Nehemiah 8:1-12. Gathering the people, Ezra reads from the book of law and it transforms the people. What does the Bible have for us?
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January 29, 2010
January 22, 2010
2010 January 17- Practice Hope
Isaiah 60:1-6. In a dreary, gloomy season, how do we sustain ourselves and hold on to hope in the darkness? (from the evening sermon- the morning message did not make it…)
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2010 January 10- Jesus in the Little Things
John 2:1-11. Jesus blessed a wedding with his presence at Cana of Galilee… Why is this his first “sign” in John? Wedding wine?
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January 6, 2010
2010 January 3- Life after baptism
Luke 3:15-22. A new year and an opportunity to live a new life, fresh start.
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December 30, 2009
2009 December 2009- Jesus, Boy Wonder
Luke 2:41-52. Jesus at age 12. What can we learn from a boy of 12? Turns out with Jesus (and probably many others) there is always something…
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December 25, 2009
2009 December 24- Tidings of Joy?
Luke 2:1-20. The angels said tiding of joy for all people. So when do we get to find the joy?
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December 20, 2009
2009 December 20- Mary, Mother of God
Luke 1:26-38. The last sermon in the Christmas Characters Series was about Mary.
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December 15, 2009
2009 December 13- Joseph, Jesus’ Stepdad
Matthew 1:18-25. What are we to make of Joseph, Jesus’ stepdad? This message takes a look at what we can learn from him about following Jesus.
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December 9, 2009
2009 December 6- Herod Is a Meanie
Matthew 2:1-12. In the second sermon in my Christmas Characters Series we looked at Herod and how in some ways we may tend to be like him in our attitude about Christmas.
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November 30, 2009
Characters of Christmas Series
I have been thinking for awhile it could worth the time to flesh out some of the characters who play key roles in the birth of Jesus. Too often we short change their stories. I began with a clear plan in mind, to cover three individuals and one “group,” the shepherds. As I came up to the first character, Elizabeth, I saw that there really was a piece missing in the approach I had planned: hostility to the Christmas message. Sadly, as much as I appreciate what the story of the shepherds brings to the Christmas message, Herod’s hostility to hearing there was a “new king in town” was just what I thought would round out the series. That is where we go on week 2 of the series…