Stephen Kasun

Sunday morning message August 18, 2024: Pastoral Resident Stephen Kasun preaches on Acts 6:8-7:53 in a sermon titled The Hopelessness of Missing Jesus Scripture: Acts 6:8-7:53

The Christian's faith-filled duty equips them to live out the complete love of Jesus. Scripture: Luke 17:1-10

Greed exposes a heart that is blind to God's eternal possession of our souls. Scripture: Luke 12:13-21

To follow Jesus faithfully means seeing Jesus rightly. Scripture: Luke 9:28-45

Waiting can be hard. Especially when it seems like what we are waiting for never arrives. In a fallen world of sin and brokenness, we can feel sometimes stuck in a perpetual waiting room, longing for hope from our pain and suffering. At the …

In Proverbs 12:13-13:5 Solomon emphasizes the importance of truth in our words and truth in our hearts as we relate to God and to others. Scripture: Proverbs 12:13-13:5

“Judge not…” we know the verse, but Stephen Kasun helps us understand the deeper gospel themes behind this often neglected verse. Perhaps the most quoted (or misquoted) verse in the Bible is Matthew 7:1, “Judge not, that you be not judged.” …

Can the idea of God’s love make us lazy? Stephen Kasun helps us see the power of God’s love as a catalyst for new life in this post. The power of God is a dizzying thing to consider. It is infinite, it cannot be contained in the very …

We are called to share the gospel, but we are also called to share the gospel with real people. Stephen Kasun helps us understand the importance of relationships in the context of evangelism. Evangelism is hard and intimidating. God’s call …

What if I don’t like what this verse says about me? Stephen Kasun helps frame our conflicts with an understanding of scripture. Have you ever read something in God’s word and not been sure that you want to believe what you just read? Like …

If the way you identify as a “college student” says something, Stephen Kasun says the way you identify as a Christian should say more.   As a student, there always seems to be a disconnect between what we learn and what we do. …

We all love something new. Stephen Kasun helps us understand why our hearts are hardwired for something fresh as he ties our longing to gospel transformation  New things are awesome. What's cooler than a shiny new iPhone? What smells …

Sin wages war on our souls from within our own hearts, and from outside in the natural world. Stephen Kasun helps us find hope for our two front war in his newest post. Christians are taught from conversion to be introspective. We are …

So often what becomes normal for culture becomes normal for the Christian. In this post, Stephen Kasun helps us diagnose the substance of our diets and corrects it with the importance of the gospel. So often what becomes normal for the …

Community is something we all do. But as Christians we should view it in right relationship to the substance of our community. Stephen Kasun helps us understand the rite and role of community in the church.  Since God created us as …

The world has a lot of needs, but how can we treat both the seen and unseen needs as distinctly Christian? Stephen Kasun helps us understand the ultimate hope for social justice in a broken world. Crushing is the weight of sin. Devastating …

Increasingly we will face open controversy because of our Christian beliefs. Stephen Kasun helps us understand the opportunity this presents, and the tension that exists between grace and truth.  People like to be liked. Or at least …

Culture reviles at certain aspects of Scripture’s written commands. But why is it important to follow what the Bible says about morals, money and sex? Stephen Kasun answers this question with one word: joy. Part of our make-up as human …

It's easy to say that God is gracious in your success, but it's harder to say that God is being gracious in your failures. Stephen Kasun discusses the Biblical merit of both in his newest post. God's grace is everywhere in the life of the …