Sermon Quick Summary Greater Things is the theme for the 2025 New Year, the 40th year of South Bay Community Church. Greater Things apply to any good work, empowered by the Holy Spirit that reflects and points to Jesus. One of the ways we align ourselves with God is through spiritual practices during these 28 days for prayer and fasting starting the New Year. Jesus’ teaching from the biblical scri...

Sermon Quick Summary God is so good and faithful; God can be trusted. For many of us the year 2025 seems like living in the distant future. God was faithful in the past, is faithful in the present, and can be trusted for the future. In John 14:7-12, Jesus makes a statement that is an exciting invitation for each of us about what lies ahead for followers of Christ. Jesus is declaring that knowing ...

Christmas is about the goodness of God expressed in the gift of Jesus to us in sharing God’s love. Sharing love moves beyond comfort and convenience into brokenness in meeting people where they are by crossing barriers, boundaries, and borders. Christmas tells the story of God’s love that crosses every barrier to meet us where we are because every life matters to God. John 3:16 captures God’s mis...

Sermon Quick Summary We are on a journey during this Advent season around the world and through the themes of Advent. In this message the Advent theme is joy; we explore what it means to radiate joy, with our Savior Jesus Christ at the center. We need to distinguish happiness and joy; happiness rises and falls based on what happens to us; joy is positive contentment rooted in the presence and prom...

Sermon Quick Summary As we continue our travels this morning, we continue to look to Jesus for peace, our living hope and light in the darkness. We have two scripture passages this morning. The first one is found in Isaiah 9:6-7 (NLT) and the second is from Luke 2:13-14. Even as we celebrate this good news, there is tension because we live in the time of “already but not yet.” During the First Adv...