Sermon Text: Isaiah 35:1-10 One time, after adventuring in the woods behind our house as a young boy, I ran inside terribly thirsty. Best thing to quench that mighty thirst? Not water, apple juice of course! Trouble is, full containers of apple juice are heavy, even for adventuresome boys, so I asked one of my…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: Philippians 4:4-7 “What do you do with the mad that you feel When you feel so mad you could bite? When the whole wide world seems oh, so wrong…And nothing you do seems very right?” Fred Rogers, one of the greatest people of the 20th century, sang this song to…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: John 8:31-36 Since two things can be true at the same time, it’s more than reasonable to say that each of us is a walking conundrum, a contradiction, a consciousness that contains multitudes. Walt Whitman once wrote, “Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: Romans 5:8-10 If I told you I could jump from here up to the balcony in a single bound, you wouldn’t believe me. If I insisted, you’d demand proof that I do the impossible thing I claim I can do. It would be awesome if I could, but I cannot…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: Ecclesiastes 5:10-20 I must confess something to you. I have a lot of t-shirts, so many. I don’t even want to know the specific number because it’s way more than anyone needs. I can’t possibly wear them all over the course of many laundry cycles. What am I doing with…
Sermon Text: James 2:1-13 What even is a good a Christian? Is it someone who does what God says enough? Is it someone who goes to church enough? If the first thought in answering, “Am I a good Christian?” was to list things you’ve done, every answer is going to be wrong because the initial…
Sermon Text: Luke 10:38-42 The existence of a good doesn’t automatically imply the existence of a bad, yet this false dichotomy is often made. If you hand me vanilla ice cream, I’ll eat it gladly. If you hand me a decadent sundae with chunks of cheesecake and brownies, I’m over the moon. Is one of…
Sermon Text: Acts 2:1-21 Pentecost is an everybody thing. I don’t think we focus on that quite enough. We emphasize the good for everybody nature of Good Friday and Easter – rightly so! Pentecost is another good for everyone thing that shows how much God wants to save all people and assure them that this…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: John 21:1-14 A companion is one with whom you eat your bread. In many cultures, the act of eating together is deeply meaningful. In modern restaurants, we sit near strangers, eat without saying a word to them, and leave. In Jesus’ culture, eating together was an almost sacred sign of…
Sermon Text: Hebrews 10:15-25 Not once has anyone come to me after an out of state trip to request ceremonial cleansing even though the law requires it. No one’s repented for wearing blended fabrics, as forbidden by the old law. I’ve never slaughtered your ram and burned it on the altar as atonement for your…