Messages by Brent Clark
Becoming Like Christ Together
Pastor Brent looks at the importance of spiritual growth and how this will never happen when we are along. Our spiritual maturing happens when we are in community, otherwise, we risk a failure to thrive.
Connecting With God
Pastor Brent continues looking at what makes the church the church and how connecting with God in community is what distinguishes the church from every other organization.
What is Church
Pastor Brent looks at what church is not but then examines what actually is.
The Essence of Christmas is Incarnation
Pastor Brent looks at John 1 to see how the incarnation of Christ is crucial to the essence of Christmas.
The Essence of Christmas is Preparation
Pastor Brent Clark talks about the importance of understanding the essence of Christmas as it begins with our preparation for Christ. Isaiah 40:1-5
2020 Vision
Pastor Brent looks at the future of Ashworth Church and presents a challenge to not get stuck in the past but to press forward in becoming the church God desire Ashworth Church to be.
Removing the Barriers
Pastors Brent Clark and Ryan Lenerz conclude the You’ve Been Lied To (and we’re sorry about that) series by looking at how the lies we believe build barriers to our own faith and to others coming to faith. They also show how this has been an issue for the church since the first century.
Pray this Prayer to be Saved
Pastor Brent looks at the misconceptions surrounding salvation and why a pray this prayer theology has many problems and might produce decisions but not necessarily disciples.
Faith Means No Doubt
Pastor Brent Clark looks at the incorrect belief that to be a person of faith means you will never doubt and shows how Jesus uses our doubts not to rebuke us but as an opportunity to reveal himself to us.
God is a White, Male Republican
Pastor Brent Clark addresses the lie that some believe that God is a white, male, Republican, but he also addresses the more dangerous underlying tendency to make God in our own image. Sermon Transcript In June of 1964, a man took the pulpit of a church and prayed this prayer: This is a prayer that, for that day, could have been prayed in any church in America. I did update the language a bit to take out the Thines and…
God Just Wants You to Be Happy
Pastor Brent Clark explores the half-truth that God does desire his children to be happy, because God also desires for them so much more.
God Won’t Give You More than You Can Handle
In the series, “You’ve Been Lied To (and we’re sorry about that), Pastor Brent looks at the familiar saying God won’t give you more than you can handle to see if it has its biblical roots and how too often this statement does more harm than good.