Prayer for Dummies (February 18, 2024)

Sunday night’s message:

How do we come before God when our prayers so easily become empty phrases, desperate demands, or distant formalities? In Matthew 6, Jesus says our Father knows what we need before we ask, then gives His disciples words for approaching Him: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.”

The Burnt Cookie Gospel (August 27, 2023)

Sunday night’s message:

Our past can feel like the wrong ingredients for a quality life recipe. But the case of the Apostle Paul shows God thinks otherwise. He does not waste our past but uses it as He sends us out as agents of the same transformation we have received.

Friendship Evangelism (April 30, 2023)

Sunday night’s message:

Are we willing to go into the spaces where people need the love of Jesus so that they can actually experience it?

We Don't Get Him

Early in the baseball season last year, I heard a curious commercial on the radio. It was talking about a man rejected by his friends and suddenly ended with “He Gets Us. All of Us.” A few more airings and I realized it was a series of ads about Jesus, describing how his experiences on earth were like our own. Like Jesus Himself, the ads have managed to anger a wide variety of different folks. Jesus gets us, but once again, we struggle to get Him.

No Ordinary Day (January 1, 2023)

Sunday night’s message:

Most of our days do not feel like turning points in history; they feel like errands, obligations, and familiar routines, leaving us to wonder whether our lives matter in any story beyond our own. Those on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in Acts 2 might have wondered the same thing.

Be Coffee (October 23, 2022)

Sunday night’s message:

We aren’t called to hold the goodness of God in, but to spread holiness by loving those around us. Even our enemies.

Following the Right Giver Upper (October 16, 2022)

This week’s sermon:

We think “rights” will make things right, but how does that fit being a follower of the One who gave up His rights?

Blessed are the Meek (June 19, 2022)

This week’s sermon:

Can we really afford to be meek in a dog eat dog world like ours?

Mercy When You're Dented (May 22, 2022)

Sunday night’s message:

Blessed are the merciful—it sounds really good when we are the ones receiving mercy. That call suddenly sounds a lot worse when we’re the ones called to show mercy. Jesus calls us to that mercy, against our natural inclination for payback.

Advent Wreath Lighting (Week 4)

Jeff and Kathy Landis light the fourth candle as we continue through a special #52Verses52Books52Weeks journey through Advent. How does our excitement about the coming of the Savior impact others?