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In this season of Lent (2020), I would like to present to you some of my unpublished sermons from years gone by. And since this year I am preaching through the Psalms during Lent in a series called "Selah - Life in a Minor Key," I want to go back to 2017 when I preached through a series of Psalms using Tim Keller's book, "A Journey Through Lent," ( Read more... )

Renounce. It's not a word we use very often. It means to give up or put aside voluntarily. Today as we look at the temptation of Christ in the wilderness, we reflect on what it means to renounce worldly things for a relationship with God. So grab your Bible, open it to Matthew chapter 4, and join us as we look at how God calls us to "Renounce ( Read more... )

During the season of Lent we humble ourselves, confess any unrepented sin, and turn back to God. It is a season of renewal. What we find is that the forgiveness we find in God's grace offers us blessing or happiness that is not offered to others who do not confess and repent. David learned this lesson the hard way when he committed the sins of ( Read more... )

The season of Lent is upon us, and with it comes a new series based on the Psalms. The word "selah," as we have explored in the past, is a Hebrew word that most scholars believe means "pause, and reflect on what you just heard." Last week God told Peter, James, and John to listen to Christ, and so we are pausing to listen to what God is saying to ( Read more... )

Almighty God our heavenly Father, today we come before you acknowledging our shortcomings in your presence. We have not been the congregation that you call us to be. We have not obeyed your commandment to go and make disciples. We have kept the gospel to ourselves and failed to share our faith with our family and friends. What can we say, O ( Read more... )

Lent is a season of denying ourselves so that we can grow closer to God. In the reading from Isaiah today, God promises to the people of Israel rich abundance if they only repent, turn away from their sin and return to God. In today's message, we will examine what it means to repent, and why it is important to confess to specific sin in our lives ( Read more... )

This week we look at confession as it pertains to our relationship with God. How did the Jewish understanding of confession shape the way we confess our sins to God today? Why do we have to confess our sins to an all-knowing, all-seeing God? And how is the protestant understanding of confession different from the Catholic church's doctrine, and ( Read more... )