In this week's sermon from Malachi in our Story of Redemption series, we were reminded of God's unchanging declaration to His people: "I have loved you." We saw that His love is not something we earn, but something that has always existed, continues today, and will never end. Yet we also recognized how easy it is to question that love, often trying to earn what God freely gives. Throughout Malachi, we see God confront His people’s apathy and rebellion while still graciously calling them to return to Him. We were then pointed to the promise of a coming messenger and the hope of the Sun of Righteousness—Jesus—who rises with healing for those who receive His love. Ultimately, we were reminded that in Christ’s death and resurrection, we see the clearest proof of God's love: that while we were still sinners, He came to redeem, heal, and reconcile us to Himself.

In this week's sermon from Zechariah in our Story of Redemption series, we saw how Jesus is the Pierced One who brings grace, mercy, and cleansing from sin. Zechariah prophesied that God's people would one day look on the One they had pierced and mourn for what they had done. From kings and priests to the least of the families, all would recognize their sin and grieve the weight of it. Yet even in the midst of their sin—and ours—God provided Jesus as the One who would be pierced in order to cleanse His people. On the cross, Jesus endured the piercing and suffering demanded by His own people, the very ones He came to save. What appeared to be a dark and devastating moment became our greatest hope, as He took upon Himself the punishment we deserved. When we look to Jesus, the One who was pierced, our mourning can be transformed into joy through the forgiveness that comes through faith in His name.

In this sermon from the Story of Redemption series, we looked at Haggai 1 and saw a God who lovingly invites His people to consider the emptiness of their disobedience. Though they had returned from exile, their focus had shifted from rebuilding the temple to building their own houses. By calling them to consider their ways, God exposed how spiritual drift can lead to lives that feel busy, yet ultimately unsatisfied. When the people responded, we saw that God does not shame them but met their obedience with His presence and stirred their hearts to action. Ultimately, Haggai points us to Jesus, who makes us the dwelling place of God. The Lord who disrupts our misplaced priorities is also the Lord who draws near to restore what matters most, His presence with us.

In this sermon, we looked at the book of Zephaniah and studied a dimension of God that we often struggle to believe. While the early chapters confront sin and announce the coming Day of the Lord, we saw the book take a surprising turn toward joy. The Lord removes judgment, restores His presence, and promises that His people will no longer fear evil. Even more surprising, He rejoices and sings over His redeemed people with loud joy. We were then pointed to Jesus, where the judgment of the Day of the Lord is absorbed at the cross so that what remains for us is not God's condemnation, but His delight. The good news of the gospel is that God not only forgives us, but fully restores our communion with Him—and He rejoices over us.

In this week's sermon from Habakkuk in our Story of Redemption series, we looked at what it means to trust God enough to be honest about our confusion and doubt. Following Habakkuk's journey from the desperate cry, "How long?" to the declaration, "Yet I will rejoice," we were reminded that faith is not the absence of doubt but the courage to bring our questions into our covenant relationship with God. We saw that God's kindness is not always expressed through quick relief, but through His faithful presence. Because of this, we were encouraged that we do not have to clean up our questions or rush our grief in order to draw near to Him. We can bring our disappointment, our doubt, and even our frustration into His presence, trusting that He is at work in ways we cannot yet see.

In this sermon, we looked at the story of Nahum and were reminded that God's justice and God's love are not opposites but work together for the healing of His world. We saw how Nahum speaks to a weary and wounded people, assuring them that God is not indifferent to their suffering and that evil will not have the final word. God's judgment was revealed not as impulsive anger, but as love's settled response to deep-rooted evil—a picture of a God who is slow to anger, yet unwilling to allow injustice to endure forever. We were then pointed to Jesus, where justice and mercy meet fully at the cross. The good news of redemption is that the judgment Nahum announces is ultimately absorbed by Christ, so that sinners can take refuge in God and the wounded can trust that evil will one day be fully brought to an end.

In this sermon, we looked at Jonah 2 and were reminded that God meets us even in the depths of our distress. We saw how Jonah's prayer from the belly of the fish reveals that salvation often begins when we stop running, let go of control, and honestly cry out to the Lord. What Jonah initially experienced as punishment, he came to recognize as God's mercy—using desperation to expose his helplessness and draw him back into relationship. As Jonah remembered who God truly is—powerful, holy, kind, and attentive—his heart began to move from self-reliance toward surrender. We also saw how Jesus points to Jonah's story as a foreshadowing of the Gospel. The good news of redemption is that God is still rescuing people today, not because they have their lives together, but because they call on the name of the Lord and discover that salvation belongs to Him.

In this sermon, we studied the book of Micah and learned that God’s plan for redemption doesn't move forward through human strength, status, or self-reliance, but through human weakness, humility, and trust. Micah shows us that Israel's broken leadership would lead to defeat and a deep longing for a better King. God promises that this King would come from an unexpected place, Bethlehem, and would be both humble and eternal. Jesus fulfills this promise as the Shepherd King who cares for His people, carries their pain, and lays down His life for them. Even in seasons of waiting and suffering, our peace is not found in the absence of struggle, but in the presence of the Shepherd who absorbs judgment, heals what is broken, and gathers our scattered stories into His redeeming care.

This service was pre-recorded as we continued our Story of Redemption series. Due to inclement weather, we worshipped together from our homes rather than in person. Today's message was a good reminder that while we may be physically apart, we remain united as the body of Christ, trusting God to meet us wherever we are and to speak through His Word.

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In this sermon, we looked at the book of Amos and explored how God's justice and kindness ultimately meet in the person of Jesus. Through Amos, we saw that God refuses to ignore injustice and rejects worship that overlooks sin or harm. The book of Amos exposes a tension we all live with: we long for justice when wrong is done around us, yet we struggle when that same standard of justice is applied to our own hearts. We studied how Amos makes it clear that God's justice must be satisfied, but he does not provide the solution. The Gospel reveals the answer. At the cross, God pours out His justice fully on Jesus. Christ bears our sin, satisfies God's righteous judgment, and removes our condemnation. Because God's justice has been satisfied, we are reminded that God now meets our sin, wounds, and regrets with mercy, forgiveness, healing, and restoration.

In this sermon, we walked through the book of Joel and God's promise to restore nearness with His people through the Holy Spirit. We were reminded that when sin broke communion with God in Genesis 3, Scripture began pointing forward to a renewed relationship between God and His people. In Joel 2:28, God promises to pour out His Spirit, revealing His mercy and His desire to dwell with His people and renew them from within. We saw how this promise is fulfilled through Christ and poured out at Pentecost, where the Holy Spirit now indwells every believer—opening hearts to the gospel, giving new life, sealing believers with a guaranteed inheritance, and equipping them for the good of the church and the mission of Jesus. Ultimately, we learned that redemption is not just God fixing what is broken, but God drawing near to restore relationship with His people.