Sermons Podcast

2024 Can Be Different

The culture of 21st Century loves New Year's resolutions and admires personal goals. In this message, Pastor Matt invites us to reconsider how we view pursuing personal growth in the next year.

The Beginning of Endless Peace

In describing the coming of Jesus, the prophet Isaiah foretold that "of the increase of His government and of peace there will be no end." In his Christmas Eve message, Pastor Matt explores how Jesus's coming as a baby has led to endless peace for His people.

WE ARE THE CHURCH: Most Important

In the Church, it's easy to allow secondary things to become our focus. In his last message of our WE ARE THE CHURCH series, Pastor Matt will emphasize the importance of abiding in Jesus.

Unfathomable Demotion

In His coming to as a child, Jesus stepped down from incredible glory to walk with us. In this message, Pastor Matt explores the impact Jesus has on our lives in coming as Emmanuel.

WE ARE THE CHURCH: How to Grow

In pursuing discipleship to Jesus, knowledge will only get us so far. In this week's message, Pastor Matt shares about the way Jesus served and how His example dictates our actions as His church.

WE ARE THE CHURCH: About Money

As we pursue embracing our identity as the Church, Jesus calls us to radical generosity in every area of life. In this week's message, Pastor Matt cuts through the bad theology around giving that some have experienced in church history and expresses the form of generosity that Jesus demonstrates and calls us to.

WE ARE THE CHURCH: Send Me Here

Prior to Jesus leaving the disciples He gave them a commission, and it is still our mission to this day. This week we'll explore what it looks like for the Church to engage the great commission.

WE ARE THE CHURCH: I Am

Jesus left us with a commission to follow, but we often find ourselves as spectators. As the Church, if we recognize the power of God that is in us, we will discover new meaning and devotion as we engage the direction He gives us.

Guest Speaker Pastor Chuck Porta on Worship

Victory's long-time friend, Pastor Chuck Porta, will be in the house to teach, preach, and deliver a word from the Lord.

Positioned for Transition

The Christian life is a life of ongoing transition! This week we'll be looking at the transition that takes place in an individual's life and the transition taking place at Victory with a lead pastor change. God has a destiny for each of us individually and for Victory as His church. The success of transition towards fulfilling our destiny depends upon the Holy Spirit, the grace of God, and our cooperation. Pastor Mike will identify three main components of transition, why transition is often difficult, and how we can position ourselves for successful transitions.

Like a Glove

Surrender is a counterintuitive principle of the kingdom of God. How are we to gain anything by letting go of everything? This week Pastor Matt shares his heart on the upside-down delight of total surrender to Jesus.

Setting In Sunday

Matt Cherry will be set in as Victory's Lead Pastor. Pastors Mike Nelson, Ben Goodman, and Doug Wing, along with our elders and family members, will be praying over Matt and his family and sharing words of God's goodness and faithfulness during this season of transition.

The First and The Last

In Matthew 20 Jesus told a parable about how God's kingdom works. In this story He demonstrates that there is no place for envy in the church. In this week's message, Pastor Matt teaches us the destructive nature of envy and the power that can be demonstrated by a church free of envy and comparison.

OBEDIENCE will look DIFFERENT

When we surrender to Jesus, He calls us to repentance, and repentance will bring real change in us. In this message, Pastor Matt shares about the power of obedience in the life of a believer with an invitation to a greater measure of surrender.

Don’t Give Up

Many people start their spiritual walk with God on fire and full of enthusiasm!  For whatever reason, as time passes many lose focus, become complacent, or simply become discouraged and give up.  In Philippians 3:10-14 the apostle Paul exhorts us to follow his example and "press on" and don't give up!  Paul gives us some guidelines to help us stay focused on our path to spiritual growth.  The "prize" is worth it!

Living in the Days of EVIL

How can such evil and wickedness be all around us and God is seemingly doing nothing? Violence, law-breaking, and injustice abound with no solution in sight. It seems as if we are living in the days Isaiah spoke about when he wrote, "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness..." When will justice come? Join us this week as we look at how, as Christians, we are to live in times like this.

Trust the Process

When we receive the free gift of salvation, a process called "sanctification" begins. In our sanctification, we face great trials and great joys as we are becoming more like Jesus. In this sermon, Pastor Matt demonstrates the process of sanctification while encouraging us toward our personal growth ahead.

Being a Generous Church: Treasures in Heaven

What are treasures in heaven? Can what we do with our money here on earth really store up for us treasures in heaven? What are the things we can invest in here and now that are eternal? While earthly treasures are not intrinsically bad, they are of no ultimate value. Heavenly treasures are everlasting and incorruptible. Let's discover together how to store up treasures in heaven!

Being a Generous Church: Our Most Valuable Asset

Generosity in all its forms starts with a generous heart. Last week we looked at being generous with our words of kindness and encouragement that build and strengthen others, but the scriptures teach us that we cannot stop there. The natural fruit of our faith is action! In serving God we are called to serve others. This is one of our greatest callings! This week we will look at some of the fruit of doing good in our fallen world. (Titus 3)

Being a Generous Church: Doing Good

Generosity in all its forms starts with a generous heart. Last week we looked at being generous with our words of kindness and encouragement that build and strengthen others, but the scriptures teach us that we cannot stop there. The natural fruit of our faith is action! In serving God we are called to serve others. This is one of our greatest callings! This week we will look at some of the fruit of doing good in our fallen world. (Titus 3)

Being a Generous Church: Better to Be a Barnabas

The words we speak to others are powerful! They can impact a person's entire life. Words have the power to build up or tear down. In scripture, there was a Levite named Joseph, who was called Barnabas by the apostles. His very name meant "Son of Encouragement." Barnabas changed thousands of lives by simply choosing to be generous with his encouragement. Whether it is one life or thousands of lives, our words have the power to do the same! (Ephesians 4:29)

Being a Generous Church: A Generous Heart

Generosity is an attribute of God that is often overlooked. His generosity goes beyond what we can ask for or imagine! We are called to be like Him--generous. This kind of generosity can only take place when we have a generous heart. This week Pastor Mike will begin looking at God's generosity as a model for us to live open-handed lives that reflect the heart of our loving and giving God.

Two Are Better Than One

As our social connections have expanded to their greatest levels in human history, many people find themselves alone and without a friend they deeply trust. This week Pastor Matt shares on the power of close friendship and gives practical advice to those who find themselves without a friend they can lean on.

Heaven Rules: THIS LIFE IS A BATTLE

Pastor Mike Nelson concludes the teaching from Daniel

The Golden Rule

Pastor Matt Cherry teaches from Matthew 7 on the Golden Rule and its implications for our lives.

The legacy of a DAD

This Father's Day the goal is not to remind our dads of their duties and responsibilities so much as to encourage and remind us all of their importance: the respect and the dignity of the role of a father. Fathers play an extremely important and vital role in our families and nation today. Dads can leave a legacy of provision, discipline, and protection, but the greatest expression of love a dad can leave his family is the legacy of salvation.

Heaven Rules: A LIFE OF FAITHFULNESS

Have you faced any lions this week? No, I don't mean at a zoo! I'm asking, have you faced any difficulties this week? We all have. We always do. Some are more difficult than others, and some may take time to be resolved. All of these difficulties can become challenges to our remaining faithful in our relationship with the Lord. In Chapter 6 of Daniel we come to the story of Daniel in the lions' den. Daniel is now about 80 years old and has lived faithful to God as an exile for nearly 70 years! After all that has taken place, he now has to face the lions' den. Join us as we discover this story isn't so much about Daniel as it is about the God of Daniel.

Heaven Rules: THE PANDEMIC OF PRIDE

Pride was the cause of the first sin in the Garden, and it can be argued that pride is at the root of all sin ever since! Pride is an insidious pandemic. It's deceitful, cunning, and treacherous! We all suffer from it, see it easily in others, but most of us don't see it in ourselves. Pride's insidious nature allows it to gradually and secretly cause great harm. In contrast to the humility we have seen in Daniel, this week we will look at the blatant pride and arrogance of Kings Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar and the consequences of their behavior at the hands of God.

Heaven Rules: THE MAKING OF A TESTIMONY

How do you respond when something happens that doesn't fit with your plans, when the situation in question just doesn't make any sense to you and certainly doesn't take your feelings into consideration? What if it stretches you beyond your comfort zone? Just maybe the stage is being set for God to show up! To make your life a testimony! To make your life a witness for Christ in such a way that people may say, "I want your God to be my God!"

Heaven Rules: THE ONE TRUE KING

During the incredible ups and downs we face as a nation, a world, and individuals, we need the certain assurance that there is "One True King" who has the ultimate control. When the storm clouds gather and the floods of life threaten to take us under, we have a King who sits above it all! Psalm 29:10-11 tells us, "The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord is enthroned as King forever. The Lord gives His people strength; the Lord blesses His people with peace."