In this Easter Sermon, Pastor Zack turns our attention to the topic of suffering and hardships and where we are to find our hope by looking to Asaph’s Psalm of lament in Psalm 77. In this Psalm, we see Asaph crying out to God in deep despair in the first 9 verses, followed by a […]
In this Palm Sunday sermon, Jim Anderson draws our attention to what the disciples failed to see. As witnesses of Christ’s ministry, the masses and His disciples failed to see Christ as the prophetic fulfillment of Zechariah 9:9. Why? In part because of His humility and their inability to see their own great need of […]
In this sermon, Pastor Zack begins the cycle of the book of Judge’s final deliverer — Samson. In Judges 13, we learn the nativity story of Samson — those events that led to his birth at the end of the chapter. As we consider the Samson birth story, in the intentional providence of God it […]
In this sermon, Pastor Zack continues our study in the book of Judges by looking at Jephthah’s deliverance of Israel from their Ammonite oppression. In this sermon, we learn about the Israelite rebellion, Jephthah’s victory as judge, and Jephthah’s tragic vow. After we understand the narrative of the text, Pastor Zack helps us to apply […]
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic hitting our country and forcing us to cancel our corporate worship gathering, Pastor Zack addresses the church via livestream regarding what our Christian response should be to the coronavirus. In this sermon, our response could be summarized by four phrases: Do Not Fear, Trust God, Love Others, and […]
In this sermon, Pastor Zack continues our study in the book of Judges by looking at the rise and demise of King Abimelech in Judges 9. As Abimelech, the concubine-born son of Gideon (Jerubbaal), assumes the kingship in Shechem, we see Israel’s ruin come from within — from among their own. After considering the narrative […]
In his final sermon as Senior Pastor of GBC for 32 years, and the installation of Zack Ford as the 2nd Senior Pastor of GBC, Pastor Kevin reminds us from John 13 that the symbol for leadership is that of a slave. As he walks us through John 13, he reminds us of what it […]
In this sermon, we see Gideon’s disastrous ending as the author of Judges brings the Gideon cycle to a close. Marked by interpersonal conflict, ruthless vengeance, hypocrisy, disobedience, idolatry, and sinful presumption, Gideon’s final scene in his life and legacy is not one for us to follow. Indeed, it is one for us to learn […]
In this sermon, Jim Anderson, one of our elders at GBC, looks at another aspect of Paul’s view of the ministry in Acts 20:17-24. How do we know if we are serving for the right reasons? How do we know if our ministry is true, Gospel-centered, Christ-driven ministry or simply done out of compulsion, guilt, or […]
In this sermon, Pastor Zack continues our study of the book of Judges by looking to the next chapter in the Gideon story. In this chapter, we see God make it abundantly clear to the Israelites, and to us, that He will not share His glory with another. Rather, God loves to use our weaknesses […]