Learning Forgiveness
For Lent this year we’re studying forgiveness: Forgiveness from God, forgiveness with one another, giving and receiving. Today we introduce the series…
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The Shepherds’ Worship
Our worship leaders today are the shepherds who visited the newborn Savior in Luke 2.15-20. Afterwards, they proclaim the good news to…
Read moreSong on the Margins
The angels’ song in Luke 2.8-14 comes in an unlikely place to some unlikely people. The gospel announcement to the shepherds living…
Read moreA Song of Revolution
We’re going back to the earliest Christmas songs for our Advent series. Specifically, the songs and worship from the beginning of Luke’s…
Read morePreach, Be Bold and Rejoice
Our second sermon in the Philippians series, this one comes from Philippians 1.12-26. Paul gives a confident interpretation of his circumstances, though…
Read moreThe Wedding at Cana
Early on in John’s Gospel (2.1-11) Jesus and his disciples attend a wedding feast where the wine has run out. The stage…
Read moreA Beggar’s Prayer
Luke gives us a chapter full of stories, parables, and interactions with Jesus that culminate in the healing of a blind man…
Read moreLove Versus Division
Intern extraordinaire Jed Moody preaches from Ruth 1.6-19, a story in which genuine love overcomes traditional divisions and borders. Blending Ruth’s example…
Read moreThe Unimpressive Way
We walk with the disciples today as Jesus takes them aside to teach them the importance of being unimpressive. Only unimpressive disciples…
Read moreFeel Deeply, Pray Urgently, Send Powerfully
Our church mourns the loss of Harry, a wonderful 9 year old boy who was part of our church and tragically drowned…
Read moreGet Moving
The next sermon in our series A Story Worth Living comes from Mark 10.35-52. We have contrasting stories of disciples who brought their…
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Today we begin a new summer series on the power of our stories with a look at one 1 Thessalonians 1. The…
Read moreDon’t Give Up
Jesus sat and thought of what he could say to encourage his disciples to pray and never give up. The parable he…
Read moreA Good Church
What are the qualities of a good church? If you only had time to mention a few, what would make your list?…
Read moreBetter for One to Die
For Palm Sunday’s sermon, we pick up in John’s Gospel just before the Triumphal Entry: John 11.45-53. Jesus has just raised Lazarus…
Read moreBaptizing
Baptism was commanded by Jesus in the Great Commission, but why? What does baptism have to do with the gospel? Today we…
Read moreTake Authority
We’re in the Great Commission again (Matthew 28.16-20) and move on to our next key word: Authority. After some instructions on interpretation…
Read moreMission and Worship
We’re starting a new series walking through the Great Commission, which is found in Matthew 28.16-20. Today we zoom in on verse…
Read moreThis Is Not the End
We’ve come to Mark 16.1-8, the abrupt end of Mark’s Gospel. So abrupt, many don’t think it’s the end at all. In…
Read moreExecution or Coronation
In Mark 15.1-41 we have the familiar scene of Jesus on the cross. Mark is showing us that what seems to be…
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