Jun 29, 2014
Lessons for Life - Jesus didn’t like hypocrites. Yet all of us are. He didn’t like them because they replaced a true honest faith with religious posturing. He’ll help us with this problem, too, if we just...
Jun 22, 2014
Lessons from Life - The story of Esther takes many twists and turns. To be sure, there are parts of the Book of Esther that offend us but it is also a story about a woman who through prayer, summons the courage to put her life on the line in order to save her people from annihilation. She does this by trusting that God...
Jun 15, 2014
Lessons for Life - Today we start a new series, entitled “Life Lessons” based on Biblical characters. In honor of Father’s Day, we look at King David and the Prodigal Son. The lesson is on forgiveness. After a few transgressions with Bathsheba and others, David writes, “create in me a clean heart, and put...
Jun 8, 2014
A preacher can easily talk about “God the Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth” as we look out the window and see the splendor of nature and remember the divine power who made it. We can also talk pretty easily about Jesus, who translated the qualities of this divine power into our everyday language and lives. But...
Jun 1, 2014
In this week's sermon we look at what it means to dwell in the past, whether that means to live in nostalgia where we imagine our best days have passed, or to hold on to the pain from a tragedy or letdown where the grieving period never seems to end. God is ready to do new things, but are we looking forward to see what...