Today is Pentecost, the birthday of the church and a celebration of the Holy Spirit. We celebrate the breath of God, knowing that it can always breathe new life into dry bones, and that the Spirit is always with us as we continue forward in our walks with Christ.
Inspecting our hearts is not an easy thing to do. Today we contemplate the work of being in the messy middle and how we love even while things aren’t as we wish them to be.
Today, we are reminded that to follow God, we need to obey his commandments. We celebrate that they are not burdensome. Instead, they are the key to living as Christ calls us to live. In our message, we look at the two most important things we can do to obey the commandments of God.
Jesus said, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. This Sunday we are reminded that the perfect love of Christ is not rooted in fear, but in love. Those who abide in Jesus know the … [Read more…]
Today we continue to look at the short but incredibly important Book of I John. We cover a familiar topic, the Love of God, but we dig deeply into what that means for us and why the Love of God is so much more than we could possibly deserve or understand.
Today we continue to look at the short but incredibly important Book of I John. In our message, we try to sort out one of the great mysteries of our faith. If Christ has defeated sin once and for all, why are we, his followers, still sinners?
We resist the temptation to phone it in on this first Sunday after the Celebration of Easter Morning. Instead, we use this Sunday to reset our lives and redirect our focus to walking in the footsteps of Jesus Christ. It’s like that old evangelist who supposedly said, “I don’t care how high you jumped on … [Read more…]
He is Risen. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Today, we celebrate the empty tomb with this special version of our Easter Sunrise Worship Service. He is Risen. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Today, in our worship service, we celebrate the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, but we also solemnly commemorate the Passion of Jesus Christ. It is a busy week and a necessary one, as we begin our Holy Week journey to the cross and ultimately the empty tomb.
