We celebrate our first reopening Sunday with an appropriate talk about the Parable of the Weeds of the Field. You may also watch this as a video at: https://youtu.be/0L0VnHxKbIg?t=1148 Sermon Scripture: Matthew 13:24–43 The Parable of the Weeds [24] He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a…
We talk about what it means to have a King in Jesus. Sermon Scripture: Zechariah 9:9–12 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.…
We talk about when we need to bring bad news, and how Jesus really is good news. Sermon Scripture: Matthew 10:34–42 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father,…
We talk about how our language ties us to things, and how we are tied to the Law and to the Gospel as Christians.
We consider what it means to be God’s people, His royal priesthood, His holy nation, His beloved disciples – even when we don’t knock out everything on our to-do list.
We talk about Trinity and authority. Sermon Scripture: Matthew 28:16–20 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to…
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…