March 19: Woman, Here Is Your Son
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: Into Your Hands…It Is Finished Scripture: John 19:23-27 4th Sunday of Lent: Woman, Here Is Your Son (4/6) Did any of you grow up in a family in which there was a reputation that was expected to be upheld either by…
March 12: My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?
Scriptures: Psalm 22 and Mark 15:22-37 3rd Sunday of Lent: My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me? (3/6) Other sermons in this series“The Seven Last Words of Christ” #1: Father, Forgive Them #2: Today You will Be With Me in Paradise #4: Woman, Here Is Your Son #5: I Am Thirsty #6: Into Your Hands…It Is Finished I know I’ve shared with you before about the time I was so angry with God that I literally shook…
March 5: Today You Will Be With Me in Paradise
Scripture: Luke 23:35-43 2nd Sunday of Lent: Today You Will Be With Me in Paradise (2/6) Other sermons in this series“The Seven Last Words of Christ” #1: Father, Forgive Them #3: My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me? #4: Woman, Here Is Your Son #5: I Am Thirsty #6: Into Your Hands…It Is Finished How can you know for sure that something is true, especially if it has the appearance of not being true? I once read…
Feb 26: Father, Forgive Them
Scripture: Luke 23:32-34 First Sunday of Lent: Father, Forgive Them (1/6) Other sermons in this series“The Seven Last Words of Christ” #2: Today You Will Be with Me in Paradise #3: My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me? #4: Woman, Here Is Your Son #5: I Am Thirsty #6: Into Your Hands…It Is Finished We’ve all seen movies which include a scene of a dying person whispering their final words to whomever is with them. They’re intended…
Feb 19: The Supremacy of Christ
Scriptures: Matthew 17:1-9 and Romans 5:12-19 Transfiguration Sunday: The Supremacy of Christ If you’re like most people, you probably found the passage that Deb just read from Romans a bit confusing. Sometimes, the logic Paul uses to argue a point can be hard for our modern ears to comprehend just listening to it. In a few minutes I’ll do my best to unpack it for us, but first I’d for us to come alongside Peter, James, and John as…
Feb 12: A Life of Service and a Life of Generosity
Scriptures: Matthew 4:18-22 & Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 A Life of Service and a Life of Generosity (4/4) Other sermons in this series #1: The Three Committments of a Disciple #2: A Life of Worship & Hopspitality #3: A Life of Opening to Jesus & Obeying Jesus As we bring this particular discipleship sermon series to a close, let me start by asking a question, one which may strike some of you as odd or maybe even irrelevant: Are church…
Feb 5: A Life of Opening to Jesus & a Life of Obeying Jesus
A Life of Opening to Jesus and a Life of Obeying Jesus (3/4) Scriptures: Luke 5:1-11 and 1 Peter 2:21-25 Other sermons in this series #1: The Three Committments of a Disciple #2: A Life of Worship & Hopspitality #4: A Life of Service & Generosity A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to lead a Bible study at the new men’s warming center here in Port Huron. I chose as our focus the story of Jesus…
January 29: A Life of Worship and a Life of Hospitality
A Life of Worship and a Life of Hospitality (2/4) Scriptures: Matthew 4:18-22 and Romans 12:1-2, 9-18 Other sermons in this series #1: The Three Committments of a Disciple #3: A life of Opening to Jesus & Obeying Jesus #4: A Life of Service & Generosity Through the years, different films have set out to present the story of Jesus. These films include: Of course, for the stage there were Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell. A more recent adaptation…
January 22: The Three Commitments of a Disciple
The Three Commitments of a Disciple (1/4) Scripture: Matthew 4:18-22 Other sermons in this series #2: A Life of Worship & Hospitality #3: A life of Opening to Jesus & Obeying Jesus #4: A Life of Service & Generosity Our Saturday morning Men’s Bible study is studying the Gospel of John. Yesterday, we read John’s version of Jesus calling his first four disciples. As John present it, none of them knew Jesus prior to their accepting Jesus’ invitation to…
January 15: Our Side of Baptism
Our Side of Baptism (2/2) Note: this video also includes the Wesley Covenant Renewal portion of the worship service. This link to the hardcopy of this service is also the bottom of the page. Scripture: Psalm 50 and John 15:1-8 Other sermons in this series #1: God’s Side of Baptism You might have heard that the someone in Maine has the winning ticket for Friday’s $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot drawing. But he or she is not yet a…