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... )

Today as we continue to examine the attributes of God, we see that God is an abundant provider to those whom he calls his own. The people of Israel had just been delivered from slavery, saved from death, walked through the Red Sea and witnessed the destruction of Pharaoh's army at the hand of God. Yet they could only see the place where they were ( Read more... )

Over the next several weeks we will be in a new series based on the Old Testament texts in Exodus and Deuteronomy, called "The Attributes of God." We will be looking at who God is by what He has done as recorded in the pages of the Bible, and we begin by looking at his awesome power as demonstrated in the parting of the Red Sea, and in the ( Read more... )

We often talk about the church needing revival, but what does that mean? To revive something is to bring it back to life from the dead. That is what the Holy Spirit did on that first dDay of Pentecost, using the disciples of Jesus to tell the good news of Jesus Christ to Jews from all over the world, so that they would take that news back with ( Read more... )

This lectionary series from the Great 50 Days of Easter 2017 highlights how we are awakening into our faith and becoming more like Christ. We begin with the story of the first Sunday when Christ endowed His disciples with the Holy Spirit and commissioned them to go preach repentance for forgiveness of sins. The endowment of the Holy Spirit and ( Read more... )

During the Easter season we will be in a five-part series called "What Are You Doing?" In it we will be looking at the five promises that we make to the local church when we join as members. "As members of the local congregation, will you faithfully participate in its ministries by your prayers, your presence, your gifts, your service, and your ( Read more... )

The account of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead is a familiar story, and like all such stories it may be easy to miss the important details. Once again we see that Jesus performs a miracle for the purpose of demonstrating who he is and so that God would be glorified. But there is something promising in his "I am" statement: "I am the ( Read more... )

Our first ever Live Podcast where we answered questions from you, our listeners. The three questions were:
*How do we approach "internet" communion during quarantine?
*What is the significance of the 12 baskets in Jesus' feeding of the multitude?
*Where do we find Antichrist in the Bible?

Recorded LIVE on March 28, 2020

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Why do good things happen to bad people? Why do bad things happen to good people? These are some of the questions that confound people, believers and non-believers alike. What we see in the account of Jesus' healing of a man born blind is that God can use both good situations and bad for the benefit of those who love him, and for his own glory ( Read more... )

On this Mother's Day we continue our sermon series based upon the vows of our Baptismal covenant. We'll look at how the faith of Paul and Silas affected so many people around them, people to whom they may not have even spoken directly about Jesus Christ. We also see the promise of Paul to the Roman Jailer, that if he believes on the Lord Jesus ( Read more... )