The First Day of New Creation
Happy Easter! We celebrate the resurrection of Jesus today, paying special attention to the account from the Gospel of John 20.1-31. Jesus’…
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The Spirit of Freedom
Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. This Sunday we bring together Pentecost, the Tower of Babel, and Galatians…
Read moreThe Year Begins with Yearning
Advent begins the Christian year in a time of increasing darkness. Our year begins not with the glittering parties of New Year’s…
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2 Corinthians 5.16-6.2 gives us some of the most hopeful verses in scripture, but they were born out of St. Paul’s reflections…
Read moreWorshiping the God of Peace
We’re focused on worship during the third week in our series on the church, We Are a New Creation Community. Worship has a way…
Read moreA Community of Love
We’re doing a new sermon series between Easter and Pentecost called We Are a New Creation Community. Our first message today is from…
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 moreThe Poor Help Us Keep the Sabbath
Our last week addressing the question, Why does the church need the poor? This week we listen to Luke 13.10-17, in which…
Read moreWhy the Church Needs the Poor — Grace
It’s time for a series within the series to tackle the question that was always at the heart of this exploration of…
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This is our final sermon in the Everyday Resurrection series. What does the resurrection look like in an ordinary life? Like new creation…
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For the sixth Sunday of Easter season a sermon from John 5.1-16 titled “Threatened with Resurrection.” Jesus asks us, “Do you want…
Read moreWe Had Hoped and We Will Hope Again
Final sermon in our series Apathy and the Passion from Luke 24.1-32: “We Had Hoped and We Will Hope Again.”
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This is the third sermon in our Lent series Apathy and the Passion titled “Gratitude and Shame” from Colossians 3.12-17.
Read moreIncarnation Leads to Transfiguration
Peter Hough’s sermon on Luke 9.23-36: “Incarnation Leads to Transfiguration.”
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We Are Very Bold
Peter Hough’s sermon on 1 Corinthians 15.50-58: “We Are Very Bold.”
Read more He Will Come Again
Peter Hough’s sermon on 1 Thessalonians 4.13-5.11: “He Will Come Again.”
Read more Of First Importance
Peter Hough’s sermon on 1 Corinthians 15.1-23: “Of First Importance.”
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New Creation Now
Peter Hough’s sermon on 2 Corinthians 5.11-6.2: “New Creation Now.”
Read more What Heaven Will Be Like
Peter Hough’s sermon on Revelation 21.1-22.6: “What Heaven Will Be Like.”
Read more We’ve Got a Good Story
Peter Hough’s sermon on Romans 8.18-25: “We’ve Got a Good Story.” At the end of the sermon we collected questions related to…
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