Elizabeth City Emc Podcast

Jesus told the truth, not just about himself, but about everyone else, so much that they wanted to kill him for it. Your eternal destiny hinges entirely upon your attitude toward him. He is the light of the world. In his presence, you will either fall down to worship him or do everything you can … Continue reading True Truth →

The central exhortation of the book of Hosea is the call in 14:1 for Israel to “return” to the Lord. What follows is the substance, the content, of returning. It is more than mere sentiment. It is a decisive action of the will to confess sin, seek forgiveness, render the praise God is due, all … Continue reading The Way Home →

Hosea reminds us that the God who is a “betrayed spouse” is ultimately a loving Father who refuses to give up on or abandon the son he loves. He will do whatever it takes to bring him home again. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Unrequited Love. Scripture: Hosea 11:1-11

What is the hope for a people who are like a half-baked cake, an old man past his prime, a silly, witless dove, or a crooked bow? A shepherd who can lead them out of their faithlessness, giving them a heart undivided. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Unrequited Love. Scripture: Hosea 7:8-16

God wants to be known by you; to give life that lasts forever to you; to forgive your every sin; to heal everything that is broken; and to reconcile you to himself. The desperate times of our sinfulness called for the desperate measures of the cross. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Unrequited Love. Scripture: Hosea 6:1-6

Through Hosea, God not only reveals his willingness to do whatever it takes to buy back his errant bride, but also whatever it takes to break the pattern of sin that keeps leading her astray. He heals his beloved’s past and makes possible new beginnings that the marriage might last forever. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Unrequited … Continue reading Of Raisin Cakes and Men →

The story of Hosea is not just Israel’s story, it is humanity’s story. All of us have sinned and turned our backs on God. Yet to every one of us is given a message of warning and of wooing, that we might turn back to God in faith and experience his mercy, forgiveness, and love. … Continue reading A Scandalous Love | Pastor Sean Scribner →

A Sanctity of Human Life Sunday sermon. Speaker: Karl Bowden Scripture: Ephesians 4:2

The baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river inaugurated the coming of his messianic kingdom. In this kingdom can be found forgiveness for sins, power for new life, and the fulfillment of God’s eternal purposes to make for himself a people conformed to the image of his Son. Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: Luke 3:21-22

A short message for Covenant Renewal Sunday. Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-17

The true transformation we seek at the start of a new year can only be found in Christ as we submit ourselves totally to him as living sacrifices pleasing unto God. Speaker: Courtney White Scripture: Romans 12:1-2

What would it take for you to believe that God loves you? That he delights in you with wordless adoration? That he sings and rejoices over you from a place deep within his own heart? To know this with certainty, look no further than the manger at Christmas, which points directly to the cross. Speaker: … Continue reading Love →

“The people of God are called to be a people who rejoice. We rejoice because Christ’s first Advent means Immanuel, God with us, but also because at his second Advent we will rest in safety, forever; our souls will not be left among the dead, but will be raised to everlasting life; and he will … Continue reading Joy →

In his son, Jesus Christ, God has withheld no spiritual blessing. Everything pronounced over Israel in Aaron’s blessing at the foot of Mt. Sinai can be found fully in him alone. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Christmas Gifts Scripture: Numbers 6:22-27

The God of surprises calls his people from every generation to make their home in the center of his will, to be about his missional work in whatever “cities” they find themselves in, and to put their hope in the future he has in store for them. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Christmas Gifts Scripture: Jeremiah 29:4-14

The call to the faithful on Christ the King Sunday is to relent in whatever pride, stubbornness, or focus on the things of the world we might have, and to lift our eyes to heaven, that we might behold with the eyes of faith the Most High God and see reality as it really is. … Continue reading The Most High God →

The church awaits the return of Jesus to establish his kingdom upon the earth in a final, climactic way. But it is not idle in its waiting. Rather, it remains busy, putting to work what has been entrusted to it, in order to see hearts transformed and the kingdom established. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: The Christian … Continue reading Faithful Presence →

Speaker: Richard Meservey Series: The Christian Citizen Scripture: Romans 13

Speaker: Richard Meservey Series: The Christian Citizen Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16

God is not just concerned with what Christians will do at the ballot box, but who Christians will be. Not one human heart has ever been transformed by the outcome of an election. Heart transformation only comes about by the grace of God at work through the Spirit filled and sanctified church. We will never … Continue reading Blessing That Leads to Blessing →