Exodus 1:8-2:10; Psalm 124; Matthew 16:13-20 Jennifer Hosler A leader stands up and says, “They are taking over. They are ruining our country. They are overrunning our cities. They are plotting, they are seeking to undermine our values and our prosperity. Those people must be stopped, must be controlled, must be contained, so that we…
Category: justice
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
Luke 24:13-35, 1 Peter 1:17-23 Nathan Hosler Earth Day Sunday was last week. Though I wasn’t here (I’m going off the word on the street) I heard that while mentioned and in some manner included in the prayer time it was not a main theme. In the end, the point is to focus on…
THERE WE WERE (HERE WE ARE)
Luke 1:46-55, James 5:7-10, Isaiah 35:1-10 Nate Hosler There we were, Jacob and I, sitting in the jurors’ lounge waiting to get called in to wait to see if we will get picked to serve on a jury. Jacob brought a hymnal. I brought a Bible. If we are going to be waiting we might…
TRUSTING THE ENGINEER
Genesis 32:22-31, Luke 18:1-8 Katie Furrow I like to pretend I’m a runner. It’s an activity that I’ve been off and on with since college–I’ll spend a few good weeks lacing up and heading out, proud of my choice to take care of my body. I get excited at the prospect of being able to…
THINGS ABOVE
Colossians 3:1-11 Luke 12:13-21 Jeff Davidson I was here two weeks ago, and at that time I talked about how Christ is in each of us. I spoke from Colossians chapter 1 and said that one of the things that Paul was trying to do was to combat the Gnostic heresy. That’s a heresy that…
1st BEST COMMANDMENT
Deuteronomy 6:1-9, Mark 12:28-34 Nathan Hosler 28 One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; 30 you shall love the…
WORSHIP, JUSTICE, AND A ROTTEN GRAPE
Worship, justice, and a rotten grape Micah 6:1-8, 1 Corinthians 1:18-31, Matthew 5:1-12 “what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” Last week I couldn’t be here because I spent two days with the National Farm Worker Ministry. The Farm Work…
Take Delight in the Lord
Jeff Davidson – TAKE DELIGHT IN THE LORD (Isaiah 58:9b-14 & Luke 13:10-17) “Delight” is a word that kind of makes you smile, a word that implies something uplifting, something that makes you happy. What are some of the things we find delightful? For me, I like to stop in the way out of…
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