Scott earned his Doctor of Ministry from Gateway Seminary in 2019, his Master of Divinity from Gateway Seminary in 2011, and his Bachelor of Arts in Creative Arts in Worship from Grand Canyon University in 1998. Scott taught English for 10 years at Washington High School and two years at Landmark Middle School. During this time, he was also the lead singer for a Christian ministry band (Poetshaker) and served the local church as a youth minister, music minister, and small group leader. In 2007, Scott planted The Way Fellowship Church. He currently teaches Christian Character Formation at Grand Canyon University and leads the Regional Pillar Network in Arizona. Scott has been married to his beautiful wife, Christy, for 19 years. They have three boys—Geoffrey, Jonathan, and Jacob—and a princess, named Mia.
We may know intellectually as Christians that we are saved by grace, but we often live our lives as if we have to save ourselves by following God’s commands. In this week’s message, Pastor Scott Gourley shows us that the Law cannot save, only Christ can.
As we continue in Romans, Paul explains just what it means that we are now no longer slaves to the Law. In this week’s message, Pastor Scott Gourley breaks down how we have died to the Law and are now living in Christ.
As we dive back into Romans, we come to the pivot point in the letter where Paul starts advising the church of Rome how to live in light of what Christ has done. In this week’s message, Pastor Scott Gourley advises us how we can live in the truth that we are no longer ruled by sin thanks to Christ.
As Jesus and His disciples make their way over to the Gentiles, they are approached by a man controlled by many demons. Jesus exercises his authority over them, leading to a whole host of different responses. In this week’s message, Pastor Scott Gourley shares how Jesus being the ultimate authority should lead us to greater faith.
Micah 6:8 is a verse many have memorized as a a way to see if they are measuring up to what God has asked of them. The problem is we can never measure up to this verse, and when taken in its proper context, we see we were never meant to try. In this week’s message, Pastor Scott Gourley explains the context and how this applies to us now.
As Paul continues in Romans, he shows us that we were once enemies of God. Through Christi’s death and resurrection, however, we not only have been reconciled, but we can now boast in God. In this week’s message, Pastor Scott Gourley shares just what this means for us.
Paul has spent the first 4 chapters of Romans setting up the fact that we are justified through our faith in Christ. In the start of chapter 5, he pivots to explain just what that means for believers. In this week’s message, Pastor Scott Gourley shares how, thanks to this justification, Jesus has become our hope.
No matter how many times we are reminded that we cannot earn our way into God’s good favor, we tend to find ourselves trying to do just that. In this week’s message, Pastor Scott Gourley shares what it means to have our righteousness credited to us through Christ.
If we are honest with ourselves, we have to admit we have a tendency to boast in our own righteousness. We are either trying to promote our good deeds in the eyes of others or trying to prove we are more righteous than someone else by way of comparison. In the end, however, we have no righteousness of our in in which we can boast, as any righteousness we have comes from Christ. In this week’s message. Pastor Scott Gourley…
As we continue in Romans, we come to the meat of the Gospel, something Paul has been setting up in the opening of this letter. On this Easter Sunday, Pastor Scott Gourley shares what the Gospel truly means for us.