Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen

Jesus did not receive the best welcome when he preached in his hometown of Nazareth. After all, he was simply a young man who had grown up there. Why should anyone think he had authority from God? Jesus warned the people that no prophet is accepted in his hometown, and they would miss out on God's blessings if they did not respond to his call. Just as familiarity led them to treat Jesus with contempt, so our familiarity with Jesus and knowledge of his love might tempt us to take him for granted. But his warning to the people of Nazareth calls us to treat our Lord with great reverence and honor.

Text: Luke 4:14-30

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen

Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit into the desert to face temptations there. In this time of testing he was proved faithful to God in ways his Israelite ancestors had not been, and he modeled for us the humility that leads God to lift us up in due time.

Text: Luke 4:1-13

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen

John the Baptist preached a powerful message of God's judgment and the need for repentance, a message that prepared people for Jesus by calling them to bear good fruit for God, humbling themselves before God and one another.

Text: Luke 3:1-22

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen

When Jesus was born, God (mostly) did not invite the wealthy, powerful, or influential to meet his glorious Son. He invited the lowly and humble, lifting them up—and modeling for us that we should do the same, just as Jesus humbled himself to become one of us.

Text: Luke 2:1-40

Sunday Sermon by Kevin JensenMary's song, the "Magnificat", celebrates God's goodness to both Mary as God chose her to be the mother of his Son and to the humble as he rejects the powerful and lifts up the lowly. Her song sets the stage for Jesus' ministry of bringing God's blessing to the humble and encourages us to both be humble ourselves and to join God in lifting up those who are lowly.Text: Luke 1:1-56

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen

Mary's song, the "Magnificat", celebrates God's goodness to both Mary as God chose her to be the mother of his Son and to the humble as he rejects the powerful and lifts up the lowly. Her song sets the stage for Jesus' ministry of bringing God's blessing to the humble and encourages us to both be humble ourselves and to join God in lifting up those who are lowly.

Text: Luke 1:1-56

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen

The women who first encountered Jesus' empty tomb came away afraid yet filled with joy—just as we do when we, too, first come into contact with the awesome power of God. Over time, though, as his power works in us, the fear becomes reverence and it combines with our increasing joy to become wonder, which leads to worship.

Texts: Matthew 27:32 to 28:20, Ephesians 1:15-23

Sunday Sermon by Phil Diaz

We consider the meaning of forgiveness, how we forgive others, how God forgives us, and evidence in our lives that we are forgiven by God.

Texts: Matthew 6:9-13 and other selections

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen

Why did Jesus have to die? We explore teachings from Romans, Hebrews, and Isaiah 53 to find out why Jesus' death was necessary for our salvation and our reconciliation to God.

Texts: Isaiah 53; selections from Romans and Hebrews

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen

Why does God give us free will? Does he do it to tempt us to do wrong? Does he not care if we fall to sin and lose our relationship with him? Starting in the Garden of Eden, we explore the Scriptures to find out why God gives us the right to choose good or evil.

Texts: Genesis 2:15 to 3:13 and other selections