Sermons

Wait for It…

December 3, 2017  | 

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Isaiah remind us that we should be actively waiting by being a people who do right.  Advent is a time of preparation that makes the way, the path, for Christ's coming into the world.

If The Answer is Christ is King, What is the Question?

November 26, 2017  | 

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Many people come to the Bible with the wrong question: "What must I do to get into heaven after I die?"  In this parable Jesus explains that is the wrong question.  The right question is Who is God and What is God like?  When you ask these questions you see in Christ the inbreaking fo God into human life.  The world values power and wealth and control while the Kingdom of God values compassion and justice and love.  Life in the Kingdom begins here and now when we follow Jesus not when we die and go to heaven.  Jesus teaches that heaven and hell are choices we make right now and those choices may have eternal consequences.

Now Is The Time

November 19, 2017  | 

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Every year we celebrate what God is calling us to do in the year ahead by dedicating our yearly estimates of giving to the life and ministry of the church.  The parable of the talents reminds us that we have a generous God who expects us to use the gifts we have been given to build the realm of God's kingdom here on earth.  It is a joy to participate in this work.

The Stewardship of Heaven

November 5, 2017  | 

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All Saints Day offers us an opportunity to claim the heritage of faith passed on to us by those who went before us.  In Scotland and Ireland there are places people call "thin places" -- places where the boundaries between heaven and earth are thin.  John, writing in Revelation gives us a peek into what he envisions of heaven and the saints who occupy that space with God.