There is something that was build deep into the heart of man that gives him a deep desire to worship God.  When God is not present inside of someone they desire to worship someone else or something else.  In this account in Acts we see this desire to worship come out in the people of Lystra.  Is God truly the one we worship or do we allow other things or people to share that worship that is only supposed to be for God?

"Quick, Get Up"  Peter heard these words from an angel as he sat between two soldiers, shackled and confined...a prisoner.  God does indeed rescue us out of some amazing difficulties, some of our own making and some by the hands of others.  In this message we will explore just how God is a God that rescues His people from both literal and more often, figurative prisons.

If Saul of Tarsus who imprisoned and killed Christians can meet Jesus and have his life radically changed, then anyone can-- no matter what their past is like! Saul, who was once deceived, now sees clearly. Both physical and spiritual scales fall from his eyes. That day, blinding light pierced into darkness. Saul is the greatest picture of an enemy of God becoming the friend of God and in many ways his conversion and the details contained within scriptures parallel the path to conversion every man must walk down.  In this message we will look at those parallels and rejoice in the salvation of God.

The birth into human history of Jesus is why we celebrate Christmas. God became the ultimate missionary; putting on flesh (incarnation) and invading His creation as the ultimate servant. Jesus is fully man and still fully God. His virgin birth is especially crucial in connection with the person of Jesus Christ. His incarnation allowed Him to be substitute and mediator; essential for our eternal salvation and the power of the gospel ongoing in our lives.

One of the ten commandments is to honor the Sabbath Day and keep it holy.  In the modern church that commandment is rarely spoken about and it seems we have lost or chosen to forget the true meaning of that day.  So many Christians treat Sunday as an 'optional...what do I want to do today...day'  They treat Sunday as if it were 'THEIR day...not GODS day'.  As with our tithe where God only asks for 10% of what we earn to come back to Him, God is asking us to just set aside one day to dwell with Him, focus on Him, and with the family of God.  As believers we need to rethink our view of the sanctity of Sunday and make a decision to rededicate that day back to God versus considering it a 'snow day' where we focus on us and what we do what we want to do.

"You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you."  These powerful words spoken by Peter to the crowd that had gathered after he healed the crippled man speak volumes to us today.  In our lives we have strongholds that we have called out to instead of Jesus Christ.  We chose them over Jesus by the simple fact we place them before our Savior.  In this message we will be challenged to look deep inside and find out what 'murderer' we have chosen over Jesus Christ.

Most every church going Christian knows what the great commission is. At the end of the book of Matthew we read the simple and concise commission Jesus gave to His disciples and in turn all of us as part of the Church. In these first eleven verses in the book of Acts we a wonderful lesson in what exactly that means through a beautiful metaphor. Luke describes the scene of the disciples staring upwards at where they had just seen Jesus go and then being corrected by the two angels to focus rather upon what Jesus has told them to do....the great commission.
In the Church today many are 'treading water' or simply keeping the status quo while waiting for Christ's return. Yet maybe the very reason He has not returned is because we have not been fulfilling this great commission in the way that Jesus intended for us to be fulfilling it....going into the world walking in the power of the Holy Spirit and all that means and proclaiming that today is a day of salvation for all!

What are demons and what power can they exercise in the life of a Christian?  In this message we will explore the Bible to understand where demons came from, what their purpose is, what influence they can have on Christians and how we were taught to deal with them.

The disciple Thomas has become known as 'Doubting Thomas' because of this account in John.  We are quick to criticize Thomas for not believing the resurrection of Jesus Christ but in reality if we had been in his shoes would we have readily believed or would we have our doubts.  The reality we all have to come to the moment Thomas did and believe that Jesus is truly the risen Savior.  What proof are you waiting for before you will believe that Jesus can deliver you from sin, from addictions, from the life YOU have made for yourself?

In John 17 Jesus is praying to the Father. He was praying to the Father together with the disciples with him. In this beautiful prayer he says some amazing words but there is one theme that jumps out within his prayer and that is the unity of the disciples as a witness to the world. It was almost as if Jesus knew the church would struggle with unity as it grew. In the message on Sunday we will talk about the concept of 'perfect unity' as it relates to us as believers.

Jesus tells His disciples to Remain in Me in John 15:1-15.  What does that mean?  In this message Pastor Scott addresses the concept of 'Remaining in Jesus' and discusses how we can remain in Jesus through allowing the Holy Spirit to flow through us and follow the correct use of the spiritual disciplines.

Covering John 10:1-13.  In this passage of scripture Jesus uses the metaphor of the relationship between the shepherd and his sheep and emphasizes four key characteristics of this relationship in order to teach the audience about the relationship Jesus came to have with those who follow him: 1) They know his voice 2) He goes out before them and they follow 3) He takes the sheep to places where they can feed and be safe, and 4) the good shepherd will give his life for his sheep.