As life pulls us in a million different directions, and loads us up with stressors, it's so easy to lose our moorings This Sunday, we'll explore a passage of scripture that tells us how we can stay centered and grounded. This is the third installment in our inductive study of the New Testament book of Colossians.
One of our most urgent human questions is, "What is God like?" Our answer to that question has a monumental impact on our state of mind and how we conduct our lives. This Sunday, as we continue our inductive study of the New Testament book of Colossians, we'll explore a passage that paints one of the Bible's most […]
Sometimes we spend so much time talking to God -- telling God what to do, telling God what we want to know -- that God can't get a word in edgewise. What if God wanted to say something to us that we wouldn't think to ask? Would we be able to hear it? This Sunday […]
On Sunday Pastor Jeff concludes our sermon series on "Women Who Shaped Our Faith -- Six Powerful Gospel Stories." In Sunday's Gospel passage, we will encounter a woman who finally found what she had always been looking for -- the secret to deep satisfaction in life.
Facing the truth about our shortcomings can be painful. So we avoid it. But by doing so, we end up trapped, unable to grow and make progress. What's the solution? In this week's Gospel story, Jesus shows us how to find a healthy balance between self-denial and self-love. This is the fifth installment in our sermon series on "Women […]
This Sunday we continue our sermon series on "Women Who Shaped Our Faith -- Six Powerful Gospel Stories." In this week's Gospel story, we'll encounter a woman who deliberately broke a sacred religious rule in the presence of Jesus. She did what was strictly forbidden. How would Jesus respond? And what can we learn from his example? This sermon is critical for […]
This Sunday we continue our sermon series on "Women Who Shaped Our Faith -- Six Powerful Gospel Stories." In this week's Gospel story, we'll encounter a woman who actually changed Jesus' mind and, in the process, changed the course of his ministry and all subsequent history. From her example, we'll learn several vital life lessons.
Last week we began a new sermon series called "Women Who Shaped Our Faith -- Six Powerful Gospel Stories." This week we'll study a Gospel story that you've probably heard many times before, but have never realized the full implications of. Guided by the writings of theologian Helen Bruch Pearson, we're going to learn something new and powerful from […]
On Sunday Pastor Jeff kicks off a new sermon series called "Women Who Shaped Our Faith -- Six Powerful Gospel Stories." We begin this Sunday with a story about an unnamed woman who did something so amazing, Jesus said what she did would be remembered down through the ages throughout human history. Do you know […]
What if God wanted to say something to you, but you weren't able to hear it? Or you heard it, but misconstrued it? Last Sunday we celebrated Easter. This Sunday we'll look at something that happened to Simon Peter soon after the resurrection of Jesus that rocked his world. God said something unbelievable to Peter, and he almost […]
Easter is not just about something incredible and wonderful that happened two thousand years ago. It's also about you and me in the here-and-now. So on Sunday we'll explore how Jesus' resurrection enables us to embrace a new way of living, a new way of dying, and a new way of seeing eternity. Join us […]
This Sunday we will celebrate Palm Sunday and also wrap up our sermon series on the life of Joseph. What does Joseph have to do with Palm Sunday? Actually, quite a lot. The final episode in the life of Joseph is an amazing foreshadowing of what Jesus himself eventually did at the end of his […]