Sermons
What’s So Amazing About Easter?
Articles, Easter, Luke, ResurrectionLuke 24: 5-12 The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the crowning event of all history. C.S. Lewis says, “Rather than hearing new ideas, sometimes we need to be reminded of old truths.” And this is a truth that never gets old for us. Yo...
Confessing Christ | Matthew 16:13-20
Matthew, Sermons, Christ, Confession, Fear, God, JesusThere is power in identity. There is human pain when we do not know our identity. But a DNA test-kit from ancestry.com will not fill the existential hole in our lives. It is a decidedly different kind of identity that the human spirit se...
Managing Time: a Theology of Waiting
Sermons, Michael, mike, Milton, Time, waitingThe parable of the ten virgins, or, if you prefer, “the ten bridesmaids,” is an important parable not only in its content but in its sequence. The parable follows chapter 24 of Matthew, which foretells of the destruction of Jerusalem...
The Exaltation of Humility
Matthew, Sermons, exaltation, HumilityAre we who we portray ourselves to be? And does it matter? In Hamlet: The Tragedy of the Prince of Denmark, the chief counsel to the murderous king, Claudius, tells us his son, Laertes: This above all: to thine own self be true, And it m...
The Task Before Us
Hebrews, Sermons, Heritage, Master, Mission, Responsibility, WitnessesA host of great men and women have gone before us to pave the way, to pay the price, to show us that the cause is just and righteous....
Seeing the Face of God
Isaiah, Sermons, Cleansing, commitment, Confession, Contemplation, WorshipMany are here out of a desire to express love and gratitude to God. Are you present today with a desire for your life to be as God meant for it to be?...
Responding to the Call
1 Samuel, Sermons, Disciple, God's Call, ServiceThe Bible everywhere encourages us to approach God, to call upon His name, to seek His face. The person who seeks the face of God will hear the call of God....
No Greater Burden
Philippians, Sermons, Christian Life, Grace, Growth, Hope, Humility“There is no greater burden than a great potential.” Much of the time we view the Christian life as a great potential, but one we can never live up to....
I Fine You 50 Cents!
Revelation, Sermons, Church, Ephesus, love, The Great DepressionWhat kind of fine would God mete out to us today for being in such a church of tremendous resources and yet missing the point of greatest need?...
