September 22           (18th Sunday after Pentecost)

Text:                Luke 16:1-13

Title:                “HOW TO SHARE YOUR FAITH: SINNERS LIKE US”

Theme:           Jesus was often criticized for eating with sinners. If we’re not careful it’s easy for Christians to separate ourselves too much from the “sinners” of the world. If we are to successfully share our faith we need to realize that Jesus came to save sinners and that those sinners are us.

 

September 15           (17th Sunday after Pentecost)

Text:                Luke 15:1-10

Title:                “HOW TO SHARE YOUR FAITH: HEAVEN LIKES TO PARTY ”

Theme:           God’s grace is often relentless, it never gives up. Here is a God who seeks and continues to seek until he finds, and when he finds, there a party and the parties are outrageous!

September 15           (17th Sunday after Pentecost)

Text:                Luke 15:1-10

Title:                “HOW TO SHARE YOUR FAITH: HEAVEN LIKES TO PARTY ”

Theme:           God’s grace is often relentless, it never gives up. Here is a God who seeks and continues to seek until he finds, and when he finds, there a party and the parties are outrageous!

 

September 8 (16th Sunday after Pentecost)

Text:               John 12:20-33

Title:                TOUGH QUESTIONS: “DO WE PRAY OUR WAY IN OR OUT?”

Theme:           So often our most earnest prayers are when we attempt to "pray our way out" of trouble.  But Jesus gives us an example

                        of prayer as he "prays his way in" to God's will.

September 8 (16th Sunday after Pentecost)

Text:               John 12:20-33

Title:                TOUGH QUESTIONS: “DO WE PRAY OUR WAY IN OR OUT?”

Theme:           So often our most earnest prayers are when we attempt to "pray our way out" of trouble.  But Jesus gives us an example

                        of prayer as he "prays his way in" to God's will.

 

September 1 (15th Sunday after Pentecost)  

Text:                1 Peter 2:1-10

Title:                TOUGH QUESTIONS: “DOES YOUR SERMON HAVE A MESSAGE?”

Theme:           As Christians our life preaches a sermon. But some sermons are a bunch of words and don’t really have a message for life. Peter asks the tough question today, “Does your sermon have a message?”

 

September 1 (15th Sunday after Pentecost)  

Text:                1 Peter 2:1-10

Title:                TOUGH QUESTIONS: “DOES YOUR SERMON HAVE A MESSAGE?”

Theme:           As Christians our life preaches a sermon. But some sermons are a bunch of words and don’t really have a message for life. Peter asks the tough question today, “Does your sermon have a message?”

 

August 25      (14th Sunday after Pentecost)

Text:                James 2:1-17

Title:                TOUGH QUESTIONS: “HOW DO WE PICK OUR FRIENDS?”

Theme:           We often pick our friends based on what they can do for us or what they have done for us. This text from James poses a tough question, “If we really love our neighbor as Jesus commanded us, is this how we pick our friends?”

 

August 25      (14th Sunday after Pentecost)

Text:                James 2:1-17

Title:                TOUGH QUESTIONS: “HOW DO WE PICK OUR FRIENDS?”

Theme:           We often pick our friends based on what they can do for us or what they have done for us. This text from James poses a tough question, “If we really love our neighbor as Jesus commanded us, is this how we pick our friends?”

 

August 18      (13th Sunday after Pentecost)                    [New Sermon Series; “Tough Questions”]

Text:                James 1:17-25

Title:                TOUGH QUESTIONS: “ARE YOU BUYING OR JUST LOOKING?”                             

Theme:           We live in a low commitment society. We often hesitate to commit to anything, either because we’re afraid something better will come along, or because we simply resist commitment. This may work in life but not in our faith. James asks us a very tough question, “Are we doers of the word, or are we “just looking”?