Springhouse Worship And Arts Center Sermons

Need joy, inspiration and purpose? Investigate The Great Commission with Pastor Bruce Coble and find the potential missionary within.

The parable of The Lost Sheep gets a Degree180 perspective. Just how far and to what lengths will the Good Shepherd go to find you? And when He finds you, will you be a “follower or a fan?”

The players are familiar. The younger son with wild oats to sow. The “crusty older brother who doesn’t know how to party.” And a loving, forgiving Father. Journey through the story again to see which part you’re playing this week, and how the Father is patiently waiting to embrace you regardless of your age.

You don’t have to dig too deeply into the story of The Sower to start your own personal soil analysis, but analysis is just the first step. Find out how to turn the soil of your heart—whatever its current condition—into well-watered, well-fertilized soil ready to receive the Word and bear fruit.

How being blessed in anything and in any way is intended to be a channel to bless others, and a failure to do so could have eternal consequences. (Plus it would be a waste of a perfectly good life and is that how you want to be remembered?)

An important lesson about responsibility and love that is just as relevant today as it was two thousand years ago… (Because we humans tend to be just as selfish and interested in justifying our selfishness than being a good neighbor as we were then.)

What would you do if you lost something valuable? A favorite shirt? An important document? A coin? Would you turn on the lights, clean up the room and search until you found it? Should the same steps be used to find a lost passion, gifting or hope? In this week’s sermon, Pastor Barbie says “Yes!” Using the parable of the lost coin found in Luke 15:5-10, she suggests we all have “lost coins” we were entrusted with and tells us how and why we must find what we have lost. Listen to learn about lighting a lamp, sweeping every corner and the intent of finding. We look forward to hearing your testimony and joining in your rejoicing as you complete a search that is “assured of conclusion.”

You open your eyes but can’t see. Feeling for your eyelids you confirm that they are open – but there just isn’t any light anywhere; the darkness is absolute. What you don’t know is that it is better this way. If you could see what was happening, you would beg for darkness. Molecules of inanimate objects unbinding and sliding apart. DNA unraveling inside everyone, everything and everywhere. Stars, galaxies, the universe darkened and undone as, they disintegrate and dissolve into nothingness. The molecular force that held all things together no longer sustained, everything that exists – or existed – is coming undone and becoming uncreated. This is the universe without the will of Jesus holding it together. He is the light of the world and the one who holds all things together. Listen as Pastor Ronnie concludes the I AM series with a flash of light untold years old but as new to us as the day it started its journey towards Earth and an offer that is not only too good to be true but even better than that.

Do you know who Cassius Clay is?  When he came along, it was the first time we’d ever heard someone be so bold in their statements – I am the Greatest!  When Jesus was on earth and spoke the way he did in the temple and to the crowds, people were shocked at the way he spoke with the boldness stating I AM!  He says I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. What is truth? What is life or living?  Is it what the facts state?  Is it having lots of money, pleasure, finding Eden?  Listen as Pastor Ronnie continues his series on the I AM!

Throughout Jesus’ life and teaching, many things are surprising. John records several times when Jesus spoke about himself using the phrase “I AM.” In today’s message Pastor Ronnie looks at two of those sayings. Listen to learn what Jesus told is about himself and why the way he used “I AM” would have offended the Jewish leaders. Along the way you’ll also learn what the good shepherd does and how to approach a confusing passage in the Bible.

At what is considered Jesus’ first time preaching to a large crowd, he starts his sermon with “Blessed are”. What does that mean? To be happy, be envied. So what instructions do we receive in the first four Beatitudes? “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Translation: You are blessed when you are at the end of your rope. As Pastor Ronnie puts it, you have two choices, Just Hold On or Let Go. God works in both situations, sometimes He tells us to Hold On, keep going through it, He’s got it! Other times He tells us to Let Go. He’s got this! And Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted? Listen to find out more.

The Kingdom of God doesn’t work like we think it should. The ways to happiness and blessing seem counter-intuitive and, as Pastor Ronnie brings out, may even be unpopular. As you listen to this week’s sermon you’ll learn how to obtain mercy, how to see God, and how to be called a son (child) of God. And, as a bonus, you’ll learn what misery actually loves (hint: it’s not company).

All too often religion makes it seem as if fun is a four letter word and happy is hollow, but this could not be further from the truth. Christ made it very clear that the abundant life He promised actually begins on earth, and that we would see the “goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” This week we explore the concept of true happiness, and find out what we can do to start enjoying the amazing life we have been given.

In an unusual interchange, Jesus answers the question “Why are you here?” without ever being asked directly. But, as Pastor Ronnie explains, the way Jesus answers sheds light on some very critical principles of the Kingdom of God. And, if you listen to the sermon, you’ll also learn more about the things we often do to hang on to our lives that will actually lead to death as well as how to truly gain life.

The story of Lazarus holds important lessons about perspectives and beliefs, as Pastor Ronnie explains in this week’s sermon. Download or listen to learn why we don’t really want miracles, why God sometimes feels so far away and the significance of this story in the big picture. You’ll especially want to hear why miracles and logic matter very little and how belief requires faith.

OK, Jesus fed the 5,000. What did He think about it? What did the disciples think? Maybe they even learned something? And the people, was their response appropriate? All this and more...

Anything the Holy Spirit sees fit to point out as being the “first” of something has important lessons to teach us. Jesus’ first miracle happened when they ran out of wine at a party. Who saw that coming? What does t mean?

It’s one thing to have the tax man call you in for an audit, but what happens when Jesus calls the tax man in for an audit? Here is a clue: the same thing that happens when He calls to you or me.

Mark 5 tells us about a woman with a debilitating issue of blood. She had been subjected to, suffered under, and spent all dealing with this life-altering illness until she heard of, came to, and pressed in to touch Jesus Christ. Through her story, we will endeavor to see and deal with our own subjections, our own ongoing issues, and perhaps find within her journey toward healing, a pathway toward the wholeness we so desperately long for.

The major stumbling block to fruitfulness in the Kingdom, and most likely in life in general, is taking offense. Today we see how one remarkable lady handled offense from the most unexpected of sources.