This week we begin a series on “What Jesus Gave” – that is, what Jesus gave to his disciples, and what he gives to us. This Sunday, Pastor David helps us look inside the story of “Doubting Thomas” (John 20:19-31) to discover four life-transforming gifts that Jesus provides for his followers. Click the link below to listen to this message!
Is This Just Crazy Talk?
On Easter Sunday, we remember and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. It’s a truth that forms us as people of faith, but have you ever stopped to wonder: is this just crazy talk? Are we expected to believe something that’s just simply ridiculous and unbelievable? Click the link below to hear Pastor David’s message on Isaiah 65:17-25, an Old Testament passage with similar “crazy talk” characteristics.
Neighbor and Self
On this Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week, we shared the Lord’s Supper together just before Pastor David preached on Luke 22:52-62, the story of Peter’s denials of Jesus. What assumptions do you make about this passage, about Peter’s intentions, and about how Jesus turned and looked at Peter when the rooster crowed? Click below to hear Pastor David’s message on this passage.
All Your Strength
The smell of bacon…the smell of flowers…the smell of skubala?! When Mary anointed Jesus’s feet in John 12:1-8, the smell of the extravagantly-wasted perfume filled the whole house. How do this passage and our sense of smell help us to reflect on loving God with all our strength? Here is Pastor David’s message on this passage:
All Your Soul
What does it mean to love God with all your soul? What is your soul, anyway? And what did Jesus mean when he talked about denying yourself and carrying your cross daily in Luke 9:18-27? Here is Pastor David’s message on this passage. Let’s love God with all that we are!
(Note: This is the complete sermon, recorded on Monday, March 11. It is more than what was preached in church on Sunday, March 10. Pastor David only had a few minutes on Sunday to summarize the sermon, because our report from the Guatemala trip last month was so full!)
All Your Mind
What are you thinking about right now? Are your thoughts guided by your walk with Jesus Christ? How can an ancient passage of scripture (Deuteronomy 11:13-21) guide your thinking in everyday life? Click below to hear Pastor David’s sermon on this passage, and let’s continue working on loving God with all our minds.
All Your Heart
This Sunday’s service was special: we witnessed the graduation of six Boy Scouts from a class entitled “God and Church” led by Pastor David. Two of these six helped Pastor David with the sermon this week, which is based on 1 Kings 11:1-13, the story of King Solomon’s demise. Click below to hear this entertaining yet illuminating message!
Extreme Love
We begin this year’s “Focus 40” season (the Church of God version of Lent) by examining John 15:9-17, a passage in which Jesus gives his disciples one command: to love each other as he has loved them. In our culture of over-the-top expressions of emotional love, how can we as Christians reclaim an understanding of God’s extreme love for us? Click below to hear Pastor David’s sermon on this passage.
Serving in Obedience
Pastor David, Pastor Jerry, and twelve other people recently returned from a week-long mission trip to Guatemala. While there, our two-church team helped to build a house for a local family and built relationships with children and adults in the community. Click below to hear Pastor David reflect on Luke 5:1-11 and its relationship to a theme that was on his mind during the Guatemala trip: the meaning of making space.
Empowered for Kingdom Service
This Sunday, Pastor David preached on Luke 4:14-21, the story of Jesus’s first sermon in his hometown, Nazareth. What do Jesus’s choice of sermon text and Luke’s presentation of the story have to do with the walk of discipleship today? And how does this connect to our church’s Guatemala mission trip which departs this Friday? Click below to hear this week’s sermon and the accompanying commissioning prayer for our team.