Sermons from 2023

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December 31, 2023

The Church: The Mystery that Debunks All Myths

Speaker: Jerry Ornelas Series: Ephesians Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Ephesians 3:1–13

December 24, 2023

What Confident Faith Looks Like in the Time of Advent

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: Advent 2023 Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Psalm 85:1–13

December 17, 2023

The Double-Sided Coin of Advent: Anguish and Assurance

Speaker: Jerry Ornelas Series: Advent 2023 Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Psalm 13:1–6

December 10, 2023

For Whose Sake? Waiting and Suffering in the Time of Advent

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: Advent 2023 Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Psalm 44:1–26

December 3, 2023

Behold! We are Becoming the Holy Dwelling Place of God

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: Ephesians Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Ephesians 2:11–22

November 26, 2023

Killing Hostility: The New Peaceful Community in Christ

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: Ephesians Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Ephesians 2:11–18

November 19, 2023

The Immeasurable Mercy & Kindness of God

Speaker: Jerry Ornelas Series: Ephesians Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Ephesians 2:1–10

November 12, 2023

Do You Experience the Power of God? Prayer, the Church, and God’s Immeasurable Greatness

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: Ephesians Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Ephesians 1:15–23

November 5, 2023

Look at All We Get! The Sealing of the Spirit and the Incredible Privileges of Our Inheritance in Christ

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: Ephesians Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Ephesians 1:1–14

October 29, 2023

In Christ: Forgiveness and Renewal of All Things

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: Ephesians Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Ephesians 1:1–14

October 22, 2023

In Christ: Finding All of Our Lives in Jesus

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: Ephesians Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Ephesians 1:1–14

October 15, 2023

True Unity

Speaker: Benjamin Sheldon Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Acts 4:32–37

October 8, 2023

Abiding in Christ our King

Speaker: Jerry Ornelas Series: Abiding in Total Christ Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Ephesians 4:1–16

October 1, 2023

Abiding in Christ our Priest

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: Abiding in Total Christ Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: 1 Corinthians 10:14–22

September 24, 2023

Abiding in Christ our Prophet

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: Abiding in Total Christ Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: 2 Timothy 1:1–14

September 17, 2023

The Identity of the Church: Being Missional and the Presence of Christ

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: Abiding in Total Christ Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Acts 2:22–47

September 10, 2023

The Key to Everything: Be Gospel-Centered

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: Abiding in Total Christ Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Romans 3:21–31

September 3, 2023

Where Are You, God?

Speaker: Jerry Ornelas Series: Psalms Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Psalm 42:1–11

August 27, 2023

Wrestling with God in Turmoil and Confidence

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: Psalms Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Psalm 143:1–12

August 20, 2023

The Secret to Contentment

Speaker: Jerry Ornelas Series: Psalms Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Psalm 131:1–3

August 13, 2023

Life in Jesus: Fighting (the Right!) Battles in Light of the Victory of God

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: Psalms Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Psalm 118:1–29

August 6, 2023

Luke’s Final Word: Our Messy, Impossible, Unstoppable Missional Task

Speaker: Chip Anderson Series: Stand-Alone Sermons Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Acts 28:17–31

July 30, 2023

Life in Jesus: Ascending the Mountain of the Glorious Lord

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: Psalms Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Psalm 24:1–10

July 23, 2023

Following Jesus: Grace, Restoration, and Witness in a Distracted World

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 21:1–25

July 16, 2023

Come Lord Jesus! Forgiveness, Peace, and the Mission of the Church

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 20:19–31

July 9, 2023

The Old Has Ended. The New Has Begun.

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 20:1–18

July 2, 2023

Jesus' Burial: Finding Life in the Death of the King

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 19:3–42

June 25, 2023

It is Finished.

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 19:16–30

June 18, 2023

CPC at 30: Giving Thanks for God's House and the Immense Privilege of Sacrifice

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: Stand-Alone Sermons Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: 1 Peter 2:1–12

June 11, 2023

Jesus Before Pilate and the Irony of God

Speaker: Jerry Ornelas Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 19:1–16

June 4, 2023

Jesus’ Kingdom is Not of This World: The Horrifying Consequences of Sin in the Face of the Lamb’s Immovable Mission

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 18:28–40

May 28, 2023

The Arrest of the Good Shepherd: Pride, Betrayal, and Discovering Who’s Really on Trial

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 18:1–27

May 21, 2023

The Church: A Sacrament For the World

Speaker: Jerry Ornelas Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 17:18–26

May 14, 2023

You are Set Apart for a Purpose: Being Kept by Jesus for a Life on Mission

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 17:6–19

May 7, 2023

A Praying Savior? The Unique Glory of God and Eternal Life in Jesus

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 17:1–5

April 30, 2023

Where Do Broken Hearts Go?

Speaker: Jerry Ornelas Series: Stand-Alone Sermons Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Psalm 23:1–6

April 23, 2023

What Do You Expect? Sorrow, Joy, and the Coming of the Holy Spirit

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 16:1–33

April 16, 2023

Hated by the World, Helped by the Spirit

Speaker: Jerry Ornelas Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 15:18–27

April 9, 2023

What If It's True? Knowing the Power and Presence of Christ Now

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: Holy Week Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: Ephesians 1:15–23

April 2, 2023

Dwelling in the Vine: The Radically New Love, Joy and Friendship in Jesus

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 15:1–17

March 26, 2023

Rejoice in the Spirit! The Continuing Power and Presence of Christ in Us

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 14:1–31

March 19, 2023

Strength for Troubled Hearts: Dwelling in Jesus and the Promise of (Greater!) Works

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 14:1–14

March 12, 2023

What's So New About The Love of Christ?

Speaker: Jerry Ornelas Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 13:21–38

March 5, 2023

The Lord of All, the Servant of All: Footwashing, and the New World in Jesus' Kingdom

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 13:1–20

February 26, 2023

Where Do We See the Glory of God? Judgement, Unbelief, and the Inverted Way to Be Lifted Up

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 12:27–50

February 19, 2023

The King of Glory

Speaker: Jerry Ornelas Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 12:12–27

February 12, 2023

How Do You Respond to Jesus? Adoration or Betrayal?

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 11:45– 12:11

February 5, 2023

The Final Sign: Lazarus, Life, and the End of Everything as We Knew It

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 11:1–44

January 29, 2023

Do You Know the Good Shepherd? Trusting the Gracious, Life-giving, and Irrevocable Authority of the Son

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 10:11–42

January 22, 2023

Jesus: The Good Shepherd of Your Soul

Speaker: Jerry Ornelas Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 10:1–11

January 15, 2023

Are You Blind? How Jesus Shows Us What It Really Means to See

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 9:1–41

January 8, 2023

Coming to Terms with the Extraordinary Claims of Jesus and the Great I Am

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 8:37–59

January 1, 2023

Finding the Freedom We All Seek

Speaker: Craig Luekens Series: John Topic: 10:30am Service Passage: John 8:21–36