Sermon on Ephesians 4:17-5:2, for the 11th Sunday after Pentecost 2021 (B), about how we are to "put off" the old flesh like an old pair of clothes, and to "put on" the new self. How do these "new clothes" work, and what does it do for us? How do the "old clothes" affect us? What's our struggle and how does God remember us? 

Sermon on Ephesians 4:1-16, 10th Sunday after Pentecost 2021 (B), about walking worthily according to the call to which we have been called...what is the difference between the worthy and unworthy walk, and how are we part of the body of Christ. 

Sermon on Mark 6:45-56, for the 9th Sunday after Pentecost 2021 (B), about Jesus' walking on water to the disciples in the midst of the storm, and how the presence of Jesus, the Great I AM, brings calm in our lives. What does it mean to "take heart" and how can we lay down our fears, exhaustion, doubts, etc, with Jesus? 

Sermon on Galatians 5:1, 13-26, for the 4th of July 2021, about 3 Kinds of freedom: spiritual, civil, and the freedom of the flesh. What do these freedoms mean? What are the dangers to losing them? How do we receive and walk in freedom? 

Sermon on Mark 3:20-35, for the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost 2021 (B), about Jesus casting out demons and the accusation that He did so by the power of Beelzebul. Jesus talks about warring kingdoms, and who is the strongest man. 

Sermon on John 3:1-17, for Holy Trinity Sunday 2021 (B), about how we are born again/born from above/born of water and the Spirit, and how the Spirit opens our eyes to see the kingdom and enter the kingdom. 

Sermon on John 15:26-27, 16:4b-15, focusing on 16:8-11, for Pentecost Sunday 2021 (B), about the work of the Holy Spirit to convict the world of sin, righteousness and judgement. What does conviction mean? 

Sermon on 1 John 5:9-15 (really focused on v. 6-12), 7th Sunday of Easter, about the contrast between the testimony of man vs. the greater testimony of God. What is testimony? Who takes the stand to witness/testify to us? What is the testimony about? 

Sermon on 1 John 5:1-8, for the 6th Sunday of Easter 2021 (B), about how faith, love, and a true confession of Jesus are identifying marks of the children of God. How does John  present the "new life" of believers, and how do we become such children? What defines and shapes our love in the Christian family? 

Sermon on 1 John 4:1-6, for the 5th Sunday of Easter 2021 (B), about how we are to "live not by lies" but to "live by the truth." How does a Christian learn to discern the Spirit of Truth from the spirit of error/lies?