Sermons

God’s people are to related in three communities. 1. We enjoy the incredible love of the Holy Trinity and participate in it!  2. We build the Church Community, the body of Christ, as we serve and love.  3. We enter the Lost Community, to be God’s agents of redemption.  Your purpose of life is found in…

As Christians, we are to live IN three communities. The “community” of the Trinity–God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. God includes us in the life of that community! We live in community together as God’s people. We live in the community of lost people. We are to be salt and light. …

This coming Sunday the 26th we are going to be looking at a day in the life of Jesus as we dig into the last section of the book of Mark in a sermon called 24 (Cue Jack Bauer and the beeping countdown clock). But, leading up to a typical day for Jesus, was a…

We assume peace comes from everything going “smoothly,” or when we get our way. We may experience a few moments of peace, but life continues to throw challenges at us. In the upside-down kingdom, God uses all of those “opportunities” to slowly train us how to be at peace regardless of our situations, no matter…

We live in the age of “mega influencers” and “micro-influencers.” (Yes, I had to look up what those terms meant). It was not to the “connected,” to those “trending,” to “the beautiful people,” or “celebrities” that the most important message was told. It was to what we often hear–to the “lowly” shepherds. Why? Why would God choose shepherds…