Who would you expect God to point us to as a model of faith? A pastor or priest? A wise and mature believer? How about a teenage girl? In these verses, the Lord points us to the example of Mary as a model of faith that everyone should imitate. Listen as Pastor Josh shows us three marks of God's servants from the life of Mary that should challenge us and raise our expectations of what teenagers can do for the Lord.

Why does Luke begin his gospel account of the life of Jesus with the story of an old, unremarkable priest named Zechariah? He is not mentioned anywhere else in Scripture. He is absent from all of our Christmas carols. So, why does Luke's Christmas story begin with him? Luke begins with him to introduce one of the main themes of his book, which is that Christ has come to bring comfort to the weak and weary. Listen as Pastor Josh teaches about God's heart for the weak through the life of Zechariah.

Listen as visiting pastor Dwayne Cline walks us through a biblical perspective on Money from Jesus' teachings in Luke 16.

Romans 8:35-39

The Bible teaches that, following His resurrection and ascension, Jesus took His place at the Father's right hand where He forever intercedes for His blood-bought people. Christ's intercession is not a commonly discussed reality, and yet it is one of the most comforting truths for the believer. Listen as Pastor Josh teaches on Christ's intercession and what they reveal about His loving heart for each of His beloved people.

We have a hard time saying "no" to ourselves, even though we know our lives would be so much better if we did. Think of the difference self control would make in our speech, our eating habits, our humor, our spending, our use of time, the time on our phone, binge watching, anger expressed etc. This message is about the road the self-control and how Jesus' death provides for living a self controlled life.

Is God on your side? Most people assume that He is, but Scripture corrects that notion by revealing that God is against those who live apart from Christ. But once we are united to Christ by faith, we enjoy the wonder, confidence, and assurance of knowing that God is indeed for us. Listen as Pastor Josh attempts to explain the wonders of this reality.

In this sermon, Pastor Josh continues guiding us through the "golden chain of salvation" found in these two verses. These verses re-tell our testimonies from God's perspective and remind us that all of salvation -- beginning, middle, and end -- is completely and totally from God.