A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor Brett Deal. Music is such a unique gift. With a few simple chords a song can energize us. A few words become an anthem when set to music. With the strum of a few strings our souls can be set at ease (1 Samuel 16.23). In the middle of the outpouring of God’s final wrath, the final measure meted out against those who…

This week, Pastor Jesse speaks about what it looks like to walk by the Spirit. Main Scripture & Points: Galatians 5:16-26 POINT: To walk by the Spirit means that I am actively choosing to submit my thoughts, reactions, and decisions to the leadership of the Holy Spirit POINT: NOT BY IMPULSE BUT BY THY SPIRIT James 1:19-20 POINT: NOT BY MY PAST BUT …

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor Brett Deal. Years ago, Bebe Winans in a live recording of Nothing but the Blood, as the piano keys tinkled in the background, shared how across American Christianity, we sang the same songs, just with different arrangements. He demonstrated what he meant by taking the song, commonly sung as a single voice, arranged…

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor Brett Deal. Years ago, I heard Duke Ellington’s Heaven for the first time, and it rocked my world. In middle school I’d stumbled across Ellington (a jazz album misplaced among the blues records), and since then I began to collect his compositions. I thought I knew his sound until Heaven. His soft recognizable piano…

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor Steve Hartman. Brett has been leading us in the Songs of Revelation. Brett said as we began, “Jesus deserves our holistic worship, a worship that is rooted in the depths of our heart…” So, we are looking at these “songs” with the aim of more fully joining the worship we see as we read and study these songs the pict…

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor Brett Deal. Arriving at a defining passage for our church, Revelation 7, I am encouraged by the words of G.K. Beale & David Campbell: “The focus of the revelation John received from God is how the church is to conduct itself in the midst of an ungodly world.” I don’t think it would come as a shock to anyone that we…

This week Pastor Jesse speaks on how we can't just choose to believe in a version of God, we need to believe in All of God. Main Scripture & Sermon Points: Galatians 4:12-20 John 15:18 Mark 10:29-30 POINT: Grace is free to receive, but expensive to give POINT: I don't engage hostile strangers unless God prompts me. But the people I do have relation…

This week Pastor Jesse speaks on how everyone is God's creation but only those who believe in Jesus are God's children. Main Scripture & Points: Galatians 3:26-29 John 1:10-13 Jeremiah 29:13 *This episode was recorded on 11/30/25Kirjoittanut Eternity Church

This week Pastor Jesse speaks on how we shouldn't hate our enemies but love them instead. Main Scripture & Points: Matthew 5:43-47 Exodus 23:4-5 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Point: Blessed are teh peacemakersKirjoittanut Eternity Church

This week Pastor Rob speaks how speaking the truth is worth the conflict. Main Points & Scripture: Galatians 2:4-6 Galatians 2:11-13 POINT: The Truth Matters More Than Your Truth And Both Are Not True! POINT: What you believe, what you say & what you accept will influence others to do the same POINT: Strongly held beliefs can turn into Wrongly held…

This week Pastor Jesse how Jesus is the only way to Heaven, and we cannot earn it ourselves. Main Scripture & Points: Galatians 1:6-10 Don't Mistake Your Good Work for Salvation Galatians 2:16 You Cannot Behave Your Way to Heaven 1 Peter 1:15-16 Titus 3:5 You Cannot "Good Works" Your Way to Heaven Ephesians 2:10 Ephesians 2:8-9 You Cannot Suffer Yo…

This week Pastor Jesse speaks on how saying Yes once will make the next Yes easier. Main Scripture: Matthew 7:24-27 *This episode was recorded on 11/02/25Kirjoittanut Eternity Church

This week Pastor Jesse talks about the fear of God Main Sermon Points & Scripture: Acts 5:1-11 POINT 1: Don't mistake grace for permission Romans 1:22-32 Proverbs 1:7 Proverbs 9:10 Psalm 111:10 Ezekiel 36:25-27 *This episode was recorded on 10/26/25Kirjoittanut Eternity Church

This week Pastor Jesse talks about Salt and Light, how were ought to not just be the Salt and Light but also to Taste and See. Main Sermon Points & Scripture: Pslam 34:4-8 Matthew 5:13-16 Isiah 5:20 2 Timothy 3:1-3 2 Corinthians 4:4 Ephesians 5:16 Galatians 6:9-10 *This episode was recorded on 10/19/25…

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor Brett Deal.

This week Pastor Jesse talks about The Meek Christian and how the Meek man is strong but controlled. Main Scripture & Points: Matthew 5:5-14 *This episode was recorded on 10/12/25Kirjoittanut Eternity Church

A Sunday mornings sermon by Pastor Brett Deal.I was challenged the other day by Melissa Archer’s reflection on the worship found in the book of Revelation. She writes: “The hymns heard in heaven are to be the liturgy of the churches on earth.” When we read the book of Revelation we find John alone on the isle of Patmos, seeking the presence of Jesu…

A Sunday morning sermon by Jordan Crews.Today is Rosh Hashanah. Since the giving of the Law in the wilderness, around this time of year, we are invited once again to enter into His rest, to remember He is God and we are not. In Leviticus 23.23-25 we read: “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, y…

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor David Singh.Leviticus is a prelude to the work of the Cross. It is a call to be a holy people who reflect the holiness of God. This is the attractiveness of mission that God’s people who are sinful by nature are being redeemed and renewed. Mission is an invitation to belong to a holy God and to move from death to l…

A Sunday morning sermon by Mike Godzwa.Have you ever watched someone work a loom? For thousands of years, diverse peoples and cultures have created clothing and tapestries using looms. These looms make it possible to weave vertical warp and horizontal weft threads. It’s mesmerizing to watch. And it doesn’t even have to be fast to be impressive. All…

A Sunday morning sermon Pastor Brett Deal.Each generation is capable of passing on gifts to the next. At first, the value of those gifts often those gifts go unnoticed. For example, it was really important to my mother that I learn to sew. Perhaps it was because growing up on a farm to parents who’d gone through the Great Depression made basic skil…

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor Brett Deal.Before the start of my Senior year, I had a surprise chance to come to the States, so I set out from the island of Bioko in Central Africa for far off middle America. The whole way across the Atlantic, I had almost exclusively one thing on my mind: new music! I was barely settled in my room at a small ho…

A Sunday morning sermon by Peter DuMont.It is a truism in our culture that non-reciprocal giving can make people uneasy. People don’t always like the thought of others receiving what they have not earned. Extravagant generosity like this can seem a disruption to the moral order. This was part of the criticism levelled against Paul’s message of righ…

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor Brett Deal.A striking parallel emerges as we move further into Paul’s epistle. In chapter 2, we heard Paul singing his great Christ hymn (Philippians 2.6-11). Now, following the worthy examples of Timothy and Epaphroditus (2.19-30), “Paul's own story bears the imprint of Christ's way of self-emptying and exaltation…

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor Brett Deal.In the eye of the hurricane, swept up in the majesty of God, Job says, “My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you,” (Job 42.5). That must be one of the most striking verses in the Bible. It confesses a heartfelt belief, something held, something heard; and confirms it to be true.Naveen Rao i…

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor Brett Deal.In the eye of the hurricane, swept up in the majesty of God, Job says, “My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you,” (Job 42.5). That must be one of the most striking verses in the Bible. It confesses a heartfelt belief, something held, something heard; and confirms it to be true.Naveen Rao i…

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This week Pastor Jesse speaks how our prayer and thoughts are powerful and effective. Main Scripture & Points: Philippians 4:2-9 James 5:13-18 Proverbs 23:7 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 Romans 12:2 *This episode was recorded on 09/28/25Kirjoittanut Eternity Church

This week Pastor Jesse speaks about how real joy comes from being loved by God, not by being blessed or trouble free. Sermon Points & Scripture: Habakkuk 3:17-19 Hebrews 12:6 Proverbs 3:11-12 POINT: Sometimes hard things happen because the devil hates us... But also, sometimes hard things happen because God loves us 1 Peter 5 John 9:2 John 9:3 Roma…

This week Pastor Jesse speaks about where our hope comes from in Jesus. Main Points & Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-9 POINT: Our God is not just our Eternal God, He's our RIGHT NOW GOD!!! Genesis 50:19-20 1 Peter 1:7 POINT: We must choose to use trials to produce more Godliness in our lives not less! POINT: We will not abandon Truth, for fear of the world…

This week Pastor Jesse preached about how our God is a bit much and how his salvation on the cross saved us. Main Points & Scripture: John 14:6-7 Jesus is The Only Way Jesus is The Truth John 1:14 John 1:17 John 3:21 John 4:24 John 8:32 John 16:13 John 1:4 Romans 1:18 Romans 1:25 Romans 2:8 Romans 9:1 1 Corinthians 13:6 Ephesians 6:14 2 Thessalonia…

This Sunday Pastor Jesse shared how we need to love God more than to serve him or talk about him. Sermon Points & Scripture: Revelation 2:1-6 Luke 10:38-42 Point: Serving God Matters Acts 6 Colossians 1 Exodus 31 Acts 16 2 Corinthians 8 Matthew 25 2 Timothy 2 Acts 11 Ephesians 6:21 James 1 Acts 18 Point: Loving God Matters More Psalms 27:4 Psalms 1…

This Sunday Pastor Jesse shared how we need to not fear what Jesus has already defeated for us. Main Points & Scripture: 2 Kings 7:3-8 2 Kings 7:9-10 Point 1: Don't Fear What Jesus Has Defeated Luke 10:18-19 1 Corinthians 15:54-57 Romans 8:37 Romans 16:20 Revelation 12:11 Revelation 17:14 Revelation 20:10 Colossians 1 Romans 8:1 1 Peter 5:8-9 Point…

Today Pastor Rob tells us how our God is the God of today. Main Scripture & Points: Luke 9:18-20 Exodus 3:13-15 Knowing who he is will supersede your situation Hebrews 13:8 Matthew 28:18-20 I AM is present tense Ask, Believe and ExpectKirjoittanut Eternity Church

This Sunday, Pastor Jesse preached on how we need to take up our cross to follow Jesus. Main Points & Scripture: Mark 8:34-38 Take up Your Cross Romans 6:6 Galatians 2 John 15:18-19 Hebrews 12:1-3 *This episode was recorded on 08/03/25Kirjoittanut Eternity Church

This Sunday, Pastor Jesse preached on how we're not meant to be alone, and how we're better together. Sermon Points & Scripture: Genesis 2:15-18 Proverbs 17 Be a Loyal Friend Proverbs 17:17 Be a Safe Friend Matthew 18 Genesis 9:20-27 Be an Honest Friend Proverbs 27:6 Mark 2:1-5 Be a Lifting Friend Be a Forgiving Friend Acts 15:36-41 2 Timothy 4:11…

Pastor Jesse continued in our Watch Your Mouth sermon series. This Sunday he talked about how life can come out of our mouth instead of death Sermon Points & Scripture: Proverbs 18:20-21 Your Mouth is for Encouragement & Edification Ephesians 4:29-32 Hebrews 10:24 Your Mouth is for Faith & Prayer Mark 11:23-24 James 5:16 Your Mouth is for Praise & …

This Sunday, Pastor Jesse preached on how the mouth is one of the greatest gifts God has given us. Sermon Points & Scripture: Genesis 1:1-5 Genesis 1:27 Proverbs 18:21 Point: Your mouth can release your prayers, or ruin your prayers 1 Peter 3 Point: Today's gossip might silence tomorrows prayers James 3 Proverbs 17 Genesis 3:21 Point: Love Covers, …

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor Brett Deal.What must it have been like for Job when God showed up! One second the young Elihu is encouraging Job to “Keep listening to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth [because] God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things that we cannot comprehend,” and “then the …

A Sunday sermon by Pastor Brett Deal.I once found myself in conversation with a futurist. He’d published several books and was well-known for his study of the future and his predictions on where things were headed. At times it was as if he was looking past the curve of the earth and seeing what tomorrow was bringing. When I asked him how he went ab…

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor Brett Deal.I think Mark Twain was right when he said, “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” The little book of Ruth is driven by kindness. Amid famine, decimation, and loss, the whisper of kindness soothes deafened ears. In the clashing cymbals of time, when the cacophony of anxi…

A Sunday morning sermon by Peter DuMont.Gregory Wagenfuhr, member of the ECO Standing Theology Committee, has spoken of time as a difficult thing to live within. In his telling, we are continually ground between two stones: between processing and making sense of the past, and anticipating and planning for the future. Our task as humans is to live b…

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor Brett Deal.Every year during the festival of Weeks, the time more commonly known as Pentecost, the people of God would read the little book of Ruth. Annually they would take this short story from their past and listen to it again as it spoke into the current realities they were facing as well as the unknown, unseen…

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor Brett Deal.Elise and I just got back from our own Emmaus road. We set out walking from our Jerusalem, like Cleopas and his companion into the unknown. And walk we did! Over the last two weeks we averaged six miles a day. Our peripatetic journey took us across the British isles. We worshiped in Westminster and Glasg…

A Sunday sermon by Peter DuMont.Why do we worship Jesus? Six weeks ago we gathered on Easter Sunday with a palpable sense of joy to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection. Since then we have been walking through his disciples experience of grief, disorientation, and sorrow between his death and resurrection. This week we arrive at the incredible finale to J…

A Sunday morning sermon by Kathleen Hudson.It is not an altogether uncommon experience in our home for someone to shout out to another person asking where something is. The irony of this is that, often, the person seeking what they cannot find is positioned directly in front of the “missing” item. The one called walks in and quickly grabs the item …

This Sunday he preached on how to get spiritually fit and prepare ourselves for new seasons in our lives. Sermon Points & Scripture: Luke 12:54-56 Proverbs: 13:20 Esther 4:14 1 Timothy 4 Point: You Get Spiritually Fit When You Read Our Bible Matthew 4:4 2 Timothy 3:16 Point: You Get Spiritually Fit When You Pray 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Colossians 4:2 …

This Sunday Nathan Finochio brought us through Psalms 23. Main Scripture: Psalms 23 *This episode was recorded on 06/29/25Kirjoittanut Eternity Church

Paster Jesse continued in our Money God's Way sermon series. This Sunday he preached on how tithing isn't the only way we can follow God with our money. Sermon Points & Scripture: Point: Tithe & Don't Be Stingy Leviticus 19:9 Point: Tithe & Leave Room For The Less Fortunate In Your Church John 13 Romans 15 2nd Corinthians 8 Point: Tithe & Leave Roo…