Sunday, March 10, 2024

Stories That Stick - (Part 1) "The Deal of a Lifetime"


Verde Valley Christian Church
Mar 10, 2024

Sermon Title: "The Deal of a Lifetime"
Speaker: Jim Hammond

Matthew 13:44-46
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.

I. What is the DEAL? KINGDOM OF HEAVEN 

II. What is the PRICE? ALL

III. What is the VALUE? PRICELESS 

The kingdom of heaven is infinitely and eternally worth more than everything you had apart from his kingdom.




Sunday, March 3, 2024

Let the Children Come - Part 4: What This Looks Like for Me


Verde Valley Christian Church
Mar 3, 2024

Sermon Title: Let the Children Come - Part 4: What This Looks Like for Me
Speaker: Andrew Webb

1. Be Characterized by Jesus' QUALITIES (vss. 12-14)

Colossians 3:12-14
Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

2. Let Jesus' PEACE Call the Shots (vs. 15)

Colossians 3:15-17
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

3. Let Jesus' WORD Overflow into Everything (vs. 16-17)

Sunday, February 25, 2024

Let the Children Come - (Part 3) What This Looks Like for VVCC


Verde Valley Christian Church
Feb 25, 2024

Sermon Title: Let the Children Come - Part 3: What This Looks Like for VVCC
Speaker: Jim Hammond

I. What this DID look like for VVCC

There are two things that everybody hates.

Change and the way things are.


1 Corinthians 9:19-23
Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to win those not having the law. To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.

Luke 18:16
But Jesus called the children to him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

2 Corinthians 5:15 (NIV)

And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.


Don’t be a sponge that sours in the sink!


Paul did not change his MORALS or his

MESSAGE, but he radically changed his

METHODS to reach people who were far from God.


Do we have a readiness like Paul's to change methods without compromising the unchanging gospel message?


II. What this DOES look like NOW

We have to continue to work diligently to help people understand and perceive the same unchanging gospel message as relevant and desirable today, and everyday.


III. What we pray it WILL look like SOON


How can we more effectively reach children and their families? What are the types of changes required for a church to be more effective in reaching the "next generation"?




2 Timothy 1:5
I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.