Recent Sermons
Sermon Series beginning May 4, 2008
Love Shouldn't Hurt!
This series examines the relationships in our lives -- spouses, children, friends -- and what it means to love in God's plan.
Love is Not Enough
Excerpt: If marriage is to reflect Christ’s relationship to his church, then I have to believe God doesn’t want boring, convenient, contentious, straightjacket, merely tolerated marriages. What would that reflect about God? God is into excitement, adventure, creativity, achievement, sacrifice, excellence, true intimacy, and purpose.
April 20, 2008
Motivation for Giving
Excerpt: This is a remarkable perspective and one that governs our relationship with God. We can call it “return to sender”. We don’t own anything in the sense that we can never take credit for what we have. I know we all work hard for what we have. We put out a lot of effort to support our families. We feel the pinch when the economy goes down and jobs go away. But the Biblical perspective is that God owns it all, and God gives us the skills and tools and jobs that enable us to produce whatever we have.
Sermon Series beginning March 16, 2008
Why Jesus?
This sermon series looks at the reasons and resources that convince us that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. This is a good series for those who do not understand why we put our lives in his hands.
A King Like No Other
Excerpt: What the people didn’t know was that Jesus came to be a king like no other king. He came to liberate them, but not like any other king had ever done it. Not by raising armies. Not by amassing great wealth. Not by setting up a police state ruling through fear. Not by making political alliances. No, he is a king of a much different stripe. He enters Jerusalem knowing that the only path to peace and prosperity is through his death and resurrection. Jesus knows that what is needed is a spiritual solution. What is needed is an act so bold and so overwhelming that it turns hearts to God and steers life in a new direction.
A Love Like No Other
Excerpt: I wouldn’t be here if it didn’t matter. I wouldn’t be here if it didn’t somehow make a difference in my life. If I didn’t somehow believe that in the cross a new power is unleashed, a new door opened, a new light shining in the darkness. And that light is the love of Jesus that burns in my heart. A Good Friday love. A love like no other. To make me more loving. To love as he loved me. To make a difference in the world.
A Power Like No Other
Excerpt: Resurrection means the door is open. Jesus is a power like no other. The power is the power to get us out of our tombs, the power to cause us to walk through doors that we have cowered behind for too long, the power to turn us into courageous white-hot servants of Jesus. To go where he wants us to go. To send us running to tell others and to work for the healing and peace of the world.
A Presence Like No Other
Excerpt: So, why Jesus? Why do I stick with him? Here is the short answer: Because He is unlike anyone else who has ever lived. And if he is who the Bible says he is, then I would be foolish to ignore him. But how can I ignore him when he is a Presence like no other?