Last we launched a new sermon series called “The Baddest People in the Bible,” recognizing that we can learn a lot from the mistakes of others.  There’s nothing like a powerful negative example to cause us to say, “I don’t want to be like that!”  The Bible character we study this week will surprise you […]

Suppose tomorrow we discovered a race of aliens more capable than us living on a distant planet.  How would that affect your faith?  Even if you’ve been in church your entire life, you’ve probably never heard a sermon about that.  Yet it’s a very real existential question.  Scientists say life on other planets is very […]

So what does God really want from us?  Many of us have been taught that God’s love is conditioned on our good behavior.  So we end up doing everything we can to appear to be perfect in order to earn God’s love and feel good about ourselves, resulting in a life full of pressure, stress, […]

Again and again in the Gospels, Jesus tells us we must become like children.  For example, in Matthew 18:3, he said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”  What does it mean to become like a child?  What kind of change was Jesus […]

Have you ever found yourself on the receiving end of karma's bad side?  Did you wonder if there was a way out?  Did you cry out "What did I do to deserve this!"?  This week's story from the book of Genesis will introduce the Biblical principle of sowing and reaping.  We’ll explore the long-reaching effects […]