Sermon Scripture: John 2:17-22 (NRSV) The concept of love has captured the imagination of artists and communicators for generations. From love found and lost, find my one true love, to the love of family and friendship; love is everywhere in our movies, books, and art. Underneath all the messages about love, there is one common
Sermon Scripture: John 18:33-40; John 19:13-16a (NRSV) Broken signposts are the things in the world that point us in a direction or give us a hint of how things should be and how things should work, but ultimately are difficult to fully grasp or don't work as they should. This week, we will explore the
Sermon Scripture: Exodus 20:8-11 (NRSV) When God commands rest, he liberates the Hebrew people from the pressure of endless production. God releases them from basing value on productivity. He demonstrates that the well-being of creation does not depend on endless work. Instead, God calls them to rhythms of rest so that they can focus on
Sermon Scripture: Mark 11:15-19 (NRSV) Whenever you talk about rage or the call for Christians to be peacemakers, there is one episode in the life of Jesus that inevitably comes up - Jesus tossing tables in the temple. This story is told in all four gospels, so it clearly is significant. So, Jesus did get
Sermon Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16 (NRSV) Learning from the Apostle Paul’s exchange with the church in Emphasis, we are given an instructions manual-like description of the basic requirements of Christian living and how to do so. We are to follow the example of Jesus, act peacefully, and to actively maintain and establish good relationships with others.
Sermon Scripture: 4:31-32 God the Creator is drawing together a community of any who will place their faith in Christ as the world's true King. This new community is unified through the work of the Spirit and is to embody a new type of humanity. While this community is unified in principle through Christ and
Sermon Scripture: John 6 Please join us as Pastor Rick Edwards leads us on a discovery of John 6, The Feeding of the Five Thousand https://youtu.be/2bGUzw-laco Subscribe to our Podcast Each week we offer our sermons as Podcasts allowing you to listen at your convenience at a later time. To subscribe, please use your preferred
Sermon Scripture: Matthew 23:1-15 If we are to resist the rage that is so common in our culture, we must recognize how gently and patiently God deals with us. Following right after that, though, we are called to extend that same gentleness and patience to others. Key to the Christian witness in the world today
Sermon Scripture: John 1:43-51 Consider for a moment the story of Philip and Nathanael in John 1. Philip had become a follower of Jesus believed that Jesus was the long-awaited Messiah. This meant a change in Philip’s worldview, political convictions, and social interactions. Philip goes to Nathanael and says, "I've found the Messiah!" But Nathanael
Sermon Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 The truest form of strength is displayed through things like humility, vulnerability, forgiveness, generosity, selflessness. For when we take on the qualities, it creates space in our hearts and lives for God to be at work in us and through us. In a culture that is focused on strength, may
