Sermons

Isaiah 64:1-8; 1 John 3:18-24 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fslBRaBNnrM

"We need to be strongly connected to the vine, intertwined for mutual support, and fed by divine love and grace. We need to be pruned by our vine grower, not prune ourselves or others as we please." Isaiah 5:1-7; John 15:1-11 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I2rBZJ1jEw

"When we sit metaphorically at the same table all around the world, for a brief instant we give the world of glimpse of what the Church was meant to be, the body of Christ in and for the whole world, made up of all kinds of different people united by God’s saving grace in Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; Luke 4:16-30 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yuztErkO7g

"God is with us and has the power and desire to help us change our lives and the world for the better. ... These are the truths which are very good news to those who are suffering with pain or weighed down by guilt because of poor choices. God loves you so much and is here with you no matter what. You can’t make God stop loving you. If you have ever shared some version of that with anyone to offer them comfort, then you are, or have been a good evangelist." Isaiah 52:7-10; 1

"But there is a big difference between being a fisherman and a shepherd. Fisherman do not have to keep the fish alive. They do not have to like the fish, care for their welfare, or make them get along with each other.... But tending sheep requires time, commitment, and relationship building." John 21: 15-17; Acts. 6:1-6 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJBAb8-HleI

"Since their job was to glorify Christ, never themselves, the role of apostleship demanded humility and self-denial for Christ, rather than self-glorification." Romans 1:1-7; 1 Corinthians 4:8-13 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEAX8wHJVto

"When our minds are filled with the prophetic imagination, we become dreamers and inventors and problem solvers." Ezekiel 2:1-7; 3:1-3; Revelation 10:1-11 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmfEVlniX1E

"His story reminds us that without teachers to explain and remind us about God’s word and way, we can both break our promises and lose the values and knowledge God gave us so we could have abundant life." 2 Kings 22:1-13; 23:1-3; Ephesians 4:7-16 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jia-jUe6G3M

"Peter was a foundation stone, but as we will soon see, the Church itself was built out of many stones like him, not just one." Based upon Isaiah 51:1-3; Matthew 16:13-20 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIe4WfonyLM

Judah’s poignant speech about his father’s pain and his promise is really what changes Joseph’s heart because it reveals how much Judah has changed. Now he will not let his father lose his beloved son, and now Judah is willing to do what he did to Joseph, to become enslaved, in order to save Benjamin. Based upon Gen. 44:18-22, 30-34; 45:1-15; Matt. 15:10-20 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chMb1hC-iv0