by Secretary | Oct 3, 2021 | Sermons
Why Faith? Why Faith? Today we look at Job. On the surface we might simply ask the question why? We may dig deeper and ask the classic question why do bad things happen to good people? However, I think the question Job needs us to ask is why faith? Scripture: Job...
by Secretary | Sep 26, 2021 | Sermons
Be Salty Be Salty Today Jesus has a series of moral teaching for us. This section of Mark’s gospel kicks off a wider disertation by Jesus on how we should be living rightly with one another. However, over the course of this passage from Mark’s gospel there...
by Secretary | Sep 19, 2021 | Sermons
I Don’t Understand I Don’t Understand Mark’s gospel picks up on the same themes this week as we addressed last week. Primarily this comes down to the variety of ways the disciples simply didn’t understand what Jesus was trying to teach. ...
by Secretary | Sep 12, 2021 | Sermons
Are We There Yet? Are We There Yet? It turns out the most dreaded question that can be asked during a car trip is also one of the most inappropriate questions a Christian can ask of themselves or others. Scripture: Psalm 19 and Mark 8: 27-38 There are a few technical...
by Secretary | Sep 5, 2021 | Sermons
Table Scraps Table Scraps Our passages today focus on reconciliation, the hard work of forgiveness. It might not look that way at first glance, as the passages have more finger pointing in them than words of forgiveness. However, if you dig deeper you will find that...
by Secretary | Aug 29, 2021 | Sermons
Look Within Look Within Today’s passage finds us agreeing with the Pharisees and scribes. Not something that happens very often, but when they ask Jesus why the disciples don’t wash their hands before they eat, we might find ourselves nodding our heads in...
by Secretary | Aug 8, 2021 | Sermons
Signs Our passages today focus on reconciliation, the hard work of forgiveness. It might not look that way at first glance, as the passages have more finger pointing in them than words of forgiveness. However, if you dig deeper you will find that the theme of...
by Secretary | Aug 1, 2021 | Sermons
Being Well Fed Our passages today focus on reconciliation, the hard work of forgiveness. It might not look that way at first glance, as the passages have more finger pointing in them than words of forgiveness. However, if you dig deeper you will find that the theme...
by Secretary | Jul 11, 2021 | Sermons
Looking Deeper Looking Deeper Looking into a mirror only takes us so far. Sometimes we have to look a little deeper, dig a little further in order to expose light to a situation. Our scripture text for today is grim. When I was recording the scripture reading, I may...
by Secretary | Jul 4, 2021 | Sermons
What is an Adequate Response to Despair? What is an Adequate Response to Despair? What should we do when nothing is going right? Not just in our own lives, but in society in general. When things don’t make sense and are wildly out of control. When despair sets...
