Sermons

God's Kingdom Through Unlikely Places | Matthew 7:21-23 | Pastor Joe Roach

August 31st, 2025

Sermon Title: "God's Kingdom Through Unlikely People"

(Matthew 7:21-23)

Sermon Outline:

1. Do you think you could accurately guess who the first

6 early Christians were, who got into heaven?

2. What would the entrance criteria be, that you would use to decide?

3. True or False: Jesus' mother Mary was not the first Christian saved. Not even one of the first 6. Neither was Peter.

4. So, if they weren't the first believers to step into the Kingdom, who were? And why?

5. True or False: The first one into the Kingdom was a hardened murderous criminal, who never walked with Jesus, was never in a temple, never prayed, and lived his life completely unaware of the gospel message.

Could this be true?

5 Steps To Staying Fully Satisfied In The Lord | Luke 12:16-21 | Pastor Joe Roach

August 24th, 2025

Sermon Title: "5 Steps To Staying Fully Satisfied In The Lord" (Luke 12:16-21)

Sermon Outline:

1. Have you ever fallen for the lie of arrival - that deep-down belief that if I can just "get there"

, then I'll

finally have peace, joy, and satisfaction?

2. True or False: God planted in us a spiritual longing an appetite for communion with Him - that only He can truly satisfy.

3. What did the actor Jim Carey mean when he said,

"Nobody told me there was nothing at the top of the mountain but emptiness"?

4. Do you believe that even 10 minutes of scripture, 5 minutes of worship, 5 minutes of prayer each morning, can completely reframe your day?

5. Jesus said, freedom comes from truth, and truth comes from abiding in God's word. But you can't just know the truth, something else is required. What is it?

Where Are You Trying To Get To? | Luke 12:16-21 | Pastor Joe Roach

August 17th, 2025

Sermon Title: "Where Are You Trying To Get To?"

(Luke 12:16-21)

Sermon Outline

1. If life could be exactly the way you wished it to be - no limits, no restrictions, no boundaries ... what would you have it to be?

2. Do you think that your vision of that dream life has shaped your decisions for most of your life?

3. Where are you trying to get to in life?

4. How can you know what is going to be waiting for you once you arrive there someday?

5. True or False: Somewhere along the way, a lie got planted. "If you can just get there, everything will be good."

Remembering The King In The Rain | Matthew 18:21-35 | Pastor Joe Roach

August 10th, 2025

Sermon Title: "Remembering The King In The Rain"

(Matthew 18:21-35)

Sermon Outline

  1. Have you ever had a season where the rains of life just ... would ….. not ….. stop?

  2. How many of you would be honest enough to raise your hand and say, "Pastor, l've been more aware of the storm than the Savior lately"?

  3. True or False: We cannot live lives marked by love, forgiveness, kindness, and mercy unless we continually remember what the King has done for us.

  4. How quickly do we forget God's mercy once we walk out of His presence? How often do we sing "Amazing Grace" on Sunday and by Tuesday, we're holding someone's mistake over their head?

  5. If you focus on the rain instead of the King, you will begin to interpret God's character through the lens of your circumstances - instead of interpreting your circumstances through the unchanging character of God. Do you agree?

The Lure Of The World & Why It Feels Safe | 1 John 2:15| Pastor Joe Roach

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July 13th, 2025

Sermon Title: "The Lure Of The World & Why It Feels Safer"

(1 John 2:15)

Sermon Outline

1. Why do you think we are so attracted to the lure of this world if the world breaks every promise?

2. True or False: The world offers counterfeit comfort.

The world provides momentary security ….. at the cost of eternal stability.

3. What do you daydream about that would make you feel safe?

4. True or False: Every decision you make, reveals what kingdom you belong to?

5. When we won't surrender voluntarily, God will shake the structures we've trusted. What structures do you trust?

Dependence Day | Psalm 33:12 | Pastor Joe Roach

July 6th, 2025

Sermon Title: "Dependence Day" (July 4, 2025)

(Psalm

1 33:72)

Sermon Outline

1. Do you agree or disagree that our greatest need as a nation is not more independence, but more dependence?

2. True or False: The foundation of this nation was unmistakably Biblical.

3. What were the consequences for our nation of declaring independence from God, who we were founded upon?

4. Billy Graham once said that if God's wrath doesn't pour down on America, then He owes an apology to Sodom and Gomorrah. Do you agree? Why or why not?

5. Do you think it is too late for our country to reestablish our dependence on God?

God Is With Us In The Storm, But What Is Required Of Us | Psalms 61:2 | Pastor Joe Roach

June 29th, 2025

Sermon Title: "God Is With Us In The Storm:

But What Is Required Of Us?" (Psalm 61:2)

Sermon Outline

  1. Have you ever been through something so painful that it made you ask, "God, where are You in this?"

  2. If you ask yourself that question, does it mean your aithless? Or does it mean you are just human?

3. True or False: When we are in a severe storm, we should be asking, "What does God want from me in this storm?"

4. True or False: Sometimes the rescue isn't out of the storm, but through it.

5. True or False: God's presence in the storm is promised. But it's accessed by response.

God Never Leaves Us: Trusting His Presence Through The Storm | Hebrews 13:5 | Pastor Joe Roach

June 22nd, 2025

Sermon Title: "God Never Leaves Us: Trusting His Presence Through The Storm" (Hebrews 13:5)

Sermon Outline

1. God is always there. And sometimes, it's only when the storm has passed that you realize He never left.

Why is that?

2. True or False: His nearness is not based on our performance, but on His character?

3. True or False: Sometimes the gap between what we know, the Bible says, and what we feel in our hearts can be immense.

4. Have you ever looked back and realized God's fingerprints were all over your life?

5. Some of you are praying for rescue, but God is souring out grace. And grace is always enough. Woul you agree that this is one of the hardest biblica principles to live out?

Getting Ready For Pentecost: The Power Of Waiting Well | Acts 4:1-8 | Pastor Joe Roach

May 25th, 2025

Sermon Title: "Getting Ready For Pentecost: The Power Of Waiting Well"

(Acts 4:1-8)

Sermon Outline

1. Why is Pentecost considered to be the birthday of the church.

2. Why were the disciples told to wait if they already had the message, the commission, and the memories and words of Jesus? What does waiting produce?

3. True or False: Ministry without the Spirit is motion without direction.

4. True or False: Biblical waiting is active dependence.

5. Will you ask yourself "How can I create space for God's Spirit to come alive in my life?

The Missing Power | Acts 19:1-7 | Pastor Joe Roach

May 18th, 2025

Sermon Title: "The Missing Power" (Acts 19:1-7)

Sermon Outline

1. Have you ever had something that looked fully functional - but it had no power? Everything's in place, but it's missing what makes it work?

2. Paul came upon some disciples. These disciples believed in Jesus. They were sincere, but they had no power. Does this make any sense? Is it possible?

3. True or False: Church programs aren't enough.

Leadership charisma isn't enough. Strategy and effort aren't enough. God's Mission requires God's Spirit.

4. Jesus said it was better that He leave, so the Spirit could come. Why?

5. Why do we avoid the Spirit?

Restored By Love | John 21:1-19 | Pastor Joe Roach

May 11th, 2025

Sermon Title: "Restored By Love"

(John 21:1-19)

Sermon Outline

1. Peter was a man who had walked on water. He had declared Jesus as the Christ. He had promised, "Even if all fall away, I will not." What happened that caused him to deny Him 3 times?

2. When John 21 opens up, Peter went back to fishing.

Do you think he felt he disqualified himself for ministry?

3. When Jesus shows up on the shore, was He angry at them?

4. True or False: Jesus doesn't lecture. He feeds them.

He meets them with fellowship before correction. He was teaching them, and us.

5. He asks three times- matching Peter's three denials.

Each time Peter says, "Yes Lord, You know I love you," and Jesus replies: "Feed My lambs." "Tend My sheep."

"Feed My sheep." What does this show us is the key to be recommissioned after falling short?

The Pursuing Shepherd: Love That Wouldn't Let Go | Luke 15:1-7 | Pastor Joe Roach

May 4th, 2025

Sermon Title: "The Pursuing Shepherd: Love That Wouldn't Let Go" (Luke 15:1-7)

Sermon Outline

1. Did you ever wonder whether Jesus did what He did because the Father made Him do it?

2. Did He do what He did because it was His calling to do the will of the Father, and He was just being obedient? Or was it something else?

3. What exactly is it that causes a shepherd to leave the

99 just to rescue one lost sheep?

4. Did we go looking for God, or did He come looking for us?

5. Luke 15:7- "There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance." Why is that?

"If It Wasn't For Easter, There Wouldn't Be A Christmas" | Matthew 28:20 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday April 20th, 2025

Sermon Title: "If It Wasn't For Easter, There Wouldn't Be A Christmas"

(Matthew 28:20)

Sermon Outline

1. Which do you think is a more celebratory holiday, Christmas or Easter?

2. True or False: It is the great miracle of Easter that gives Christmas its true meaning.

3. What is the one fundamental difference between

Christianity and all other religions?

4. If Jesus is still in the tomb, then we are still in our sins.

What exactly does it mean to you, if He had already died on the cross?

5. A pastor once said "A faith that doesn't help you when you are dying won't do much good when you are living."

Do you agree or disagree?

Two Weeks Before Easter - Do You Have Any Doubts | Luke 18:31-34 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday April 6th, 2025

Sermon Title: "Two Weeks Before Easter - Do You Have Any Doubts?" (Luke 18:31-34)

Sermon Outline

1. Do you think that Jesus' fulfillment of so many prophecies carried more weight towards belief than all He did in teaching, healing, and calling during His Short ministry?

2. Is there a small part of you that thinks that many prophecies that Jesus fulfilled are exaggerated?

3. True or False: The statistical probability of one man fulfilling every Messianic prophecy - except for the prophecy of the Virgin Birth - would be 1 followed by thousands of zeros. Jesus did that!

4. Why is it that there is a greater chance of finding a quarter hidden somewhere in the universe that one man fulfilling just 48 prophecies, and we doubt Jesus sometimes, and Jesus fulfilled many more than that?

How Do You Know You Are a Real Christian | John 6:37 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday March 23, 2025

Sermon Title: "How Do You Know If You Are A Real Christian?" (John 6:37)

Sermon Outline

1. Have you ever had the following thought ... Am I real?

I seemed to love Jesus. I seemed to trust Him. I seemed to bear the marks of a changed life. But, the thought crept in, so too did Judas.

2. True or False: The topic of assurance is complex, to put it mildly. Genuine Christian doubt their salvation for many reasons.

3. True or False: Your faith may feel small, and you hold on Christ shaky. Even still, it is possible for you to feel down deep that He will never cast you out.

4. Do you think that the doubt that arises about a Christian's assurance is because the devil knows that the well-assured Christians threaten the domain of the darkness more than any other?