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Oct 13: The Storm Calms
The Psalm imagines the believer reaching their desired haven. Ironically, in some ways, this will be the last place Jonah wanted to be.The calming of the storm reveals to the men that Jonah's god is in fact The God and is to be feared m...
Oct 5/6: Fleeing from God
We now find out that Jonah is not only fleeing from the task God gave him, but indeed from God himself. We cannot escape God, who does exactly as he wants and indeed sometimes even calls us to preach forgiveness.Readings from this servi...
Sept 28/29: Fleeing from the Job
We're not told why Jonah flees, we're only told what he flees from—the job that God gave him. Later he claims he was fleeing from the job because he knew it would succeed. Like us, Jonah struggles with many aspects of the forgiveness of God.
Sept. 21/22: Upsold on the Gospel!
Though Paul had it all, when he realized the surpassing value of Christ, everything else became devalued.What do we value and how much are we prepared to stretch to get it? Why should we value the Ggospel more than all other things? And...
Sept 14/15: Value for Money
When Simon encounters the power of God, he is amazed but seeks to buy the Holy Spirit with money. Like us, he needs to understand that salvation can only ever be received as a gift. Perhaps our question is similar: what is the fee/buy-i...
Sept 7/8: Bought with a Price
Whatever we think of giving to God, we must know first how much God prizes us. God so greatly values our lives that he gave his only son to purchase our freedom. We are therefore invaluable to Him.Readings from this service:...
Aug 31/Sept 1: The Miracle IS Jesus! Part 2: The Last Miracle, Pt. 2
The language of Matthew 27 (imposter, fraud) only serves to highlight the purpose of this final miracle—it reveals irrefutably who Jesus is. Jesus is the miracle.Readings from this week's service:
Aug. 24/25: The Miracle IS Jesus! Pt. 2: The Last Miracle
Even as Jesus dies, there is a miraculous reveal of who Jesus is. As he is revealed, the people are filled with awe and even the centurion testifies that he is the son of God.The ripping of the curtain is a sign of that which is complet...
Aug. 17/18: The Miracle IS Jesus! Pt. I: The First Miracle
Technically, Christ's conception is the first miracle. The first miracle, like the last, is one that humanly Christ could never have orchestrated. His conception and birth, death, and resurrection reveal that he has power over more than...
Aug. 10/11: Figs & Salvation
Here a miraculous curse reveals both the reality of judgement and leads to Jesus promising his disciples that they too can participate in miracles.Readings from this service:
Aug. 3/4: Jesus Heals Two Blind Men
Human incapacity and vulnerability is no barrier to the overwhelming grace of God. Again Jesus' most specific of miracles reveals who he is as well as what he is like.Readings from this service:
July 27/28: Jesus Feeds 4000
We can be slow to learn. Sometimes we need to see more than one miracle. We can convince ourselves that great things never really happened and before they happen it is impossible for us to comprehend how God will do it.Readings from thi...
July 20/21: Miraculous Fulfillment
Rev. Ben continues our series on miracles this week. The real wonder of the miracles is not the miracles themselves but the fulfillment of the promise.Readings from this service:
July 13/14: Jesus Walks On Wter and So Does Peter ... a Bit!
In the previous sermon, the disciples are, in some small way, involved in it's execution. Again Jesus demonstrates his sovereignty over all creation and in some faltering way Peter joins in.Readings from this service:
July 6/7: Jesus Feeds the 5000
Welcome to our newest staff member, The Rev. Ben Wulpi, as delivers the sermon this week. From the very personal and individual forgiving, healing and delivering of the previous two weeks, here Jesus demonstrates his ability to provide ...
June 29/30: Healing & Deliverance
Some infirmities are physical, some spiritual, some even demonic in origin. But Jesus is Lord over all things. More of his comprehensiveness of his power and nature is revealed here.Readings from this service:
June 22/23: Jesus Heals & Forgives
Rev. Connie continues our new series on miracles this week. Jesus shows that a miraculous healing is part of his process of revealing who he is and what authority he has. They seem more surprised by his claim to forgive than his ability to heal...
June 15/16: Jesus Calms the Storm
Rev. Alex begins our new series, Reveal: The Miracles of Jesus, this week. The purpose of the miracles is to reveal Jesus as the sovereign Lord over all things and the unique giver of salvation.Jesus demonstrates complete autho...
June 8/9: Pentecost
Bishop Jim Hobby delivers our Pentecost sermon. Readings from this service:1 Corinthians 12: 4-13
June 1/2: Prayer & Fasting
It is tempting to make public play out of fasting but consistently God has asked us to humble ourselves quietly. Moreover, big religious acts are no substitute for consistent Christian living.Readings from this service:
May 25/26: Temptation & Deliverance
Although God doesn't tempt us, He can spare us from difficult situations which in turn leads us to sin which in turn leads us to death. Having forgiven us, He has delivered us from Satan's power.Readings from this week's service:
May 18/19: Forgiveness & Forgiveness
God's forgiveness is incalculable in Christ. Yet, even though we have been forgiven much, many still struggle to forgive others. This week's sermon includes a testimony about forgiveness from Mimi Erving.Readings from this service:<...
May 11/12: Daily Bread
God provides for our needs each day, not just in a physical sense, but in every sense. Yet the Exodus account reveals our sinful propensity to forget (or romanticize) the past and to rely on ourselves.Readings from this service:
