People like to say that We’re all God’s children; that being human unites us as His children.  But it’s more like the opposite.  We’re all alienated from God; being sinful unites us as not His children.  The good news is that since we share the sentence sin brings, we can also share the salvation Jesus brings.

This book so far can leave us feeling pretty defeated.  The Gentiles are sinful, the Jews are sinful.  If the people called God’s people are just as lost as the people who are not called God’s people, then what’s the point?  Maybe it’s not us who have failed, but God Himself!  That is the voice of frustration, not of truth.  God has not failed His people.

Most of us have given up on New Year's resolutions, because we’ve been there, done that, and they don’t work.  But Jesus makes us new creatures, we can change because we are changed.  Therefore, we need to live changed.

A Christmas Message - Luke 1:39-45

Mike Bell preaches from Isaiah 9:6-7

This sermon examines the question Mary asked when told by the angel that she would give birth to the Son of God.

A book is not good because it has a good cover; an egg is not good because it has a good shell.  Those things are nice, but it is what is on the inside that counts.

A reminder that Thanksgiving is more than a holiday

This passage ends with the jarring condemnation, “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”  Work and pray that this is not true in your case.