“The way [for Satan to trap us in worldly pursuits] is to convince us that those pursuits matter more than they actually do! His aim is to distract us with our circumstances! The more he can keep our eyes on our circumstances, the less our eyes will be on Christ!”

James 1:1-8 – Making Us More Like Christ

May 18, 2025

Garrett West

Book of James

“Jesus’ sacrifice for us gives meaning to our trials and our suffering, because it gives them purpose! And without purpose, there is no joy in them!”

Ecclesiastes 11:7-12:14 – Overcoming the Vanity of Life

May 11, 2025

“One of the problems of sin [is that] we seek enjoyment of God’s creation apart from God rather than as a gift from God… This is what makes life under the sun vain!… It’s no longer worship. It’s idolatry.”

Giving the Gospel – Session 4 – The Gospel (Part 3): Christ

May 4, 2025

God's Attributes/Nature

Giving the Gospel – Session 4 – The Gospel (Part 3): Christ

Audio

Ecclesiastes 10:8-11:6 – The Works of Wisdom and Folly

May 4, 2025

The Sinful Nature (The Flesh)

Wisdom

Work

“Let JESUS worry about YOU, and YOU worry about serving HIM with diligence.”

Ecclesiastes 9:13-10:7 – The Greatness of Wisdom and Folly

April 27, 2025

“Wisdom isn’t measured by status or accomplishment, but by conformity to the image of Jesus Christ!”

Jesus, the Resurrected Son of God – Various Passages

April 20, 2025

Garrett West

Easter Sundays

Assurance of Salvation

“According to the Bible, the evidence that Jesus’ resurrection has justified you is that the resurrection is also sanctifying you! Put simply, you know you’ve been forgiven if you’re being transformed!”

Luke 4:1-13 – Jesus, the Perfect Son of God

April 13, 2025

God's Attributes/Nature

“Where Adam was tempted by Satan and failed, Jesus, the PERFECT Son of God, would be victorious!”

Giving the Gospel – Session 3 – The Gospel (Part 2): Man

April 6, 2025

Giving the Gospel – Session 3 – The Gospel (Part 2): Man

Audio

Ecclesiastes 8:1-9:12 – The Hidden Good in our Fallen Lives

April 6, 2025

“The vanities of life can’t rob Christians of our joy, because it’s not our lives that have earned God’s approval! It’s Jesus’ life that has earned God’s approval!”

Giving the Gospel – Session 2 – The Gospel (Part 1): God

March 30, 2025

Garrett West

Giving the Gospel

Big Picture of the Bible

Creation

Evangelism

God the Father

God's Attributes/Nature

Giving the Gospel – Session 2 – The Gospel (Part 1): God

Audio

Ecclesiastes 7:15-29 – Man’s Twisted Pursuit of What is Good

March 30, 2025

The Sinful Nature (The Flesh)

Sunday Morning

“If we only obey God indirectly, apart from faith in Jesus, we are pursuing a self-righteousness built on the foundation of what I have concluded is good.”

Giving the Gospel – Session 1 – The Gospel-Centered Life

March 23, 2025

Giving the Gospel – Session 1 – The Gospel-Centered Life

Audio

Ecclesiastes 6:10-7:14 – What is Good?

March 23, 2025

The Sinful Nature (The Flesh)

Sunday Morning

“This is the ultimate good for man: trusting that God is good, even when we can’t seem to grasp it!”

Ecclesiastes 5:10-6:9 – The Vanity of our Misplaced Joy

March 16, 2025

“What we complain about reveals a lot about our contentment and our appetites. In fact, it reveals how content with Jesus we truly are! The more content we are with Christ, the less we complain. The more we complain, the less content we are with Christ. And in this way, our complaints, just like our discontentment, reveal our idols.”