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The mark of a Christian is not that they claim to be Christian. The mark of a Christian is the outpouring of the love they have been given from God to others. In this Christ the King message preached in 2017, we look at Jesus' loving words for those who did acts of lovingkindness as a natural response to the grace they have been given - so ( Read more... )

Justice is something that we have been clamoring for in recent times, but oftentimes we find that what we really want is justice for others, and not for ourselves. In Exodus 20 we find the giving of the Decalogue, what we know of as the Ten Commandments. These simple rules ought to be easy to follow, and yet we will see that no one in the history ( Read more... )

How many of us when we are in crisis complain to the people around us? That's what the people of Israel did when God led them to a place where there was no water. Yet Moses, the man of God, went to God in prayer over the crisis. In these two actions we see what to do and what not to do - either complain to human authorities or take our crisis ( Read more... )

We often talk about God's grace, but what is the difference between grace and mercy? Where is the evidence in the Bible of God's mercy? Is it only a New Testament ideal or is God's mercy demonstrated in the Old Testament as well?

Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32

Recorded at Ebenezer UMC on August 20, 2017 (Originally published September 6, 2017)

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In his letter to the church in Rome, Paul gives us an excellent treatise on the doctrine of grace. We as Christians often talk about God's grace, and we usually describe it as God's unmerited favor, but what does that really mean? And what does John Wesley mean when he talks about Prevenient, Justifying, and Sanctifying Grace? We focus our ( Read more... )