Sermons

In addition to sermon audio and video files, many of our sermons have other resources other resources available, like Focus Scripture, Extended Summary, Sermon Homework and more. Our archive dates back to 1992 and all resources are free to download and distribute. Most sermons are by our Senior Pastor, Greg Boyd.

Below are our most recent sermons. You may also check out our archive using the links at the above left.

Love: It's All About The Cross05/12/13

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Creation, Love, Creation Care
  • God designed creation so that we would live in community with God and express God’s love towards each other and creation. However, sin disconnected us from God. In this sermon, Greg shows how we were created in the image of God to love others and creation and shows us how to reconnect with God.

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Escaping the Twilight Zone God05/05/13

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Faith, Transformation, Imagination
  • In an episode of the Twilight Zone, a young boy gained omnipotent powers, and people were forced to accept his every decision as good—or else. In this sermon, Greg shows how many people view God this way, and he opens up another way to view God.

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Two Kinds of Life04/28/13

  • Speaker – Shane Hipps
     
  • Topics – Hope, Love, Peace
  • Jesus tells us to hate our life in order to keep it, and if we love our life, we’ll lose it. Guest speaker Shane Hipps shares with us what life Jesus wants for us. He also talks about his personal experience with the Anabaptist tradition.

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Keeping the Valve Open04/21/13

  • Speakers – Greg Boyd, Vanessa Williams
     
  • Topics – Creation, Faith, Forgiveness
  • God’s design for creation is beautiful. But, sometimes, we don’t follow God’s design for our life. In this sermon, Greg and Vanessa Williams address the battlefield in our mind and how to keep God’s goodness flowing to us. In addition, Greg gives a Kingdom response to the Boston Marathon bombings.

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Waking From Oz04/14/13

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Faith, Identity in Christ, Transformation
  • In the movie, Wizard of Oz, the characters are all looking for something they think they need. As Christians, we do the same. Whether it’s a new job, a marriage, a lack of a marriage or some other change that we’re looking for, we all look for something else that we think we need. In this sermon, Greg shows us that we have all we need for joy, and we just need to activate it through faith.

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Get Real04/07/13

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Discipleship, Faith, Repentance
  • Putting off immoral behavior can seem a lot like legalism. So, how do we reconcile that we were saved by grace not works and that we need to put off immoral behavior? In this sermon, Greg shows that we need to trust in God’s reality instead of how we define our own reality.

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Crazy Love03/31/13

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Love, Resurrection, Gratitude
  • Christ’s death and resurrection changed EVERYTHING! When we see this emerge from the story of God, it revolutionizes the way we view God, ourselves, others, and creation.

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