Sermons by Pastor Sandy Bach (Page 3)
Saints Alive
All Saints Sunday, Morning Worship, November 2, 2025Sermon: Saints AliveAccompanying Scripture: Luke 6 : 20-31 Saints Alive Funerals are interesting. People arrive in my office grieving theirloss in many ways. Some are teary and can hardly share amemory without shedding tears. Some arrive with dry eyes,expressing deep love for the deceased, but unable to articulatewhy.Then there are the angry grievers. They experienced hurt andeven abuse from their so-called dearly departed. One suchwoman said in a no-nonsense tone of voice, “Don’t…
Facing Giants in Life
19th Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, October 19, 2025Sermon Series: Rick Warren’s Transformed – Week 7 Vocational HealthSermon: Facing Giants in LifeAccompanying Scripture: I Samuel 17 : 3 – 10, 41 – 50
Transforming How I See and Use Money
18th Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, October 12, 2025Sermon Series: Rick Warren’s Transformed – Week 6 Financial HealthSermon: Transforming How I See and Use MoneyAccompanying Scripture: Luke 16:1-13 Transforming How I See and Use Money Luke 16:1-13 He was living high on the hog.Lavish feasts, extravagant travel; the kids went to the best schools.And he managed it all, not on his paycheck, but on the owner’s pocketbook. In short, he embezzled money.Eventually, the owner discovered it and fired him.The manager’s…
Facing the Fears that Ruin Relationships
17th Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, October 5, 2025Sermon Series: Rick Warren’s Transformed – Week 5 Relational HealthSermon: Facing the Fears that Ruin RelationshipsAccompanying Scripture: Genesis 3 : 8 – 15 Facing the Fears that Ruin Relationships Genesis 3:8-15 It was perfect. In the second creation story, “God formed the man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.” (Gen 2:7) As we continue reading in…
How to Deal with How You Feel
16th Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, September 28, 2025Sermon Series: Rick Warren’s Transformed – Week 4 Emotional HealthSermon: How to Deal with How You FeelAccompanying Scripture: I Peter 5 : 6-9 Rick Waren’s Transformed: How to Deal with How You Feel. I Peter 6:6-9 I wasn’t angry. I was in a rage. I was so angry that I scared myself. How dare this happen to me!Who’s to blame?This is beyond the pale! I couldn’t fix the problem, which increased my…
Change Your Life By Changing Your Mind
15th Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, September 21, 2025Sermon Series: Rick Warren’s Transformed – Week 3 Mental HealthSermon: Change Your Life By Changing Your MindAccompanying Scripture: Romans 7 : 15-25a Change Your Life By Changing Your Mind Romans 7:15-25a My mobile telephone is one of the handiest tools I’ve ever owned. Not only can I receive calls from just about anywhere on the planet, but I can send and receive text messages that save me time. I can access my…
Allowing God to Finish What God Began in You
14th Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, September 14, 10:30amSermon Series: Rick Warren’s Transformed – Week 2 Physical HealthSermon: Allowing God to Finish What God Began in YouAccompanying Scripture: Psalm 23
How to Get Closer to God
13th Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, September 7, 2025Sermon Series: Rick Warren’s Transformed – Week 1 Spiritual HealthSermon: How to Get Closer to GodAccompanying Scripture: Luke 15 : 11-24 How to Get Closer to God Luke 15:11-24 When have you run from God? Did you run at the speed of light? Or simply turn your back? In what ways did God follow you? Or wait patiently? Our scripture lesson today speaks to an overarching theme, which is the answer to…
Doing the Right Thing
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, August 31, 2025Sermon: Doing the Right ThingAccompanying Scripture: Luke 14:1,7-14 Doing the Right Thing Luke 14:1, 7-14 I usually don’t give TV ads much notice. The other night was different. I was curiousabout an ad for debt consolidation. Most of America’s debt is tied to credit cards. Iadmit that in my younger years, I got caught up in the mystical experience of payingwith plastic and the onerous task of paying it off.As many of…
Baptism By Fire
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, August 17, 2025Sermon: Baptism By FireAccompanying Scripture: Luke 12 : 49-56
When is Enough, Enough?
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, August 3, 2025Sermon: When is Enough Enough?Accompanying Scripture: Luke 12 : 13-21 When is Enough, Enough? Luke12:13-21 Imagine a large pie with small slices of various sizes. Each person gets a slice of the pie, and some get more than others. In fact, the larger the slices for some, the more likely it is thatothers will have nothing. This is the economy of the Roman Empire in the first century. There was a finite…
A Body in Motion
Sixth Sunday After Pentecost, Morning Worship, July 20, 2025Sermon: A Body in MotionAccompanying Scripture: Luke 10 : 38-42 A Body in Motion 38 Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him.[a]Does Martha own the house?Is she widowed?Where is Lazarus?Is this the first time Martha has met Jesus or are they friends?Are the disciples with Jesus? 39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at Jesus’s[b] feet and listened…