Eyes to See
preached by Pastor Steve Tompkins | 07.05.09
In this sermon, Pastor Steve shares with us from a deeply personal place as he wrestles with the idea of what the Bible means when it speaks of having eyes to see & ears to hear. The scriptures have some hard words for us as we honestly [...]

In this sermon Pastor Steve passionately and personally identifies with Peter in Luke chapter 5 as he says to Jesus “Depart from me, I am a sinful man, oh Lord”.  We find that this statement betrays a deeply religious heart and that Jesus rejects Peter’s religious posturing by calling him to catch men instead of [...]

by Pastor Steve Tompkins
Lately I’ve been reflecting on Jesus’ words in Matthew 25 from the parable of the sheep and the goats at the last judgment (v 31-46), especially where he says this “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to [...]

Being the Church in Prayer & Mission
preached by Pastor Steve Tompkins | 1.4.09
The focus of this sermon is on Paul’s two main commands in this passage, namely that we are to “continue steadfastly in prayer,” and to “walk in wisdom toward outsiders.” As the Apostle Paul speaks to the Colossians (and to us) his concern [...]

Dead, Buried, and Raised in Jesus
preached by Pastor Steve Tompkins | 11.02.08
In this sermon Pastor Steve walks us through the Bible in order to uncover the deeply practical spiritual truths that are revealed to us through baptism. He looks at our sin, our past slavery, and our new found freedom in Jesus as we find [...]

“Until we realize we are not competent to run our own lives, we are not competent to run our own lives” Pastor Steve quotes Tim Keller as he takes us into the belly of the fish with Jonah where Jonah begins his heart felt repentance to God. It is in God’s sovereign grace that [...]

Although he wrote the book himself around 800 B.C., the prophet Jonah did not cast himself as the hero of the Story. Instead, Pastor Steve, points out that Jonah is a history lesson about the real Hero of the story, namely the living God. Through a collection of scripture and real-world examples Pastor Steve passionately [...]

By Pastor Steve Tompkins
What comes to mind for you when someone mentions the book of Jonah? My guess is that from the back of our minds some cartoonish kids-bible/Sunday school type of image of “Jonah and the Whale” comes floating to the surface. What also might come to mind is the memory of some professor [...]

Preached July 13, 2008
by Pastor Steve Tompkins
Painting by Stuart Roper (click image to go to website)

In the second part to this two part series, Pastor Steve uses John 15:8 “By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples” as a base text and looks at what [...]

Preached July 6, 2008
by Pastor Steve Tompkins
In this sermon Pastor Steve shares from his deeply personal quest to define what it means to “see” the Glory of God and its implications in joy and defining our identities as disciples of Jesus. Using John chapter one as a foundation from which to work, pastor Steve [...]