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Romans

The Power of the Gospel

Date: September 20, 2026 Pastor: Ryan Ross Read Romans 1:16-32
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The Beauty of the Gospel: Foreknowledge, Predestination, and Glorification
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Generosity in Action
O Death: Where is Your Sting?
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From Dust to Glory: The Promise of Resurrection Bodies
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Christ Is Risen: The Gospel That Saves, Roots, and Holds Us
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The Lord’s Supper: Unity, Examination, and the Gospel
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Biblical Freedom Yields to Love
Clinging to Crowns or Casting Them at His Feet
Certain Hope
Born to Save
The Righteous One
Love Made Flesh
Made For a Different World
The Lie of “Life Starts When…”
Called to Be Where You Are: Gospel Authority Over Every Relationship
You Are Not Your Own
God Will Not Share His Glory
Why Not Rather Be Wronged? Gospel-Shaped Conflict Resolution
Purity Over Pride: Genuine Love Confronts
Faithfulness Over Fame: Servants & Stewards
Christ Our Firm Foundation
The Light Will Overcome
From Milk to Maturity
The Mind of Christ
The Folly and the Power of the Cross
One Mind, One Cross: Unity in Christ
Identity Before Activity
From Self-Indulgence to Shared Burdens
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The Wisdom From Above
Taming the Tongue
True Faith Isn’t Alone
The Problem With Partiality
True Religion: Communication, Character, and Compassion
Counting Trials as Joy: Finding Faith in Suffering
In the End, God Wins: Finding Hope & Assurance
Hope and Assurance Amidst Prophetic Realities
Senior Blessing Sunday
God is Still Doing Miracles
The Sovereign Hand: God’s Authority Over History and Our Lives
The Unseen Battle: Trusting in God’s Sovereign Victory
Alive in Christ: Embracing the Power of the Resurrection
The Promise of Messiah
Praying the Promises
Sovereignty and Comfort: Trusting God in Trials
God is Sovereign Over Time
Radical Faith in Our Faithful God
A King Fails to Teach His Son
The Sovereignty of God Over Kings
Trusting in the One True God
Eternal Citizenship
This is Not Our Home
The Sovereign, Good God
Who Are We Following?
The Covering of Christ
Christmas Is Fulfilled
God With Us
The Promise of Joy
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Grace Alone
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Refusing the Lord
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Disciples Remain Alert
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Occupied With the Gospel
The Undivided Soul
Certain Truth in Uncertain Times
Encouragement in Christ
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To Us a Child is Born (Isaiah 9)
We Rejoice in Our Eternal Priest-King (Psalm 110)
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Who Will You Worship (Acts 17:16-34)
Reasoning for God (Acts 17:1-15)
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The Substance of the Gospel (Acts 15)
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The Spirit Validates the Message (Acts 13:6-12)
Christ Multiplies His Church (Acts 13:1-4)
God Doing the Impossible (Acts 12:12-19)
God Delivers Peter (Acts 12:1-11)
Living as Faithful Nobodies (John 15)
Be the Light (Matt 5:13-16)
Persecution to Flourishing (Acts 11:19-30)
God Has Granted Repentance Leading to Life (Acts 11:1-18)
Jesus Makes the Unclean Clean (Acts 9:32-10:48)
A Pharisee Preaches the Gospel in Jerusalem (Acts 9:19-31)
Nobody is Unusable in God’s Invincible Plan (Acts 9)
God’s Ancient Work (Acts 8:26-40)
Wisdom and Grace (Acts 6:8-7:60)
Caring for the Needs of the Body (Acts 6:1-7)
The Invincible Work of God (Acts 5:12-42)
On Lying to God (Acts 5:1-7)
Gospel Unity and Radical Generosity (Acts 4:32-37)
Speaking the Word of God With Boldness (Acts 4:23-31)
Doing What is Right in the Eyes of God (Acts 4)
The Church Gets to Work (Acts 3)
The Fellowship of Believers (Acts 2:42-47)
Pentecost – What Does it Mean Part 2 (Acts 2:14-47)
Pentecost – What Does it Mean Part 1 (Acts 2:1-13)
The Priority of Prayer in the Early Church (Acts 1:12-26)
All That Jesus Continues to Do (Acts 1:1-11)
That You May Know (1 John 5:13-21)
Overcoming the World (1 John 5:1-12)
Perfect Love (1 John 4:7-21)
Test the Spirits (1 John 4:1-6)
Love: The Defining Characteristic of a Believer (1 John 13:11-24)
Big Problems, Little People (1 Sam 17)
A Beautiful Inheritance (Psalm 16)
What Will You Do With Jesus (Matt 2:1-12)
He Has Come (Christmas Eve 2022)
Marks of a Christ-Follower (1 John 2:26-3:11)
Love the Lord – Not the World (1 John 2:12-27)
To Know Jesus is to Obey Him (1 John 2:1-11)
The Light Has Come (1 John 1)
Loneliness (2 Tim 4:9-18)
Transformational Vulnerability (Mark 5:25-34)
What it Means to Be a Friend of Jesus: Matthew
The Preeminence of Christ (Col 1:15-17)
The Gospel Applied: Going Outside the Camp (Heb 13:10-25)
The Unearned Gift of Salvation (Matt 20:1-15)
A Biblical View of Baptism
The Gospel: God Moving Towards Broken Things
How Should We Then Live? (Hebrews 13:1-14)
Running With Endurance (Hebrews 12)
Encouraging One Another Towards The Throne (Heb 10:19-35)
Christ, The Once-For-All Sacrifice (Hebrews 9:15-10:18)
What is God Doing and What is Our Role In That? (Eph 4:1-16)
Christ, the Mediator of a Better Covenant (Heb 8:1-9:14)
The Certainly of God’s Promise (Heb 6:13-20)
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The Faith of a Child vs Childish Faith (Heb 5:11-6:3)
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Evil Will Not Go Unpunished (Joshua 11)
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Elders and Deacons (1 Tim 3:1-13)
The Image of God (Mark 12:13-17)
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Are You Committed or Just Involved? (Rom 6:15-23)
A Disciple is a Minister of the Gospel (Acts 3:1-10)
Do You Look Different? (Phil 3:12-14)
A Disciple Rests (Matt 11:25-30)
A Disciple Abides (John 15:1-11)
A Disciple Believes (Gen 15:1-6)
The Gospel Divides (Matt 10:34-29)
Love Your (Pre-Born) Neighbor (Luke 10:25-37)
What’s Your House Built On? (Matt 7:24-27)
Does He Know You? (Matt 7:21-23)
Recognizing False Teachers (Matt 7:15-20)
It’s Not About You (Gal 1:11-24)
Two Gates (Matt 7:13-14)
The Golden Rule (Matt 7:12)
Asking, Seeking, Knocking (Matt 7:7-11)
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He Has Risen Indeed (Luke 24:13-35)
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Mark 8:22-26
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Mark 7:1-23
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Mark 1:21-34
Mark 1:14-20
Mark 1:12-13
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The Call to Gospel Pursuit
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Christ Alone
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Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:11
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exodus 4:1-17
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Exodus 2:1-22
Exodus 1:1-22
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