Keith Kovacs, member of St. George's, shares his Testimony (faith story), with following sermon by Rev. Ryan Slifka

The state of the world can cause us to lose heart. Jesus counsels pray as the gateway to persistent hope.

Faith is more a process than a possession. And through faith incredible things happen. Like forgiveness.

10 lepers are healed in this scripture passage, while only one returns in gratitude to Jesus. This man, we will see, has been "twice healed."

The straighforward reading of this parable--that we are to share our wealth or else--doesn't account for the fact that Jesus says threats don't actually work.

Jesus' "hardest parable" suggests that we are to engage in a great campaign of sabotage.

We are tempted to think that the spiritual life is about seeking after God. But here, we find a God who is relentlessly seeking us.

Luke 14:25-33. One of the “hard sayings” of Jesus where he says that if we want to follow him we must learn to hate family and life itself, take up the cross, and give away all our possessions.