Gospel Centered | Family Focused | Kingdom Minded. Peace Church is a vibrant, non-denominational congregation rooted in Reformed tradition, dedicated to helping people grow in their faith. Based in Middleville, Michigan, Peace Church is led by Pastor Ryan Kimmel and a dedicated pastoral team. Our weekly sermon podcast aims to deliver weekly messages that explore scripture, provide practical life applications, and inspire a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ.
On Sunday, December 28, Pastor Nate preached on Luke 2:10, expounding on how Christ coming to earth is good news for all.
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On Christmas Eve, Pastor Ryan preached on Luke 2:14, exploring the angelic multitude and the glory of Christ's arrival.
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On Sunday, December 21, Pastor Ryan preached on Matthew 1:23, expounding on how the incarnation is supernatural, theological, and relational.
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On December 14, 2025, Pastor Ryan exposited Matthew 1:18-21. In this passage, we see that the Holy Spirit is the true spirit of Christmas working in the mother of our Lord, to conceive in her the Savior of the world. The true spirit of Christmas doesn't come to make this time pretty or pleasant. The Holy Spirit makes Christmas even better. He makes Christmas powerful, personal and purposeful.
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On December 7, Pastor Ryan opened our Advent series in John 18:33–38, exploring how Jesus brings the truth throughout His life and even in His final hours. In His conversation with Pilate, we see that Pilate is not driven not by genuine concern but by fear of the crowd.
Today, we face the same challenge: Are we seeking the truth or just trying to fit in? Are we recognizing Christ as King or trying to stay co...
What does it look like to truly live as a follower of Jesus, even in the midst of anxiety, grief, or disappointment? Preaching from 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18, Pastor Nate Harney highlighted three commands: rejoice always, pray without ceasing, and give thanks in all circumstances. Drawing from his own struggles with depression and anxiety, Pastor Nate emphasized that these commands are possible because our hope in Chris...
On Sunday, November 23, Pastor Ryan preached on Revelation 6:9–11, taking time to honor those who have given their lives for their faith in Jesus Christ. From this passage, we see that the martyrs were proven faithful, will receive justice, and have been given glory. May their example—faithful even unto death—inspire us to live fully for Jesus today.
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On November 16, 2025, Pastor Jon preached on Psalm 33:13–22, reminding us that our hope is secure in God because He is good. He taught that while God sees everything, for those who trust in Jesus, He no longer sees our sin but the perfect righteousness of Christ, given to us through His sacrifice on the cross. Pastor Jon encouraged us to place all our hope in the Lord, our firm and unshakable foundation.
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On November 9, 2025, Pastor Nate Harney preached from Psalm 33:6–12, reminding us that we can trust God because His Word and His works have always been good. Even when our circumstances make it hard to see His goodness, the most honest thing we can say is still, “God is good.”
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This week, Pastor Ryan preached from Psalm 33, reminding us to sing joyfully to the Lord with thankful hearts and genuine love—because He is good.
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In this message from Pastor Ryan on October 19, 2025, we continue our journey through Nahum chapter 2, where God’s warning to Nineveh becomes a declaration of judgment. Once shown mercy in Jonah’s day, the people of Nineveh turned back to pride, violence, and sin — and now face the full weight of God’s wrath. Pastor Ryan unpacks how God’s holiness is both a warning to the wicked and a hope to His people, showing that ...
Pastor Ryan begins our new series in Nahum with a powerful reminder that God’s wrath isn’t opposed to His love—it’s proof of it. In Nahum 1, we see that God’s justice, patience, and goodness all flow from His perfect love for His people.
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On October 5th, Pastor Ryan preached from Colossians 1:28, reminding us that “Him we proclaim” means warning, teaching, and guiding with wisdom so that everyone may grow mature in Christ.
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We all know overeating is unhealthy — but what if gluttony is about far more than food? In this week’s message from Philippians 3:17–21, Pastor Ryan shows how gluttony sneaks into our lives as overindulgence, waste, and unchecked appetites that quietly take God’s place in our hearts. Gluttony gives us the wrong example to follow, becomes a cruel master that enslaves us, and blinds us to the true freedom we have in Chr...
In this message from our Weeds series, Pastor Ryan unpacks Jesus’ parable in Matthew 18:21–35 and the serious warning against unforgiveness. Our sin against God is an unpayable debt, yet through Christ we are fully forgiven—so we must extend that same forgiveness to others. Forgiveness doesn’t erase pain, restore trust, or remove justice, but it does free us from bitterness and reflects God’s grace at work in us.
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Pastor Ryan kicks off our new series Weeds by looking at James 3:1–12 and the hidden sin of the tongue. Our words hold immense power—they can build up or destroy, bless or curse, even reveal the true state of our hearts. This message challenges us to take what we say much more seriously: to speak with integrity, to remember that life and death are in the power of the tongue, and to let our words point people toward Ch...
In the final line of the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus teaches us to pray: ‘Deliver us from evil.’ Pastor Jon unpacks what evil is, how Satan seeks to deceive and distract us, and how God promises ultimate deliverance—past, present, and future.
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In this message from Down Home, Pastor Ryan unpacks the phrase “Lead us not into temptation” from the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:13a). He reminds us that God never tempts us, but we ask Him to lead us away from sin and toward holiness. Rather than praying for comfort, Jesus teaches us to pray for righteousness. The call of this prayer is to trust God’s leadership and follow the example of Christ, who overcame temptation...
In this message from the Down Home series, Pastor Nate Harney teaches on Matthew 6:12b and reminds us that followers of Jesus aren’t bowls that hold on to forgiveness—we’re funnels meant to let God’s forgiveness flow through us. Forgiveness is costly, but Jesus calls us to forgive our debtors just as we have been forgiven.
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