Hickory Grove Sunday Sermon Podcast

Sermon Text: Deuteronomy 1:5-8, 26-40 | What you face toward says something about what you enjoy, love, like, and desire. And we’ve heard the voice of Christ. That gentle nudge of our King who has said, “Turn, turn your faces away and your backs on those things, and come, turn your face toward me and follow me.”

Sermon Text: Exodus 34:1-9 | The story of Lent is the story of God communing with his people; and this God is gracious, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and faithful.

Sermon Text: Matthew 7:13-14, 24-29 | We've given Christ our allegiance and we’ve been sent forth on a Great Commission to teach others about the love displayed by the Father through the Son and in the Spirit. To be children of the King, to be the church, to be a community of Jesus, and to be citizens of the Kingdom means we must be willing to take the road not taken.

Sermon Text: Matthew 6:25-34 | Resting in Christ is an acknowledgment that he can handle our worries, that he can carry our troubles. He feeds the birds of the air and he clothes creation with splendor. He also hears your troubles and desires to carry your worries

Sermon Text: Matthew 6:1-18 | Jesus invites his people to a way of divine authenticity, a way that aligns our intentions of loving God to outward deeds of loving our neighbor. 

Sermon Text: Matthew 5:38-48 | The Christian faith is dangerous. In fact, if we consider it comfortable, we might have accepted a diluted faith. A costly faith turns the other cheek, offers every garment of clothing, and loves enemies.

Sermon Text: Matthew 5:27-37 | By Jesus' own description, we're all adulterers. Each of our hearts have run to another god, another relationship, another lover. But, how does grace redeem the wandering and wayward?

Sermon Text: Matthew 5:21-24 | Jesus, in this passage, looks deeply at the human heart and invites his church to be honor, value, and respect every person, from womb-to-tomb.

Sermon Text: Matthew 5:17-20 | Ever wondered: Why does it matter if Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament? And if so, how does such a historic event change or even help my walk with God?

Sermon Text: Matthew 5:13-16 | Jesus connects his metaphors of salt and light to the church's mission. But, we cannot see ourselves as salt and light without seeing Jesus as the true salt and light.