Sermons Preached

RIOT Message March 2022

Address the camera on a stand I’ve got set up in the front row for my boys. In case you can’t tell from my face, I’m old. I grew up in a very different time and place. So help me understand. Do high schoolers still actually get in fistfights? Or do you just harass each other online and call that bullying? Ok, let me give you a glimpse into the kid Jim Smith- so we moved at the end of…

Good Friday Message

This was a very short sermon I gave for good friday on MStar.live 2021 Today is a very special day in Christian circles. I know easter is coming, and man are we excited to talk about that with you on sunday. But really, for me, today means so much, that I couldn’t just let it pass and not chat with you about it. Right now, from 6-8 at our church, we do a somber open house- people come in, take…

RIOT Message Feb 2020 #2

RIOT MESSAGE Judges 7 So part two of a double header about dear ole Gideon. To hear the first message, go back in time and show up last week. 🙂 So let’s catch you up in case you weren’t here- here’s the armies, camped out, gettin ready for battle. Gideon went all scaredy cat, and double triple checked that God was still God. Spoilers, he was. Now here we are, battle getting ready. Prolly some dude in a skirt going…

RIOT Sermon Feb 2020

RIOT MESSAGE Judges 6 Judges 6-8 6-7:23 first week How many of us have ever thought something along the lines of “I wish I could know that God is real” that he’s on our side, loves us, has our back etc. I have. I think anyone being honest would say they have, right? Wether you don’t yet believe in Jesus, you wish you knew for sure. If you do, you wish you knew for sure. Like for sure. Sure. Who…