Highlands Church Sermons

Throughout history, God has shown His people the importance of looking back on His faithfulness and provision. We want to do the same as a church family: to look back on the last year of ministry at Highlands and marvel at the way God has worked in...

Where does our hope come from when life is hard? When we’re in Christ, God’s goodness and mercy are always with us, even when life doesn’t feel good at all. We can look back on God’s faithfulness that sees us through hard times, and we can look with...

As we walk through a life of challenges and valleys, God’s promise is to protect and provide for us. Even when it feels like the world is stacked against us, pushing us constantly in the opposite direction of our faith, we can find rest in our Good...

Hard times, challenges and suffering are a reality of living in a fallen, broken world. The promise of God - our Good Shepherd - is that no matter what valleys we arrive at in life, He’ll be with us every step of the way, lovingly leading us through...

How do you find rest? We might think we’re finding rest in things like vacations and entertainment, but more often than not those things are simply enjoyable distractions. The rest that God offers is for our very souls - a freedom from fear and...

Psalm 23 compares the Lord to a shepherd who cares for their sheep. Within that metaphor is a beautiful picture of God who perfectly leads, guides, protects, corrects, and provides for us. Our responsibility is to know and listen to the Shepherd’s...

There’s never been a king like Jesus. Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey - a symbol of peace - as his followers praise him as the Messiah. While some wanted Jesus to take charge politically, Jesus did something much greater. Through his sacrifice...

What does Jesus expect from his followers? While it could be easy to simply receive the gift of salvation and then remain in quiet comfort, Jesus calls us to Kingdom work - using the resources, gifts and talents God has given each of us to step out of...

Jesus came to seek and save the lost. We all have people in our lives that are hard to love, and some are simply hard to even be around. But Jesus invites us to look past someone’s reputation and see them with compassion. The truth is, we’re all...

Jesus came to the world with a clear mission: to seek and save the lost by becoming the perfect sacrifice for our sin. Even though the salvation of humanity was his focus, he also never lost sight of the individual, taking time during his ministry to...

Dependence isn’t seen as a virtue in our culture, and yet Jesus held up infant children as an example of what God desires in His Kingdom. In our world full of comfort and wealth, we can easily fall into the trap of looking to ourselves for all our...

Prayer is one of the most amazing privileges of the Christian life: the invitation to communicate directly with the Creator of the universe and Savior of our souls. So why don’t we pray more often? And when we do pray, is it to present God with our...

Jesus saves us from sin’s penalty and gives us a new life - that’s the good news of the gospel in the here and now. We should always remember to have hearts of thankfulness for that gift of grace. But Jesus also promises to return and bring the...

We all sin. Sin is inevitable for every single person in this broken world. Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross for our sin means that we can be forgiven - that’s the heart of the gospel. But what about when someone sins against us? When someone in our life...

What is Hell? Is it a real place? If God is all-loving, why would He allow people to spend eternity in Hell? Most people avoid thinking about death, but the Bible is clear that an eternity awaits everyone. The hope we have in Christ is that through...

How do we faithfully manage the things God puts in our life? If we see the things we have - money, possessions, career, family - as only ours, we’ll end up living a self-focused life, grasping for those things, and striving to gain more. But if we...

God’s amazing love for His children is on full display in Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son. Whether our hearts have gone astray like the younger son by living recklessly for ourselves, or our hearts have been hardened like the older son by our own...

The resurrection of Jesus Christ isn’t just a historical event. The world is filled with brokenness because of sin, and left to ourselves we’ll simply follow along, chasing after things that ultimately will simply lead to death. But through the life...

Following Jesus will cost us. The free gift of salvation in Jesus comes with an understanding that he is the Lord of our lives - that includes all of our possessions, relationships and ambitions. Jesus calls us to follow him in all things, even when...

Jesus has a heart for lost people. While the self-righteous religious leaders of his day looked down on sinners, Jesus revealed the true heart of God that rejoices when someone repents of sin and believes in Him. We’re constantly surrounded by people...