peace, purpose, and promise we all long for.
June 1, 2008
The Love Factor
Bedrock Belief: God loves us no matter what.
Excerpt: Anchors are so important. And yet how many people have thrown their anchors over the side? How many people are fishing for life in the wrong spot because they have no anchors? How many of us try to navigate the storms of life without anchors to hold us fast?
Sermon Series beginning May 4, 2008
Love Shouldn't Hurt!
This series examines the relationships in our lives -- spouses, children, friends -- and what it means to love in God's plan.
May 18, 2008
When Trouble Begins
Excerpt: What I am saying is that Jesus has set a standard for Christians, a standard that raises the determination of husbands and wives to stop the downward spiral before it goes too far. Not simply because marriages should last forever. But because there is so much more God wants you to get out of your unique union and so much more God wants from you as a model of Christ’s love for his church.
May 11, 2008
What Are Children For
Excerpt: I started by saying that it is by the grace of God our children survive our parenting. And as parents, we have an awesome opportunity to prepare them for their purpose in life. All of us can do better, but in the final analysis it is God’s purpose at work, and they are in God’s hands. We do the best we know how. And then, at some point, they are responsible for their own decisions and their own relation to God and their sense of calling in life.
May 4, 2008
Love is Not Enough
Excerpt: If marriage is to reflect Christ’s relationship to his church, then I have to believe God doesn’t want boring, convenient, contentious, straightjacket, merely tolerated marriages. What would that reflect about God? God is into excitement, adventure, creativity, achievement, sacrifice, excellence, true intimacy, and purpose.
April 20, 2008
Motivation for Giving
Excerpt: This is a remarkable perspective and one that governs our relationship with God. We can call it “return to sender”. We don’t own anything in the sense that we can never take credit for what we have. I know we all work hard for what we have. We put out a lot of effort to support our families. We feel the pinch when the economy goes down and jobs go away. But the Biblical perspective is that God owns it all, and God gives us the skills and tools and jobs that enable us to produce whatever we have.