That perfume was worth over six thousand dollars, and she poured it on His head.  What a waste!  She was misunderstood, ridiculed and scorned.  There were those who wanted to sell that expensive perfume and give the money to the poor after they skimmed some for themselves of course.  What does this story mean to us today?   Listen and find out.

Why must a lamb die every time someone sins?  It's not fair!  That lamb didn't do anything wrong.  In the Old Testament, you had to bring a sacrifice, a lamb as a substitute for sin.  Then Jesus came, the Divine Lamb of God, the innocent one to die for all of mankind.   This is the doctrine of substitutionary atonement.  Controversial, but essential to our salvation.

Today is an exciting day for me.  I was just voted in as the pastor of New Life Church in Prunedale.  I found the very first sermon I preached here from January 20, 2019, and I thought you would like to hear it.   We meet in the Senior Center at 8300A Prunedale North Road.  That's the little blue building in the American Legion parking lot.  We meet at 10 AM (9 AM on the second Sunday of the month).  We are basically a start-up church with about 10-15 in attendance.

Today, if you will hear His voice.  it's a statement but it begs a question, will you hear His voice.  All through the scripture, we are exhorted to seek God, to seek His face.  Let's explore what it means when a church, both corporately and individually purpose together to seek God, and to seek His face.

Kleenex alert!Today we look at John 11 when Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead.  We focused on that tiny little verse, Jesus wept.  Jesus grieved with Mary and Martha, even though He knew what He was going to do.  In the same way, Jesus grieves with us when we are mourning the loss of a loved one.  We do not grieve as those who have no hope, but we still grieve.  I played a song during the sermon, but I had to delete it for copyright purposes.  The song is "This Time It's Different" by Steve and Annie Chapman.  You can listen to the song herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBawSSYkYZQThe other reason I cut it out of the podcast is I was crying so hard, and you couldn't hear the song on the recording over the sounds of my crying.  I can't listen to that song without tears.   Please go listen to the song. Pastor Ted

Jesus declared Himself to be the Good Shepherd.  That is a very powerful image to those who understood sheep and shepherds.   Understanding this imagery gives us some very real assurance that we are truly Safe in His Hands.

We see it all the time, evil people prosper but the faithful suffer.  They get away with murder (literally and figuratively).  Does God care?   Does God even see what is happening?  Tune in for a divine perspective from Psalm 73.

Who were the wise men?   More accurately they are called the Magi.  Who they were, why they traveled over a thousand miles to visit one little child in a small village in Israel is a fascinating story.  Come join us as we explore Matthew chapter 2.If you are in the greater Salinas/Prunedale are and don't have anything else to do on Christmas Eve, you are welcome to join us for our Christmas Eve Candlelight service.   This is about an hour singing Christmas songs, worshiping Jesus (just like the wise men did) and a candlelight service.  I'll also tell my Christmas story, "The Bad, the Sad, and the Glad".  We meet at the Prunedale Senior Center at 6 PM.  The address is 8300A Prunedale N. RdPrunedale, CA 93907 This is located just below theAmerican Legion HallSee you therePastor Ted.

We all know about the shepherds who saw the angels who announced the birth of the Christ Child.  But do you really know the story?  There are some real suprises when you really hear the story.

When we tell the Christmas story we almost never talk about these two giants of the faith.  There's so much we can learn about our faith from the story of these two saints.  Join us as we explore the short encounter between an old man, an old lady, and the Creator in infant form.