Sermons

Message from special guest Rev. Jack Carlson Psalm 19:7-14; James 5:13-20 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTazE0Awhh8

Gifts of Immigrants Sunday Gifts of Immigrants Sunday was on the calendar long before Springfield’s trouble began. But in my experience,...

Who would make your skin crawl and your heart feel holier-than-thou if he or she was seated next to you? It is not for us to decide who...

All these many centuries later, we modern disciples remain in the tree-walking stage as well, or in the words of the apostle Paul, we...

Tzedek is about healing, forgiving, and helping; it is as much about the truth of God’s grace, as it is the problem of human sinfulness....

It is a blessing to put in a good word for someone, particularly someone whom society neglects or judges. It is a blessing to advocate on...

In the Bible, God creates and recreates everything with words. That means that what God says, literally goes. Psalm 89:1-8,14-16; Ruth...

Jesus said that he gave peace not as the world gives, recognizing, as Jewish scholars did before him, that God’s shalom is an...

Divine chesed is not romantic love, however. It is a kind of profoundly self-giving and forgiving love contractually codified in God’s...

We do not confess our sins because we regret things did not go as planned, or regret that we have been caught. We confess our sins...