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Pastor Jamie continues our "Seven Sayings From The Cross" series this week. Check it out!

This weekend we sang the classic "Amazing grace! how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch; like me!"

So well known, it risks losing its profound meaning, given how familiar it might be.

We learned about the wretch this weekend too. A thief so lowly that as he's being crucified, he himself says he deserves this awful fate in Luke 23:41. Imagine that level of rock bottom: to believe you've earned crucifixion.

Then this thief experiences the miracle of amazing grace. Not only confessing the truth of his own circumstances, but Jesus' as well and for this proclamation of faith he hears:

“Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

How sweet the sound. Right? You might be surprised at the reaction this kind of grace might elicit. Jesus wouldn't be, he told us in his famous parable of the prodigal son with the older brother's reaction back in Luke 15:

"Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!"

This grace doesn't always make sense to us. It may even make us feel threatened. All the way back to Cain our history is littered with stories of people worrying about there not being enough blessings to go around or what portions are fair.

Jesus seems to speak through the father in his parable:

"Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found."

Salvation is a miracle that we should celebrate for anyone. The idea that God would cancel our debts and invite us to live with him should sound crazy to us. But with enough baptisms, church attendance, and serving we can forget:

"I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see."

This week Pastor Jamie kicks off our new series "Seven Sayings From The Cross." We look at what Jesus meant when he said, "Father Forgive Them for they know not what they do." Who is the them and what does that statement mean for us? Check it out!

Pastor Jamie caps off our "BOW" series this week. We cannot neglect being part of the community as we grow in our faith. Check it out!

Pastor Jamie continues our "BOW" series. He focuses on what it means to worship God in our daily lives. Don't worry about tomorrow, believe today, obey today and worship God today. Check it out!

Pastor Jamie continues our "BOW" series. This week he focuses on being obedient to God everyday. Don't worry about tomorrow, obey today. Check it out!

Does the Bible teach prevenient grace? That is, does God offer a kind of grace to all people that neutralizes their sin nature so that when they hear the gospel, he or she can choose to believe Christ by an exercise of free will? That's what Pastor Bob will talk about on this episode of Wisdom828. Check it out!

Pastor Jamie kicks off our short 4 week series titled, "BOW." (Believe, Obey, Worship) This week he starts with Believe. Each day we have to Believe in God's character, His promises and His Word. Check it out!

This week Pastor Jamie preaches on Matthew 24, where Jesus is talking about the end times. His second coming will be unexpected and the most important thing we can do is be ready when He does come back.

Can God’s grace in salvation be resisted? Or is it irresistible as some believe? That debate has been going on for over 400 years. Let’s talk about it on this episode of Wisdom828. Check it out!

Pastor Bob preaches this week on being a Royal Priesthood. We are responsible to show the world our love for one another and our love for God. We are also to submit to authority, since it is God who puts people in places of authority. Check it out!