Sunday, February 23, 2020. 20/20 Vision (Part 6). Exodus 3:1-15 & Matthew 17:1-9. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. Despite all that Christians have confidently said about God over the centuries, God remains fundamentally mysterious, impossible for us to grasp or possess. For those seeking to live a life of trust in an invisible God, it matters less that we get our doctrine just right, and much more that we are good.

Sunday, February 16, 2020. 20/20 Vision (Part 5). Mark 8:27-30 & Philippians 2:5-11. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. Jesus asks his disciples two questions: one about how others perceive him, and one about what they themselves think of him. Then as now, there is often a sharp discrepancy between what the world says of Jesus and what he really means to those who follow him.

Sunday, February 9, 2020. 20/20 Vision (Part 4). Romans 8:18-25. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. All of creation is involved in and yearning for God's work of salvation, and that has profound implications for us. As we look at the world that God has made, it is critical—now more than ever—that we recognize the close relationship we have with the whole of God's creation.

Sunday, January 26, 2020. 20/20 Vision (Part 2). Luke 10:25-37. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. The Parable of the Good Samaritan shows us that loving our neighbor demands more of us than just looking at others differently or making the internal moral effort to become a better neighbor to others; it calls for us to be proactive in making others our neighbors.

Sunday, January 19, 2020. 20/20 Vision (Part 1). Isaiah 43:1-7 & Matthew 6:25-34. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. Who am I, and how do I fit in the world? These are elemental questions of human existence, and how we choose to answer them has profound implications for the person we become and the life we lead.

Sunday, January 12, 2020. Psalm 103 & Mark 2:1-12. Andrew Pomverville, guest preacher.

Sunday, January 5, 2020. Matthew 2:1-12. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. The magi did not bring gifts to Jesus to celebrate his birthday, nor are they the reason we share gifts with each other at Christmas. They reveal to us something much deeper about the significance of this child and they help us begin to think about how to respond faithfully.

Christmas Eve 2019. Not Yet (Part 5). Isaiah 9:2, 6-7 & Luke 2:1-20. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. The Christ child has arrived, Jesus is here. But Jesus is at the very same time not yet here. This puts us in a challenging in-between, living in darkness but aching for the light that we have glimpsed, the light that we know is coming. The good news of Christmas is more than an ancient arrival; it is a promise.

Sunday, December 22, 2019. Not Yet (Part 4). Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 & Matthew 1:18-25. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. This world is not perfect by any measure—it remains full of strife and pain and sin, in spite of the fact that Jesus has defeated the power of sin and death. So what gives? We find our answer to this question as we consider the means of Jesus's arrival and the purpose for which he came.

Sunday, December 15, 2019. Not Yet (Part 3). Isaiah 35:1-10 & Matthew 11:2-11. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. Israel was waiting for so much more than a Messiah; they were awaiting God's decisive action on their behalf. But when they assumed that God's action would serve Israel's narrow benefit, they failed to grasp the full scope of God's work. When the church adopts a similarly narrow focus—assuming that God's work in the world is (or should be) for the church's good—we miss the expansiveness of God's grace and the broad intention of God's coming kingdom.