We are supposed to grow in our faith, but what does that mean and what does it look like? What happens if we change the way we view things? Are we losing faith when we no longer believe what we were once taught? Or ... are we actually growing in our faith, while at the same time we feel like we are losing our faith?

Too much of our religious experience is driven by fear. Why do we fear a God who proclaims His love for us? Is there a way to live without fear?

It’s become a thing, “I’m spiritual but not religious.” It even has its own Wikipedia page. What does it mean in practice? Can you really do that? How do you live that way?

We talk about conversion like it is an easy process and all you have to do is accept Jesus. But the reality is that everybody’s conversion experience is different ... and that’s where the problem begins.

There are a few times where it is recorded that Jesus wept. What broke Jesus’ heart? Does the same thing break our hearts? Would we live our lives differently if our hearts broke over the same things that broke Jesus’ heart? In this sermon we discover that Jesus’ entry in to Jerusalem is really a metaphor for his desire to come into our lives ... and maybe that is why he wept.

We like to be in control. In fact, it isn’t good to be out of control... but then sometimes we try to control too much. Let’s explore this issue of control together and find out the best way to control ourselves and whatever we can.

We don’t battle demons like they did in Bible times. ... At least not usually. So why even talk about it? Or do we battle demons ... in different ways? Or do the demons just appear to be different, but we battle them in the same way ... find out a sure fire way to push back the darkness ...

If you want to love Jesus, love people. Not just the people closest to you, love the people Jesus loves, which is everybody, yes, those closest to you, but also the outcasts, the ones with leprosy, figuratively and literally, the homeless, the marginalized, the unlovely,...

Face it, a lot of what is written in the Bible is weird. Stuff that is written about Jesus is ... weird. But what if ... instead of trying to figure out who is right, or what the right way is to understand it ... what if we entered into the weirdness to see what it has to say about a loving God who is beyond our ability to comprehend.

What if when people heard the word Christian, instead of thinking judgmental or proud or something like that, they just thought joyful? People who are able to laugh at themselves. People that were fun to be around. People that gave energy rather than sucking the life out of you. What if when people thought of church that is what they thought?