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  March 3, 2026
Sermon Archive


Dr. Tom Goodman
Pastor
tom@hillcrest.church

The list below allows you to use the audio control to listen to or download audio files for every sermon at Hillcrest since December 31, 2000.  For most of these sermons, you can also download textual information about the sermon -- e.g., sermon notes, discussion guides, or in some of the oldest sermons, manuscripts.

Displaying archived sermons 14-26 of 1320.

Sermon Date
Sermon Title
Speaker
November 30, 2025 What Happens When Nail-Biters Worship?
Good things happen when we quit biting our nails in worship and start lifting our hands in praise!
  — Psalm 93
 
   Audio:
Dr. Tom Goodman

November 23, 2025 Your Role in Connecting People to God
Learn four things you can do to connect people to God.
  — Acts 8:26-38
 
   Audio:
Dr. Tom Goodman

November 16, 2025 Series: Unlocking Faith: Moving Past Obstacles to Belief
How Can a Reasonable Person Believe the Bible's Miracle Stories?
Is the case for miracles more compelling than the case against miracles? And why are miracles even part of the Christian story?
  — John 5:1-9
 
   Audio:
Dr. Tom Goodman

November 9, 2025 Series: Unlocking Faith: Moving Past Obstacles to Belief
Doesn’t Christianity Lead to an Intolerance of Other Beliefs?
Within the exclusive claims of the Christian message, we have three resources that can make us agents for peace in our diverse world.
  — Acts 4:1-12
 
   Audio:
Dr. Tom Goodman

November 2, 2025 Series: Unlocking Faith: Moving Past Obstacles to Belief
Can We Trust the Bible’s Portrayal of Jesus?
Discover five reasons why we can trust the Bible’s preservation of the actual words and deeds of Jesus.
  — 1 John 1:1-3
 
   Audio:
Dr. Tom Goodman

October 26, 2025 Series: Unlocking Faith: Moving Past Obstacles to Belief
Is Jesus God?
Most people respect Jesus as a great moral teacher -- but should we also reverence him as Lord?
  — John 1:1, 14
 
   Audio:
Dr. Tom Goodman

October 19, 2025 Series: Unlocking Faith: Moving Past Obstacles to Belief
Does God Exist?
Discover 5 proofs for God from the natural world -- evidence we have to stop suppressing in order to come to believe in God.
  — Romans 1:18-20
 
Dr. Tom Goodman

October 12, 2025 Series: Unlocking Faith: Moving Past Obstacles to Belief
Does Life Have a Purpose?
Love is the reason there is something and not nothing. Live out of this truth at the center, and it changes everything.
  — Acts 17:16-34
 
   Audio:
Dr. Tom Goodman

October 5, 2025 Series: Unlocking Faith: Moving Past Obstacles to Belief
Learning to Doubt Your Doubts
Learn why we tend to doubt--and why we need to doubt our doubts!
  — Matthew 11:2-9
 
   Audio:
Dr. Tom Goodman

September 28, 2025 How to Do Your Part in the Harvest
If we understand the way Jesus feels about our community and the prayer Jesus wants us to ask God, we'll commit to praying for and inviting people to the "Unlocking Faith" sermon series.
  — Matthew 9:35-38
 
   Audio:
Dr. Tom Goodman

September 21, 2025 Keep On Keeping On
Discover the goal of the Christian life, the threat to that goal, and the way forward.
  — Colossians 2:1-7
 
   Audio:
Dr. Tom Goodman

September 14, 2025 Resources for Life Together
Discover four resources Jesus provides for our life together as his people.
  — Acts 1:1-12
 
   Audio:
Dr. Tom Goodman

September 7, 2025 Firm Conviction and Careful Compromise
Our church’s success depends upon knowing when firm commitment is called for and knowing when careful compromise is called for.
  — Acts 15:1-16:5
 
   Audio:
Dr. Tom Goodman

 

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