James 1:5-8 Pastor Chris Tweitmann   As we return to our series of reflections on the book of James, on the one hand, this letter is very pastoral. Skimming the content of what James has written, it’s not hard to pick up on the fact that James is addressing specific concerns – concerns about certain […]

James 1:1-4 Pastor Chris Tweitmann   Today, we begin a new sermon series on the book, the letter of James. James was the biological half-brother of Jesus of Nazareth. However, James was a late adopter of his brother’s Messianic claims. The gospels accounts of both Mark and John attest to the fact that James, like […]

Luke 9:18-26 Pastor Chris Tweitmann   We come to end of this sermon series looking at what it means for us to be the Body of Christ in the world today – as pictured through a quick snapshot of the early Church right after its birth on the day of Pentecost.   On that day, a […]

Acts 4:32-37 Pastor Chris Tweitmann We continue reflecting together on what it means to be the Church. To do this, we’ve been looking more closely at a quick snapshot found in Acts, chapter 2, of the early life and witness of the Church immediately after its birth by the Holy Spirit on the day of […]

Acts 4:23 – 31 Pastor Chris Tweitmann Over these last few weeks, we have been carefully focusing on a momentary glimpse of what the first Christian community looked like as reflected through this intriguing, albeit brief passage in Acts 2:42 – 47. They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking […]

1 Corinthians 11:17- 29 Pastor Chris Tweitmann We are in the midst of a sermon series reflecting on what it means to be the Church. We specifically focusing on a beautiful picture from Acts, chapter 2, of what the Body of Christ looked like right after it was first formed through the gift of the Holy […]

“Growing Together in Maturity” (2 Timothy 3:1 – 17) Sunday, June 13, 2020 (Pastor Chris Tweitmann)   Two weeks ago, we celebrated Pentecost, the birthday of the Body of Christ, the Church.   In light of that celebration and in the midst of these times in which we are living – of uncertainty,   of […]