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The Power of Friendship

Series: The Life of David
October 12, 2025 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: 1 Samuel 18:1-4;19:1-6;20:16-17,41-42

As an off the chart introvert, I would like to tell you that we don't really need people and that friendships are optional.  Years ago I learned the hard way that this is simply not true.  But why is it not true?  Sunday we will be looking at the greatest friendship in the Bible but also at the theological reason friendships are so critical!

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The Training of a King

Series: The Life of David
September 28, 2025 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: 1 Samuel 16:1-13

In 1 Samuel 16:1-13, David is anointed by the Prophet Samuel to be the next king of Israel.  But then David goes back to tending his flocks for months (maybe years).  And then when he does become Israel's hero, he is on the run for over a decade before he actually becomes the true king of the land.  Why the delay?  Find out this Sunday as we continue our Life of David series!

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Before David

Series: The Life of David
September 21, 2025 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Acts 13:16-39

He's a warrior, a hero, a great statesman and prolific songwriter.  Who am I talking about?  No, not your pastor.  But good guess.  We're talking about King David, and on Sunday we start a new series called "The Life of David" as we look at one of the three most important figures in the Old Testament and the one who most profoundly prefigures the Person of Jesus the Christ!

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Peter: Profiles in Courage

Series: Book of Acts
June 22, 2025 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Acts 4:1-13

One of the most famous figures in history is the Apostle Peter. But if it were not for meeting Jesus he would have died as a complete unknown in a backwater province of the Roman Empire. What was it that Jesus saw in this uneducated fisherman and how did God use him in the book of Acts? This Sunday we will trace Peter's career through the gospels and the book of Acts as we seek to learn some key lessons for our lives by looking at this wonderfully flawed Jesus follower.

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The Life Together

Series: Book of Acts
June 15, 2025 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Acts 2:42-47

Part of our search for a new pastor involves putting together a congregational profile of our congregation for a potential candidate to take into consideration before applying.  What if the early church of the Book of Acts were looking for a new pastor.  What would their congregational profile be?  Find out Sunday as we dive into two striking summaries of that very first church in Jerusalem.

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Marching Orders

Series: Book of Acts
June 1, 2025 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Acts 1:1-8

Pastor Peter this last week announced the process of moving on, but Jesus has not, and never will.  And the Holy Spirit is just getting started with One Hope Church.  God has amazing things in store for this church family.  Peter has been talking about passing the baton.  But the baton is not just being passed to a new pastor but to YOU.  You are the church and this summer we will be exploring the book of Acts as we recalibrate our mission with God's mission and get ready for the "next shepherd" for our flock who will lead us in the next chapter of the adventure of following the "Chief ...

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How Can I Believe Someone Rose From the Dead?

Defending the Faith

Series: Apologetics: Defending the Faith
May 4, 2025 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 15:1-20

Looking at the topic of the Resurrection Sunday, but of course the real question on EVERYONE'S mind right now is WHAT kind of Star Wars meme will Pastor Peter come up with to celebrate "May the Fourth Be You" Sunday. Also, we happen to have a famous rock star helping with the message!

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How Can I Trust the Bible?

Defending the Faith

Series: Apologetics: Defending the Faith
April 27, 2025 Michael Bouterse - Thrive View Full Service
Scripture Text: 2 Peter 1:16-21

On Sunday Michael Bouterse gave us a phenomenal teaching on why we can trust the Bible as reliable, inspired and authoritative in our lives.  But not only was his teaching scholarly and accessible, it was also a personal message with great practicality for our relationship with our Lord. 

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Christus Victor!

Through the Bible Series

Series: Trilogy - Book Two - Cure
April 20, 2025 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: John 20:1-18

If you were to receive a letter in the mail saying that you have a long lost relative who has left you with a million dollars... you would be skeptical. Is this a scam? But that's a lot of money. So you would absolutely vet it. Why not do that with the resurrection of Jesus. On Easter Sunday we looked at the evidence for the Resurrection but also it's meaning and implications.

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The Day Before Palm Sunday

Through the Bible Series

Series: Trilogy - Book Two - Cure
April 13, 2025 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: John 12:1-12

This Sunday is Palm Sunday.  In our sermon for Sunday we'll look at the significance of that special day.  But we will also focus on what happened the day before and the night before.  For Jesus, what happened then was perhaps even more meaningful than the crowds and the palms and the shouts of Hosanna.

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The Prayer That Started It All

Through the Bible Series

Series: Trilogy - Book Two - Cure
April 6, 2025 D'Vante Rolle View Full Service
Scripture Text: John 17:1-5,20-26

Before the cross, before the resurrection, before the church was born, there was a prayer. A prayer so powerful, so intimate, that it shook the very foundations of heaven and earth. In John 17, Jesus lifts His voice to the Father, not just for Himself, but for His disciples and for us. This is not just any prayer. It is the prayer that started it all. A prayer of unity, mission, and eternal hope. A prayer that reveals the heart of Christ before He gave His life for the world. What does it mean that Jesus prayed for you before you ever spoke a word to Him? How does this prayer shape the way we live, love, and follow Him today? In this ...

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Showdown

Through the Bible Series

Series: Trilogy - Book Two - Cure
March 30, 2025 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: John 9:1-41

It's six months before Jesus goes to the cross.  He is at the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem.  He has just said two startling things.  Now in our text for Sunday he brings it all together in a way that changes one man's life forever and sets the stage for a dramatic showdown with the religious powers of the day.  What is the text?  Find out in this message!

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The Radical Center

Through the Bible Series

Series: Trilogy - Book Two - Cure
March 16, 2025 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Matthew 13:24-43

Some Christians would like to see the church engaged to change the world through the politics of the right.  Other Christians want the church to spur on change in our world by embracing the politics of the left.  Jesus had a different plan.  It's called the Kingdom and it follows different rules.  Find out in this message.

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The King Builds an Army

Through the Bible Series

Series: Trilogy - Book Two - Cure
February 2, 2025 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: John 1:35-42

Jesus came not just preaching the Kingdom but doing the works of the Kingdom.  He healed the sick and cast out demons.  And then he gave that same authority to his disciples.  Question:  Do we still have that authority?  If so, how and when should we be praying for healing and how do we safeguard ourselves from falling into unhealthy extremes?  Those are the questions we will tackle in this message as we look at nine Biblical clues about healing for the church today.

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The Silent Years

Through the Bible Series

Series: Trilogy - Book One - Diagnosis
December 29, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Isaiah 40:1-8

400 years go by between the end of the Old Testament and the beginning of the New Testament. We call these years the "silent years" because no prophets arose during this time nor were any inspired Scriptures written during this time.  However, God was not really silent.  He was working "under the hood" to get things ready for Jesus.  In this message we explore what happened during these forgotten years.

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The Widow and the General

Through the Bible Series

Series: Trilogy - Book One - Diagnosis
December 8, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: 1 Samuel 8:4-22

The most powerful king followed by civil war and the emergence of two kingdoms.  That happens and then it just gets confusing.  In this message we make sense of the period of the kings of Israel and Judah and discover an Advent season romance embedded right in the heart of ancient Israel's story.

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Absalom the Usurper

Through the Bible Series

Series: Trilogy - Book One - Diagnosis
December 1, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: 2 Samuel 18:19-33

In this message we begin the season of Advent.  We will light the Prophecy Candle in expectation and hope of the coming of Jesus the Messiah, the Son of David.  And we will also look at the tragic life of another "son of David" (Absalom) and how David's "father-fail" set the stage for a Descendant of his to accomplish what David could not bring himself to do.

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The Life Between

Through the Bible Series

Series: Trilogy - Book One - Diagnosis
November 3, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Numbers 13:26-14:9

God dramatically rescued the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and into a destiny for them in the Land of Promise that he is taking them to. But before getting to that land of promise the Israelites experience 40 years of wilderness wandering. In this message we do an overview of that "wilderness wandering" period for God's people and see what we can learn about our own wilderness seasons in our lives.

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The Great Rescue

Through the Bible Series

Series: Trilogy - Book One - Diagnosis
October 27, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Exodus 3:1-14

Everything in the Old Testament are like shadows for which Jesus and the Gospel is the real object casting the shadow. Two of the greatest shadows in the Old Testament are the Passover and the Red Sea Crossing. In this message we explore those two shadows and what we learn about the gospel from them. NOTE: The first half of the sermon did not record the audio so this video is only of the second half of the message.

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The First Believer

Through the Bible Series

Series: Trilogy - Book One - Diagnosis
October 6, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Genesis 11:27-12:8

The three great monotheistic religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam - each regard him as the father of their faith. But he grew up worshiping  the moon goddess Nana in present day Iraq. His name is Abraham and in this message we will explore where his faith in the One True God came from and what it was that made Abraham one of those most significant figures in all of human history.

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The World Before the Flood

Through the Bible Series

Series: Trilogy - Book One - Diagnosis
September 22, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Genesis 4:1-16

Cain killed Abel and then was banished to the east.  Then he found a wife, had a kid and built a city.  So... if Cain is the firstborn of Adam and Eve, where did all the people come from?  Find out one possible answer to that question, along with three core lessons from the Cain and Abel story in this message.

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Broken Beautiful World

Through the Bible Series

Series: Trilogy - Book One - Diagnosis
September 15, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Genesis 3:1-15

If the stories of the Bible were a trilogy of books, book one would be the Old Testament, book two would be the gospels and book three would be the history of the early church in the book of Acts.  Or maybe we could give them the three titles of "Diagnosis", "Cure" and "Treatment".  In this message we begin a 12 month journey through the Scriptures and see the thread that ties it all together.

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Peter's Meltdown of Regret

Four Things to Do With Our Regrets

Series: Epic Meltdowns of the Bible
September 8, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Matthew 26:69-75

What did Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill and Sir Isaac Newton all have in common?  They were individuals who all left a positive mark on history, but who suffered with severe bouts of depression.  Another such individual was the Prophet Elijah.  In this message we look at what contributed to Elijah's meltdown of depression and the three things God did to help him out of it.

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Elijah's Meltdown of Depression

Series: Epic Meltdowns of the Bible
September 1, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: 1 Kings 19:1-18

What did Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill and Sir Isaac Newton all have in common?  They were individuals who all left a positive mark on history, but who suffered with severe bouts of depression.  Another such individual was the Prophet Elijah.  In this message we look at what contributed to Elijah's meltdown of depression and the three things God did to help him out of it.

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Jesus Is TOUGH

What Made Jesus Angry?

Series: Jesus Is _____
July 7, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Luke 9:20-25,51-62

In our final message of our "character study of Jesus" series we get to some of the harder sayings of Jesus.  But we can now look at these challenging words of Jesus in the context of what we already know about him - that he is compassionate, forgiving, gentle and protective. And we'll be able to conclude that there are times when he also shows some tough love.

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Jesus Is GENTLE

Gentle Jesus Meek and Mild - Really?

Series: Jesus Is _____
June 23, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Matthew 11:16-30

Gentle Jesus meek and mild.  Does that truly describe the Jesus who overturned tables in the temple and said I didn't come to bring peace but a sword? And yet... Jesus says in Matthew 11, "I am gentle".  Was Jesus bipolar?  Or did he just have massive mood swings?  Find out in week three of our series learning about God by looking at the character traits of Jesus.

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Jesus Is FORGIVING

...and generous

Series: Jesus Is _____
June 16, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Luke 5:17-26

What is God really like?  How can you know you're not just believing what you would like to be true?  We can know for sure by looking at Jesus and how he acted and what he taught.  Jesus came to show us what God is like.  This week in this series we look at the forgiving nature of God, and also his radical generosity.

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The Ending Credits

Series: Romans
May 26, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Romans 16:1-27

The grand finale of the book of Romans may seem a bit anticlimactic.  Romans 16 is a bit like watching the credits roll at the end of a movie.  But, it turns out there are some great lessons embedded in the credits!  In this message we wrap up our nine month journey through the greatest letter ever written.

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When We Passionately Disagree

Series: Romans
May 12, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Romans 14:1 - 15:13

What do you do when you have a fellow Christian with whom you passionately disagree with about something and you're pretty sure you're right and they are wrong?  Of course this is a complete hypothetical and would NEVER happen in real life... *cough* *cough*.  In this message we look at Romans 14 and see five guidelines to use in handling disagreements with our brothers and sisters in Christ.

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Follow the Leader?

Series: Romans
May 5, 2024 James Wilborn View Full Service
Scripture Text: Romans 13:1-14

What does the Bible say about our responsibilities to, and our relationship with, our governing authorities?  Does the Apostle Paul really teach that we need to do everything government employee James Wilborn commands? In this message hear James Wilborn himself tell us the answer as he gives a message on Paul’s writings in Romans chapter 13 and God’s appointment of earthly rulers and governments.

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Twelve Marks of the Church

Series: Romans
April 21, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Romans 12:9-13

After eleven chapters of Romans giving theology and doctrine, maybe you're the type of person who says, don't give me theory... just tell me what to do!  Be careful what you ask for.  In our text for this message we have only five verses but in them are twelve marks of the church - twelve things we're to do as Christians!

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Therefore

Series: Romans
April 7, 2024 Joel Price View Full Service
Scripture Text: Romans 12:1-2

What is the therefore there for? After 11 chapters of setting the groundwork and six months of reading Romans, Paul finally unveils God's plan for us. Find out in this message where Romans has been heading all along as Joel Price preaches on Romans 12:1-2.

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The Israel Question

Series: Romans
March 10, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Romans 10:16-11:12

Support for the modern day nation of Israel has unfortunately become something of a hot topic these days. What should the Christian's attitude be towards Israel?  Romans 11 gives us some helpful hints towards a balanced perspective.  In this message we wrestle together with an important topic.  Text is Romans 10:16-11:12.

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The Missions Link

Series: Romans
March 3, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Romans 10:1-15

Romans 9 to 11 is not about divine election.  It's about global evangelism.  It's the "missions link" that is often the "missing link" from most studies of the book of Romans. In this message we look at Romans 10:1-15 where Paul uses that missions link to start to pull it all together.

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Clay Pots and The Cornerstone

Series: Romans
February 25, 2024 Tyrean Martinson View Full Service
Scripture Text: Romans 9:17-33

What do all three of these statements have in common? Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know… (what you’re going to get.) God is the potter. We are the clay.  The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.  Find out in "Clay Pots and The Cornerstone", as Tyrean Martinson leads us on a study of Romans 9:17-33.

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The Chapter People Skip

Series: Romans
February 18, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Romans 9:1-16

Romans 8 is the chapter everyone loves.  Romans 9 is the chapter everybody skips.  In this message we begin a new section in Romans 9-11 which on the surface appears to be about happy-fun topics like election and predestination.  But it's actually about something else.  And that 'something else' happens to be the key to the entire book of Romans.

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Slaves of Righteousness?

The Power of the Gospel to Free You

Series: Romans
January 14, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Romans 6:15-23

Paul in our Romans text for this Sunday (Romans 6:15-23) says that we are no longer a slave to sin but have become a slave of righteousness.  I personally used to struggle with that verse until I learned the secret of what that verse really means.  That secret is shared in this message.

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The Goal of the Gospel

The Power of the Gospel to Change You

Series: Romans
January 7, 2024 Peter Churness View Full Service
Scripture Text: Romans 6:1-14

If salvation is really a free gift and not dependent on how we live, then why can't we just live anyway we want?  That is the question that Paul asks as we move into Part Two of Romans, beginning with Romans chapter 6.  And once he answers that question, the rest of Romans 6 (and Romans 7 and 8) is all about how real transformation happens.

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