Reclaim Christian Church

Due to the non precise start time regarding the sermon within the Sunday morning service, expect for the sermon to begin around 10:15 AM.

This Father’s Day message explores God's character and how it is reflected in earthly fatherhood. Earthly Fathers have a role to provide identity, protection, provision, discipline, and joy. In this sermon we explore scriptures on how each of these traits points beyond physical fathers to God Himself, who is the source of all of them. It emphasizes adoption into God’s family through Christ, our new name and inheritance as His children, and the Spirit within us crying “Abba, Father.” Listeners are invited to see fatherhood not as something to be worshiped, but as a living illustration that draws us to know and trust God more deeply.

This sermon explores why the Christians at Corinth were stuck in their infancy stage of faith. Walking through 1 Corinthians 3, we discover the source of the Christian's immaturity, and the consequential divisions: their tendency to follow human teachers like Paul and Apollos instead of Christ himself. The message emphasizes that Jesus is the only true foundation, and that our works will one day be tested by God. Listeners are challenged to move from “milk to solid food” by confronting sin, rejecting worldly wisdom, and pursuing unified, mature devotion to Christ.

This exploration of 1 Corinthians 1:1-2:5 challenges us to examine who/what we're truly following as Christians. The message confronts our human tendency to create factions and follow charismatic leaders rather than Christ himself. Paul's words to the Corinthian church echo loudly today: some say 'I follow Paul,' others 'I follow Apollos,' but the critical question remains—is Christ divided? We learn that true freedom comes from realizing that any goodness flowing through us results from God's grace, not our own merit. This liberates us from the exhausting performance of trying to impress others and allows us to live for an audience of One. The concept of progressive sanctification reminds us that while we're made holy at salvation, we continue growing in holiness as we follow Jesus more closely. Perhaps most striking is the call to embrace the foolishness of the cross—a message that makes no sense to the world's wisdom but contains the very power of God for those being saved.

In this introduction to a summer-long series on Christian unity, we're confronted with an uncomfortable truth: the church seems to be fracturing over issues that ultimately don't matter. While Christians globally face genuine persecution, many of us are arguing about political positions, end-times predictions, conspiracy theories, and worship styles rather than focusing on our core mission. The message challenges us to examine whether we've created a curated version of Jesus that fits our preferences rather than submitting to the true Christ of Scripture. Drawing from Philippians and the prayer of Jesus in John 17, we're reminded that our unity isn't optional—it's commanded and essential to our effectiveness in reaching the world. The call is clear: we must stand firm in one spirit, with one mind, striving side by side for the gospel. Our unity is one of our most powerful witnesses to a watching world. When we lose sight of what truly matters—Christ and Christ crucified—we become like salt that has lost its flavor, good for nothing but to be trampled underfoot. The series ahead will tackle controversial topics in 1 Corinthians not to create division, but to help us understand one another better and unite around what matters most.

This message invites us into a profound exploration of how some of God's character is reflected in the qualities we often associate with motherhood. Drawing from Isaiah 49 and 66, we discover that God's love is not distant or forgetful, but intensely personal and compassionate.

RCC elder, Bob McDowell, shares how truly encountering the risen, Biblical Jesus always leads to transformation and a new identity rooted in Christ rather than in career, family, or personal achievements. Using the apostle Paul’s dramatic conversion from persecutor to preacher—and his own testimony—Bob calls believers to surrender, embrace their new life in Christ, and step into the unique purpose and ministry God has prepared for them.