The Apostle Paul's letter to the churches of Rome stands as a pinnacle presentation of the Gospel in all its glory, a towering testimony to the righteousness of God & His redeeming grace. It is indeed a message for all people at all times, for though "all have sinned & fallen short of the glory of God, all [can be] justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus" (Rom 3:23-24). It is for the cause of this Christ, for this very purpose, that Paul understand himself to be called & "cut out"for Christ. SUNDAY SERVICE PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall DATE: Jan. 31, 2021 SERIES: ROMANS (Part 1) SERMON TITLE: "The Good News" ​SERMON TEXT: Romans Chapters 1-6

In the culminating turn of his iconic letter to the Jewish & Gentile Christians of ancient Rome, the Apostle Paul begins a spectacular summarizing sequence advancing an order of living entirely animated by God’s Spirit at work in individuals & communities committed to Christ. Rejecting conformity to the world pattern, believers offer ourselves as a “living sacrifice” to the Lord, receiving His revelatory insight for living out His will in the ways of transformative worship, humble service, & sincere love. SUNDAY SERVICE PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall DATE: June 13, 2021 SERIES: ROMANS (Part 15) SERMON TITLE: "Living Sacrifice: Overcoming Evil With Good" SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 12:1-21

Romans chapter 13 continues to show how the fundamentals of worship, service, & love advocated in chapter 12 form a basic pattern of living in Christ, as seen throughout the New Testament letters. The Apostle Paul calls believers to submit to authority (even worldly authorities) as an act of WORSHIP unto God (an extraordinary charge to people living directly under the reign of the infamously wicked Roman ruler Nero). Continuing the call to SERVE one another in humility, Paul describes the practical ways we are to show love to one another in activated faith, leading all to walk in the light of the Father's LOVE that fulfills the law of all righteousness. SUNDAY SERVICE PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall DATE: June 20, 2021 (FATHER'S DAY) SERIES: ROMANS (Part 16) SERMON TITLE: "Love Fulfills the Law" SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 12:1-21

In his famed letter to the early Christians of ancient Rome, the Apostle Paul describes the Law as revealing how “all have sinned & fallen short of the glory of God” (Rom 3:23). Efforts to fulfill the Law in our own strength inevitably fail yet ignoring the Law on the basis of presumed grace mistakes God's purpose for His people to be justified by a faith that fulfills the law. SUNDAY SERVICE PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall DATE: Feb. 21, 2021 SERIES: ROMANS (Part 4) SERMON TITLE: "The Law of Faith" SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 2:17 - 3:31

SERMON BEGINS AT 0:43:49 In chapter ten of his letter to the Roman church, the Apostle Paul declares Jesus Christ as "the culmination of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes" (v 4). The Greek term translated "culmination" or "end" can also be rendered as "purpose." God's purpose for His people is made known & available through our Savior Jesus. He is not far removed from us but is as close as God's word & our own hearts (vv. 6-8). If we confess Him with our mouth & believe Him in our heart, we are saved (v. 9). SUNDAY SERVICE PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall DATE: May 30, 2021 - MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SERIES: ROMANS (Part 13) SERMON TITLE: "Christ: The Purpose of the Law" SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 10:1-21

Romans chapter 13 continues to show how the fundamentals of worship, service, & love advocated in chapter 12 form a basic pattern of living in Christ, as seen throughout the New Testament letters. The Apostle Paul calls believers to submit to authority (even worldly authorities) as an act of WORSHIP unto God (an extraordinary charge to people living directly under the reign of the infamously wicked Roman ruler Nero). Continuing the call to SERVE one another in humility, Paul describes the practical ways we are to show love to one another in activated faith, leading all to walk in the light of the Father's LOVE that fulfills the law of all righteousness. SUNDAY SERVICE PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall DATE: June 20, 2021 (FATHER'S DAY) SERIES: ROMANS (Part 16) SERMON TITLE: "Love Fulfills the Law" SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 12:1-21

SERMON BEGINS AT 0:36:55 Romans chapters 9-11 explain God’s faithfulness to & through His people Israel. Even when they did not remain fully faithful to Him (just as no other people have), “It is not as though God’s word had failed” (Rom 9:6) for the promise of God’s righteousness could only ever be received by faith (Rom 4). In Christ “there is no distinction between Jew & Gentile” (Rom 10:12). Yet in chapter 11, God reveals a special purpose at work even in the predominant historical Jewish rejection of the Gospel, whereby Gentile people once outside can be grafted into faith, ultimately enticing a restoration of faith among the Jewish people maintained as a remnant by God’s grace (Rom 11:5). All the branches of this holy tree live by God’s grace through Jesus Christ the righteous root (Rev 5:5; 22:16), verdant vine (John 15:1-5), anointed branch (Isaiah 11:1-2; Zech 3:8; 6:12), living firstfruit (1 Cor 15:20-23), & crowning glory of all life (Rev 2:7; 22:2) *For those online: prepare your supplies to join us in Communion. SUNDAY SERVICE PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall DATE: June 6, 2021 SERIES: ROMANS (Part 14) SERMON TITLE: "The Root and the Branches" SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 11:1-36

SERMON BEGINS AT 0:19:40 At the heart of one of the greatest books of the Bible, the letter to the Romans, we find the heart of God. In this second of three sermons on Romans chapter 8, Pastor Court discusses the LOVE of God that intercedes for those who love Him & are called according to His PURPOSE (Rom 8:28). Though we live in frail bodies & in a fallible world, in which all creation groans & we ourselves groan (Rom 8:22-23), the love of God revealed in Christ animates the Holy Spirit to help & intercede for us “with groans too deep to be uttered” (Rom 8:26). SUNDAY SERVICE (MOTHER'S DAY) PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall DATE: May 9, 2021 SERIES: ROMANS (Part 10) SERMON TITLE: "All Creation Groans: Revealing the Love That Intercedes" SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 8:18-27

Sin & its result, death, entered the world through the disobedience of one man, Adam. All people since then have also sinned and died, except for one Man, a "new Adam," named Jesus. Though Jesus never sinned, nevertheless He died for the sins of all people. Yet He rose again from the dead "so that God's abundant provision of grace...might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ" (Rom. 5:17, 21). SUNDAY SERVICE PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall DATE: March 7, 2021 SERIES: ROMANS (Part 6) SERMON TITLE: "That Grace Might Reign: New Life in Christ" SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 5:1-21

SERMON BEGINS AT 0:40:09 In the center of the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Christians of first century Rome, we find one of the greatest chapters of the Bible, Romans 8. In this first of three sermons on that chapter, Pastor Court leads us to examine the LOVE that is not only at the heart of the book of Romans, but is indeed the very heart of God towards those who love Him & are called according to His PURPOSE (Rom 8:28). This love we find IN Christ overcomes all our sin, guilt, & bondage to death, for "there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Rom 8:1). SUNDAY SERVICE PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall DATE: May 2, 2021 SERIES: ROMANS (Part 9) SERMON TITLE: "No Condemnation in Christ: Receiving the Love That Overcomes" SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 8:1-17

SERMON BEGINS AT 0:32:40 On this Pentecost Sunday commemorating the arrival of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples in Jerusalem, we come to chapter nine in our study of the Apostle Paul's letter to the disciples of ancient Roman. Whether Jewish or Gentile, in Jerusalem or Rome, then & now, the promise of the Father to grant salvation in Christ & the fullness of His Holy Spirit "is to you & to your children & to all afar off, as many as the Lord...will call" (Acts 2:39). As many as answer the call are "children of the Promise" (Rom 9:8; Gal 4:28) & indeed children of God (Rom 8:16; John 1:12). SUNDAY SERVICE PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall DATE: May 23, 2021 SERIES: ROMANS (Part 12) SERMON TITLE: "Children of the Promise" ​SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 9:1-33; Acts 2:38-39

SERMON BEGINS AT 0:49:14 In this third of three sermons on Romans chapter 8 and the heart of love at the center of Paul’s letter, Pastor Court focuses on the LOVE of God for those who love Him & are called according to His PURPOSE (Rom 8:28). This love of God in Christ overwhelms every obstacle, overcomes every foe, and ultimately achieves every goal of God’s PURPOSE. The greatest Good News of God is that, IN Christ, NOTHING can EVER separate us from this LOVE of God when we belong to Jesus. SUNDAY SERVICE PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall DATE: May 16, 2021 SERIES: ROMANS (Part 11) SERMON TITLE: "More Than Conquerors: Releasing the Love That Overwhelms" SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 8:28-39

The Apostle Paul's letter to the churches of Rome is indeed a message for all people at all times, for though "all have sinned & fallen short of the glory of God, all [can be] justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus" (Rom 3:23-24). It is for the cause of this Christ, for this very purpose, that Paul understood himself to be called & "cut out" for Christ in a way that we can also follow today. SUNDAY SERVICE PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall DATE: Feb. 7, 2021 SERIES: ROMANS (Part 2) SERMON TITLE: "Cut Out For Christ" SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 1:1-15

SERMON BEGINS AT 0:46:48 Continuing our study of Paul’s letter to the Roman Christians, we come in chapter seven to the Apostle’s discussion of the freedom available in Christ from the burdens of breaking the law as we “serve in the new way of the Spirit & not in the old way of the written [law] code” (v. 6). That very Spirit bears witness that all in Christ are children of God & “fellow heirs with Christ” of all the treasures of the Father’s will (Rom 8:16-17). Through Jesus’ death & resurrection, we’re liberated from the lethal “letter of the law,” even while the legacy of the law provides us lessons as we face the inner struggle of a renewed spirit living within the still fallible form of our flesh. SUNDAY SERVICE PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall DATE: April 25, 2021 SERIES: ROMANS (Part 8) SERMON TITLE: "The Father's Will: A Living Trust" SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 7:1-25

The Apostle Paul’s powerful letter to the believers of Rome provides a classic example of “good news/bad news.” The bad news is that “all have sinned & fallen short of the glory of God” (Rom 3:23), but the Good News is literally “the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes,” a convicting Gospel truth about which Paul was UNASHAMED (Rom 1:16). Today we're also called to live reconciled to God’s righteousness and advancing as unashamed advocates of Christ’s Good News. SUNDAY SERVICE PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall DATE: Feb. 14, 2021 SERIES: ROMANS (Part 3) SERMON TITLE: "Unashamed: Looking at Guilt & Grace" SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 1:16 - 2:16

SERMON BEGINS AT 0:01:45 Three major world religions trace their origins to Abraham of Ur, surely fulfilling the name God gave him as "the father of many nations"(Genesis 17:5). For the Jewish people, Abraham is patriarch & progenitor, but as the Apostle Paul observed, all God's people are to follow in the footsteps of Abraham's FAITH, for it's his trust in God that makes Abraham a model for us to this day. Abraham is a father of faith. SUNDAY SERVICE PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall​ DATE: Feb. 28, 2021 SERIES: ROMANS (Part 5) SERMON TITLE: "The Faith of Abraham" SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 4:1-25

The Apostle Paul began his letter to the Romans by introducing himself as "a slave of Jesus Christ" (Rom. 1:1). We might recoil at the idea of being enslaved to anything, but as our study of Romans has already revealed, all people are slaves to sin until they're set free in Christ. Yet freedom in Jesus liberates us to live devoted to the Lord as "slaves of righteousness" (Rom. 6:18) released from wickedness & redeemed by God. SUNDAY SERVICE PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall DATE: March 14, 2021 SERIES: ROMANS (Part 7) SERMON TITLE: "Slaves of Righteousness: Dead to Sin & Alive in Christ" SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 6:1-23