Fountain City KC

April 20, 2025 - John 20:24-32

A well known statement in the Bible says that “Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” The reality is faith can be hard. Many people struggle to believe that something is true; we doubt, we question. On this Resurrection Sunday, Jesus will meet us here, in belief and doubt. He wants to meet us to move us; to move beyond our doubt to solid, biblical faith and through an encounter with Thomas, that's just what He'll do.

April 13, 2025 - Gospel Renewal From The Inside Out

Perhaps one of the more impressive and intimidating things we see in others is when they share their faith in Jesus. We might think, 'how do they do that', or 'where do they get the courage?' As we conclude our sermon series on Gospel Renewal from the inside out, we'll see that the secret in sharing our faith is not guilt or goals or fear, but joy. It's joy that comes from a heart changed by grace. Experiencing deep, transformative grace leads to joyful witness to the giver of that grace.

March 23, 2024 - Gospel Renewal From The Inside Out

One of the most stark contrasts in our Christian faith is between self-righteousness and grace. Nothing causes us to miss Jesus more than self-righteousness, and nothing brings us deeper into the rest Jesus gives than receiving his grace. Through this amazing parable we will see that core to the work Jesus wants to do in our lives is uproot self-righteousness from our heart and fill it in with grace, so that we can rest in the gospel.

March 16, 2025 - Gospel Renewal From The Inside Out

One of the most challenging questions of the Christian life is: how does our behavior fit in? It's so easy to begin to wonder one of two things: is God's love for me dependent on what I do, or, is what I do irrelevant and makes no difference in my life with God? Through this familiar and amazing passage, we'll see that the key is grace. Grace is free: it comes to us in spite of what we do. But to be God's grace, it also has a powerful effect. So we'll see that a saved life is a changed life. 

March 9, 2025 - Gospel Renewal From The Inside Out

One of the most difficult actions of the Christian faith is forgiveness. In our culture, forgiveness can be spoken of as a mistake. In our personal lives, the thought of forgiving those who have hurt us can feel impossible and unjust. As we continue looking into the renewing work that Jesus does in those who trust and follow him, we'll see that forgiveness is in the center. In fact, what Jesus wants us to understand is that he is changing our hearts so we can forgive others as He has forgiven us.

March 2, 2025 - Gospel Renewal From The Inside Out

The Good Samaritan is a parable that is familiar to nearly everyone, at least by name. Because of that familiarity, it's easy to lose sight of the revolutionary message Jesus intends it to have.  As we continue to look at how, through the gospel, Jesus renews us and our hearts, we'll see that He also brings His renewing grace to those around us as we begin to love others as He has loved us.

February 23, 2025 - Gospel Renewal From the Inside Out

Last week, as we dove into gospel renewal, we saw that Jesus renews us from the inside out by first changing what we treasure in life, to be him. This Sunday, we are going to press WHY this is so hard. Jesus is going to place his finger on the main thing that keeps us from putting him first so that he can uproot it and give us what is infinitely better.