Gospel for life with Nathaniel Timmermann

Forever: Happy

Do I actually want to go to heaven? For so many people, heaven doesn't actually seem like a good place to be. We have to learn to long for a distant country that we've never been to and have no idea what it is like. If it is a great place, you can learn to like it. Sermon on Isaiah 35:1-10 on November 10th, 2024

The ruled can rule

We need to know that the real path to ruling is the one who came to serve. We will place ourselves beneath others because there is a throne waiting for us.  We need to be prepared for that throne someday. The only way to be shaped and made into that person who can sit and rule on that throne is that we are ruled today.  A sermon on Revelation 20:4-6. 

Restore to Reform

Although we are really good at restoring certain things like cars, generally we struggle to restore things in life. We are much better at tearing things down. This is part of our cultural moment. A better way is to realize that to restore things will mean to reform them into something new and often better. A sermon on Galatians 6:1-10 for Reformation 2024, October 27, 2024

You have a call from a king. You have a vocation.

Whatever job or work we do, we can't just do kingdom work some of the time or part time. We have a high and holy calling. We have a vocation to help fight sin. A sermon on Mark 10:32-45 on October 20th 2024

Marriage and families, for most people, are the path to flourishing

I've seen plenty of examples of the destructive effect of marriage. Nevertheless, God says and shows that marriage is the path to flourishing, for most people. A sermon on genesis 2:18-25 on October 13.

Loved: pastor and people

Every believer should work for the good of neighbor. Through the work of Jesus, we have been made priests of God. That doesn't minimize or eliminate the work of pastors. We benefit each other when we work together in love. Sermon on September 29th, 2024.

LOVED: By others

Being loved does some great things for us. But it isn't easy to be someone who can be loved. It means being vulnerable and dependent. That's what someone else has done exactly right for us. Sermon on Sept 22, 2024, 1 John 4 and others.

LOVED: By God

God is the love the drives the world. That very love means life for all. Do we actually want someone to love us? Can we endure love with us, for us, and beside us all the time? Know the love of God for you. A sermon on September 15th, 2024 on John 3:16

The gospel gives you something to give

Christianity has something to give. Whether you know it or not, feel it or not, or even have the right thing, whatever sickness, hardship, or trial you run up against in life, the gospel gives you something to give. A sermon on Act 3:1-10 on September 8th, 2024.

People might do great things, but little people lead great lives that bring glory to someone else.

Kids know the importance of giving honor and glory to someone else. They boast about their parents at school. We give glory and honor to things to by our lives - perhaps to money, or family, or our career. But do we honor good things? Do we glorify the right things? And what could it do for us if we honored someone else who honored us first! A sermon on Deuteronomy 4:1-9 on September 1, 2024.