[No Sermon Audio] God unravels political systems, schemes, and nations, using atypical prophets and preachers. God’s chosen messengers stand up to what is wrong and call for repentance. And their…
[No Sermon Audio] What an astounding idea: true power being made perfect in weakness! Do we believe it? Dare we act on it? Jesus sends out his disciples with nothing…
[No Sermon Audio] How joyful it is to give from our abundance. Paul writes of this important value to the Corinthians; Jesus exemplifies it by healing a woman and raising…
[No Sermon Audio] The disciples learned that journeying with Jesus did not insulate them from difficulties and storms in life—Paul found that to be true as well. Jesus never promises…
Paul writes, “We live by believing and not by seeing.” Sometimes the way the world judges things—by size, wealth, popularity, etc.—can be deceiving. A tiny, tender twig, a minuscule mustard…
[No Sermon Audio] THEME OF THE DAY “Where are you?” This question is the connecting link between today’s lessons. God wants to know where His people are, and is always…
It’s what’s inside that counts. We know that idea very well—whether it’s a bag of potato chips whose contents have “settled,” leading to a puffed up bag only half filled…
[No Sermon Audio] THEME OF THE DAY Today is the Day of Pentecost—the birthday of the Christian Church. A more descriptive name for it might be the Festival Day of…
On this special Sunday, between the Ascension of our Lord and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, we do well to remember Christ’s promise, “Lo, I am with…
Can love be commanded? Jesus seems to think so. “Love one another as I have loved you.” It is a love that is active, not passive; it is not so…