Sermons
Why Should Christians Live with Confidence?
In the fall of 1959, two men sat across a chessboard. One was Vasily Smyslov, former World Champion—calm, precise, a technical master. The other was Mikhail Tal, a 22-year-old Latvian genius nicknamed The Magician, famous for moves that left onlookers speechless. Smyslov—ever the pragmatist—opened with the well-worn Caro–Kann Defence. Tal followed the script for a... Read More →
What Does it Mean to be Sealed by the Holy Spirit?
I want to begin with the story of Anastasia. She was born to an unremarkable family in the Czech Republic. Eastern Europe has a proud heritage of musical excellence, and her mother—Nadia—had played a little violin as a girl. So, on Anastasia’s eighth birthday, she handed her daughter a small wooden case. By nine, Anastasia... Read More →
The Unforgivable Sin
Introduction and Welcome Welcome to Mountain Springs. The more astute among you may have noticed that I am not Pastor Joel. I appreciate no one ducking out the exit when you realized it wasn’t him—thank you. He wanted to be here this morning to kick off our series in 2nd Corinthians, but due to a... Read More →
The Church As… the Building
HOOK This morning I’m going to do the most controversial thing I have ever attempted from the pulpit. I am going to use Harry Potter as a sermon illustration. Send your complaints to brady@mountainspringscc.com. If you look past all the fantasy elements of wizards and magic and flying broomsticks the story is a classic tale... Read More →
Reclaiming the Wilderness
Note: This is a repeat of an earlier sermon. Introduction and Welcome Good morning, everybody. My name is Pastor Conrad—I guess my first name is now Pastor. I’m excited to be here with you this morning. This might be one of the largest crowds I’ve preached in front of. That’s fine; I’m not nervous. I’m... Read More →
Life Lessons from a Madman
Greeting I always enjoy that boom at the end. It’s a very, uh, Nolani, Christopher Nolani. Anyway, um, yeah, my name is Conrad. One of the pastors here. Happy Sunday. Personal Story: Busy Baseball Season So despite the rain, it actually has been a very busy baseball season for my kids. They’re both in ball... Read More →
The Unforgivable Sin
Greeting Well, good morning, everybody. My name’s Conrad. And you have the special privilege of if you’re here with us live in person this morning. You don’t get a screen. Yeah, it’s a good time. So now instead of me running around frantically and sweating, I’m going to leave it to Mike and Graham to... Read More →
Into The Wilderness
Prologue Good morning, my name is Conrad and I’m one of the pastors here at Surrey CLA. How many people in the room this morning are familiar with the idea of “wandering in the wilderness”? Typically when we talk about wandering in the wilderness, we are referring to something like this: [[[ Community – Waywardness... Read More →