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 look this week at the Catholic/General Epistles (the Epistles not written by Paul). In these Epistles we generally find a sense of the impending return of Christ and how churches are to behave in the last days. They also seek to further explain the true nature and true love of God, and how that…
As we continue in the #BookofLove series we take a look at the writings of Paul, and how they show the different sides of The Message that God has for us. Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it,…
As we venture into the world of the New Testament in our #BookofLove series, we consider the Gospels and Acts to be like a movie trailer that God uses to show us the story of our salvation. “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up.…
Are you an exile? The children of Israel were exiles, but are we as Christians? The apostle Peter thinks so. And so we delve into what it means for us to live in lives of exile while maintaining our identity in Christ. Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD…
Are you a Christian? Would you say that being one is wise? Does it look like a wise thing to others in our culture? or does it appear to be less than wisdom? The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive…
Is skimming the Bible a sin? Sometimes we think so, and it can keep us from seeing the big picture that God is trying to show us in the Scriptures. What would happen if you allowed yourself to read (even skim) the Bible for 8 weeks? That’s what we want to know. It seems like…
How much are you worth? It’s a difficult thing for us to come up with on our own, but we can find the answer simply in how much someone is willing to “pay for us”. Since Jesus did that, we examine how much we are worth to the Triune God. Let not sin therefore reign…
Are you your father? Well, not exactly – but sometimes it seems that way. We continue our #BeLove / #BeLieve series looking at the Athanasian Creed that we say in church once a year on Trinity Sunday. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and…
Do you confess? As we start a very short sermon series on the Creeds, we look at what it means to confess using these Creeds and how we understand them as statements of belief in the Triune God who has given us life and identity. The Nicene Creed We believe in one God, the Father…
Are you next? Matthias was called up to fill the shoes of Judas – a pretty onerous set of shoes to fill. But his inclusion into the Twelve reminds us that we are being included by God as His disciples, those who are shaped and formed by His love, so that we might show that…