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Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
09/11/22

Gospel: Luke 16:1-15 (Pentecost 15: Series C)

God commands we serve only Him. We serve Him with all we have and all we are, including the 90% of our income which does not go in the plates. What does it look like to serve God above money?
Jeffrey Pulse
Jeffrey Pulse
08/21/22

Old Testament: Proverbs 25:2-10 (Pentecost 12: Series C)

All of this is interesting and useful in preparing a sermon, however, there are no explicit words of Gospel in this text. How does one preach without shoe-horning the Gospel into the message, perhaps in an inappropriate or confusing manner?
Mariah Coward
Mariah Coward
05/25/22

True Connection through Christ

I trust that because of the gospel, God will continue to mend what I, in my sin, continue to break.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
12/11/21

Don't You Know My Own Story?

He also took our own history and suffered all the agony and pain of our own lives.
Daniel Emery Price
Daniel Emery Price
04/10/21

Christ's Words of Comfort: Matthew 11:28-30

Jesus is proclaiming the good news that he has come to put an end to laboring to be loved by God.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
02/21/21

Gospel: Mark 8:27-38 (Lent 2: Series B)

Make no mistake, the life to which Jesus is calling His disciples is radically other than what our world preaches.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
04/01/20

The One Who Justifies the Ungodly

If you want to stay out of jail, look to the law. If you want into heaven, look to the promise. If you want to earn a paycheck from your boss, work. If you want to receive salvation from your God, believe.
Caleb Keith
Caleb Keith
03/12/20

COVID-19 and a Time of Uncertainty

Is there, or should there be, a Christian response to COVID-19? I think the answer is yes, but not in the sense that Christians have a silver bullet or cure. Christianity and Christians do, however, have something to offer the world in an era of uncertainty. They have the sure promises of Christ.
Dan Chrismer
Dan Chrismer
02/04/19

The God Who Sees Me

There have been so many times in my life where I have thought to myself; God isn't paying any attention to me. He doesn't care what I do down here on this inconsequential planet in the middle of the huge universe He controls.
Brian W. Thomas
Brian W. Thomas
02/01/18

Let the Little Children Come to Me: A Sanctuary for Children

“In a culture that promotes self-interest, children in church learn that something much bigger and more important than themselves is going on in their midst."
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
04/13/17

Jesus, Be Jesus for Me

Jesus is many things. He’s an example. He’s a teacher. He’s a great thinker and philosopher. But He’s also so much more, and He’s one thing above all else: He is Jesus, Savior.
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
02/09/15

The "Matrix" Moment

Have you ever watched The Matrix? Crazy movie, right? The thing that continually keeps reminding me of that movie is the last thing you’d probably think of, even though the movie is rife with motifs, themes, and analogies of it.
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