First Presbyterian Church of Dearborn Sermons

We start a new series today on the Hymns of Advent and Christmas. Today we celebrate the hope we have in the promises of God. Israel hoped in the coming of the messiah and we did too. Charles Wesley wrote "Come Thou Long Expected Jesus" to recognize both the waiting of Israel fulfilled in Jesus and our waiting for Jesus to return.

God makes all things beautiful in the end. Do we see beauty through our own lens or are we willing to define beauty as God sees it? We explore the beauty of God in this message.

God is a God of innovation. When we read scripture we see that God is continually up to something new. What new is God doing in your life today? And are you able to trust in what God is doing and follow him no matter the cost?

Pastor Mike Hoffman explores Paul's admonition to become an encourager like Barnabas was.

God calls his people throughout scripture to look back at what he has done for them. We can get trapped in nostalgia wanting to go back to the "good ol' times" but God is not asking us to go back, he is asking us to remember how he has worked for us in the past so that we can move boldly ahead in faith toward what he is doing in the future.

Rev. Chris Thomas looks at the life of Mother Teresa and how we can learn from her humble service in the name of Jesus to the least of these on earth.

What does it look like when we seek to do the mission God has given to us in Jesus fully? Rev. Isaac Chung closes out our series on mission in exploring this idea.

Rev. Isaac Chung brings a message helping us understand how God has Sent us to provide for those in need. The fourth in our series on mission and how to do what God has Sent us into the world to do seeks to understand the role that providing for people's physical needs fits into God's plan.

In this sermon we continue to explore what Jesus' mission was and therefore what our mission is. James says that pure religion is to "care for orphans and widows" and Jesus seems to care for those most vulnerable around him. We are called to care the vulnerable of our world in continuation of Jesus' mission.

In our second week of our mission series we examine how we are sent to proclaim the good news of Jesus to those around us. Jesus saw part of his mission being proclaiming the kingdom and so he sends us with the same mission. When we miss this part of the mission, we may do lots of practical things for folks but they may never know the abundance of God's love that we enjoy without hearing that good news.