Highlands Church Sermons

Following Jesus isn’t just about church attendance or saying and doing the right things on the outside. Being fully devoted to Jesus is a posture of our heart, soul and mind. The Apostle Paul gives a warning against simply going through the motions of...

What does it look like to ‘live on mission’ for Jesus? The Apostle Paul encourages Christians to make the people around us our focus - learning their stories, joining them in their activities, and becoming a part of their world. As we put our own...

Would you surrender a right you’re entitled to if it meant someone else would be able to experience the Gospel? The Apostle Paul sets a high bar for how Christians should think about the things we choose to do or not do, always encouraging us to think...

What does it look like to put others’ needs before our own preferences? Christianity affords a wide variety of freedom, but that freedom comes with a responsibility to think of the people around us first. If something we choose to do will cause...

Is it better to be married or single? While marriage can often be held up in the church as a goal for everyone to attain, the Apostle Paul reminds the church that remaining single has great advantages in the Christian life. Singleness can be seen as a...

God designed marriage to be a lifelong commitment, and yet the reality of our broken world means marriages all-too-often are broken apart. What does the Bible say about marriages that end? Does God allow for divorce in certain circumstances? What...

God designed our sexuality to be expressed within a lifelong, committed marriage relationship between a man and a woman for the purposes of procreation, partnership, pleasure, purity and remembering the union of Christ and the church. As our world...

All sin is destructive, but sexual sin is particularly damaging. It’s for this reason that God puts very specific guardrails around sexuality. As followers of Jesus, honoring God includes resisting the temptation toward sexual sin, running to Jesus...

Conflict is an inevitable part of life in this broken world. When conflict arises between followers of Jesus, the way we resolve that conflict says a lot about whether or not we follow the example of love to which Jesus calls us. The world tempts us...

God takes the integrity of His church seriously. When we encounter someone in sin within the church family, our responsibility is to call it out in love, praying always for repentance and restoration. But our first look should always be inward, asking...

The Gospel is an amazing message of hope to share with the world, and the responsibility to share it rests on every follower of Jesus. While the gospel message can sometimes be met with pushback or even persecution from the world, ultimately it’s only...

Whose kingdom are you building? The pursuits of this world like wealth, success, popularity and influence can make us feel good in the moment, but none of those things will last. Instead of building our own kingdom, God calls those who are in Christ...

What does it mean to be spiritually mature? The Apostle Paul calls out some in the Corinthian church for their immaturity and encourages them to keep their focus on Jesus. It serves as a reminder to us all that preachers and ministry leaders are...

The gospel message is beautiful in its simplicity, but we can often overcomplicate it in our efforts to share it with others. We can convince ourselves that we need to use just the right words or have complex knowledge, ready for every possible...

The gospel message - that God sent Jesus to save us from sin - is powerful in its simplicity. To a world that values power and influence, the idea that Jesus would sacrifice himself for the sake of others can seem like foolishness. But for those who...

What happens when division comes to church? From having a favorite pastor to preferences in music, divisions can rise up quickly when we take our eyes off of the main thing: the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul calls out those divisions and...

1 Corinthians is a letter written by the Apostle Paul to a church in the city in Greece called Corinth. It’s full of both encouragement as well as loving correction as Paul reminds the church of who they are in Christ, the importance of love and...

The Bible provides simple truths for living the Christian life that have stood the test of time. The wisdom God gifted to King Solomon was recorded for our benefit in the book of Proverbs - a treasure-trove of God’s principles for how to navigate the...

The Bible is God’s Word given to us through its 66 books by over 40 authors all inspired by the Holy Spirit. It stands alone as the most important book in all of human history, but many have also called the Bible into question. So why do we believe...