What is Biblical prayer? Have you ever thought long and hard about this question? Most of us, and for many years I have been similar, the answer is probably not. We know some of the great “prayers” of the Bible but it is the unknown prayers we may want to consider. Having faith when God is silent. It…

Life is unfair! This is a hard truth everyone one of us faces, sometimes weekly and sometimes not as often. Right does not always win. The better team sometimes loses. Why do evil people succeed? Ever wonder this? I struggle to use the word “evil” because it is so easy to see others as being awful, incompetent,…

The future is… How would you finish the statement/sentence? We want certainty and security. Nothing wrong with this and I believe it is one of the primary needs we have as humans. This is why the future can be so scary and we want to look backwards, for the past we already know. This is what the Lord…

We all want independence. This is a basic need but I am starting to wonder we have taken this too far in our present culture. This was not the view of the ancient world We can easily become isolated. This was part of what Jeremiah was telling the nation, look around and learn. Yet in true independence…

We live in a throw away world. As soon as something doesn’t work for us we are sometimes quick to throw it away or put in a pile for “some day”. We want a quick fix. Similar to this is the “silver bullet” mindset. May I call this is the “Amazon mindset”—meaning we want what we want and we want it now!…

Change happens! In fact, I could argue the pace of change has only accelerated in the past 15-20 years. We grasp at anything that will give us security. Some of the things we go towards are not bad, others very much so. We need a voice of truth AND hope! Not just one or the other but both. I am becoming…

We are people of the future. We talked briefly, and will go in much further details on Wednesday morning, about the future and our hope. We cannot forget where we are going! We need to be people with good memories. We are not people of the past per se. We don’t just need to remember. We need to remember…

We all want clarity. In a world where there is chaos, confusion and more of the such we seek clarity. What is the best way to…? This is where in previous sermons I have talked about praying for wisdom. Without wisdom we will never see things clearly. In Jesus’ day there were 613 commands from the OT.…

Who are humans? A foundational question of life. The answer we give will reveal much about how we treat others, ourselves, and the purpose of humanity. Who/What has authority? Tied to our first question but yet distinctly different is the one of authority. Mark asks, “Who is Jesus?” This is one of the…