Langdon Palmer

Today’s scripture ranges from the big questions like: “Why did Christ come when he did?” and “How do Christianity and Judaism go together ?” to the practical questions like “How do I deal with my discouragement ?” Join us as we dive into the wonders of making Maple Syrup in the spring, Growing Lemons for the world, and a 2000 year old Olive Tree to discover God’s plan of redemption for the world!

Today we look at the good news of the gospel … but it ends up forcing us to take a hard look inside ourselves. The current raging debate in the U.S. over a southern border wall reveals the bigotry of both the political right and the political left. It reveals the bigotry in me, and that is not a comfortable thing to experience. This podcast will not be easy, but we hope it will get people of all political persuasions to reflect on their own temptations to see people as guilty by association, to reduce them to nothing more than a totem for “Those People.” We look at when walls and tribes are good, and when walls and tribes become bad. We dig into what Paul meant by the “dividing wall of hostility” and the incredibly good news that Jesus went to the cross not only to pay for our personal sins, but to reconcile us the clans we are tempted to despise as “those people.”

Today we encounter some of the most crucial and famous verses of the New Testament, verses that helped give birth to the Reformation. Paul tell us that we “have been saved by faith not by works”, but he also tells us that we are “God’s workmanship created for good works.” How do these two things go together? This morning we dig into the basics of the Christian faith but we also discover the message hidden in plain site – why church sanctuaries look the way they do, and what sitting in a church was supposed to tell us.

In all the ages of human history, in all locations in the world, there is one place that does not resolve, there is one place where there is an unfathomable mystery, like an infinite well, and that place is the person known as Jesus. Today Paul helps us catch a glimpse of the actual nature of Jesus and then models for us a way to pray. We often pray for our circumstances to change and the scriptures encourage us to do so. But today Paul teaches us an even more important way to pray.

Today we begin our verse by verse bible study of the book of Ephesians, an incredible letter of hope and practical advice. What does it mean when Paul says that God "chose us before the foundation of the world" ? Join us as we dig into the introduction of Ephesians which reminds us who we are and whose we are.

Is there actually a way to interpret the bible correctly ? Yes, there is. There is a basic method that works for understanding any book. We then add to that approach the unique revelation of Jesus Christ, because Jesus is the key that unlocks the meaning of the scriptures. Come join us as we cover five basic principals that will allow you to study the bible for yourself and discover not what you want it to mean, not what someone else told you it meant, but what God intended for it to mean!

The new year stretches out before us like a field beckoning us to come out and play. Who will I be in the year ahead ? What practices and habits can actually help me be the person I want to be in the coming year? Come with us on a crazy ride through dreams and fields and ice storms on New Years day that leaves us standing in silent awe before the Maker of Heaven and Earth!

How do we deal with worries and fears ? We worry about very many things, and each worry is different. In this sermon from Advent 2007, Pastor Langdon discusses a number of biblical strategies for dealing with worry and we pray that one of these will help you with the worry you are dealing with right now. See the show notes for additional resources

We are told that the first Christmas is about “good news of great joy”, but the truth is a lot of people missed it, lots of folks never encounter it. It is God’s idea that we have prepare ourselves for the coming of the Messiah so that we have eyes to see him when he actually comes. John the Baptist tells us exactly how to do this. What he tells us does not exactly sound Christmassy – it is not exactly tinsel and gingerbread men. It turns out that rebuke and salvation always go hand in hand. Join us as we find out how “Tidings of Comfort and Joy” are only for those who remember that “Christ our savior was born on Christmas day – to save us all from Satan’s power when we had gone astray…”

“Therefore the LORD himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.”

Is there really such a thing as revelation and prophesy ? Does the Old Testament really prophesy that Jesus is the Messiah, or do the New Testament writers take the Old Testament out of context ? Join us for a fascinating journey that spans from the politics of 750 B.C., past Handel’s Messiah, right up to our very lives, as we learn how to interpret Old Testament prophesies.

See the four images of prophecy at http://levpres.org/sermons/advent-scene-2-the-sign-of-the-prophet/