Today we are looking James 1:17-27, a New Testament letter to the early churches. The writer talks about the importance of listening more than speaking, and being slow to anger - and reminds us that God's Word (i.e., the Spirit of Christ) dwells within us. How does that change us? 

This week we look at Mark 7, in which Jesus says what matters is not what goes into a person, but what comes out. How would we rate the output of our lives? 

This week we look at Mark 7, focusing today on how our cultural obsession with what we put into our bodies may distract us from the more important work on what we put out into the world. 

This week we look at Mark 7, Jesus' discussion about where our focus is to be. Those who were investigating him spent a lot of energy worrying about rituals and food laws; he said it is the heart that we need to look at. 

This August, we are doing a worship series at my church on Summer Pastimes and how they speak to us of the life of faith. Today that is picnics, with John 21:9-14 as a gospel anchor. 

This week we look at John 6:56-59 - still on Jesus’ teaching about being the Bread of Life – and how it offended even his followers. Some of them walked away. How do we handle it when our faith is challenged, or God offends or disappoints us? 

This week we look at John 6:56-59 - still on Jesus’ teaching about being the Bread of Life – and how it offended even his followers. He seems to contrast the life of the spirit and the life of the flesh - yet in this life we require both. How do you find the balance? 

his week we look at John 6:56-59 - still on Jesus’ teaching about being the Bread of Life – and how it offended even his followers. How do we feel about things Jesus said and did? 

This week we look at John 6:56-59 - still on Jesus’ teaching about being the Bread of Life – and how it offended even his followers. Sometimes we have trouble with what Jesus has to say - how do we handle it? 

This August, we are doing a worship series at my churcesh on Summer Pastimes and how they speak to us of the life of faith. Today that is baseball - metaphor alert!