Why We Read Scripture in Worship | A Sermon
Why do we read scripture during a worship service? This sermon offers four things about the Bible that make it essential to our identity as disciples of jesus and a centering point in worship.
Lost and Found | A Sermon on the Prodigal Son from Luke 15
A lost sheep, a lost coin, a lost son. These are three parables that Jesus tells in Luke 15. He told them in response to the criticism he received from the religious leaders. They scorned him for hanging around with tax collectors and sinners. This sermon looks at these stories from the perspective of the older brother. He resented the “lost son” and didn’t thing he deserved to be found. How often do we feel that way about “those people?”
Where Do We Meet Jesus? | A Sermon on Luke 5:1-11
Where do we meet Jesus? What happens when we meet Jesus? This sermon uses the story of Jesus calling Simon and the fishermen in Luke 5:1-11 as a way to explore these questions. Jesus often meets us in our ordinary places, and wants to turn them into something extraordinary.
Things are Bad, God is Good | A Sermon from Joel 2:12-13, 28-29
It is the second week of Advent. This is a season of waiting as we “Prepare the Way” for the coming Messiah. It is usually a season where we talk about how important it is to slow down. We focus on practices that will help us to not be distracted by all the glitz and...
One Perspective, Three Positions | A Sermon on Isaiah 6:1-8
This sermon explores the vision Isaiah had in Isaiah 6:1-8 and the three responses it evoked in him. It also connects Isaiah’s context to our own context in 2020. Isaiah’s vision came in “the year King Uzziah died.” It was one of “those years.” That was the year the Assyrian Empire began its invasion, and things went from bad to worse. We’re not having a great year in 2020 either. See how the new perspective Isaiah gained in this vision can evoke the same three positions in us and bring about the healing we need.