Many churches define baptism by what it doesn't do, robbing it of its power. Pastor Mike preaches on the reality of what is accomplished through our baptism. Far from being a mere symbol, it is our union with Jesus Christ.

8th Sunday After Pentecost, Year C: Colossians 3:1-11

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Drawing from the reading from Colossians, Pastor Mike preaches on the ways we are taken captive and how being rooted in Christ keeps us from falling prey to captivity.

7th Sunday After Pentecost, Year C: Genesis 18:20-32 and Psalm 138 • Colossians 2:6-15, (16-19) • Luke 11:1-13

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Pastor Mike preaches on God's mystery finally being revealed: Christ in us, the hope of glory.

6th Sunday After Pentecost, Year C: Genesis 18:1-10a, Colossians 1:15-28, Luke 10:38-42

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Drawing from the story of the Good Samaritan Pastor Mike preaches on how we try to justify ourselves and the reasons why we justify ourselves and how the antidote to self justification is selfless service.

5th Sunday After Pentecost, Year C: Deuteronomy 30:9-14, Psalm 25:1-10, Colossians 1:1-14, Luke 10:25-37

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Pastor Mike preaches on the story of Naaman and how our expectations of the spiritual life and our expectations of God get challenged which highlight our ongoing need for healing.

4th Sunday After Pentecost, Year C: 2 Kings 5:1-14, Psalm 30, Galatians 6:(1-6), 7-16, Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

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Pastor Mike preaches on the tension between following Jesus and the desire to turn back. Many will start on out on the journey but some will fall away.

Third Sunday after Pentecost, Year C: 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14; Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20; Galatians 5:1, 13-25; Luke 9:51-62

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Pastor Mike preaches on what happens when we encounter God using the story of the encounter between Elijah and YHWH and the encounter between Jesus and the man possessed by a legion of demons.

2nd Sunday After Pentecost, Year C: 1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a and Psalm 42 • Galatians 3:23-29 • Luke 8:26-39

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Pastor Mike preaches on how we cannot derive from nature anything analogous to the Trinity, the Trinity's involvement in our salvation, and how we are called to share in God's divine life.

Trinity Sunday, Year C: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31, Psalm 8, Romans 5:1-5, John 16:12-15

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In the Gospel of John, the Holy Spirit is referred to as the Spirit of truth. Pastor Mike preaches on the truths that the Holy Spirit illuminates and empowers in and for us.

Pentecost, Year C: Acts 2:1-21 • Psalm 104 • Romans 8:14-17 • John 14:8-17

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Pastor Mike preaches on the story of St. Paul casting the spirit of divination out of a slave girl, and how when the Kingdom of God advances it will clash against, but always triumph over, the kingdoms of this world (even when it doesn't look like a win.

7th Sunday of Easter, Year C: Acts 16:16-34 • Psalm 97 • Revelation 22:12-21 • John 17:20-26

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