Storyline Adventist Church

Song is a form of worship that has been given to us from God to unite our hearts in one voice, to help us remember the things we should have remembered, and that enable us to testify of the greatness and the goodness of God.

What if prayer is not a means to an end, but an end in itself?

True worship is the act of accurately assessing God's character and ascribing worthiness to Him for who He is. All false worship happens on the premise of false conceptions of God's character. False worship systems of ancient times deified power, money, and sex, giving to them names like Mars, Plutus, and Aphrodite. Power, money, and sex are still the prominent gods of our time. In this message, Ty explores that fact that we become like the gods we worship, and presents by contrast the God revealed in Christ as alone worthy of our worship.

History is filled with kings and monarchs who have demanded and forced human beings to grovel at their feet in worship and adoration. Now, even though we’re in the twenty-first century, not much has changed. Politicians and celebrities still lie, cheat, and manipulate in order to win humanity’s approval and maintain their own egos. Unfortunately, when we read the biblical commands to worship, it’s easy for us to lump God into the same pool of controlling, insecure rulers we’ve always known. In this presentation though, Ty breaks down what true worship is and how, when we see God for who He is, worship will be our natural and instantaneous response.

For a significant portion of the world, the word “Christian” is basically a synonym for a judgmental bigot. Unfortunately, this stereotype of the professed followers of Christ is too often true. The Jesus of the church and the Jesus of the Bible are regularly light-years apart. But in this sermon, Yamil breaks down the three parables of Luke 15 and reveals how God relates to humanity with a love so scandalous, it shocks us all. And it’s a love He wants His church to have too.

We are familiar with the famous towering figures of the Bible, those we would enlist in the Hall of Faith. But there are other players in the biblical narrative that defy our notions of what it means to be a great Christian. In Acts 9, Luke introduces us to Tabitha (or, Dorcas). She is an unfamiliar name; she is not famous and is rarely mentioned. Yet she exemplifies a different kind of greatness, one we can all resonate with. Tabitha challenges to resist the tendency of waiting for some extraordinary thing to do, and instead, to do ordinary things in extraordinary ways.

Sermon on Saul