What if grace is more than just forgiveness? In this message, we discover that biblical grace isn't simply God's kindness toward us—it's His supernatural power in us.

We often long for wonder, especially during the Christmas season. We watch magical stories and let ourselves imagine a world where something breaks through the heaviness of life. But what if the truest wonder isn't fantasy at all? What if angels really did appear, heaven and earth really are closer than we think, and spiritual power is available to us right now?

Drawing from 2 Corinthians 12:9, we explore what it means when God says, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." This isn't a motivational speech to grit our teeth and push through. It's an invitation to be carried by a power greater than our own strength—greater even than physical healing.

We examine three key truths:
- Grace is God's power through Christ in us – not just words, but the person of Jesus sustaining us
- Biblical sight vs. worldly sight – learning to see the unseen realities that Scripture calls us to fix our eyes on
- A kingdom-focused life – understanding that our citizenship is in heaven, and that changes everything

If you're feeling weak, struggling, or wondering how to keep going, this message offers real hope. The same grace that saved us is the grace that sustains us—and it comes to us through God's Word and His church.

We live in a world obsessed with control, from tracking our steps, measuring our sleep, optimizing our lives, and yet, we’re blind to the real problem underneath it all. In this message, we explore the powerful illusion that convinces us we can fix, preserve, and even save the world through our own effort. But Scripture tells a very different story: creation is groaning under a curse we can’t remove, and no amount of human progress — not even the latest technology or good intentions — can undo it.

Drawing from Romans 8, Genesis 3, and vivid modern examples, we discover that the real deception isn’t magic tricks or misinformation — it’s the belief that we are not cursed and that we can save ourselves. But the gospel offers a better hope: not optimism, but promise. Jesus didn’t come to help us manage a broken world — He came to redeem it.

As we enter Advent, we remind ourselves that we live between two comings: one that freed our souls and one that will free our bodies and all creation. This message calls us to live with biblical perception (seeing what’s truly wrong), biblical expectation (trusting in what’s coming), and biblical orientation (learning how to live in between).

If you’ve ever wondered why progress never satisfies, why suffering persists, or how to live with hope in a world that keeps breaking, this sermon will unveil the truth behind the illusion — and point us to the only one who can truly reverse the curse.

Stephen Reisdorf explores one of Scripture's most challenging questions from Psalm 15: "O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill?"

This question taps into a universal human longing—the desire to reach an ultimate destination, to find our place with God. But as we systematically unpack the requirements listed in Psalm 15, a startling truth emerges: the standards are impossibly high.

Blamelessness. Complete righteousness. Unwavering integrity. Perfect speech. Flawless conduct. Using examples from the moral law and Jesus's Sermon on the Mount, this sermon demonstrates that no one—not even King David himself—could ever meet God's perfect standard for dwelling in His presence.

Powerful Revelations:
- Why Psalm 15's question reflects our deepest spiritual longing
- The impossible requirements for dwelling with a holy God
- How the moral law and Sermon on the Mount expose our inadequacy
- Understanding that "there is none who does good, not even one"
- Why this question is designed to drive us to despair over our sinfulness
- The glorious answer: Jesus Christ is the only one who perfectly fulfills these requirements

This isn't a message of condemnation—it's a message of hope. Jesus has done what we never could, securing an unshakable dwelling with God and offering grace and eternal life to all who have faith in Him.

Stop trying to earn what Christ has already accomplished.

When the world rages, the church must stand firm in Christ: grieving with compassion, hating evil, remembering the real enemy, loving the lost, and fixing hope on the coming kingdom.

Christians must live as ambassadors of Christ, always ready to give a reason for their hope — not by altering the gospel or forcing conversations, but by living in a way that displays Christ’s holiness and hope to others.