It is really easy to start running the race but what happens when things don't go our way? Some people may start out in Christianity just wanting to try it and then they walk away when things get difficult. Why? Often times it's because they weren't really planning on making it the whole way anyway. Or they have so much still invested in the past they going forward with Christ just doesn't seem worth it. When we leave doors open to return to the world we can expect them to call for us, and if they do call for us we have to make the decision to either shut that door or return.

In this sermon Pastor Cox discusses how some people are already pre-disposed to giving up before they even start the race. He discusses the symptoms of those that are inclined to give up and when it becomes obvious that they have their minds set on returning to their old life. This is a good sermon indirectly comparing the difference between saving faith and human effort. Do you have what it takes to make it to the end?

Did you know that God has a "Biggest Loser" competition going on? On the day when He will settle all accounts God is going to weigh everyone's life to see who gave up the most for the purpose of knowing Him.

The heart God desires to see of us is not one that does just enough to try to get by, but one that gives up on trying to perform "Christianity" or the things in this world that are temporarily pleasurable, in order to know the one that gave up everything to win us back from sin and death.

In this sermon Pastor Cox emphasizes the importance of losing your life in order to know God in an intimate way.

It is easy to get so caught up with what you are doing for Christ that you forget to see that it should all come from the finished work of what Christ did for you. If we do not recognize this fact, we're likely to start trying to work FOR salvation rather than FROM salvation.

In this sermon Pastor Justin Cox compares physical circumcision to spiritual circumcision and preaches on the dangers of adding on to what Christ has already done. Paul calls such people, who exalt something other than Christ for salvation and recruit others to their way of thinking, "dogs." It is easy to become a "dog" if you're not rooted and trusting solely in what Christ has done to save you from sin. This sermon is a real "treat" for me. I hope you enjoy it!

Because Easter represents the death and resurrection of Christ 2,000 years ago, this holiday is all about new beginnings. Every Easter many people buy new clothes to look fresh on their biannual visit to church. In this message Minister Facey uses this idea to ask the question, What new things are we going to get this Easter?

This sermon is a call to remove the grave clothes of our past and our own powerlessness against sin and to find confidence in the new life and power that God has promised us as we clothe ourselves in Christ. It is an inspiring push toward walking with God in a consistant way because our freedom to live new lives was purchased by Christ if we receive Him by faith.

A tree that is half covered in fruit or leaves and is half naked just doesn’t look right. Why does one side seem dead and the other seem alive? The same is true spiritually. Often times people may appear to trust Christ in one area and find strength in that area but when it comes to being submitted in every area, well…let’s just say there are some bald spots.

When we have areas in our lives that we know are not lining up with His Word we often will seek comfort in scriptures that talk about God accepting us when we’ve fallen or we will become anxious and start trying to fix those areas and we fail to realize that all the power of the Christian life comes from the grace of God because of our faith in Christ.

This is a short message that is a little more like a teaching than the ordinary message preached by Pastor Cox. In this sermon we are encouraged to “tap into” Christ where all the power, joy, and fullness of the Christian life are found.

We know that the word Christian actually means Christ-like.  However, does the body of Christ have an understanding of how to walk this out?

The identity that God calls us to causes us to separate from things that offend His character.  If Jesus is the Life, then all else is death.  If Jesus is the Truth, then all else is deception.  Jesus Himself claims to be THE WAY.  You can look at the 26 other so-called Holy Books (including the Koran, Bhagavad Gita, Talmud, etc) and you'll see that no other religious prophet claimed to be the way.  However, Jesus' identity was so crucial that God Himself had to reveal it to Simon Peter.  

If Jesus Christ doubted for a second who He was, then He would not have been able to do the things he did.  And if we doubt the power we have in Christ - power to say no to ungodliness in this present evil age, power to surrender all that we have to the King of kings, power to be a walking epistle and inspire our generation to live a life worthy of what the True and Living God suffered and endured for us at Calvary - if we doubt this power we must ask ourselves, "do we really believe?"

Listen as Pastor Cox helps Christians everywhere to understand the implications of what being a Christian really means.  Let's take our identity back church!

Most likely you've heard the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, but you've never heard it like this. 

The Israelites (also known as the Hebrews) were slaves in Babylon when the three Hebrews boys got an opportunity to be more than that.  Most people in this situation would be so grateful for the opportunity that they would do anything to stay in the king's good graces.  However, the Hebrew boys made a resolve to live for God like the covenant was never broken.  Even though it looked like God had forsaken them they still made a resolve to serve only Him.  And they took that resolve all the way into the fire where Christ was right there to protect them.

It was their lifestyle that showed their obedience to God - not their lips.  Listen as Pastor Cox pushes you to look at your life and see if your life shows that you believe in Jesus Christ who will be there to save you too when you forsake fame, notariety and position in this life for a life lived sold out to your Savior.