Sermons

Cut to the heart by John the Baptist's message of repentance before the coming of the Lord, the people asked:

Hannah's prayer of thanksgiving comes from the blessing of God who granted her longed-for son she so desperately desired and so fervently prayed for. Before there was a prayer of thanksgiving, there was a prayer of deep distress and anguish. Hannah's prayer of thanksgiving for the gift of a son will lead to Mary's prayer of thanksgiving for the gift of a Son, the promissed Messiah, our Savior and Lord.

In the new season of Advent, we watch for Jesus coming among us

In the midst of all the anxious striving and struggling for power and control in this world, the people of Christ affirm what we continually pray in the Lord's Prayer:

Thanksgiving is recognition of God's provision in all of life

Jesus prevails in our lives against the pressure of past, present, and future

The story of the widow's mite helps distinguish contribution from commitment. While many rich people put great sums of money into the temple offering, they also had great sums of money left over. Not so with the poor widow. She had nothing left over. What that widow did is entrust herself and her tremendous need into the Lord's care and keeping, and that takes faith - great faith.

God's saints live life after the Lamb, Jesus, brings us into the community of faith - not just in the future, but now

What does the Reformation movement have to do with today? Although how we lived has changed dramatically over the centuries, the underlying condition of our human situation has not changed. Reformation is rooted in truth - God's truth that speaks across the ages:

The work of the Spirit, given to and through us, is fruit that will last