How sharp are you? Has life taken off the edge? Has your faith dulled? Faith is a gift, but without intentionality, discipline and Christian community faith may dull. Join us as we examine Mark 8 and consider Jesus’ warning about the causes, consequences and cure for dull faith.
Category Archives: Sermons
04/27/2025 | “A New Normal” | Luke 24:36-53
After Jesus’ Resurrection, his disciples faced a new normal. For 40 days, Jesus comforts their fears, commissions them give the world the gospel, and promises His presence through the Holy Spirit. The end of the gospel story is only the beginning. Join us as we examine the “end of the beginning” from Luke 24 and consider the new normal for followers of Jesus Christ.
04/20/2025 | “Not Here” | Luke 24:1-12
What is your response to the Resurrection? For those who encountered an empty tomb and a Risen Christ, the Resurrection changed everything. Has it changed everything for you? Has it changed anything in you? Join us as we examine Luke 24:1-12 and consider the significance of the Resurrection of Jesus.
04/13/2025 | “Behold Your King!” | Luke 23:26-56
Luke’s gospel gives scarcely any details about the crucifixion but focuses on the reactions of those Jesus encountered on his Via Dolorosa. He was met with pity, mockery and bitter anger, but also remarkable and unexpected faith. What is your response to the cross? Does it evoke pity, mockery, or despair? Or does it call you to repentance, faith, and hope? Join us this Lord’s Day as we examine Luke 23:26-56 and consider the Kingship of Christ, powerfully declared, brazenly rejected and savingly believed.
04/06/2025 | “Crime Drama” | Luke 22:63-23:25
Pilate’s courtroom is history’s greatest miscarriage of justice. Everyone is guilty – the judge, the prosecutors, the jury – everyone that is except the one on trial. But Jesus is no mere victim of injustice, but a willing sacrifice to divine justice Because of this we have peace with God and with one another. And that is good news! Join us this Lord’s Day as we examine Luke 22:63-23:25 as it unfolds Christ’s innocence and condemnation for our guilt and pardon.
03/30/2025 | “Speech Therapy” | Mark 7:31-37
Fingers in his ears, spitting and touching his tongue, looking to heaven and sighing, and commanding ears “Be opened!” Jesus just exorcised a demon from a distance without a word. So why all the drama with a deaf-mute man of Decapolis? Join us as we examine Mark 7:31-37 and consider Jesus clearly offered to broken, isolated men as the only sufficient Savior.
03/23/2025 | “Dogged Faith” | Mark 7:24-30
Man’s best friend! Yet dog-proverbs, ‘dog-eat-dog, gone to the dogs, sick as a dog,’ always dwell on unsavory traits. To be called a ‘dog’ is never a compliment. So, Jesus’ words to a Gentile woman’s plea for her demon-possessed daughter shock us. Join us as we examine Mark 7:24-30 and consider hallmarks of a dogged, tenacious, persevering saving faith.
03/16/2025 | “Clean and Unclean” | Mark 7:1-23
“Organized religion is full of hypocrites!” Is the spiritual-but-not-religious crowd more right than we admit? Is our religion a mask? A role? Do we honor God with our lips while our hearts are elsewhere? Do we show the expulsive power of a new affection? Join us as we examine Mark 7:1-23 and consider what Jesus says about what does and does not make us unclean and clean.
03/09/2025 | “On Being Prepared” | March 6:53-56
We want to prepare, do our part, get our ducks in a row, clean up our act, get our house in order first. Dust ourselves off and clean ourselves up to prime the pump of God’s grace. But what God actually demands is quite unexpected. Join us as we examine Mark 6:53-56 and consider what it means to reach out to Jesus with the empty hand of faith.
02/23/2025 | “Walking on Water” | Mark 6:45-52
Boats break. Floaties leak. Unlike Water Striders we are not buoyant. Our devices offer no guarantees to keep us afloat. In scripture ‘sinking’ often pictures an insufficient faith in our works or experience. Only the faith Jesus gives can hold us fast. Join us as we examine Mark 6:45-52 and consider how Jesus guards and grows the faith of his struggling disciples as he comes to them by walking on the water.
