12 God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: 13 I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the...

A friend of mine told me that at his house there are certain words you can’t say at dinner time: those words are cake, dessert, and candy.

How’s your prayer life? 

What do followers of Jesus do?

Proclaim the good news

Be an agent of healing

Recharge and pray.

… repeat.

What’s our business? Our business is transformed lives. That’s the name of the game. We exist to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to others.

Jesus told us that our job is to be fishers of people, but over the years we’ve gotten to enjoy each other so much in the church that maybe we have forgotten what we are here for: we used to be really good at catching fish, -- I mean, catching people

Jesus calls us beyond mere belief, beyond trust, to following.

Following is the difference between having Jesus only as your Savior and having Jesus as both Savior and Lord.

We are all part of a church family.

It gives the impression that it is a church for families, or of families. 

The word “family” strikes a different chord in each one of us. 

Today we celebrate Jesus’ baptism.  

Jesus is already God’s son. ...

Today as we hear from John the Baptist, is very important that we don’t confuse the messenger with the real thing, we don’t confuse John the Baptist, or anyone else, with Jesus.