Over the next couple of months, we’ll begin a pattern of walking through the Psalms in the summer - hence the name “Summer Psalter.” Between now and Labor Day, we’ll examine one Psalm each week (we should finish around Psalm 16 this year). Next year, Lord willing, we’ll pick up where we will leave off.…

One of the things that has surprised me in our study of the book of Luke is the number of times that the kingdom of God is referenced - over 30 times. Over the course of the last 67 sermons, we have discussed various aspects of the Kingdom of God - what it is, who it entails, how to enter, what Kingdom…

Pastoral Prayer Good morning Lord, Today, we join the psalmist as we worship you for your omnipresence… Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. If I lift up the wings of the dawn,…

I would guess that most of us have been to the eye doctor at some point. If, like me, your natural vision is bad and declining, your visits to see Tom and Robin will be regular. When you sit in the chair, there are a variety of things that doctors will do in order to understand what you can see (because…

He is risen…He is risen indeed For centuries, Christians have used that call and response, especially on Easter Sunday. It’s a simple and brief call and response, but it proclaims one of the central truths of our faith - that Jesus is alive! Yes, He was crucified. Yes, He was buried. Yes, He is alive.…

Crucifixion and death of Jesus

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Throughout history and in various stories, people have gone to great lengths, doing wrong things for the right reasons. President Lincoln bent some laws in the least and may have broken some in order to end the scourge of slavery in our country - the wrong things for the right reason - in his case, the…

With friends like these… In the early days of WWII, the Netherlands sought to maintain a position of neutrality. However, when the Nazi German army invaded the nation, the leaders of the Netherlands sided with the allied forces in opposition to Germany. On February 22, 1944, bad weather caused allied…

Ways that we demonstrate strength wealth Physical Knowledge Force of personality Legal as Jesus prepares to suffer, he demonstrates that our strength comes not through ability or self- sufficiency, but through surrender. And he came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples…