Sermons

Worship Reality #1: Worship Creates Community.  Although worship does happen on an individual and private level there is something special that happens when people get together to worship God.

 The Word (Jesus) became flesh and in doing so taught us the great lengths that God is willing to go to in His attempt to reach out to us.

 Jesus washes the disciples feet and in doing so teaches us the great honor of serving others.

Jesus feeds 5000 men with a small child’s lunch and in doing so teach us that God can turn the little we have to offer into something incredible. Then, Jesus takes a stroll across the lake with Peter and in doing so teaches us the importance of relying on God to keep our head above […]

When we are reborn in Christ we are adopted into God’s family which not only means we will find ourselves on the victorious side in the end, but also that Satan and the forces of evil in this world have no power over us.

 Jesus final instruction to his disciples was to go into all the world and make disciples.  That mission has been passed on to us.  How do we live it out?

The story of Christ does not end on the cross or in the grave.  Jesus rose from the dead as a testament to His power to breath new life into us.  Will we choose to leave the old behind and live a new life in Him?

The forgiveness and mercy we have received from God must be extended to others, but so often we are blind to our own double standards, just like the man in this story, many times with much the same consequences.

Three stories illustrate in dramatic fashion people trusting in God despite utterly ridiculous circumstances and scoffing opposition.  How do we live out this example in the modern world?