Our sermons are only a part of our Sunday morning, but they are an important part – they are the Word of God presented to us in our context so that we can repent, seek to amend our lives, and receive God’s grace through the power of the Gospel.
We talk about “reproduction” and how it matters to us as the Body of Christ.
We continue our “Signs of Life” Easter series tackling the topic of sensitivity what it means to “feel Jesus” at work in our lives as His Baptized Body, considering the story of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch and its meaning for us. Sermon Scripture: Acts 8:26–40 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip,…
We continue our series on the “Signs of Life” by talking about movement and how Jesus as our good shepherd moves us for our good. Sermon Scripture: Psalm 23 The LORD Is My Shepherd A Psalm of David. [1] The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. [2] He makes me lie down in green…
We talk about the second sign of life, respiration, and how it relates to the Holy Spirit and what He does in our lives. Sermon Scripture: Acts 3:11–21 While he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s. And when Peter saw it he…
We begin our sermon series “Signs of Life” talking about Nutrition and how we like to taste stuff. Sermon Scripture: John 20:19–31 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said…
We talk about the strange way that the Easter story is told in Mark, and how it maybe isn’t so strange after all. Sermon Scripture: Mark 16:1–8 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on…
We consider Good Friday together and ask why it had to be this way – why the Cross? Sermon Scripture: Isaiah 52:13–53:12 Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted. As many were astonished at you— his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance, and his…
We start our Holy Week series, the Heart, with Palm/Passion Sunday and the invitation to join Jesus this Holy Week as we consider what the “heart” of the Body of Christ is, the story of His suffering, death, and resurrection. Sermon Scripture: Mark 14 and 15
We end our “Wounded” series by talking about the wound of service/sacrifice and how we are given the opportunity and the position to serve others. Sermon Scripture: Mark 10:32–45 And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid.…
We talk about the “wound” of living counterculturally as Jesus’ Body in the world in this 3rd week of Lent and our Lenten series “Wounded”. Sermon Scripture: John 2:13–22 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep…