Jesus himself often verbalized the inherent tension between God’s Kingdom and this world in which we live.  This Sunday, we delve deeper into H. Richard Niebuhr’s theological exploration of Christ and culture in seeming paradox, contradiction, and tension.  Our Scripture from the Gospel account of Mark displays this tension perfectly as the Apostles, especially Peter, […]

Our next worship series will explore the theologian, H. Richard Niebuhr’s idea that our time in this world currently is about preparation: for the return of Christ, the completion of the work in Christ’s name, and the arrival of the Kingdom of God.  In the theological construct of “Christ Above Culture,” God is using human […]

Our Worship Series on Felons of the Faith will conclude this Sunday with an incredible story of imprisoned Paul pleading for the release from slavery of Onesimus, even as Paul remains in prison for his preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Paul’s physical imprisonment has become the catalyst for his desire to bring social freedom […]

When we allow the Holy Spirit to work, radical things happen! Nobody in the early church would have chosen Saul as a messenger of Christ. He was someone to be kept at arm’s length. In fact, Saul was someone to be isolated, shunned, and excluded. Yet GOD had a different plan. Today, we frequently look […]

Jumping back into the first book of the Bible, we discover a slightly salacious story of wrongful imprisonment about the favorite son of Israel, Joseph.  His story is filled with verbal attacks, physical assault, covetous conspiracy, and injustice.  This Sunday we come into the story of Joseph, having been sold into slavery and taken into […]

We can become consumed with doing, even to the point of working ourselves to death.  In a culture of constant busyness, we cast aside the way of being and doing that God models for us.  Jesus consistently practiced self-care, that deliberate and self-initiated time for rest and rejuvenation of body, mind, and spirit.  Come and […]

People, even Christians, can spend a lot of time and energy thinking and talking about how things should be, and how others should act.  This Sunday we learn that Jesus has a better idea: you set the standard yourself.  People need to see and experience for themselves the way to be.  That is why God […]

This Sunday’s passage might be familiar, but there is a practical aspect of Jesus’ teaching often overlooked: our material wealth can actually prevent us from fulfilling our relationship with God. Our mindset makes all the difference, and we have to make a conscious choice. It is not a choice between financial stability and God, but […]

“Do you swear?”  “I swear on …”  These phrases permeate our verbal culture, but Jesus strongly teaches against such a practice.  This Sunday you can discover why.  The underlying purpose to swearing at all is that our word cannot be trusted, but why would that be so?  Authentic words are the expectation from Christ for […]

Words are important.  They have meaning, power, influence, and affect others in profound ways.  Jesus recognizes that as people of the Word, our words require our attentiveness and intentionality.  We cannot be flippant with our words, or we risk causing harm to others.  Join us this Sunday as we begin our Fall Worship series on […]