Sunday, July 14, 2019. 7 Letters (Part 3). 1 Corinthians 1:26 - 2:5 & Revelation 2:12-17. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. The church at Pergamum is struggling with the question of truth: what teaching should Christians follow? The church has gotten itself into a lot of trouble over the centuries by claiming sole possession of absolute truth. There is a better way to think about the truth of our faith.

Sunday, July 7, 2019. 7 Letters (Part 2). 2 Corinthians 4:8-12 & Revelation 2:8-11. The church at Smyrna is suffering under the affliction of poverty and persecution - afflictions that come as a direct result of bearing faithful witness to the gospel. The pressing question for the church today is whether we are still capable of faithful witness.

Sunday, June 30, 2019. 7 Letters (Part 1). Revelation 2:1-7. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. The church at Ephesus is a busy church, occupied with the difficult task of being the church in the Roman Empire. But in being busy with the good, hard work of the gospel, they had left something behind that was supposed to be their very center.

Sunday, June 23, 2019. Luke 8:26-39. Guest preacher Marjorie Wilhelmi preaching.

Sunday, June 9, 2019. Our Identity (Part 6). Matthew 5:43-48 & 20:1-16. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. Our tendency to keep track of what we (and others) deserve very often puts us at odds with the gracious love and embrace of God. God knows exactly what we deserve, but has decided that it just doesn't matter. Can the church's welcome reflect such indiscriminate grace?

Sunday, June 2, 2019. Our Identity (Part 5). Luke 15:11-32. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. Jesus tells the story of a father and his two sons in order to illustrate the nature of God's gracious welcome, an embrace founded not upon moral performance but upon relationship - a relationship God is determined to maintain at any cost.

Sunday, May 26, 2019. Our Identity (Part 4). Matthew 5:13-16 & Philippians 2:1-11. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. To live in Christ is to make an intentional decision not to allow our identity to be distorted or fragmented by the forces and pressures of the world, but instead to understand our purpose and find our identity in Christ, who led by example, emptying himself.

Sunday, May 12, 2019. Our Identity (Part 3). Matthew 25:31-46 & 1 John 4:7-12. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. When we serve in love, we don’t think about what we will gain or how we will benefit; we give freely of ourselves so that the love of God can be made perfect in us and be made known to the world.

Sunday, May 5, 2019. Our Identity (Part 2). Matthew 4:18-22 & Romans 12:1-8. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. In looking for disciples, Jesus is not looking for particular qualifications; he is only looking for those who are willing to respond, willing to follow, and willing to allow him to repurpose their gifts for the good of God's kingdom.

Sunday, April 28, 2019. Our Identity (Part 1). Acts 2:42-47 & 1 Peter 2:4-12. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. We are a Christian community, but what does that mean? It means more than just being a church; it means striving in our life together to embody the kingdom of God.