Big House Church Sermons

Pastor Matt Ruckel ends our summer series honing in on the lasting impact of David's life on the generations to come. He highlights the essential act of "passing the baton" to the next generation through living a life of consecration. May our prayer be, "Lord, find us on the threshing floor. Burn away what doesn't belong. Let the harvest of our lives feed the generations to come."Find each week's teachings from the Life of David Summer Sermon Series on our podcast, YouTube, and app. Be blessed as you receive from an honest and messy human who never stopped longing for God.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

This week in our Life of David series Pastor Kristi Ruckel takes us into the brutal story of David and Absalom throughout 2 Samuel 13 - 18. Despite the mess and raw humanity in this story, Kristi helps us see the cautionary tale through the responses of a father and son and ultimately to look to our Father in Heaven who gave His perfect Son for us. This sermon is an invitation to humility and total dependence on God one very heavy moment of injustice, sorrow, and tragic loss. Even in the valleys of life, may we look to the Author and Finisher.Plan on reading with us weekly through 1 & 2 Samuel this summer and find each week's teachings on our podcast, YouTube, and app. Be blessed as you receive from an honest and messy human who never stopped longing for God.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more a

In this sobering but highly encouraging message, Pastor Matt Ruckel reflects on the story of David and Bathsheba and what we can learn from it to create a life with no footholds for the enemy. The path of sin only leads to death, and the enemy will throw all he has to take you down the path of destruction. We must be diligent in guarding our hearts and asking the Holy Spirit for his help in every moment, even if it feels inconvenient. Are you willing to walk the narrow road to save your soul?Plan on reading with us weekly through 1 & 2 Samuel this summer and find each week's teachings on our podcast, YouTube, and app. Be blessed as you receive from an honest and messy human who never stopped longing for God.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

Pastor Jacob Dyer takes us into the heart of 2 Samuel 6 where David plans and prepares a procession for the ark of the covenant, which hosted the presence of God in that day, to Jerusalem to create a resting place for Him to reign. David shows us what costly worship looks like - thousands of Levites, instruments, bull and fattened calf offerings, and finally a spontaneous celebration of God through dance! This teaching will invite you deeper into the questions of what it looks like to give God the worship He is due, no matter the cost, time, or effects to your reputation or personal image. May we become "even more undignified in this" as we crown Jesus King over our own lives.Plan on reading with us weekly through 1 & 2 Samuel this summer and find each week's teachings on our podcast, YouTube, and app. Be blessed as you receive from an honest and messy human who never stopped longing for God.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom cultur

Elder of our house, Pat Trompeter, finishes 1 Samuel by looking at how three key characters, David, Saul, and Jesus, approached times of despair and distress. When going through hardship, we often ask the Lord for a solution to the problem we're facing, but the lives of each of these characters show us that it is our history with God that will determine our path forward.Plan on reading with us weekly through 1 & 2 Samuel this summer and find each week's teachings on our podcast, YouTube, and app. Be blessed as you receive from an honest and messy human who never stopped longing for God.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

Amy Lancaster, owner of We Will Go Ministries and a missionary with Iris Global, joined us this Sunday visiting from Jackson, Mississippi, and shared a convicting and empowering word to our community about being the hands and feet of Jesus to our local cities. Reading from Jeremiah 29 and speaking from many personal testimonies, she called our body into a higher level of service to our own neighbors. May this word challenge and encourage you to ask the Lord where, who, or what He is calling you into regarding your city and what is holding you back from doing so.To learn more about Amy and David Lancaster and We Will Go, go to wewillgo.org.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

Long-time friend of the house, Pastor Ranjit Abraham from Christ for India, brings an encouraging word to our body about the power of the potential within you. You may think that you are not significant or don't have much to offer to the world, but there is much potential inside of you for more than you think because of Jesus. Sharing from personal testimony, Pastor Ranjit affirms us that because of who God is and because Christ is within us, we are capable of pursuing and achieving more than we could know. Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

Stepping into a role of leadership can feel daunting at times, but did you know that David was only 20 years old when he began to lead his company of men in the wilderness? Pastor Matt Ruckel shares some key points from David's time in the wilderness that can help us step into a new level of authority, no matter our leadership role. And the best part is, the qualifications for becoming a good leader are a lot lower than you might think. Join us as we continue our summer through the life of David. Plan on reading with us weekly through 1 & 2 Samuel this summer and find each week's teachings on our podcast, YouTube, and app. Be blessed as you receive from an honest and messy human who never stopped longing for God.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

Pastor Ian Thornton continues our summer series on David by diving into 1 Samuel 18 and highlighting the different relational paths Saul and Jonathan began to take. Each of their heart postures towards David led them respectively to life and death - Jonathan demonstrating a life laid down for his brother, and Saul walking towards torment and destruction. With help from Holy Spirit, may we glean from the heart of Jonathan and learn to love our brothers as ourselves. Plan on reading with us weekly through 1 & 2 Samuel this summer and find each week's teachings on our podcast, YouTube, and app. Be blessed as you receive from an honest and messy human who never stopped longing for God.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

Steve Elliott, one of our elders, takes us into one of the most well-known moments in the life of David when he faces and defeats Goliath, the Philistine giant who taunted and intimidated the people of Israel for 40 days. Steve shares the "formula" for Davids ability to not only face the giant enemy, but to win victory. His identity rooted in the Lord and years of preparation brought him to this moment, this grand challenge, that in the end he knew God would have the victory.Plan on reading with us weekly through 1 & 2 Samuel this summer and find each week's teachings on our podcast, YouTube, and app. Be blessed as you receive from an honest and messy human who never stopped longing for God.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

This summer, we're diving into the Life of David! We will look at his relationship with God, his friends and enemies, and the deep wrestlings of his inner life. Pastor Ian launched this series with an introduction for how we should approach reading the scriptures on David's life, the way in which to receive his testimony, and his specific anointing among all his brothers and mankind.Plan on reading with us weekly through 1 & 2 Samuel this summer and find each week's teachings on our podcast, YouTube, and app. Be blessed as you receive from an honest and messy human who never stopped longing for God.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

On Father's Day, Pastor Matt Ruckel invites his dad, Steve Ruckel, to speak with him about their family history and how Steve's choices created domino effects in Matt's life. Significant and spiritual decisions that Steve made as a father and follower of Jesus led to moments of encounter that changed the course of Matt's life. May fathers be encouraged to know that you can also start making decisions now that will set your family's course on the right path.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

As we gather for Pentecost Sunday, Pastor Matt Ruckel teaches on the person of Holy Spirit, the coming of the one whom we are celebrating. Holy Spirit is not some mystical force of God - He is the third person of the Trinity. This teaching will help you understand practically and more deeply who Holy Spirit is and how we can partner with Him for the Kingdom. May your desire for a fresh infilling of Holy Spirit be ignited today! Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

This Sunday was a pivot moment for our community. Our Prayer Room Coordinator Hope Wright received a powerful prophetic word from the Lord..." Super Bloom" which is a natural phenomenon where desert mountainous fields will have dormant wildflower seeds underground for years, and after an unusually rainy season, the flowers bloom all at once creating a wondrous landscape that can even sometimes be seen from space.Pastor Matt shared this word on Sunday as an affirmation and hope we can hold onto as we pray and cry out for the rain of God's love to pour out on our church family that has been in a dry season of suffering and waiting for very long. We are hopeful for the super bloom to come soon, and we will praise Him even in the waiting.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach. *SPECIAL SERVICE Sunday, June 8th -

Pastor Ian Thornton share a tender word about the blessing of being needy and dependent on the Lord. Our society has an individualistic mindset where people are prone to find solutions to every problem they encounter on their own, and for Christians this can lead to the danger of thinking we can live without God. Yet we see in the Gospels that Jesus was moved by those who were desperate for a touch from Him. Will you allow the Lord to humble your heart into a greater dependence of Him?Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

Service is more than just a simple act - it is a means for the Body of Christ to be further transformed into His image and wage war against the enemy's tactics of selfish ambition and conceit. On this Mother's Day, Pastor Ian Thornton wraps up the two-part series on service by examining how service impacts the kingdom of God far beyond our eyes can see. May our hearts be stirred in humility as we learn what it means to serve one another! Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

As we celebrate those in our community who have decided to publicly declare Jesus as Lord by following Him in baptism, Pastor Matt Ruckel teaches on the value and significance of the sacrament of baptism. If you have decided to ask Jesus to be the savior of your life but have not been baptized yet, this teaching will help you understand why it is important for us to be baptized. Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

When we look at Jesus, we see that His call in coming to earth was not to be served, but to serve. In the posture of washing feet, we see the invitation of Christ to do the same as His disciples.Pastor Matt teaches the first part of "Here to Serve" series to share the why behind our service. It's not for our benefit, our gain, or our glory, but rather to obey and become like Christ, so that His kingdom would manifest on the earth as it is in heaven.Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

Jesus is ALIVE! Pastor Matt invited several couples and individuals to share powerful testimonies of God's resurrection power and transformation. Each one brought an exhortation for various seasons of life - suffering with Christ, running from the Father, waiting on Holy Spirit, and finding ourselves in the death and resurrection because of Jesus' sacrifice. Our prayer is that you will be not only encouraged, but strengthened in your spirit to follow Jesus, no matter the cost. Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.

As we celebrate Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week, Pastor Ian Thornton dives into the cultural context and significance of Jesus' Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. Jesus' actions declared that He was indeed the coming Messiah, their true King, and that He was bringing a kingdom of peace. Yet the kingdom of peace that he was brought was not what the people of Israel were expecting or had hoped for. Will you serve the true Jesus, or a Jesus that aligns with your expectations?Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We regularly meet on Sundays @ 9 & 11 AM at the Zeider Theater in Town Center Virginia Beach.Learn more at www.bighousechurch.com.