DOWNLOAD PDF Sermon Notes Naboth Had a Vineyard 1 Kings 21 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: King Ahab desires to acquire property near the palace belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite, but is rebuffed due to Naboth’s conviction that the land is a family inheritance. Because Ahab lacks the fortitude to press the matter further,… Continue Reading
Sermon Notes + 8.10.2025
DOWNLOAD PDF Sermon Notes What Are You Doing Here, Elijah? 1 Kings 20 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: Ben-hadad, the king of Syria, gathers an army and closes in on Syria. He sends messengers to Ahab demanding financial and familial recompense, to which Ahab initially agrees. When Ben-hadad sends messengers to demand more, Ahab… Continue Reading
Sermon Notes + 8.3.2025
DOWNLOAD PDF Sermon Notes What Are You Doing Here, Elijah? 1 Kings 19 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: When Jezebel discovers that the prophets of Baal have been defeated, she threatens to take Elijah’s life. Elijah runs away in fear, eventually settling under a tree outside of Beersheba, where, in his weakened state, he… Continue Reading
Sermon Notes + 7.27.2025
DOWNLOAD PDF Sermon Notes The Hand of the Lord Was on Elijah 1 Kings 18:41-46 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: After the contest between Elijah and the prophets of Baal reaches its definitive conclusion, Elijah announces to King Ahab that he hears the sound of the rushing of rain. While Ahab goes up to… Continue Reading
Sermon Notes + 7.20.2025
DOWNLOAD PDF Sermon Notes If the Lord is God, Follow Him 1 Kings 18:1-40 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: In the third year of the drought, the Lord instructs Elijah to present himself to Ahab in anticipation of sending rain upon the earth. As Elijah enters Samaria, he encounters Obadiah, a servant of the… Continue Reading
Sermon Notes + 7.13.2025
DOWNLOAD PDF Sermon Notes Let This Child’s Life Come Into Him Again 1 Kings 17:17-24 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: Elijah’s arrival in Zarephath becomes the means by which a widow and her son are able to survive a famine, as the Lord provides a regular supply of oil and flour for the preparation… Continue Reading
Sermon Notes + 7.6.2025
DOWNLOAD PDF Sermon Notes What Difference Does Faith Make? Hebrews 11:4 Taylor Mendoza, Pastor of Adults & Students Overview: In a world where church often feels optional and faith is privatized, Hebrews 11:4 invites us to reconsider the essential connection between faith and worship. Through the example of Abel, we see that faith prepares the… Continue Reading
Sermon Notes + 6.29.2025
DOWNLOAD PDF Sermon Notes Set the Believers an Example 1 Timothy 4:12 Tyler Van Horssen, Director of Student Ministry Overview: In 1 Timothy 4:12, Paul is writing to his protégé, Timothy, challenging him to be faithful in rebuking the false teachers in Ephesus and shepherding the flock he had been entrusted with. Culturally, this would… Continue Reading
Sermon Notes + 6.22.2025
DOWNLOAD PDF Sermon Notes You Shall Drink from the Brook 1 Kings 17:1-16 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: The sudden appearance of Elijah the Tishbite represents a change in the narrative of 1 Kings as it moves from a succession of evil kings in Israel to a faithful prophet who summons all to turn… Continue Reading
Sermon Notes + 6.15.2025
DOWNLOAD PDF He Walked in the Way of His Father 1 Kings 15:25-16:34 Dr. Tony Chute, Lead Pastor Overview: For the remainder of chapter 15 and the entirety of chapter 16, the author of 1 Kings focuses solely upon kings of the northern kingdom (Israel). Beginning with Nadab, the author notes that he did what… Continue Reading