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Jayson Combs

Applying Righteousness: Towards the Lord

19 Oct 2025 · 35:33

Romans S26 · 12:1-2 Waterford

Romans 12:1‑2 teaches three changes that happen when a person becomes a Christian. The believer’s motivation shifts from fear or self‑gain to gratitude for God’s mercy at the cross. The aim of life…

Chuck Lindsey

Grow - Conforming to the Image of Christ

21 Sep 2025 · 38:31

Romans S22 · 8:29 Grand Blanc

Growth in the Lord is the subject of the message, asking whether listeners are changing for the better. Using the Parable of the Sower, the speaker explains that many people hear the Word, clear away…

Josh Combs

Can a Person Really Change?

17 Aug 2025 · 45:05

Romans S17 · 8:12-17 Goodrich

The sermon asks whether anyone can truly change and explores the answer from Romans 8, emphasizing that the Holy Spirit transforms us from within, changing who we are, how we think, and how we live…

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Josh Yates

Adoption Changes Everything

17 Aug 2025 · 50:30

Romans S17 · 8:12-17 Lake Orion

No condemnation awaits those in Christ; believers are freed to live by the Spirit instead of striving. The message urges listeners to let Christ’s love produce the fruit of the Spirit, reminding them…

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Caleb Combs

The Spirit - Gives Us Life

10 Aug 2025 · 48:33

Romans S16 · 8:9-11 Holly

The sermon focuses on the person of the Holy Spirit as taught in Romans 8:9‑11. It explains that believers are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, who lives in them as a comforter, helper, convictor…

Justin Foroozan

The Spirit is Life

10 Aug 2025 · 34:43

Romans S16 · 8:9-11

Romans 8:9‑11 is the focus of this message, explaining how the Holy Spirit marks believers as God’s own and brings the resurrection power that raised Jesus. The speaker contrasts living in the flesh…

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Josh Yates

Dead to Sin, Slaves to Righteousness

20 Jul 2025 · 50:13

Romans S13 · 7:1-12 Lake Orion

The sermon explores Romans 6–7, where Paul says believers are either slaves to sin, which ends in death, or slaves to righteousness, which leads to life. The pastor encourages listeners to stop…

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Ryan Story

Faith

15 Jun 2025 · 31:08

Romans S8 · 4:13-25

Using a personal story of ignoring illness, the sermon shows how everyday passivity mirrors spiritual passivity. It then turns to Romans 4, emphasizing that Abraham’s righteousness came through…

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Jayson Combs

Introduction/Main Theme

27 Apr 2025 · 37:01

Romans S1 · 1:1-17 Waterford

The book of Romans is the focus of a summer series that explores the gospel as God’s power for salvation. The preacher explains that Paul’s letter reveals God’s righteousness, our need for a savior…