Sola Fide (Galatians 1)

1 Samuel 23

1 Samuel 23 Joshua Handford Tune in as Pastor Josh preaches from 1 Samuel 23 this morning:

1 Samuel 22 and Psalm 57

1 Samuel 22 and Psalm 57 Joshua Handford Tune in as Pastor Josh preaches from 1 Samuel 22 and Psalm 57 this morning:

Sola Gratia (Ephesians 2:1-10)

Sola Gratia (Ephesians 2:1-10) Leighton Hickman Tune in as Pastor Leighton preaches from Ephesians 2 this morning, teaching us about one more of the core doctrines of our faith: namely, that of salvation by grace alone: “God’s grace is the root of salvation, Christ’s work is the means, and Human Faith is the path by which a person receives it…Sola Gratia: God’s grace is the root of salvation, the grace of God is the start and source of salvation. Which means God’s decision to save is entirely unearned. It is an entirely free gift, given out of His mercy, and not based on any human attractiveness, merit or good works…”

Justification by Faith Alone

Justification by Faith Alone (Genesis 22:1-14) Joshua Handford Following last weeks message on Sola Fide, Pastor Josh takes us to Abraham in Genesis 22 to teach us more about the doctrine of justification by faith alone: “Abraham has been brought to faith by a faithful God. His deepest trust and belief was in the One who had promised, and not in this son whom God had provided. God’s faithfulness is evident throughout Abraham’s life—even when Abraham is the villain of the story—even when Abraham makes the dumbest move available. Abraham, a primary biblical example of faith, is also our example of the obedience brought by faith. God’s test required him to give up everything that had come together so far in the fulfillment of God’s promises; everything that had worked out so far for Abraham to get what he was hoping for, trusting God for. And Abraham can let everything good in his life go; every provision; every advance in the achievement of his hope, and ultimately his salvation, because his trust is in the giver and not in the gift…”

Sola Fide (Galatians 1)

Sola Fide (Galatians 1) Leighton Hickman Tune in as Pastor Leighton continues his series on Doctrine, today looking at the second Sola of the reformation: Sola Fide, the doctrine that states we are saved by Faith Alone: “…(R)ather than relaxing his command for humans to be perfect, Jesus reiterates the commands of Deuteronomy 18:13 and Leviticus 19:2 in Matthew 5:48  calling us to be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect. And instead of relieving this righteous demand, God makes the greatest provision for purification ever, in Christ. In order to approach the all Holy God, sinners needed to be made sinless. Which is the impossible thing. So before time began, it was decided that the ultimate and only worthy sacrifice of God’s own Son, would be the necessary and perfect substitute and target of God’s good wrath, and Christ Jesus would die in the place of sinners, in order to cleanse sin fully, once for all…”