Peace.  It seems to be in short supply in these days of upheaval.  No one should know more about true peace than a follower of Jesus Christ and no one should be working harder to bring peace than a follower of Jesus Christ.  But what is peace?  It’s far more than the absence of conflict […]

This is the second part of the Glory Days series based on the book of Haggai.  God raised up the prophet Haggai in order to confront His people who had failed to rebuild the temple after returning from their exile in Babylon.  The messages in chapter 2 of the book turn from challenge/confrontation to promise.  […]

This is the second part of the Glory Days series based on the book of Haggai.  God raised up the prophet Haggai in order to confront His people who had failed to rebuild the temple after returning from their exile in Babylon.  The messages in chapter 2 of the book turn from challenge/confrontation to promise.  […]

This two-message series covers the entirety of the book of Haggai.  Haggai was a prophet called by God to confront the people of Judah who had returned from exile but failed to complete the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.  For too long they had focused on their own lives (‘houses’) to the neglect of […]

This two-message series covers the entirety of the book of Haggai.  Haggai was a prophet called by God to confront the people of Judah who had returned from exile but failed to complete the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.  For too long they had focused on their own lives (‘houses’) to the neglect of […]

This is the final message in the Align series.  Though no one knew God better than the prophet Jonah, his story reveals that it’s possible to know God well yet still have a heart that is out of alignment with his.  In this part of the story, Jonah expresses his outrage over God’s choice to […]

This is the final message in the Align series.  Though no one knew God better than the prophet Jonah, his story reveals that it’s possible to know God well yet still have a heart that is out of alignment with his.  In this part of the story, Jonah expresses his outrage over God’s choice to […]

In this part of the story of Jonah, the prophet is given another command to go to Nineveh and declare God’s message to the city.  This time Jonah obeys, even if reluctant to do so.  On the first day of Jonah’s proclamation, the city as a whole repents of its evil doing and seeks the […]

In this part of the story of Jonah, the prophet is given another command to go to Nineveh and declare God’s message to the city.  This time Jonah obeys, even if reluctant to do so.  On the first day of Jonah’s proclamation, the city as a whole repents of its evil doing and seeks the […]

Message two in the Align series focuses on Jonah’s powerful and personal experience of God’s grace.  We learn that, apart from grace, there can be no alignment of our hearts with God’s.  Jonah’s experience of God’s gracious saving work teaches us three important lessons: 1.) Grace makes our story continue  2.) Grace runs as deep […]