1 Peter 2:9-12; Romans 8:1-4, 14-17; Genesis 1:31-2:3; Psalm 46     For the past several months, Angela and I have been enjoying a fairly […]

Revelation 19:5-10; 1 Cor. 13:1-13; Joel 2:28-32; Revelation 22:1-5          And now, at last, we come to the big problem that has been humanity’s biggest […]

Rev. 21:1-7; 1 Thess 4:13-18; Matt 24:4-14; Isa 65:17-25   When I was in my teen years and well into my twenties, I attended and […]

Romans 14:1-15, 19-23 1 Corinthians 12:4-20 1; John 2:7-14; 1 John 3:1-4, 9-12     As we’ve seen in our sermon series before, the ancient […]

Colossians 1:1-13; John 1:1-18; Philippians 2:1-13; Psalm 8   One of the strange things about our culture that I find is that we are always […]

Romans 4:1-16; Romans 12:1-18; Romans 8:12-25; Galatians 3:614, 23-29   Several years ago, now, a former professor at my seminary, J. Daniel Kirk, wrote a […]

Acts 10:17-20; Acts 10:34-47; Romans 10:5-15; Isaiah 60:1-11   You know, I love a good story of redemption. A story where the main character goes […]

THE Story, OUR Story: Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire The Day of Pentecost—Acts 2:1-47   Reality, and Then Some ‌         As many of you know, I […]

THE Story, OUR Story: A Significant Raise 1 Corinthians 15:1-58    Angela and I aren’t really movie theater people, but that doesn’t mean we don’t […]

                As we begin today, I think it is important to acknowledge that the topic of today’s sermon, “The Miracles of […]

Once upon a time there was a man who had two sons. One son was prone to like things of the finer nature. The enjoyment […]

I remember that one of the most difficult things that I had to do when I began teaching Hebrew and Greek was to figure out […]

John 1:35-51;Luke 6:12-17;John 13:34-35; Galatians 5:1-6; Matthew 11:25-30             One of the perplexing questions that faces Christianity in the 21st century is exactly how […]

Psalm 8; Luke 4:1-12; Matthew 4:12-17; Psalm 9:1-6   Several years ago, a pastor was working in the Midwest and found that his family was […]

“Oh come, Oh come Emmanuel and ransom captive Israel.”So goes one of our favorite advent hymns that it seems we sing every year. But what […]

THE Story, OUR Story: The One to ComeJune 2nd, 2024 Communion Sunday             Have you ever noticed how unbalanced the Bible is? Now, I don’t […]

‌ You know, when I talk with my fellow pastors and we compare notes about our congregations, I have been struck by how often I […]

Psalm 133; Romans 12:1-9; 1 Peter 2:1-10; Acts 2:44-47; Ephesians 4:2-6 Friends, we have just exited a period in which the news and our lives […]

Psalm 91; Psalm 100; 1 Corinthians 11; Philippians 4 Gratitude ‌ Many of you who have children can relate to the phrase, “No good deed […]

Ezra; Nehemiah; Haggai; 2 Chronicles 36:22–23 Many Are Called… One of the toughest jobs out there, at least in terms of getting meaningful work, is […]

Ezekiel 34:1–16; Daniel 1:1–21; Esther 4:1–17; Jeremiah 29:1–14; 1 Peter 2:11–17 A Strange Man I want to begin our message today by telling you about […]

Deuteronomy 28; 1 Kings 8:46–53; 2 Kings 23–25; 2 Kings 17:1–19 The Day of the Lord Last week, we talked a great deal about the […]

Deuteronomy 18:14-22; 1 Kings 18:20-40; I Kings 19:1-18; 1 Kings 22:13-28 The Story So Far Today, as we turn to our message, we’re continuing in […]

1 Samuel 8:10–22; 2 Samuel 7:1–17; 1 Kings 11; 2 Chronicles 6; 2 Chronicles 7 Kingship Today as we continue on in our sermon series […]

The Law and the Land Deuteronomy 6:4–25; Deuteronomy 30:11–20; Psalm 119; Joshua 1:1–9; Judges 2:6–22 A Godly Legacy A few years ago now there was […]

Genesis 32:22–32; Psalm 105; Exodus 19:1–8; Exodus 34:1–10 The Story Thus Far So we begin our story of the story of the Bible today in […]

Genesis 12:1–20; Genesis 22:1–19; Hebrews 11:8–12; Galatians 3; Psalm 121 The Trouble with Children’s Stories I remember when I was a child the many times […]

Psalm 51:1–17; Genesis 2:4–25; Genesis 3:1–24; Genesis 6:1–8; Genesis 11:1–9 Humpty and the Great Fall When we were children, I’m sure we all heard the […]

In the Beginning John 1:1–5 NASB 2020 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He […]

Deuteronomy 31:9–13; Psalm 50:1–6; Jeremiah 31:31–34 January Have you ever wondered why it is that some of the months of the year have the name […]

‌ Have you ever wondered why it is we celebrate the birth of Jesus at this time of year, literally at the time when the […]

Psalm 23; John 10:1–16; Luke 2:8–18 Peace in Our Day? This is the last Sunday of Advent as we prepare to welcome the Christ child […]

Isaiah 60:1–14; Matthew 2:1–23; Ac 8:26–40 Seeing Up-Close I still remember it like it was yesterday, the first time I saw a planet in a […]

1 Samuel 1:1–20; Genesis 18:1–15; Luke 1:5–25 We All Dream One of the most famous words uttered in the past one hundred years has to […]

/ Matthew 11:27–30; Matthew 23:1–11; John 13:12–34; Mark 12:28–31 What is Obedience? Billy was a strong-willed child. Whenever Billy’s mother would tell him to do […]

1 Peter 3:18–22; Matthew 3:13–17; Titus 3:3–7; Romans 6:1–14; Matthew 28:16–20 What is Baptism? A while back there was a George Clooney movie called “O […]

Disciples of All Nations John 13:34–35; 2 Timothy 2:1–13; Luke 9:23–27; Matthew 28:16–20 What is a Disciple? What is a Disciple? I have spent the […]

What is a Missionary? ‌ What do you think of when you hear the word missionary? I’ll give you a moment—picture in your mind the […]

Marked Out: APOSTOLIC Galatians 1:6–10; Matthew 10:1–15; John 16:5–15; Acts 2:37–47 Traditions New and Old The year was 2012, and the place, a town about […]

Galatians 3:23–29; Ephesians 2:19–22; 1 Corinthians 12:12–31; Matthew 16:13–19 What’s in a Name? I want to start out today’s sermon with a little thought experiment […]

Marked Out: Holy Colossians 3:1–11; Ephesians 5:18–33; Matthew 5:13–16 The Trouble with Holiness Just this last week, Angela and I (…) along with about forty […]

ONE: The Unity of the Church Unity is Hard Work Today we begin a sermon series in which we look at just what it means […]

2 Timothy 2:11–19; Proverbs; Matthew 11:25–30 Teaching and Learning One thing I’m sure you’ve learned about me since I’ve become your pastor is that I […]

Matthew 7:9-11; Psalm 78:14-25; John 6:30-35; Luke 14:1-23 Do you remember when Jesus took bread, gave thanks, and broke it, saying, “This is my body. […]

Jeremiah 23:5-6; Isaiah 9:1-6; Matthew 18:1-5; Matthew 13:31-32 ‌A Royal Problem ‌ Today in our message we’re going to continue on in our series on […]

July 2nd, 2023 Revelation 4:8; Exodus 3:1-17; Isaiah 6:1-7; Leviticus 19:2; Matthew 5:48 ‘We’re In Jeopardy’ On an episode of Jeopardy, a question was asked […]

June 25th, 2023 Psalm 89; Isaiah 64:1-9; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 21:33-46 The relationship between a child and their parents is supposed to be the […]