What are you doing for Pentecost? What is God did that here in The Chestnut Level sanctuary? Remember, God poured out his Spirit on all people. All people.
What do you think of Jesus Christ? What do you think of the Church? These questions were asked of people, with divergent answers. How does the church get such a bad reputation in spite of the glory of Jesus?
What are we to do when we see an injustice? Are we to stop and help or are we to move on? There is only one lens through which we should see the world's problems, and that is the lens of a tear. When the world is at it's worst, that is when the church must be at it's best.
Weekly worship is looked at as an obligation at best. We gather in God's presence offering presence. Worship is a time to abandon ourselves to God. All God asks is for that one hour back. How much do we love God?
Why should we go out into the world, with all its different religions, and teach them about Jesus? We can go out into the world, with all our doubts and weaknesses and still show them the truth of the Gospel. Just be yourself.
Some who followed Jesus did not understand His ministry. They had pinned all their hopes on Jesus. What is there to do after Jesus' crucifixion, when things didn't quite work out the way they had hoped? The message of Easter teaches us that 'it ain't over 'til it's over'. Lo, Jesus is alive!
The weekly messages offered from the pulpit can be uplifting, inspiring, correcting, life-changing. Listen here and know that God loves you and wants to be in communion with you.