(A Sermon Series in 13 parts covering James 2-5; Series was preached from July 26th-October18th, 2009) Faith without works is dead. The warning that James brings to the first century church rings across the centuries. The Christian faith is a living faith, not a theoretical enterprise. We live discipleship to Jesus, we don’t just sing […]
Who Do You Say That I Am? Mark 8:27-30
June 12, 2009 By
It was a long journey to Caesarea Philippi. The city was built on the slopes of Mount Hermon at the source of the Jordan River. Herod Philip built the city in honor of the great Roman emperor Augustus and it stood as a tribute to the greatness of Rome’s emperor-god. Jesus and his disciples needed […]
Maturity Check
June 1, 2009 By
Philippians 3:10-15 10 I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. 12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, […]
God Our Rock 1, 2 Samuel; Psalms
May 12, 2009 By
“Why, O God?” and “For how long?” are questions that David must have (and if you read the Psalms very much you will see that he did) ask often. “Why do my enemies constantly persecute me? What wrong have I done?” David, the man after God’s own heart, the young man who had been anointed […]
Exposing gods of wood
April 7, 2009 By
(A sermon series in 12 parts; Series was preached from April 19th-July 5th, 2009) It has been some time since folks have bowed down to worship a handmade idol, calling it their “god.” We snicker at the very thought of it! But gods are among us, and they are worshipped every day. In fact, even […]
