Entries Tagged 'Assurance'

Steadfast

Full Faith and Credit (October 12, 2026)

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 7:00 PM

This week’s Steadfast:

The baby of the next century, a famous inventor promised, would be rocked in a steel cradle, the family dining at a steel table in a house of steel. Even the most famous visionaries come up short. So where do we find security when our ideas seem misguided or downright bankrupt?

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Mercy for the Worst of Sinners (March 9, 2026)

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 11:16 PM

Tonight’s message:

Two half-brothers leave for the same war; only one comes home. When rescue divides one person from another, “Why me?” can feel unanswerable—and salvation can raise the same uneasy question. In 1 Timothy 1:15–16, Paul refuses to ground his rescue in merit, calling himself the worst of sinners and pointing instead to Christ’s purpose and patience.

Sunday Sermon

God Doubles Down (October 26, 2025)

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 10:30 PM

This week’s sermon:

A folding map only works if you already know where you are. Enough wrong turns, and you’re stuck staring at it with no idea how to find yourself—let alone get back on course. Psalm 89 asks what God’s promises do for those of us who aren’t the Hannahs and Davids, who look at the map and go the wrong way.

Sunday Sermon

Where Did You Hear About Us? (July 13, 2025)

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 10:30 PM

Sunday night’s message:

We fall into measuring our place with God by how much Scripture we know or how “spiritual” we sound. Paul tells us the real measure is somewhere else: “the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.” What changes when we remember that the Christian journey began by hearing what God has done not what we do?

Sunday Sermon

Chosen Before Everything Changed (June 15, 2025)

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 10:30 PM

Sunday night’s message:

We live in a world of constant flux, where nothing is truly stable and even the things that feel permanent haven’t been around that long. Yet Ephesians 1 takes us further back than any of it: God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world.

Sunday Sermon

I Will Never Cast You Out (December 17, 2023)

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 11:30 PM

Sunday night’s message:

Deep down, even people who come to God carry a fear that He will eventually give up on them — that sooner or later they’ll be shown the door. That fear is exactly what Jesus meets head-on in John 6.

Sunday Sermon

Doubt Is Not the Enemy (October 29, 2023)

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 10:30 PM

Sunday night’s message:

Have you ever spoken boldly about your faith, only to find yourself later asking if any of it is real? Even John the Baptist, who once pointed everyone to Jesus as the promised one, sends messengers in Luke 7 to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?”

Sunday Sermon

Does Jesus Know You? (October 15, 2023)

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 10:30 PM

This week’s sermon:

You can confess Jesus as Lord, cast out demons, do mighty works—and still hear him say, “I never knew you.” Matthew 7:21–23 cuts past everything we think proves we’re his followers, asking instead the question that actually matters: Does he know you?

Steadfast

Expires Soon (February 28, 2022)

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 6:47 PM

How do we understand God saying His Word will harden hearts? What does that mean for us?

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On the Battle Front (February 21, 2022)

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 3:53 PM

Are we called by God? Do we understand our calling any more clearly by way of Isaiah’s?