The annual focus for Advent 2018 to Christ the King 2019.
A Jesus Centered Community of Scripture, Faith, and Grace
Called by the Gospel
We finish the Church year and celebrate the confirmation of Molly by considering ends and beginnings and how we understand those things as Christians. Sermon Scripture: Luke 23:27–43 And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him. But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters…
We talk about the “small” subject of the meaning of life and begin to wrap up our Annual Focus year in which we have been talking about the big idea of “vocation”. Sermon Scripture: Luke 21:1–28 Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and he saw a poor…
Today we talk about the readings for the day which are all about our connection with God and how we sometimes try to ignore His call to our own detriment. Sermon Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2 Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,…
We talk about the legalisms that we put on ourselves when we think about what makes us good or bad, and how Jesus sets us free from this legalism by declaring us all worthy for heaven. Sermon Scripture: Matthew 5:1–12 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his…
We start off a new sermon series today, “Believing the Call” with talking about how we may misconstrue God for our adversary instead of who He has promised to be, our Father. Sermon Scripture: Luke 18:1–8 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.…
We talk about miracles in this sermon, and we have some choices to make as to what we think might be miraculous – giving thanks or faithfulness. Sermon Scripture: Luke 17:11–19 On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered a village, he was met by ten…
We attempt to try to talk about the hidden Gospel in a text that is filled with Jesus telling us who we should be and how submissive we should be, but we find that we are because He was first. Sermon Scripture: Luke 17:1–10 And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure…
We talk about God’s character of transparency and clarity. God gives us what we need to know clearly, so that we can speak with clarity about His Law, but more importantly, with clarity about His Gospel. Sermon Scripture: Luke 16:19–31 “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who…
We worry about what is fair because we think that we are fair, but in reality, Jesus shows us that we are all the recipients of unfair wealth being given to us out of His gracious life. Sermon Scripture: Luke 16:1–13 He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a…
We talk about the character of a God who seeks out the lost and how that really makes for a different kind of faith that we have together as Christians when compared with other ways of looking at the world – we get excited about redemption. Sermon Scripture: Luke 15:1–10 Now the tax collectors and…