Haven City Church Sermons
Haven City Church started in Baltimore City in 2017. The church is committed to the weekly proclamation of the Gospel.
Episodes
194 episodes
2 Corinthians 3:2-11
What do you reach for when you need people to take you seriously? A résumé, a reputation, a track record? In Corinth, rival teachers showed up with letters of recommendation and polished credentials, and they used them to undermine Paul. His re...
2 Corinthians 2:12-3:3
What do you do when ministry — or life — doesn't feel triumphant at all? In this study of 2 Corinthians 2:12–3:3, we uncover two universal human aches: the anxious uncertainty of not knowing how things will turn out, and the exhausting pressure...
2 Corinthians 2:5-11
In this sermon from 2 Corinthians 2:5–11, Pastor Josh Turansky explores the strange but necessary role of pain, sorrow, and grief in the life of the church—and the danger of taking those things too far. Drawing on the backstory in 1 Corinthians...
2 Corinthians 1:15-2:4
In this message from 2 Corinthians 1:15–2:4, Pastor Josh Turansky looks at Paul’s “change of plans” and the accusations that he was flaky and double‑minded. We trace Paul’s original travel itinerary, why he delayed his visit, and how he defends...
2 Corinthians 1:12-14
What does it look like to do relationships as a New Covenant partner with God? In this message from 2 Corinthians 1:12–14, Pastor Josh Turansky explores how Paul relates to a hurting, suspicious church with a clear conscience, godly sincerity, ...
2 Corinthians 1:3-11
In 2 Corinthians 1:3–11, Paul shows us that God is the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. In this message, Josh Turansky explores how suffering strips away self-reliance, teaches us to depend on the God who raises the dead, and equip...
2 Corinthians 1:1-2
In this sermon Haven City Church launches its 2 Corinthians series by slowing down over the opening greeting of the letter. In a strained relationship between a weary pastor and a complicated church, Paul introduces himself as an apostle “by th...
Amos 9
Amos delivered a devastating word to a prosperous people who had mistaken God's patience for His approval. Within 38 years, every word of judgment came to pass — the Northern Kingdom was scattered across the Assyrian Empire, the booth of Da...
Amos 7-8
In this message, Pastor Josh continues our series in Amos by walking through God’s visions of the plumb line and the basket of ripe fruit. We’ll see how Israel mistook God’s patience for permission, how Amaziah the priest embodies the danger of...
Amos 6
In this sermon from Amos 6, Pastor Josh Turansky explores why God says, ‘I loathe Jacob’s pride,’ and how that word speaks directly into life in Baltimore today. Walking through the text, he shows how Israel’s pride took the form of complacent ...
Amos 5
In this sermon from Amos 5, Pastor Josh explores what it means when God says He actually hates His people’s worship—not because He’s against singing or gatherings, but because their rituals are divorced from justice, righteousness, and...
Amos 4
Amos 4 will help us ask an uncomfortable but freeing question: What if some of the hard things in our lives are not random, but invitations from God to come back to Him with our whole heart? Together we’ll hear the sobering call, “Prepare to me...
Matthew 24:29-35
In this sermon Josh Turansky teaches from Matthew 24:29-35, contrasting the kingdom present in the heart (Sermon on the Mount) with the future kingdom revealed in the Olivet Discourse, asserting that belief in Christ's return is necessary to justi...
Matthew 24:15-28
In this sermon Josh Turansky teaches from Matthew 24:15-28 and the cosmic battle theory, explaining that humanity was created as image-bearing covenant partners placed in the midst of an ongoing war against Satan, where acts of faithfulness consti...
Matthew 23:37-39
In this sermon Josh Turansky teaches from Matthew 23:37-39, explaining Jesus's lament over Jerusalem just days before his crucifixion. He describes how this passage reveals God's persistent, compassionate love for his people, likening it to a hen ...
Matthew 22:1-14
In this sermon Josh Turansky teaches from Matthew 22:1-14, presenting Jesus's parable of the wedding banquet as a rebuke to the religious leaders who rejected God's invitation to His kingdom. The parable illustrates the historic rejection of God's...
Matthew 21:33-46
In this sermon Josh Turansky teaches from Matthew 21:33-46. He presents the parable of the tenant farmers, where a landowner's servants and son are abused and killed by the farmers entrusted with his vineyard, symbolizing Israel's rejection of God...
Matthew 21:28-32
In this sermon Josh Turansky teaches from Matthew 21:28-32. He explains the parable of the two sons, contrasting the son who says "no" but obeys with the son who says "yes" but fails to act, emphasizing the importance of follow-through and genuine...
Matthew 21:18-27
In this sermon Josh Turansky teaches from Matthew 21:18-27. He explains Jesus' cursing of the fig tree as a profound spiritual diagnosis of outward appearance without inner fruitfulness, contrasting it with God's desire for a living trust and fait...
Matthew 21:12-17
In this sermon Josh Turansky teaches from Matthew 21:12-17, explaining Jesus's cleansing of the temple where he drove out buyers and sellers, overturned money changers' tables, and healed the blind and lame, declaring the temple a "house of prayer...
Matthew 21:1-11
In this sermon Josh Turansky teaches from Matthew 21:1-11. He explains Jesus's intentional triumphal entry into Jerusalem, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy as a humble king on a donkey rather than a warhorse. Josh contrasts the crowd's desire for...
