Faith Troy Sermons
by Faith Troy
Everything we do is about bringing Jesus into our relationships. We are a church that is for you and for your neighbors. Our goal is to be a place that you can belong and be valued.On this podcast, you'll hear the sermons from our weekend services. If you enjoy a sermon, please share it or come join us in person on a wekeend!
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More than Success | FOR 2026
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved YOU, so YOU must love ONE ANOTHER. By this EVERYONE will know that you are MY disciples, if you love one another.” – John 13:34-35 No strings attached GENEROSITY is still IRRESISTIBLE. For most of us, it is easier to give our […]
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Change of Heart | FOR 2026
“People, the LORD has shown you what is GOOD, and this is what He REQUIRES of you: To do what is JUST, to love MERCY and to walk HUMBLY with your God.” – Micah 6:8 NLT All of us have a RESPONSIBILITY in this world. But it’s so easy to just sit back and COMPLAIN […]
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Jesus is Life | Who Is Jesus
Often, we equate LIFE with GOD. God is Life. But life, is not GOD. Luke 23:32-39 (pg. 1,641) v.33: “When they came to the place called the Skull, they CRUCIFIED Him there, along with the criminals; one on His RIGHT the other on His LEFT.” v.34: “Jesus said, Father FORGIVE them, for they do not […]
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The Heart of God | Who Is Jesus
The most important question you can ask if you’re considering or reconsidering faith in Jesus: Is Matthew, Mark, Luke OR John a RELIABLE account of ACTUAL events? Luke is documenting Jesus’ paradigm-shifting, culturally offensive, liberating, dignifying, hope-giving, TEACHING and MIRACLES. Luke...
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The Samaritan and the Saved | Who Is Jesus
Jesus INVITES us to PARTICIPATE in His Kingdom Work. Jesus sends us to find PEOPLE OF PEACE. Jesus WARNS the people who should have KNOWN BETTER. God BLESSES us in our OBEDIENCE. God BLESSES us by His GRACE. God’s WORD is the way to LIFE. The lawyer wants to JUSTIFY himself. Our ENEMY is our […]
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Imagine Immeasurably More | Who Is Jesus
How HEALTHY is your IMAGINATION? IMAGINATION is a GIFT from God. Faith is often presented as the OPPOSED to reason, but that’s really not how Jesus operates. Before anyone leaves anything behind, Jesus IGNITES their imagination for what’s possible if God’s promises started being fulfilled in real...
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Go Deep | Who Is Jesus
Luke’s account was included in the Bible because: The DETAILS the document contains. The EVIDENCE of who wrote the document. WHEN the document was written. What is RECORDED about Jesus. Luke is documenting someone’s LIFE. Luke 3:1-20 (pg. 1,593) v.2: “…the word of God came to JOHN, son of…
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How Do We Know | Who Is Jesus
When it comes to KNOWING God, does it really just come down to: The BIBLE tells us so. Is Matthew, Mark Luke OR John a RELIABLE account of ACTUAL events? Event: RESURRECTION Movement: The WAY Documented: BEFORE 70 AD The Bible: ASSEMBLED Luke became a follower of Jesus by hearing about the...
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Honor | Life-Giving Relationships
Have you ever WON an argument at home? What exactly did you WIN? What was the PRIZE? When it comes to relationships, the WIN is always the RELATIONSHIP. Romans 12:10 (pg. 1,764) v.10: “Be DEVOTED to one another in LOVE.” “Give HONOR to one another, by ESTEEMING more highly.” v.10: “Be devoted to...
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Serve | Life-Giving Relationships
“In your RELATIONSHIPS with one another, have the same MINDSET as KING Jesus” – Philippians 2:5 All of us take our relationship cues from SOMEBODY. Often, we just realize WHO it is. MUTUAL Submission Ephesians 5:21 (pg. 1,823) v.21: “SUBMIT to ONE ANOTHER out of reverence for Christ.” The message...
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Forgive | Life-Giving Relationships
How does it feel to RECEIVE forgiveness? God doesn’t put REQUIREMENTS on our confession to RECEIVE His forgiveness. Forgiveness doesn’t mean we let people continue to hurt themselves or others. Forgiveness doesn’t mean everything is the same as it was before. How does it feel to OFFER…
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Confess | Life-Giving Relationships
You cannot FOLLOW Jesus by yourself. Because so much of what Jesus commanded REQUIRES somebody else. “In your RELATIONSHIPS with one another, have the same MINDSET as KING Jesus” – Philippians 2:5 Someone always has to GIVE life, in order for their to BE life in a relationship, right? What did...
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The Love of a Father | Coming Home
Luke 15:11-32 He came to his SENSES. Four Patterns of False Identity: The PERFORMER The CHAMELEON BOXED-IN The ESCAPE artist Jesus listeners would have though of a KEZAZAH ceremony. “You are now CUT OFF from your people.” – alongside a smashed clay pot. Broken. Irredeemable. No longer useful. No...
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Transformation From the Inside-Out | Coming Home
The younger son: He came to HIMSELF. Sometimes being far from home is less OBVIOUS. Luke 15:25-32 “Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.” (v. 29) The younger son was no longer […]
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The False Self | Coming Home
“The great tragedy for many of us is that in growing up, we become self-made, independent successes who are weighed down with thoughts of the past and worries about the future. We lose touch with our true self, the person God created us to be. We live off-center and alienated from who we really...
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Is Believing Enough | A Place to Belong 2026
What if simply BELIEVING was enough to make a difference in life? Doing is what makes all the DIFFERENCE in life. If we believe all the right things, but don’t do anything with what we believe, our FAITH becomes FEEBLE and FRAIL and FRAGILE. Jesus’ Invitation: FOLLOW Me, not BELIEVE Me. God is…
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Enduring Faith | A Place to Belong 2026
There are so many things that I WISH for you. Number 1: That GOD would create in you, ENDURING faith. God is the one who CREATES faith. There are a number of KEY INGREDIENTS that God USES to develop big, active, enduring faith in people. Matthew 8:5-10 (pg. 1,507) v.5: “…a CENTURION came to…
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Love God | Anyone, But Them
Jonah was POWERLESS to save. Jesus is POWERFUL to save. God SAVED you before you ever ASKED Him. Even God’s punishments are MERCIES if they lead you to REPENTANCE. God gives His GRACE to EVERYONE. If it’s not GOOD, God’s NOT DONE. Should God have compassion on ALL people? Verses Referenced…
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Love Yourself | Anyone, But Them
Is Jonah FACT or FICTION? Jonah confesses the FAITH but not his SIN. God wants Jonah to LIVE and to PREACH. Jonah’s TROUBLE is also his TREATMENT. Jonah RUNS from God but still PRAYS to Him. Even with this second chance, Jonah allows EVIL to grow within him. God wants Jonah to REPENT, but the […]
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Love Your Neighbor | Anyone, But Them
How does God TRANSFORM HATE into LOVE? For others For ourselves For God Jonah (pg. 1436) God SENDS Jonah as a PROPHET for the NON-BELIEVERS. Obedience and disobedience have PRESENT and ETERNAL consequences. Jonah would rather DIE than SHARE GOD’S WORD. God uses Jonah’s FAITHLESSNESS to convert…
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Powerless | Nehemiah
What TV series has the most UNSATISFYING ending? Nehemiah’s story show’s us the power of VISION. Vision: A PICTURE of what you hope the FUTURE will be like. When we allow OUR HEARTS to be BROKEN by the thing that BREAK the HEART of GOD. Whatever it takes to get God’s vision in your life […]
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Repentance and Renewal | Nehemiah
Nehemiah 8 Repentance and Renewal Nehemiah 8:13-18 The Festival of the Booths Nehemiah 9:1-3 They confess THEIR sins. They confess the sins of their ANCESTORS. When you confess your sins, you take RESPONSIBILITY. Confessing the sins of our ancestors is a FOREIGN idea today. Nehemiah 9:5-31 They...
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Waking Up | Nehemiah
Nehemiah 6:16-8:12 Waking Up Nehemiah 6:15-7:4 If it’s from God, he will see it THROUGH. It’s not overtly miraculous. Jesus is: PRESENT in the pain. ALONGSIDE us in the suffering. CONSISTENT in the waiting. Jesus meets us in the SLOG. Nehemiah 7:73-8:12 Maybe you’re realizing that you have been...
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Frustrate the Haters | Nehemiah
Nehemiah 6:1-14 (pg. 757) FRUSTRATE the HATERS. Not every INVITATION is an ASSIGNMENT. PRIVATE conversation becomes PUBLIC accusation. Sanballat’s ACCUSATION reads like a CONFESSION. How do you frustrate the haters? CONTINUE God’s work with greater DETERMINATION in PRAYER. How do we DISCERN…
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The Mark of a Leader | Nehemiah
Vision: A PICTURE of what you hope the FUTURE will be like. As we begin Nehemiah chapter 5: The problem is not just MOCKERY from the outside, but EXPLOITATION from the inside. It’s not only WHAT the people are saying, it’s WHO the people are becoming. Visions THRIVE in an environment of UNITY....
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Criticism and Discouragement | Nehemiah
Vision: A PICTURE of what you hope the FUTURE will be like. “The Son of Man came to SEEK and to save the LOST.” Luke 19:10 Bring Jesus into EVERY relationship “To MAKE DISCIPLES of all people…” Matthew 28:19 Make disciples who make MORE disciples. SIGNIFICANCE is always found on the OTHER side of...
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Community Work Crew | Nehemiah
CHOOSE your own ADVENTURE. We are people who have embraced Jesus’s vision and mission in our world. “The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost…”Luke 19:10 “To make disciples of all people…” Matthew 28:19 They STRENGTHENED their hands for the GOOD WORK. This COMMUNITY WORK CREW includes...
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Clarifying the Vision | Nehemiah
“…Jesus is the HEAD of the Church, His body…” – The Apostle Paul This means Jesus is the BRAINS of the Church. What BREAKS your HEART? What do you DO next? Nehemiah 2:9-20 (pg. 752) v.12: “I set our during the NIGHT with a few men. I had NOT TOLD anyone what my God had […]
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Invitation to Significance | Nehemiah
Nehemiah 2:1-8, Luke 14:26-27, Mark 8:34-35 What BREAKS your HEART? Answering this question is going to REQUIRE something of you. Ultimately, it’s going to cost you some LIFE. Nehemiah 2:1-18 (pg. 751) v.1: “In the month of NISAN, in the twentieth year of king Artaxerxes” First Principle: God…
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What Breaks Your Heart? | Nehemiah
Nehemiah 1:1-11 What BREAKS your HEART? Vision: A picture of what you HOPE the FUTURE will be like. Vision adds PASSION to life. Vision gives DIRECTION to life. Vision gives MEANING to life. Nehemiah 1:1-11 pg. 750 v.4: “When I heard these things, I sat down and WEPT. For some days, I MOURNED…
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Easter Sunday | Holy Week 2026
John 11:1-44, 1 Corinthians 15:20-23 Easter is not religious, because religion is what grows in the gap of MYSTERY. If Jesus didn’t rise from the dead, life’s greatest MYSTERY would remain UNEXPLAINED. Theories about what happens when people die: The soul is IMMORTAL. They join HADES. GOOD souls...
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Palm Sunday | Holy Week 2026
John 12:1-11 SIX days before the Passover (v. 1) v. 3: Mary is WASTING a year’s worth of wage to honor Jesus. Sometimes WORSHIP seems wasteful. “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my BURIAL.” (v. 7) Mary recognizes what JESUS is…
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The Table of Promise | At the Table with Jesus
Can we BELIEVE what God says is TRUE? If God PROMISES, then God DELIVERS. The disciples STRUGGLED to believe God’s promises were TRUE. Jesus’s question looks FORWARD to their ANSWER and His RESPONSE. Jesus’s crucifixion is a SCANDAL that SHATTERED their HOPES. Jesus’s TEACHING prepares the...
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The Table of Abundance | At the Table with Jesus
PASSOVER was soon. PAINT your doorposts with the BLOOD of the lamb. Many went to JERUSALEM but others flocked to JESUS. Jesus had COMPASSION because we were like sheep without a SHEPHERD. Jesus told them to FEED us. This is indeed the PROPHET who has come into the WORLD! This is the work of God, […]
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The Table of Forgiveness | At the Table with Jesus
Luke 7:36-50, Colossians 2:13-14 Jesus would always take an individual’s ENTIRE story into account when He INTERACTED with them. “Anyone who has seen ME, has seen the FATHER.” – John 14:9 Your SIN, your past, your failure, none of that DEFINES you in the eyes of God, your Heavenly Father. But…
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Jesus Eats with the Wrong People | At the Table with Jesus
Luke 19:1-10 He was a chief TAX COLLECTOR and was WEALTHY. He is HATED. He was SHORT and could not see over the CROWD. PHYSICAL size. SOCIAL conditions. SPIRITUAL desperation. A Spirituality of Lost Keys Stage 1: LOGIC Stage 2: SELF-CONDEMNATION Stage 3: FRUSTRATION Stage 4: DESPERATION Stage 5:...
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Three Wedding Feasts | At the Table with Jesus
Three marriage FEASTS define every RELATIONSHIP you have ever had, are having, or will have. Our Heavenly Father gives the ram as a REPLACEMENT sacrifice for Isaac. In the garden, Adam and Eve feast on FAILURE. In this life, we feast on STRUGGLE. Mary asks for NOTHING and anticipates EVERYTHING....
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Ash Wednesday | At the Table with Jesus
“The son of man came eating and drinking” – Luke 7:34 We can learn a lot from the conversations and people Jesus EATS with. Luke 11:37-54 v.38: This was not about HYGIENE. v.39-41: You are cleaning yourself up on the OUTSIDE only. We are happy to pay lip SERVICE to Jesus while keeping our...
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Agent of Change | Core Christianity
Seventh Core Belief: The Church is God’s AGENT OF CHANGE in our world. Jesus asks the group the MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION. Peter offers the MOST IMPORTANT ANSWER. Peter is praised for RECEIVING the revelation. Jesus will build His Church on every person who shares Peter’s CONFESSION. When…
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Final Instructions | Core Christianity
Matthew 28:10-20, 1 Corinthians 9:19-22 Are you a CHRISTIAN? Matthew 28:10-20 (pg. 1,549) v.17: “When they SAW Him, they WORSHIPED Him, but some DOUBTED.” v.18: “ALL AUTHORITY in heaven and on earth has been given to ME.” Jesus said that HE is our ultimate authority. v.19: “Therefore I want you…
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Worst for Best | Core Christianity
Have you ever wondered why God can’t just forgive and forget? Because of JUSTICE, He DEMANDS payment. Because of MERCY, He DELAYED payment. Because of GRACE, He MADE payment. 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 (p. 1,789): “For I DELIVERED to you as of first importance what I also RECEIVED: that Christ DIED for...
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Trust Him in the Meantime | Core Christianity
1 John 4:7-8, Luke 18:1-8, John 5:22, 12:47 Here’s something we’ve all thought: Why doesn’t God DO SOMETHING about that? WHY do we assume if there is a God, God must be GOOD and JUST? Someone TOLD us that. 1 John 4:7-8 (pg. 1,902) v.7: “Dear friends, let us LOVE one another, for love comes […]
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More Important | Core Christianity
Matthew 22:36-40, 23:23, John 13:34-35 In this series we’re attempting to answer the question: What must a person BELIEVE in order to be a FAITHFUL follower of Jesus? What I BELIEVE will eventually show up in what I DO. “The angel said to them, Do not be afraid. I bring you GOOD news that will […]
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The Clearest Picture | Core Christianity
John 14:1-10, Colossians 2:17 Often in our world, good news for one person is bad news for somebody else. “The angel said to them, Do not be afraid. I bring you GOOD news that will cause great JOY for ALL people.” – Luke 2:10 John 14:1-10 (pg. 1,675) v.1: “Do not let your hearts be […]
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The Foundation | Core Christianity
Matthew 16:13-17 Is IT true? Is it GOOD? “The angel said to them, Do not be afraid. I bring you GOOD news that will cause great JOY for ALL people.” – Luke 2:10 Gospel…‘God Spell’…GOOD STORY “The Law and the Prophets WERE proclaimed until John. SINCE that time, the GOOD News of the Kingdom of […]
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Matthew 2 | Born for You
We all have AHA moments in our relationship with Jesus. Jesus is KING. (v.3-4) The magi RECOGNIZE who Jesus is. – v. 10-11 “And having been warned.” (v.12) Sometimes it doesn’t get EASIER when you follow Jesus. Life in the KINGDOM will not be easy, but the KING is good. “So, what are we to […]
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Longing for a Home | Christmas Eve 2025
Galatians 4:4-7 Every parent has had this thought: “I wish my kinds understood how much I LOVE them.” What do you do if you’re GOD? Galatians 4:4-7 (pg. 1,813) v.4: “When the SET TIME had fully come, God sent His SON, born of a WOMAN, born under the LAW, to REDEEM those UNDER the Law…” […]
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Why Does Matthew Begin with a Genealogy? | Born for You
Why does Matthew begin with a GENEALOGY? The Son of DAVID The Son of ABRAHAM Phil 2:10-11 The way to read the genealogy is to notice things that are UNUSUAL. v.8 and v.10: Does Matthew make a MISTAKE? Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba are UNLIKELY names for such a list. Matthew wants us to…
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Everything we do is about bringing Jesus into our relationships. We are a church that is for you and for your neighbors. Our goal is to be a place that you can belong and be valued.On this podcast, you'll hear the sermons from our weekend services. If you enjoy a sermon, please share it or come join us in person on a wekeend!
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