The Grove Church

The Grove Church

Honest sermons about faith and doubt.

  1. Our Real Need for Approval | How to Be Free from the Fear of Rejection and the Lust for Approval

    May 25

    Our Real Need for Approval | How to Be Free from the Fear of Rejection and the Lust for Approval

    “Live from approval, not for it.” FALLEN CONDITION We are slaves to the fear of rejection and the craving for approval. A few people’s opinions carry enormous weight, and without realizing it we let them rule our lives; shrinking, performing, and comparing to win a verdict we can never secure. SOLUTION IN CHRIST On the cross Jesus bore the rejection we feared most: “My God, why have you forsaken me?” so that in Him we are justified: declared approved, loved, and clothed in His perfect record. When the Father looks at us, He sees Christ. Resting in that finished verdict, we no longer need anyone’s approval, and we are free to live for God’s pleasure out of joy, not fear. VISION FOR THE GROVE The Grove to live as a community of sons and daughters who fear no one’s rejection and crave no one’s applause. Free from the lust for admiration and validation, with nothing to prove, we love God and love one another from that freedom; free and fully alive. Links: Website: https://thegrovechurch.co Instagram: https://instagram.com/thegrovechurchofficial Facebook: https://facebook.com/thegrovechurchofficial Sermon Audio: https://soundcloud.com/thegrovechurchofficial Podcast: https://tr.ee/c0BcdkUV3C Support Our Ministry: https://grovechurch.churchcenter.com/giving If this video was helpful to you, please like, comment, and subscribe — and share it with someone who needs hope today.

    42 min
  2. No Other Gospel | What you might be getting wrong about Christianity

    May 21

    No Other Gospel | What you might be getting wrong about Christianity

    BIG IDEA “Grace plus anything is no longer grace.” FALLEN CONDITION We are restless self-saviors. Even when we believe in Jesus, we keep trying to add our performance, politics, or tribe to His finished work — and in doing so we defect from the very grace that set us free. SOLUTION IN CHRIST On the cross Jesus cried tetelestai — “It is finished.” He paid the debt in full, bore the judgment we owed, and rose to deliver us from this present evil age. We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Nothing left to earn; only Someone to trust and worship. VISION FOR THE GROVE The Grove is a community where weary people lay down their self-salvation projects and find rest in the finished work of Jesus. We refuse to bend the gospel toward performance, partisanship, or tribe. Because Christ alone is our righteousness, we are free — free to obey out of joy, free to love across every line, and free to live as a worshiping people whose first instinct is, “To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.” Links: Website: https://thegrovechurch.co Instagram: https://instagram.com/thegrovechurchofficial Facebook: https://facebook.com/thegrovechurchofficial Sermon Audio: https://soundcloud.com/thegrovechurchofficial Podcast: https://tr.ee/c0BcdkUV3C Support Our Ministry: https://grovechurch.churchcenter.com/giving If this video was helpful to you, please like, comment, and subscribe — and share it with someone who needs hope today.

    44 min

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