Coastlands Church

Coastlands
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IT’S ALL ABOUT JESUS Our heart as a church is to bring glory to Jesus and good to our valley. We believe the Great Commission is not optional. We preach and teach the Bible in order to make disciples who are on mission.

  1. MAR 29

    257. Palm Sunday 2026

    This powerful exploration of Palm Sunday confronts us with a challenging question: What kind of king do we really want Jesus to be? Drawing from Matthew 21, we're transported to that momentous day when Jesus entered Jerusalem, not as the warrior-king the crowds expected, but riding humbly on a donkey. The people wanted a political messiah who would overthrow Rome, heal their wounds, and restore their nation to glory. They wanted relief without repentance, control without surrender. Yet Jesus came offering something far more radical—a kingdom built not on violence and domination, but on sacrificial love and humble service. This message pierces through our modern expectations, asking us to examine where we're trying to recruit Jesus to our agenda rather than surrendering to His. The crowd's shift from shouting 'Hosanna' on Sunday to 'Crucify Him' by Friday reveals what happens when Jesus refuses to fit our preconceived notions. We're challenged to consider: Are we seeking Jesus to fix our circumstances, or are we willing to be transformed by Him? The call of repentance—metanoia, changing how we think so we do something different—becomes the gateway to truly experiencing the kingdom. This isn't about groveling in guilt, but about the daily renewal of aligning our minds with God's design. Palm Sunday announces that our King has arrived, but perhaps not the king we wanted—and that confronts us with an unavoidable choice

    51 min

  2. MAR 22

    256. Romans 7:7-25

    This powerful exploration of Romans 7 confronts us with one of the most profound struggles in Christian life: the internal war between who we want to be and who we actually are. We discover that spiritual maturity isn't about pretending we have it all together, but about becoming increasingly aware of our need for grace. The law of God serves not as a ladder to climb toward righteousness, but as a mirror revealing our desperate need for a Savior. What makes this message so liberating is the recognition that our wrestling with sin isn't evidence of spiritual failure—it's actually proof we're spiritually alive. Dead people don't struggle with righteousness. The tension we feel between our regenerated minds that delight in God's law and our flesh that wars against it is the normal Christian experience. But here's the beautiful truth: we're not left to fight this battle alone. The Holy Spirit isn't just a theological concept; He's the actual power source for transformation. When we stop white-knuckling our way through the Christian life and start asking for His help, we tap into the same power that raised Jesus from the dead. The question isn't whether we can be good enough—we can't. The question is whether we'll surrender to the Spirit's transforming work within us.

    54 min

  3. MAR 15

    255. Romans 7:1-6

    What if the freedom we desperately seek isn't found in breaking free from rules, but in discovering who we truly belong to? This powerful exploration of Romans 7:1-6 challenges our understanding of spiritual freedom by using the vivid metaphor of marriage contracts. We learn that we're never truly independent—we're always under contract to something or someone. Before Christ, we were bound to the law, a contract we could never fulfill no matter how hard we tried. But through Jesus' death and resurrection, that old contract has been voided. We've died with Christ, and in that death, we've been released from our impossible obligation to the law. The beauty is that we're not left masterless—we now belong to Christ as His bride. This isn't just a legal transaction; it's a relational transformation. Our obedience is no longer motivated by fear of judgment or desperate attempts to earn acceptance. Instead, we serve out of joy, like a spouse who delights in making their beloved happy. The law still exists, but our relationship to it has fundamentally changed. We follow God's ways not because we have to, but because we want to please the One who has already fully accepted us. This is the paradox of the gospel: true freedom comes not from autonomy, but from finding our fulfillment in Christ first, which then releases us into genuine liberty.

    52 min

  4. MAR 8

    254. Romans 6:15-32

    This powerful exploration of Romans 6:15-23 challenges us to confront a fundamental truth about human existence: we are all slaves to something. The passage dismantles our modern illusion of autonomy and self-rule, revealing that true freedom comes not from serving ourselves but from submitting to Christ. We discover that the Christian life presents a beautiful paradox—liberation through submission. While our culture preaches self-expression and following our desires as the path to freedom, Scripture reveals this leads only to deeper bondage. The tyranny of desire enslaves us to approval-seeking, sexual appetite, political ideology, and endless distraction. Yet when we lay down our arms as rebels and submit to Jesus, we find ourselves freed from these lesser masters. The doctrine of sanctification shows us that God doesn't just change our legal status through justification—He transforms our daily reality, making our bodies the battlefield where kingdom allegiance is demonstrated. Every choice about what we look at, listen to, and pursue reveals which king we truly serve. The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus. This isn't about earning salvation through good works, but about living into the freedom Christ purchased for us, one small daily discipline at a time.

    52 min

  5. MAR 1

    253. Romans 6:1-14

    This powerful exploration of Romans 6 confronts one of the most critical questions in Christian faith: Does grace give us permission to keep sinning? The message draws us deep into understanding that the gospel is not merely good advice we can choose to follow, but good news about something that has already happened. We discover that when we were baptized into Christ, something profound occurred in the spiritual realm - the old version of ourselves was actually put to death with Jesus, and we were raised to an entirely new life. This is not symbolic language or wishful thinking. It is a spiritual reality that changes everything about who we are. The sermon challenges us to recognize that we are no longer enslaved to sin, that death no longer has dominion over us, and that we have been transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the very life of Christ himself. We learn three crucial actions: we must KNOW what God has done through the gospel, we must CONSIDER ourselves actually dead to sin and alive to God, and we must PRESENT ourselves as instruments of righteousness rather than unrighteousness. The message reminds us that Christians should experience joy, relationships, and even everyday pleasures at a deeper level than the world can offer, because we are no longer chasing lesser passions but living for the eternal satisfaction found only in God.

    43 min

  6. FEB 22

    252. Romans 5:12-21

    252. Romans 5:12-21

    48 min

  7. FEB 15

    251. Romans 5:1-11 I Buellton Campus

    251. Romans 5:1-11 I Buellton Campus

    51 min

  8. FEB 15

    251. Romans 5:1-11 I Lompoc Campus

    251. Romans 5:1-11 I Lompoc Campus

    43 min
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IT’S ALL ABOUT JESUS Our heart as a church is to bring glory to Jesus and good to our valley. We believe the Great Commission is not optional. We preach and teach the Bible in order to make disciples who are on mission.

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  • Creator
    Coastlands
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    281
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Coastlands
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    Coastlands Church