Broken Signposts Part 1: Justice
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
Resisting Rage Part 7: Sabbath & Play
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
Resisting Rage Part 6: The Place for Righteous Anger
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
Resisting Rage Part 5: Living As Peacemakers
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.
Resisting Rage Part 4: Breaking the Cycle of Outrage
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
Resisting Rage Part 3: Feeding the Five Thousand
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
Resisting Rage Part 2: Resisting the Pharisee
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
Resisting Rage Part 1: The Gentleness of God
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
Kingdom Time Part 6: Strength in Weakness
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
Kingdom Time Part 5: Call to Generosity
Sermon Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 We are invited to live generous lives in response to the generosity that has been shown to us by God. Generosity can come in all kinds of forms. It can