Entries Tagged 'Worldliness'

Sunday Sermon

When Legends Fall: Dead Trees and Dying Gardens (March 22, 2026)

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 10:30 PM

This week’s sermon:

Whatever looks triumphant—the people and things we hold out as the absolute measure of concrete, dependable success—still meets death that tramples it. Isaiah warns that rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the Lord will perish. What then are we going to hold onto?

Sunday Sermon

Painting Over Rust (March 1, 2026)

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 11:30 PM

Sunday night’s message:

How can those who have known God’s rescue still chase worldly compromise that looks so much like success? That is the exasperated cry of Isaiah 1:21 as the faithful city becomes a harlot—once full of justice, now only murderers, its silver turned to dross.

Steadfast

Mushrooming Righteousness (July 14, 2025)

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 6:28 PM

Tonight’s message:

We can’t always discern in the moment what’s right and wrong on our own. We need to be focused on God’s glory so we can see where the dangerous paths are.

Steadfast

Doing Something isn't Wisdom, Doing the Right Thing Is (July 7, 2025)

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 2:35 PM

Tonight’s Steadfast:

The World says, “if you don’t know what to do just do something.” God says, “if you don’t know what to do, follow me.”

Steadfast

A String to Our Purpose (June 30, 2025)

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 6:54 PM

Tonight’s Steadfast:

We have so many different directions we could follow, but God has a particular one for us that allows us to be part of a masterpiece rather than a cacophony.

Steadfast

Maybe I Just Wanna Be Dumb (June 23, 2025)

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 5:02 PM

Tonight’s Steadfast:

If the wisdom the world offers so often seems to point to doing the wrong thing, do we want to give up on wisdom entirely?

Sunday Sermon

Christmas in July Messiah (July 21, 2024)

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 10:30 PM

This week’s sermon:

We can say all the right things about Jesus and still expect the wrong things from him. In Luke 19, the crowd welcomes its King with praise, peace, and glory—but what happens when the Savior we celebrate does not pursue the earthly victory, security, or power we wanted?

Sunday Sermon

Layaway for the Kingdom (October 1, 2023)

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 8:47 PM

Sunday night’s message:

How do so many other people seem to fall for the “wide gate” of worldliness and we don’t? Or have we fallen for it and we don’t even realize it?

Steadfast

The Answer (June 26, 2023)

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 7:43 PM

Tonight’s message:

What is our answer to God’s Wisdom? We have to answer the call — it is just a question of how.

Sunday Devotional

52 Verses, 52 Books, 52 Weeks (Week 17: Colossians)

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 7:30 PM

We turn this week to Colossians, where we consider worldly philosophies and how they are different from wisdom we learn in the world.