Zions Stone UCC

Pastor Mike preaches on the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and, how like St. John, our lives are lived in service to Jesus Christ.

Pastor Mike preaches on St. Paul's words on how those in Christ are new creations and how the tension in the Christian life is the battle between the old and the new.

Pastor Mike preaches on how St. Paul's perspective on how his sufferings caused him to display Christ helped him to see those sufferings as momentary in the light of eternity.

Pastor Mike preaches about how the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ has been given to us, we are clay jars, and how this -on the surface -seems counter intuitive but how God has chosen to spread the proclamation of Jesus as Lord. He also deals with St. Paul's suffering for the Corinthians and what that means for our own suffering today.

Pastor Mike preaches on Isaiah's call narrative and how his vision of God lays out our own worship as well as our vocation as Christians.

In this Pentecost sermon Pastor Mike speaks on the confusion of the languages at Babel and how upon the outpouring of the Holy Spirit humanity is reunited, in their own cultures, languages, and contexts under Jesus Christ. He also speaks on how the Spirit helps us cut through the confusing babble of life to see Jesus.

Pastor Mike speaks on how those who have the Son have life and how those who do not have the Son do not have life. He also speaks on the life of Christ as the testimony of God himself before touching on the witness of Mary and Joseph.

Pastor Mike preaches on the tension between the fear of God being the beginning of wisdom and perfect love casting out fear. He also touches on what is meant by Jesus being the atoning sacrifice for our sin.

Pastor Mike preaches on Psalm 23 and how it describes our lives in Christ.

Pastor Mike preaches on the story of the healing of the paralytic in Acts chapter 3 highlighting the apostolic preaching of Peter of Jesus as the suffering, crucified, & risen messiah and what we can learn about God's work of inner healing to those who have faith in the name of Jesus.