“Living faith is more than listening to a sermon on your TV, it is more than having devotions and having a good moral life. It moves you to do things that are extremely difficult, painful, heart-sinking, risky and stomach-turning. Faith moves you to deep and difficult things, knowing that God has promised to be with […]

“We imagine a pleasant upward path. Maybe one with hard work, yes – but still one with a clear trajectory: we set our aim at an upward, glorious goal, and we advance. And to that, Jesus says that the way to glory is down. The road to glory is death… Bearing fruit that blesses others […]

This is the 17th of our morning devotionals with our pastors. Here’s the outline for this morning: OPENING PRAYER: O God, come to our assistance, O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning, is now and will […]

This is the 16th of our morning devotionals with our pastors. Here’s the outline for this morning: OPENING PRAYER: O God, come to our assistance, O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and will […]

This is the 15th of our morning devotionals with our pastors. PSALM: Psalm 15 SCRIPTURE READING: Philippians 4:8 PRAYER SENDING: Pastor: Go in peace, serve the Lord. Response: Thanks be to God.

“…the word “apocalypse” itself means “to uncover” or “to unveil” – to reveal. And God does this again and again in the Scriptures and in history. He does this to some extent to all people, in all times and places, but in the Bible we see him especially do it to his people. And when […]

“Most people are at least somewhat comfortable in the paradigm they have… It may not be perfect, it may have flaws, but at least they know it and they know how to navigate it and how to seek what they want in it. And so when Jesus comes, upsetting that paradigm, we object. He may […]

This is the 14th of our morning devotionals with our pastors. Here’s the outline for this morning: OPENING PRAYER: O God, come to our assistance, O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and will […]

This is the thirteenth of our morning devotionals with our pastors. Here’s the outline for this morning: OPENING PRAYER: O God, come to our assistance, O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and will […]

“If you have not stolen, lied, cheated or sinned in grievous ways, and you have been a regular attender at FPC, a shining example of piety and faithfulness, but you have broken the law by judging someone who has, you are a transgressor of the law. You have sinned before God.” Pastor Gutierrez’s evening sermon […]