Sermons on Galatians
March 19: Woman, Here Is Your Son
4th Sunday of Lent: Woman, Here Is Your Son (4/6) Other sermons in this series“The Seven Last Words of Christ” #1: Father, Forgive Them #2: Today You will Be With Me in Paradise #3: My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me? #5: I Am Thirsty #6: It Is Finished Scripture: John 19:23-27 Did any of you grow up in a family in which there was a reputation that was expected to be upheld either by behaving in…
Oct 30: It Takes a Village
This sermon was delivered on our Consecration Sunday, when church members turned in their estimate of giving cards indicating their financial support for 2023. Scriptures: John 6:1-14 & Galtians 6:2 In 2007, researchers at The University of California-San Diego did a study on generosity. They called it “The Sharing Game.” Participants in this study didn’t have to do anything other than make a choice between two hypothetical options. Option #1: you could receive $7. Option #2: you could receive…
April 3: The Cross: The Ground of Our Boasting
This morning is the fifth week in our Lenten Journey toward the Cross of Calvary. During Lent, Pastor Drew will be preaching a 7-part sermon series which will focus on some of things Christ specifically accomplished through his suffering and crucifixion, collectively referred to as the passion of Christ. The series is entitled “Why Did Jesus Die?” and is inspired by John Piper’s book, The Passion of Jesus Christ. The main point of the whole series is that the suffering an death…
July 4: For Freedom
Scripture: Galatians 5:1-6, 13-25 A week ago, yesterday, I woke up with the flu. It didn’t take me very long to realize that I would not be able to lead worship the next day. And so, a communication immediately went out to all of my retired colleagues in the congregation to see if anyone was in a place to step in at the last minute. And, obviously, Bob Chapman walked up to the plate and pinch-hit for me and…