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Text: Matthew 19:16-30
Sermon: Check Your Bags
Date: March 17, 2013
Series: No Wonder They Crucified Him
March 17 is the fifth Sunday of Lent. During the season leading up to Easter, our sermon series will focus on some of the more confrontational and challenging messages that Jesus taught. Today, our sermon will focus on our natural response when Jesus seems to be asking more than we believe is reasonable.
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Text: Luke 6:26-37
Sermon: Give Outrageous Grace
Date: March 10, 2013
Series: No Wonder They Crucified Him
Listen to Audio: March 10, 2013 AM Sermon
March 10 is the fourth Sunday of Lent. During the season leading up to Easter, our sermon series will focus on some of the more confrontational and challenging messages that Jesus taught. Today, our sermon will focus on Jesus’ calling to do more than the bare minimum to demonstrate His love.
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Text: Matthew 5:27-30
Sermon: Patrol Your Pleasures
Date: March 3, 2013
Series: No Wonder They Crucified Him
March 3 is the third Sunday of Lent. During the season leading up to Easter, our sermon series will focus on some of the more confrontational and challenging messages that Jesus taught. Today, our sermon will focus on Christ’s calling to exercise self-control.
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Text: Luke 6:37-40
Sermon: Complete the Circle
Date: February 24, 2013
Listen to audio: February 24, 2013 AM Sermon
Series: No Wonder They Crucified Him
February 24 is the second Sunday of Lent. During the season leading up to Easter, our sermon series will focus on some of the more confrontational and challenging messages that Jesus taught. Today, our sermon will focus on what happens when Jesus sets conditions.
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Guest Pastor: Rev. Jim Stoel
Date: February 17, 2013
listen to audio: February 17, 2013 AM Sermon
This Sunday, Rev. Jim Stoel will be leading our morning and evening worship services.
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Text: Ruth 4:13-22
Sermon: God’s Hand in Our Redemption
Date: February 10, 2013
Listen to audio: February 10, 2013
The book of Ruth ends with an image of redemption that comes from a surprising place. Naomi’s life has taken unexpected twists and turns throughout this story, but in the end, God provides for Naomi’s redemption in surprising ways.
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Text: Ruth 4:1-12
Sermon: God’s Hand in Our Shrewdness
Date: February 3, 2013
Listen to audio:February 3, 2012
We can sometimes fall into the error of believing that qualities such as shrewdness and ambition have no place in God’s plans. The story of Ruth 4 gives us a different perspective, as we see Boaz’s cleverness to secure Ruth as his wife.
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Text: Ruth 3
Sermon: God’s Hand in Our Risks
Date: January 27, 2013
Listen to audio: January 27, 2013 AM Sermon
On Sunday, January 27, we will continue studying the story of Ruth. This is a strange story where Naomi gives advice that puts Ruth in a risky situation. We will see how God’s hand works in our lives when we are in compromising situations.
Text: Ruth 2:14-23
Sermon: God’s Hand in Our Blessings
Date: January 20, 2013
Listen to audio: January 20, 2013 AM Sermon
Even when we decide to give up on hope, God continues to make His plans work.
On Sunday, January 20, we will continue studying the story of Ruth. We will see how God blesses His people, even when we might become resigned to the possibility that our status will never improve.
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Text: Ruth 2:1-13
Sermon: God’s Hand in Our Luck
Date: January 13, 2013
Listen to audio: January 13, 2012 AM Sermon
We often blame God for our troubles and ignore God when we experience success. In the first two chapters of Ruth, we get a glimpse of God’s hand working through trying circumstances, to restore peace in the lives of His people.
On Sunday, January 13, we will consider the story of Ruth, and how she “happened” to stumble into a situation where she and her mother-in-law were able to receive all they needed, and more. Was she just lucky?