Message from Rev. Eric Landry on December 24, 2018

A King from Bethlehem - Humiliation and powerlessness seem to be the starting points for many biblical stories. The prophecy of Jesus’ birth in Micah 5 is no exception. This week, we’ll turn to this ancient prophecy to see what it meant for King...

The Song of God - “SMH." Sometimes even the people we love most can cause us to shake our heads. Disappointment. Frustration. Anger. Love and affection can quickly turn sour, especially with the holidays magnifying all the stress we normally...

This fire is in the hands of your Father, and it's focused and it's purposeful and it is aimed only at the things in your life that need to be burned away, so that what is left is pleasing and holy and acceptable to him... If you belong to God, if...

One of the strangest Christmas metaphors for Jesus is found in the hauntingly beautiful hymn, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: “O come, thou Rod of Jesse, free thine own from Satan’s tyranny.” The “rod of Jesse” is language borrowed from the...

Grace for Ishmael - The book of Genesis is structured around ten different genealogies. This week, we will look at the shortest one, and complete our turn from the story of Abraham to the story of Isaac and his succeeding generations. The genealogy...

Isaac and Rebekah - With Genesis 24 (a chapter some have called the Bible’s greatest romance), the story of Genesis shifts to Isaac, Abraham’s son. The old questions still remain: will God be faithful to the promise he made to Abraham? Will Isaac...

Sorrowing in Faith - Abraham and Sarah lived to be very old, but they only lived long enough to see just one of God’s promises come to fruition in their life. They did not live long enough to see all of God’s promises fulfilled. This week, we...

The Scandal of Sacrifice - Christians talk easily of “living by faith.” The phrase itself has become jargon, a way of saying nothing of any consequence at all. This Sunday, we’ll be reminded of how scandalous living by faith actually is. In the...

Abraham, the Lying Priest - This week, Abraham acts as a kind of priest for Abimelech. He secures peace and establishes an everlasting covenant with his gentile neighbor. But, Abraham can’t escape his previous encounter with Abimelech. His lie is...