Covenant Grace Church

Jesus taught that our visible love for each other in the church will lead others to trust in him (John 13:35 w/ John 17:23). But the reality is that we will and have sinned against and hurt each other. So we need to be equipped to make peace and forgive each other. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on November 17, 2024.

In Paul's letters, he names 36 co-laborers, a family of friends on mission. All good friendships are an echo of Jesus's friendship to us and a taste of Christ, the greatest Friend. Let His love motivate us to develop deep relationships with God's people and invite unbelievers into the community of faith. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on November 10, 2024.

Prayer is a call on every believer's life, and God has already initiated the conversation with us in His word. Our Father wants to commune with us. May we come to him earnestly, with thanksgiving, seeking His wisdom and may our conversations with God lead us to conversations with others, full of grace and seasoned with salt. This message was preached by Pastor John Jackson on November 3, 2024.

"Every word of God is tested; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him" (Proverbs 30:5). God's word is infallible; it has no errors and cannot err. Therefore it is our sufficient authority to be complete and completely equipped for life and ministry. It is powerful enough to make us who we need to be for such a time as this. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on October 27, 2024.

in the letter to Philemon we see how the Gospel powerfully subverted the Roman institution of slavery. Through the changed life of Onesimus the slave and Philemon his master Paul shows how the Gospel made Onesimus a son, a friend, a brother in Christ. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on October 20, 2024.

Work is a good gift of God that has been frustrated by sin, but redeemed by Christ. We are free to serve our earthly masters when we see that it is a way to serve our true heavenly Master Jesus and provides an opportunity to love and serve our neighbor. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on October 13, 2024.

Children are not an inconvenience but a blessing. And parenting is not a formula nor has it ever been done without sin, but Christ can and will redeem your parenting (1 Peter 1:18). Remember, parenting is discipleship. As you receive gospel love from the Father, give it to your kids. "My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways" (Proverbs 23:26). This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on October 6, 2024.

When it comes to marriage, we need words of healing, warning and grace. This passage provides just that looking at the Law, the Grace and the Source of Love and Submission.This message was preached by Pastor Josh White on September 29, 2024.

If Christ is in you what should you wear ("put on")? We don't change ("put off") by what we hate but by what we love. A Christian is a person loved by God: chosen, holy, beloved. This is what fuels our change individually and in community. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on September 22, 2024.

How should we respond to the Gospel? How do we put sin within us to death? First we must remember who we are and then we must remember Who is in us. "Christ is all, and in all." This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on September 15, 2024.

How does the Gospel change us? How can we grow and conquer habitual sin? Colossians 3:1-4 has our answer and shows us how to seek the things above by setting our mind on things above. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on September 8, 2024.

How do we defend our freedom in Christ? We must recognize the danger of legalism on the one hand, and the lure of seeking after spiritual experiences on the other. Both threaten to pull us away from the sufficiency that is only found in Christ. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on September 1, 2024.

When the world says we need something more than Christ, how do we respond? What should we preach to ourselves? Paul says to remember that God made us alive; He canceled our sin debt, and God, through Christ, destroyed and triumphed over our enemy. This message was preached by Pastor Gabe Medina on August 25, 2024.

Where do we find the power to change and become more like Christ? It does not come from trying harder. Just as we believed by faith, so we are to walk by faith. The Gospel not only provides forgiveness of sin, but also freedom from sin, the fruit of our union with Christ. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on August 18, 2024.

What is worth suffering for, toiling for, struggling for? What kept Paul going in the midst of suffering? What will keep us going? This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on August 11, 2024.

Who is Jesus? He is the image of the invisible God, the pre-eminent One. He is the Creator and Sustainer of all things, the One who is the reason for everything. He is the One who will reconcile the heavens and the earth and make all things new. Are you trusting in Him? Don't you want to? This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on August 4, 2024.

How should we pray for one another? Paul shows us by actually praying for believers in this passage. His prayer is that our "doing" would flow from our increased love for and knowledge of God. This is the God who has qualified us to share in Christ's inheritance, who has delivered us from the domain of darkness, and who has transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son. May our hearts be filled with thanksgiving and joy. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on July 28, 2024.

How have you been affected by the ancient lie that we need Jesus plus something else? Let Paul remind you that the pure gospel is all we need and is transformative. It produces and increases faith in Christ and love for the brethren. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on July 21, 2024.

God always has the first word in our service as He calls us to worship, and He always has the last word as He pronounces a blessing, a benediction over us. Regarding this benediction, 1. What is the source of blessing? 2. What is the substance of blessing? and 3. How do we secure a blessing? This message was preached by Pastor Josh White on July 14, 2024.

What is baptism and why is it important? Why do Christians need baptism? Augustine describes it as a visible sign of invisible grace. It is a sign of our clean heart and new life in Christ and of His Spirit given to us to enable us to walk in that newness of life. This message was preached by Dan McIntosh on June 23, 2024.

What part does preaching play in the liturgy? The message of preaching is designed to lift up Jesus crucified and resurrected, to extol the nature and character of God, to learn about Christian ethics among many other things. The message of preaching is also accompanied by the power of preaching to transforms the lives of God's people. This message was preached by Dan McIntosh on June 23, 2024.

Why should we confess our sin? Confession is coming home to the One Who loves us most. We confess our sin to find joy, to walk honestly with God, to receive God's rescue, and to have a deeper walk with God. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on June 16, 2024.

Four hundred times God commands us in the scriptures to sing. Our audience changes the way we sing. In Colossians 3:1-17 Paul reminds us that we sing to God but we also sing for one another. When we sing it helps us meditate on who our God is and when we sing of Him it changes us. "But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength; yes, I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning, for You have been my stronghold and a refuge in the day of my distress." This message was preached by Daniel Thorpe on June 9, 2024.

The call to worship involves God himself personally inviting us into His presence to worship Him. He initiates this call; it is a call for us to assemble with His people, the church; and it is a call to enjoy Him. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on June 2, 2024.

What is Christian unity? How do we as the church work through disagreements to unity? Christian unity is a call to Personal Humility, to Corporate Unity and to maintain Gospel Priority. This message was preached by Pastor Josh White on May 26, 2024.

Pentecost, what does it mean? It was at this time that Jesus, seated at the right hand of the Father, sent the Holy Spirit to not only come upon His people but to indwell them. On Pentecost, God kept His promise to send the Helper to us. Now we live in His power and eagerly await His return. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on May 19, 2024.

Jesus ascended into heaven. What does it mean? It means that Jesus, right now, is reigning as King. It means that Jesus has sent His Spirit. And it means that Jesus' kingdom has begun and will fully come on this earth physically in the future. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on May 12, 2024.

The joyful conclusion to the book of Ruth is centered around the birth of a child and points ultimately to the hope of our future Kinsman Redeemer, the Lord Jesus. Jesus is a qualified redeemer, a willing redeemer, a complete redeemer and a redeemer for everyone. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on May 5, 2024.

Ruth needed a kinsman redeemer and God led her to Boaz. Boaz was not proud nor judgmental nor selfish. He was humble, sacrificial, gracious, and he points us to our greater Redeemer, Jesus, who is all of those things and more. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on April 28, 2024.

God is at work to bless us even in the very ordinary events of our lives. The book of Ruth shows us God's hesed love working through His providence, His precepts and His people. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on April 21, 2024.

Ruth is one of the best short stories ever written; it's rich in grace and points powerfully to Christ. In it we see God never makes light of our suffering but pours out His hesed love, His goodness, kindness and covenant faithfulness. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on April 14, 2024.

We all have doubts. Let Jesus speak directly to your doubts as He did to Thomas. Jesus takes our hopelessness in this world and turns it to pure hope. He can give us faith. He can solve our greatest need. Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.” This message was preached by Pastor Gabe Medina on April 7, 2024.

In the resurrection, Jesus proved His claim of who He is, Jesus has decidedly removed our sin, and we can have confidence that we will also be resurrected. Connecting with the hope we have in the resurrection can take time and the Lord is persistent and patient to keep bringing us this hope. There is a day of ultimate celebration coming. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on March 31, 2024.

Why did God allow bad things to happen on Good Friday? First, to glorify Christ, second to defeat death forever and third to bring about ultimate good. God can use the worst pain, the worst suffering for our good and His glory. This message was preached by Pastor Josh White on March 29, 2024.

Who is God? What is He like? For people who don't believe in God, ask them what kind of God do they not believe in and then take a moment to introduce them to the One True God. He is Independent, Triune, Unchanging, Infinite, Good, Wise, Just and Love. And these only begin to scratch the surface. How great is our God. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on March 23, 2024.

Isaiah's vision was of God seated on His throne high and lifted up: holy, holy holy. God's utter uniqueness sets Him apart from all He has made. Yet this unapproachable holy God is the One who approaches us with His grace. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on March 17, 2024.

Who is the Holy Spirit and what does He do? He is a person not an impersonal force and His work in the lives of believers is profound. From giving us spiritual life to producing fruit to guaranteeing our inheritance in Christ, the Holy Spirit is a gift from the Father & Son to His people. This message was preached by Pastor Josh White on March 10, 2024.

Who is God the Son? He is God; He is the Creator of all things; He is true God from true God, begotten, not made. He comes forth from the Father, sharing the Father's essence from all eternity. He is fully God and fully human, retaining both for all eternity. Let's all marvel and be in awe of our God. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on March 3, 2024.

What is the disposition of God the Father toward us? Scripture tells us He loves us because He loves us. His love for us is not dependent upon our performance. And because He loves us He sent His Son so that we might know and experience the Father's love. This message was preached by Pastor Gabe Medina on February 25, 2024.

This begins a short series on the doctrine of God, who He is and what He's like. What is the Trinity? It is the doctrine that there is one God eternally existing in 3 persons: Father, Son & Holy Spirit. The Trinity is true, but also it's better than any other conceptions people have of God. Learn why. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on February 18, 2024.

How do we receive the God of peace and power? How do we receive everything good to do His will? By faith. What are the hands of our heart doing toward God and toward others? This benediction in Hebrews shows us the way. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on February 11, 2024.

How can we, in trying times, stand fast in the faith. The author of Hebrews encourages us with these simple practices. 1. Follow faithful leaders who have gone before us and those who are amongst us still, 2. Be strengthened by grace, and 3. Live in and live out your gratitude for what God has done (i.e. praise God and bless your neighbor). This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on February 4, 2024.

The commands from God always flow from our relationship with the Father through the Son. God says, 'I love you, now live this way.' Hebrews 13 shows us what this acceptable worship looks like. 1. Love one another by serving those in need. 2. Don't seek refuge in things that cannot satisfy. 3. Be content for He is with you. This message was preached by Pastor Gabe Medina on January 28, 2024.

Our adoption in Christ was a decision. It was planned before the world began and it came at great cost. How can our adoption as sons and daughters of God stir our hearts toward adoption as well? This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on January 21, 2024.

How do we avoid the temptation to drift away from Christ? To either be assimilated into this culture or to devolve into self-righteous religion? Listen to the encouragement of abiding in Christ in community and the warnings against the pull of pride. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on January 14, 2024.

How can we bear up under hardship? Understanding the Lord's loving hand in all of it, whether discipline or training, is key. And learning how to strengthen one another in the midst of suffering is key. "The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary" (Isaiah 50:4). This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on January 07, 2024.

What sin has the devil pushed in your face and has said, 'You will never be free from this?' Let the promises of God in Romans 6 define who you are. Consider yourself dead to sin and alive to Christ. This message was preached by Pastor Gabe Medina on December 31, 2023.

With the birth of Jesus, God is fulfilling his covenant promises that He gave to Eve, to Abraham and to David. God poured out His unmerited favor, His grace, on Mary, and He extends that grace, through Christ, to all who trust Him. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on December 24, 2023.

In I2 Samuel 7 & Isaiah 9 we see how Jesus is the Son promised to David to reign over the world forever. Christmas is about his kingdom come. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on December 17, 2023.

In this Advent message we see Jesus is the Son promised to Abraham, who blesses all nations. There's a wonderful missions theme to this week of advent. This message was preached by Pastor Erick Cobb on December 10, 2023.