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Full-length sermons by Pastor Mike Fabarez.
Question & Answer Service 2024-Part 3
Pastor Mike answers questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Questions in this session: If we pray with any doubt at all does God hear our prayer? Did Jesus have a part in the creation of the universe? What are your thoughts on “altar calls?” What are your thoughts on Jeremiah 29:11? How can you
Question & Answer Service 2024-Part 2
Pastor Mike answers questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Questions in this session: Should we believe in a “young earth” or “old earth?” How do we communicate what it means to be a “slave of Christ?” Is addressing someone by their preferred pronouns somehow sinful or a compromise of my Christianity? What does it
Question & Answer Service 2024-Part 1
Pastor Mike answers questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Questions in this session: How do we discern pride in ourselves and others? Where did all the different ethnicities come from after the flood. What is the biblical view on the “age of accountability” How does Satan have any authority on earth if dominion is
Our Strong God
God is a protector of his people, and Christians should always seek to detect his gracious deliverance in its varied forms, knowing God is worthy of our humble praise and generous response.
Drawing Near to God
When life is hard we must purposefully seek the Lord, knowing he is responsive to our pain and that he will give us the hope and courage that we need.
Seeking to Turn Opponents to Allies
While many will vehemently resist the biblical gospel, we must see through their biases and double down on the authenticated message God has commissioned us to share persuasively.
Remembering Your Purpose
We must be faithful to fulfill God’s purpose for our lives by obeying the clear vocational and ministry calling for our lives.
The Role of Your Testimony
We must strategically employ the powerful evangelistic tool of our personal testimony as a supplement to our sharing of the gospel facts.
The Power of Integrity
Just as Paul was brought before earthly tribunals to be examined, we need to be sure by faith we avoid God’s tribunal and prepare to stand to give an account before Christ’s tribunal.
Fear, Faith & Reason
While we will always have opposition as Christians in this world, we must never fear but only trust God and proceed with wisdom, as we continue to live our lives for him.
Grace, Patience & Persistence
We should give thanks for all of God’s kind provisions as we patiently and uncompromisingly stand up for Christ in our increasingly hostile culture.
The Elements of a Good Defense
We must respond to anti-Christian accusations against us with a respectful, positive, and well-reasoned defense, doing all we can to represent Christ in a dignified manner.
The Kinds of Opposition to Expect
We can expect in our day all sorts of opposition for being faithful to Christ and biblical truth, but we must remember our calling and courageously endure whatever comes our way.
Resurrection Credentials
We’d all prefer to call the shots and be in charge of our own lives, but the resurrected Christ is King of all, including your life and mine.
The Divine Use of Secular Means
Even in our fallen messed-up world we must recognize and respond to God’s sovereign use of governments to accomplish his will for his people.
The Callings & Purposes of God
Though God’s plans for our lives will involve some fearful circumstances, we must be unafraid and resolute about fulfilling God’s calling on our lives as we hold on to his promises.
The Hope of the Christian Life
The Christian hope is to be firmly fixed on our participation in Christ’s coming kingdom, which provides us the strength and courage to face all the current challenges in the here and now.
The Path of Sanctification
God is at work on us, using a variety of means to bring us into increasing holiness in the Christian life.
The Endurance of the Saints
God has planned and is always at work in and for his children to move them across the finish line of the Christian life and into the promised kingdom.
The Sovereignty of God
We must consider how God has been at work from long before we can imagine, leading us into the path he would have us obediently walk.
The Role of Water Baptism
Given the various and conflicting views of water baptism, we must seek to digest and rightly understand all the related biblical data on this important ordinance.
The Gift of Repentance
God graciously works through a variety of means to bring us to repentance, both at the outset of the Christian life and throughout it, so that we might walk in fellowship with him.
The Grace of God
We need to understand God’s amazing grace and sincerely respond to it with our whole hearts in light of the sinfulness of our sin.
Wise Decisions
We must make all of life’s decisions with a resolve to do what pleases the Lord, as stewards, knowing that godly choices yield God’s blessings and eternal dividends.
More Songs of the Incarnation
Get the deeper meaning of those Christmas carols we sing each year, but maybe don’t pay as much attention to as we should. There is great theological depth that we too easily sing over without giving much thought to. Gain a deeper richness and enjoyment to some of your favorite Christmas carols in Pastor Mikes
In the Fullness of Time
Just as God sent his Son at the first advent right on schedule, we should be assured that he will also dispatch his Son to establish a world of righteousness at just the right time.
The Fullness of Deity Dwells Bodily
We must reconsider the profound reality and far-reaching implications of the incarnate, fully-human, fully-divine Christ.
Indignation
The increasing sin in our world will provoke anger in Christians, but we must be careful and restrained to never allow our emotions to propel sinful words or actions.