Highlands Church Sermons

The promise of being resurrected to eternal life with Christ gives us a hope like no other. This promised life to come should motivate us to live a life dedicated to serving the Lord in all we do. As hardships and challenges rise up, we can endure...

The hope we have in Jesus includes the promise of being physically resurrected with Christ into new, eternal life. While our current bodies are mortal, subject to sickness and aging and destined to die, we look forward to the resurrection in which...

Everything hinges on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Without the resurrection, the entirety of Christianity falls apart: our sin remains, death isn’t defeated, and Jesus was simply a good moral teacher who died like all others. But thanks be to God...

The truth of the gospel transforms the lives of those who receive it. There is no other idea, message, or focus that is more important than the truth that Jesus Christ - God in human form - came to live a perfect life, die on the cross as a sacrifice...

The gathering of the church is a beautiful mixture of people following Jesus together, each bringing their God-given gifts and abilities to love and serve one another for the glory of God. The Apostle Paul reminds the church that when we gather, it’s...

Paul reminds us that spiritual gifts are not given for self-centered display, but rather for the building up of the church. Love must guide how we use our gifts, and clarity in speech is more valuable than impressive words if it helps others grow in...

What does real love look like? The Apostle Paul reminds the church that no matter how gifted or persuasive or influential we might be in the world, none of that matters if we don’t show genuine love to others. Not a superficial or conditional love...

In a world that often celebrates individualism, Paul reminds us in 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 that we are all uniquely gifted to serve as essential members of one unified body—the Church. We are diving into how our differences are not divisions but divine...

What are spiritual gifts? Every follower of Jesus has been gifted uniquely by God in a way that will bring blessing to others and glory to Him. Whether it’s a gift of healing or wisdom, faith or discernment, these gifts are meant to be shared with...

From the beginning, God’s heart has been for the whole world, creating us to reflect His image and making a way through Jesus for all people to know His love. His mission continues through us as we bring His light, His hope, and the Good News of Jesus...

If God is good, why do we have to go through suffering? It’s a question that people have asked throughout all of human history. The Bible gives us an amazing picture of how God’s goodness and love works in the midst of suffering, no matter how hard...

In a culture that constantly tries to convince us we need more, the Bible constantly reminds us that God provides for all our needs. Sometimes that provision comes in common ways through employment or family, and sometimes it comes through miraculous...

How often do we stop to take in the miracle of God’s creation? In His infinite power, God has created an extraordinary, intricate universe out of nothing, nearly incomprehensible in its size and complexity. And yet, God also knows each one of us...

God’s blessings often come through simple acts of obedience rather than grand displays. In the story of Naaman, it wasn’t the wealth he brought that moved God, but his willingness to follow God’s command. Many of us can relate, recalling how God has...

Forgiveness is an incredible act of our loving and merciful God. As Moses led God’s chosen people through the wilderness, their restlessness turned quickly into sin. But when Moses went to God on their behalf and asked for mercy, God’s loving kindness...

The story of David and Bathsheba reminds us that everyone can fall into temptation. The more we try to cover up our sin, the more destructive it becomes. But when we confess our sin and recognize our need for a Savior, God’s grace and mercy meets us...

God’s holiness is a reflection of His perfect nature. He is the creator and sustainer of all things, eternal, all-powerful and perfectly good in all of His ways. In His holiness, God also calls His people to be set apart as holy - not because of our...

The Lord’s Supper - or communion - is a sacrament given to the church by Jesus himself for the purposes of remembering his sacrifice and the new covenant his death and resurrection established. 2,000 years later, this regular rhythm of remembrance is...

Are we willing to follow some cultural norms for the sake of gaining the opportunity to share the hope of the Gospel with others? The Apostle Paul reminds the church that the way in which Christians interact with one another can communicate many...

What’s the true purpose of the freedom we have in Christ? Having been set free from sin by Jesus’ sacrifice for us, we have many options for how we can spend our time and energy. The Apostle Paul reminds Christ followers that the purpose of our...