Sermons

Human beings always look for answers to explain life. We move in one of two directions…either speculation: what we imagine the answers are; what we want the answers to be, or revelation: what the answers are, how the world really works, and who God really is. Despite post-modern thinking, absolute truth best explains the reality…

We complete our study of Abraham with the dramatic and tense episode of Abraham’s conundrum. Isaac, the long-awaited son of the promise finally born, and now God tells Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. Whaaaaaaatt? How does the story play out? What do we learn about God and God’s plan of salvation?

God asks Abraham to do something that distresses him greatly. He is told to send away Hagar and Ishmael, the son he has raised for sixteen years, the son he loves because the son of the promise and the son of human effort cannot share the same inheritance. What do we do when God’s plans…

Abraham and Sarah had been holding onto the same word from God for the better part of three decades. They had made mistakes along the way. There had been detours, complications, a whole lot of drama. And through all of it, the promised son had not arrived. This message is about why the birth of…

Besetting sins: Why do I keep giving in to the same temptations, even when I know better?

Every once in a great while, we talk about money. Because it’s an honest conversation about what your wallet already knows about you. Our bank statements and our calendar will testify to what we actually love, whether or not our mouths agree with them. But, before we talk about generosity, we must talk about grace.…