SERMONS

Pastor: Jeff Love Saying Yes to Jesus: Repentance and Baptism Sometimes what we wear says something about who we identify with. Put on a Boise State hat, and people around here immediately know something about you. Maybe you've followed the Broncos for years. Maybe you remember exactly where you were during the unforgettable 2007 Fiesta Bowl. Wearing the hat is a simple way of saying, “That's my team.” We're usually not embarrassed to identify with a team we love. Jesus never

Pastor: Adam Sharkey Don’t Waste Your Calling At the end of Colossians, Paul does something that can be easy to skim past: he starts naming people. Tychicus. Onesimus. Aristarchus. Mark. Justus. Epaphras. Luke. Demas. Nympha. Archippus. At first glance, Colossians 4:7–18 can feel like a collection of closing greetings. But look closer and you find something much bigger. These names represent different backgrounds, different abilities, different failures, different resources,

Pastor: Adam Sharkey When Grace Gets Personal: The Power of Forgiveness and Reconciliation Sometimes the best way to understand a biblical principle is to watch it play out in someone's life. Throughout Colossians, Paul has taught us what it means to be changed by Jesus. Put off the old life. Put on the new. Forgive as Christ forgave you. Let your words be filled with grace. Walk in wisdom. Live differently because you belong to Christ. Then we meet three men whose lives put

Pastor: Adam Sharkey From Mirror Muscles to Mission Muscles If you spend much time in a gym, you quickly discover there are different reasons people exercise. Some exercises build what we might call mirror muscles—the muscles we notice when we look at ourselves. Others build movement muscles—the muscles that help us actually do something. There is a spiritual version of this too. Throughout Colossians, Paul has taught us what it looks like to grow in Christ. We have learned a

Pastor: Adam Sharkey Under Authority: Working and Leading for Christ One of the most important principles for reading Scripture is understanding that the Bible was written for us, but not originally to us. Paul wrote Colossians to real people living in a real place, dealing with real cultural issues. That does not make the passage less relevant. It helps us understand how to apply it faithfully. The Bible includes both descriptions and prescriptions. Descriptions tell us what

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Pastor: Jeff Love Faith at Home: Living Out Colossians 3:17 in the Family Colossians 3:17 gives us one of the broadest commands in the entire chapter: “And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus…” That sounds simple until we stop and think about what it actually means. Whatever we say. Whatever we do. Every relationship. Every response. Every role. Everything is meant to reflect Jesus. That can feel overwhelming. So under the inspiration of the

Pastor: Jeff Love Pop Quiz: How Are You Really Doing? Nobody likes pop quizzes. They're unexpected. They reveal what we've actually learned—not just what we've heard. They test whether the information has become part of us or if it simply passed through our minds for a moment. As we wrapped up Colossians chapter 3, Paul gives believers what could be described as a spiritual pop quiz. Over the past several months, we've walked through fourteen sermons in Colossians. We've been

Pastor: Josh McCammon How Then Shall We Live? Putting On the Character of Christ Have you ever accidentally started fighting someone who was actually on your team? Sometimes it happens in sports. Sometimes it happens at work. Sometimes it happens in our own families. And sometimes it happens in the church. As Josh shared in his opening story about a paintball game, it's amazing how quickly we can begin taking shots at the very people we're supposed to be standing beside. Inst

Pastor: Jeff Love Beneficial Boundaries: Why God’s Commands Are for Our Good Have you ever been on an airplane when the pilot suddenly comes over the intercom and says: "Ladies and gentlemen, we're about to enter an area of turbulence. For your safety, please return to your seats and fasten your seatbelts." If you've experienced it, you know what usually happens next. Some people immediately buckle up. Others think, "I'll be fine." Then the turbulence hits. Those who listened

Pastor: Jeff Love Take Off the Dirty Socks: Living Like the New Person Christ Made You to Be Father's Day has a way of bringing back memories. As I thought about my dad this week, I remembered one of those classic phrases many of us heard growing up: "If you live in my house..." You knew exactly what was coming next. "If you live in my house, you'll follow my rules." It wasn't a question. It was a statement built on an established reality. Since you lived in the house, certai

Pastor: Jeff Love Look Up: Living in Light of Who You Are in Christ Growing up, many of us heard some version of the phrase: "If you live in my house, you'll follow my rules." It wasn't really a question. It wasn't an invitation to debate. It was a statement built on an established reality. Since you lived in the house, certain expectations followed. The Apostle Paul uses a similar pattern as he begins Colossians 3. "If then you were raised with Christ..." (Colossians 3:1) Pa

Pastor: Adam Sharkey Growing Beyond the Counterfeit: How Real Spiritual Growth Happens Have you ever noticed how easy it is to measure spirituality by what people do? The person who reads more Scripture must be more mature. The person who fasts longer must be closer to God. The person with the most emotional worship experience must be more spiritual. The person with the strictest standards must be the holiest. The believers in Colossae were facing the same temptation. After r

Pastor: Adam Sharkey Paid in Full: The Freedom Found in Christ Have you ever agreed on a price, only to discover unexpected charges added at the last minute? Many people approach Christianity that way. They hear that salvation is a free gift through Jesus Christ, but somewhere along the way they begin to believe there must be additional requirements: "Yes, Jesus saves you, but you also have to..." Be baptized. Follow enough rules. Clean yourself up. Dress a certain way. Perfo

Pastor: Adam Sharkey Rooted in Christ: Where You Root Affects Your Fruit In a world overflowing with opinions, philosophies, influencers, and competing ideas about truth, the Apostle Paul gives believers a simple but powerful command in Epistle to the Colossians: “As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him…” The Christian life does not begin with Christ and then move on to something deeper or more advanced. It begins with Jesus, continues through Jes

Pastor: Adam Sharkey A Life That Proves the Message Colossians 1:24–2:5 If someone you’ve never met wrote you a letter correcting your beliefs… would you listen? That’s the situation in Epistle to the Colossians. Paul is writing to a group of believers he has never met—people navigating confusing, persuasive false teaching while trying to follow Jesus faithfully. And here’s the tension: Why should they trust him? They’re hearing other voices—real people, face-to-face, buildin

· Pastor: Adam Sharkey Jesus Is Enough: Why Paul Was So Clear About Christ In every generation, people search for something “more” spiritually. More insight. More experiences. More enlightenment. More hidden truth. But in Epistle to the Colossians, the Apostle Paul pushes back against that idea with unmistakable clarity: Jesus is not one spiritual option among many. He is everything. As we continue our series through Colossians, we come to one of the richest passages in a

In this passage, Paul shifts the subject and tone. “My greeting is done. Let’s get theological.” Because Paul’s mission is to answer the simple but important question: Who is Jesus? Paul needed to address false teaching circulating outside and inside the church. This false teaching attacked the very character and nature of Jesus by saying that Jesus was not actually God. So in response, Paul gives an emphatic defense for Christ's deity. Jesus is God. Over the last two thousan

Pastor: Jeff Love Made New – Colossians Week 3 There are some things in life we just don’t naturally know how to do. For me, it’s usually a house project. Something breaks, and suddenly I’m a plumber, electrician, or handyman…at least according to YouTube. I’ll pull up a video, watch it, pause it, rewind it, try it again—over and over until I finally get it. Why? Because repetition works. We learn by seeing it again and again. That’s why we memorize Scripture. That’s why we r

Pastor: Jeff Love Made New – Colossians Week 2 As we continue our journey through the book of Colossians, we’re taking it verse by verse with a clear goal—by the end, we want a strong, working knowledge of what God says in these four chapters. Ninety-five verses. One chapter a day. One memory verse per chapter. The more we put into this, the more we will get out of it. The goal isn’t just information—it’s transformation. To know Jesus more and to love Jesus more. Paul opens h