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Because you are…

Because you are loved                                         –             live a life of love Because you were chosen                                   –             live at peace Because you are justified                                    –             live...

Religion v. The Gospel

The good news of Jesus Christ is the message that all who believe in Him are saved entirely by grace and not at all by our own efforts. “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so...

Downward Mobility

Philippians 2 challenges followers of Jesus to “count others more significant than yourselves,” (v. 3) by embracing the mindset of Jesus. Though Jesus was (and is) of the same substance and nature as God, he did not cling to his status and rights but...

This is Why

People from every tongue and tribe and nation singing with one voice, “How great is our God!” This is why we are alive. This is why Jesus has not yet returned. This is why Oakwood exists as a church. This is why Jesus sent us out to make disciples of all nations. So...

Glorious Unfolding

Check out this powerful song from Steven Curtis Chapman. I used this to conclude the sermon on Sunday for how powerfully it speaks to our confidence as believers even in the face of terrible suffering. “I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will...

Rejoice in the Lord

A sermon series in Philippians “Finally, brothers, rejoice in the Lord.” Philippians 3:1 “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.” Philippians 4:4 Paul commands in the last two chapters of Philippians what he models in the first...