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Sunday Jan 08, 2017
Caring About the Weak
Sunday Jan 08, 2017
Sunday Jan 08, 2017
This sermon looks at the second four of the eight beatitudes in Matthew 5: merciful, pure in heart, peacemakers, and the persecuted. The beatitudes, in sum, give a picture of the transformation that occurs to those who take discipleship to Jesus seriously.
Wednesday Jan 04, 2017
Realizing Our Need for God
Wednesday Jan 04, 2017
Wednesday Jan 04, 2017
This is the first of two sermons on the Beatitudes and the gateway to a Winter/Spring series on the teachings of Jesus from the Gospel of Matthew. Each of the Beatitudes serves like a link in a chain, each link dependent on the previous. The text for the sermon is Matthew 5:3-10.
Monday Oct 19, 2015
I'm Just A-Passing Through
Monday Oct 19, 2015
Monday Oct 19, 2015
This sermon takes its title from the language of exiles used in 1 Peter and it refers to how disciples of Jesus are more like refugees than settled residents. This is the first sermon in a short series on the study of sin.
Monday Oct 12, 2015
What does discipleship look like?
Monday Oct 12, 2015
Monday Oct 12, 2015
This is the last sermon in a series on discipleship, and in it we look at Paul's assertion that Jesus surmounts everything else in the world in importance. Jesus said that there is a certain burden associated with following him, but it is light in comparison to every other path we might take.
Monday Oct 12, 2015
Jesus Is Calling YOU
Monday Oct 12, 2015
Monday Oct 12, 2015
This sermon begins with the telling of the story of Scheherazade and her conversion to Christianity. Dietrich Bonhoeffer went to a firing squad in Hitler's prisons because of his commitment to following Jesus alone. The sermon looks at what Jesus expects of his followers.
Monday Oct 12, 2015
Dumbing-Down Discipleship
Monday Oct 12, 2015
Monday Oct 12, 2015
This sermon looks at the tendency human beings have of lowering the expectations we have for what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. Clearly, Jesus intends for us to give our whole selves to the role of being his followers.
Saturday Sep 26, 2015
Running as a Metaphor for Discipleship
Saturday Sep 26, 2015
Saturday Sep 26, 2015
This sermon looks at the use of running as a way of describing the life of discipleship.
Monday Sep 21, 2015
Racing with Horses
Monday Sep 21, 2015
Monday Sep 21, 2015
This sermon looks at God's response to whining Jeremiah. "If you can't race with humans, how will you race with horses?" This sermon looks at the importance of being both strong and prepared in order to live with discipline in tough times.
Sunday Jan 25, 2015
Follow Me
Sunday Jan 25, 2015
Sunday Jan 25, 2015
This sermon comes from Mark 1:14-20 and takes a look at Jesus' call to his 12 disciples to follow him. The sermon cautions identifying our own wants and desires as being "call" instead of the authentic and often difficult call of God.