Jacob Bender

My Brother's Keeper

My Brother's Keeper

Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. 

Grace or Guilt?

Grace or Guilt?

How is it that some people can read a passage, and it be guilt and condemnation and tragedy… and someone else can read the same passage, and it be life, and love, and hope and grace?

Resurrection

Resurrection

In Luke 23 Jesus says "that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations" - and most of us read that as "guilt" when really, we should read it as hope. 

 

if these were silent

if these were silent

If we won't proclaim the gospel, then the stones will. 

Everyone's Burden

Everyone's Burden

“if anyone chooses to remain ignorant, then let him stay ignorant.”

Prophecy

Prophecy

God has a plan for you life, and it's better. 

Faith, Miracles, Healing

Faith, Miracles, Healing

In this sermon, we look at the challenging question of "is it God's will to heal everyone?" and why our view on that matters when operating in the gifts of the Spirit.

Tongues

Tongues

There is a reason that "tongues" are possibly the most divisive issue INSIDE the church today.

Pentecost

Pentecost

The first few words of Acts 2:1 reveals that there is more going on with Pentecost than just what was happening that day. 

A Great Sandwich

A Great Sandwich

We often overlook the fact that sandwiched between the two most informative passages we get on "the gifts of the Spirit" is the most far reaching, famous passage about love in the entire Bible. This is intentional. 

sowing and reaping

sowing and reaping

When we sow into the Kingdom of God, we do it not for what we will get in return, but because of the eternal value of the impact that seed will make is so much bigger than this world or this life. 

revival

revival

we need to realize that if we want revival, we are the ones that need to wake up to it.

time

time

There are two Greek words for the word "time" - and they couldn't be more different.