October 18, 2020
Grace to you, and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. The poet Elizabeth Browning once wrote: Earth is crammed with heaven and every common bush afire with God, but only He who sees, takes off his shoes.1 Our readings this morning invite us to be among those who see. They invite us to see the earth… Read More »
October 11, 2020
Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Many states are known by the fruit they produce. Georgia is well-known for the delicious peaches that the state’s people produce. The state of Washington is know for its apples. Similarly, Florida would bring oranges to mind. In fact, all… Read More »
October 5, 2020
Grace to you and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. Introduction: In American Christianity, Romans 11 has often been torn apart. You can find bits and pieces of it scattered about on the Internet, on various websites speaking about the end times and the restoration of Israel. These verses are joined to prophecies from Daniel, visions… Read More »
September 21, 2020
Grace to you, and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. In 1961, a visitor walked into the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, in Glasgow Scotland, carrying a brick. He found a painting of the crucifixion and started to destroy it. His anger, his violence, his desecration of Christian art was not done out of hatred for… Read More »
September 20, 2020
What really makes a church grow. After 20 years of research you’d think we could come up with a simple answer. If fact we have. The problem is it looks so different from what we’ve done in the past that we often can’t recognize it as answer at all.
September 13, 2020
Grace to you, and peace. In Jesus’ name. Amen. Introduction: You may have seen it before, on a laminated card in a Christian bookstore or on the back page of a Bible in a hotel room. It’s a listing of passages to look up in the Bible when you are in need of a special… Read More »
September 11, 2020
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Fear. It is one of the most powerful and crippling emotions we have. Sometimes our fears are rational and reasonable, like fearing the power of nature, and sometimes they are not like the fear of little… Read More »
September 6, 2020
Grace, peace and mercy I pray would be yours in Jesus’ name. Amen. If you go to Coventry Cathedral, in England, and look toward the altar, you will be overwhelmed by the massive tapestry that rises before you. It depicts Christ enthroned in glory. A pale and wounded Jesus is seated on a throne. Surrounding… Read More »
August 30, 2020
Grace to you, and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. In this series we have been looking at God’s greater story. The greater story of the presence and work of the one true holy Triune God. We have seen Christ our Deliverer, rescuing us from our sin. We have seen God our heavenly Father, claiming us… Read More »
August 23, 2020
Grace to you and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. We’re falling back into the “Change Series.” We’ll have one message a month exploring how our church can, and should, be growing. Last month’s message included some somber and distressing information. The Church in America is dying. In fact only a very small 16% of Christian… Read More »
