High Desert Church Sermons

Our motivation to be worldchangers comes from a healthy fear and an extravagant love. Speaker: Todd Arnett

Praising God vertically is also a means of reaching your world horizontally. Speaker: Todd Arnett

When our feelings aren’t there our faith must remind us of the truth. Speaker: Todd Arnett

In order to live a life of contentment and joy in the midst of the trials that you face, you will need to live according to an eternal perspective related to both your destiny as well as the destiny of the wicked. Speaker: Todd Arnett

The season of life we’re struggling with right now is not a book. It’s only a chapter. Speaker: Tom Mercer

Do you wait with the trust and contentment of a weaned child who knows that she can trust her mother for the future or like a nursing child who fears that there will never be another meal because his mother is not visible and he is not willing to wait? Speaker: Todd Arnett

Greatness is directive. We pursue primarily what we esteem highly. Speaker: Mike Roberts

When we’re in Christ, it’s not as though justice has not been measured out, but that it’s been exacted in full on Jesus, the substitutionary atonement for our sin. Speaker: Todd Arnett

Speaker: Todd Arnett

It’s not just what we do when it’s time to step up, but it’s what we do while we’re preparing to step up. Speaker: Todd Arnett

Courage is what happens when our faith in our calling exceeds our fear of our circumstance. Speaker: Tom Mercer

In His sovereign plan of how He directs all of human history, God allows a multitude of means to accomplish His plan, including using the sinful, treacherous ambitions of one people towards another. Speaker: Todd Arnett

When no one else is watching, God will see your righteous actions and use them for His providential purposes. Speaker: Jody Livingston

God is always at work around us accomplishing His intended, good design even when it’s not obvious to us. Speaker: Todd Arnett

When God restores broken people, it always starts with a commitment to follow Jesus. Speaker: Kurt Thielen

Jesus has been calling your name, inviting you to be forgiven because of the price He paid at the cross for you. Speaker: Todd Arnett

For Jesus’ Church, unity isn’t something that we need to manufacture on our own, but something that we’re given that we, in turn, are called to nurture and steward. Speaker: Todd Arnett

Eternal life for the follower of Jesus is something that you're living in now, today! Speaker: Todd Arnett

Speaker: Jody Livingston

Speaker: Mike Roberts

Speaker: Kurt Thielen

Agape love is making the choice to do whatever it takes to help someone experience God's best. Speaker: Tom Mercer

Creation placed our focus on God’s power.The Bible places the focus on God’s holiness.Jesus placed the focus on the immensity of God’s love. Speaker: Tom Mercer

Speaker: Todd Arnett

Speaker: Tom Mercer

Strong marriages bring honor to God, a family, and the church. Speaker: Brian Haney

The meaning and management of our work will reflect the degree to which we understand and enjoy God's good design for it. Speaker: Mike Roberts

God created both genders equally in His image, but they are also different–not better, not worse. Let's take a dive into God's vision for a male and female. Speaker: Tom Mercer

To be created in God's image means that human beings were created by God with the capability and responsibility to reflect Him and to represent Him in His world. Speaker: Jackson Arnett

To be created in God's image means that human beings were created by God with the capability and responsibility to reflect Him and to represent Him in His world. Speaker: Tom Mercer

The image of God is that human beings were created by God with the capability and responsibility to be like Him and to be like Him and to represent Him in His world. Speaker: Brian Haney

Jesus Christ’s birth had a purpose that influenced every aspect of life. In this sermon, we discuss how Jesus Christ’s birth began a new era, exposed an old mystery, and continued a difficult mission. Speaker: Tom Mercer

There are many things that we can appreciate about the Magi in the Christmas story. In this sermon, we discuss the Magi’s unwavering attention, steadfast pursuit, and appraisal. Speaker: Tom Mercer

When we understand God’s mercy, we will follow His plan. In this sermon, we discuss how God’s mercy surprises, confuses, and helps people. Speaker: Tom Mercer

God always delivers on His promises. In this sermon, we discuss how we must allow our faith to push us through our doubts. Speaker: Tom Mercer

The way we currently live our lives demonstrates what we believe about the afterlife. In this sermon, we discuss how we must look forward to what will remain and focus on that reality now. Speaker: Jackson Arnett

There are times that it can be hard to determine who is considered a false teacher. In this sermon, we discuss four characteristics of false teachers. Speaker: Tom Mercer

Speaker: Erik Thoennes

Because we are habitual forgetters, we must remember the basics to advance in our faith. In this sermon, we discuss how the Gospel is grounded in truth and that there is no knockoff that compares to it. Speaker: Kurt Thielen

As Christians, we are constantly drawn towards and pulled into the Image of Christ. In this sermon, we discuss how we must make our point of view, knowledge, and habits centered in God. Speaker: Brian Haney

Our world attempts to offer us things to replace the authentic things that we can only receive from God. In this sermon, we discuss how we do not settle for anything less than God’s glory and goodness when we live in His divine power. Speaker: Mike Roberts

Biblical fasting is the choice to pray for an extended period of time instead of eating to seek God’s power in this particular time of weakness. In this sermon, we discuss what it means to fast and when you should consider taking part in a fast. Speaker: Tom Mercer

It is important to pray for our governing officials. In this sermon, we discuss how we don’t pray for our government because they are making godly decisions. Instead, we pray for our government because we need to lead godly lives. Speaker: Brian Haney

There are moments when God feels far away. In this sermon, we discuss how we can pray when God feels far away and how inappropriate priorities can take our focus away from God’s presence. Speaker: Tom Mercer

Even though we may never meet them, it is important to pray for those who do missionary work. In this sermon, we discuss the five qualities of missional people and three examples of missionaries that we support that you can pray for. Speaker: Kurt Thielen/Kyle Patrick

The way a person prays reflects his or her desires. In this sermon, we discuss how the right requests made to God reflect the right desires. Speaker: Jackson Arnett

There are people who question whether or not prayer can change anything in their lives. In this sermon, we discuss the different aspects of our lives that prayer influences. Speaker: Tom Mercer

It is important to make sure the right influences frame your future. In this sermon, we discuss how truth frames out lives and how the Gospel frames our goals. Speaker: Tom Mercer

As Christians, we are called to love others as God loves us. In this sermon, we discuss how we must love people because they have value, are vulnerable, and because your reward depends on it. Speaker: Tom Mercer

There are many elements involved in our spiritual lives. In this sermon, we discuss the different elements of real confidence found in the Lord. Speaker: Kurt Thielen