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Sermon on the Mount
01/03/2010 Narrow Gate
12/27/2009 Good Gifts
12/20/2009 For the Love of God
12/13/2009 Sermon on the Mount
12/06/2009 Salt and Light

The Church: Our Dysfunctional Family
11/29/2009 1 Corinthians
11/22/2009 Paul
11/15/2009 Philemon
11/01/2009 Paul and Barnabas
10/25/2009 Legalism
10/18/2009 The Great Commission
10/11/2009 Saul
10/04/2009 Simon the Sorcerer
09/27/2009 Cultural Conflicts
09/20/2009 Ananias and Sapphira

Not a Series
09/13/2009 Tax Collector and Pharisee
09/06/2009 Matthew 15
08/30/2009 The Shrewd Manager
08/23/2009 Simon Peter
08/16/2009 The Prostitute
08/09/2009 Prodigal Son

21st-Century Faith
07/19/2009 Community
07/12/2009 Jesus
07/05/2009 Freedom
06/28/2009 A 21st Century Faith

[Not Part of Series]
06/21/2009 Letter to Diognetus

Ecclesiastes

Sermon series description coming soon.
06/07/2009 Part V
05/31/2009 Part IV
05/17/2009 Part III
05/10/2009 Part II
05/03/2009 Part I

Life in the Light

Sermon series description coming soon.
04/05/2009 Palm Sunday
03/29/2009 The Light of Faith
03/22/2009 The Light of Truth
03/15/2009 The Light in Utica
03/08/2009 The Light Today
03/01/2009 The Light is Love
02/22/2009 The Light to Come
02/15/2009 Life in the Darkness
02/08/2009 Jesus is the Light
02/01/2009 Life in the Light

Tough Questions

Sermon series description coming soon.
01/25/2009 What is Communion?
01/18/2009 Why is the Good news Offensive?
01/11/2009 What is the Good News?
01/04/2009 What is the Purpose of Life?
12/28/2008 What Does Incarnation Have to do With Me?
12/06/2008 Why Pray?
11/30/2008 Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
11/23/2008 Why Does God Want My Money?
11/16/2008 Hell?
11/09/2008 Why Do Bad Things Happen?
11/02/2008 Doubt

Luke

The Gospel of Luke records Jesus as having said: "I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! ... Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
08/31/2008 Luke Part 9
08/24/2008 Luke Part 8
08/17/2008 Luke Part 7
08/10/2008 Luke Part 6
08/03/2008 Luke Part 5
07/27/2008 Luke Part 4
07/13/2008 Luke Part 3
07/06/2008 Luke Part 2
06/29/2008 Luke Part 1


Nehemiah

Those who have spent much time in church or listened to more than a few sermons on the radio have no doubt, in some form or another, heard a call for spiritual revival.  Revival in the faith tradition I was raised focused on saving souls and it looked like this: a plea for the conversion of the unsaved, a warning of repentance for the backslidden and a cry for the faithful to work harder at converting the unsaved and winning back the backslidden. In other traditions, the focus of revival is on reforming social injustice and is expressed through a call for Christians to engage in social justice and political action.

As I think about it, I have spent most of my life as a follower of Jesus responding to calls for revival, calling for revival or arguing how my understanding of revival is superior to all others--- yet deep down, something always incomplete about these ideas of revival.

The author, Jim Wallis, in his book, The Great Awakening , argues that “spiritual awakening isn't considered ‘revival' until it changes something, not just in people's inner lives but in society...spiritual conversion must lead to social reform.”   As followers of Jesus we shouldn't allow political parties to define for us what it looks like to love our neighbors.  Jesus loved each person he met as a whole person, body, soul, mind and spirit and so must we.  We shouldn't have to choose between saving souls and fighting injustice; we can and must engage in both.
06/22/2008 Nehemiah 8
06/15/2008 Nehemiah 7 View the Video
06/01/2008 Nehemiah 9
05/25/2008 Nehemiah 6
05/18/2008 Nehemiah 5
05/11/2008 Nehemiah 4
05/04/2008 Nehemiah 2
04/20/2008 Great Commandment
04/13/2008 Nehemiah 1

Hebrews
The book of Hebrews - a literary masterpiece - proclaims and explains the supremacy of Jesus as God, king, prophet, and man. The brilliance of Hebrews is found in its simplicity of revelation. The book spiritually removes the blindfold that covers the eyes of us confused, dizzy children as we reach to pin the tail on the first thing we touch. In the months to come we will walk through the book of Hebrews with the hope that our eyes will adjust to the light of truth, that we will be enthralled by the beauty and love of our Lord Jesus, the Christ, and that we will go forth in love to serve our neighbors.
04/06/2008 Hebrews 13:15-25
03/30/2008 Hebrews 13:7-14
03/23/2008 Easter Sunday
03/16/2008 Hebrews 13
03/09/2008 Hebrews 12:18-29
03/02/2008 Hebrews 12:4-17
02/24/2008 Hebrews 12:1-3
02/17/2008 Hebrews 11:20-40
02/10/2008 Hebrews 11:20-40
02/03/2008 Hebrews 11:5-7
01/28/2008 Hebrews 11:1-16
01/20/2008 Hebrews 10:26-39
01/13/2008 Hebrews 10:22-25
01/06/2008 Hebrews 10
12/30/2007 Hebrews 9
12/23/2007 Hebrews 8
12/09/2007 Hebrews 7:11-7:28
12/02/2007 Hebrews 6:13-7:10
11/25/2007 Hebrews 5:11-6:12
11/18/2007 Hebrews 4:4-5:10
11/11/2007 Hebrews 4:1-16
11/04/2007 Hebrews 3:15-19
10/28/2007 Hebrews 3:1-14
10/07/2007 Hebrews 2:10-18
09/30/2007 Hebrews 2:2-9
09/23/2007 Hebrews 1:7-2:1
09/16/2007 Hebrews 1:5,6
09/09/2007 Hebrews 1:1-4

Between the Trees
Within the endless span of eternity we find time, space, matter, and life. Within this span the Bible portrays human existence as beginning and concluding in flawless lands, each containing a most precious tree, the Tree of Life. We live, however, between these two trees, in a flawed world, as flawed people. How should we understand and experience life in this time between the trees? Where is God and where are we? What should we think? What should we do? How should we live? In this sermon series we will explore our unique existence in this brief period of time "Between the Trees".
08/19/2007 Unashamed Between the Trees
08/12/2007 Freedom Between the Trees
08/05/2007 Compassion Between the Trees
07/29/2007 Contentment Between the Trees
07/22/2007 Christians Between the Trees
07/15/2007 God Between the Trees
07/08/2007 Between the Trees

Are You Full of Bull?
07/01/2007 Hospitable
06/24/2007 Charitable
06/17/2007 Teachable
06/10/2007 Humble

Worship
06/03/2007 Let's Go Worship
05/27/2007 Worship as a Lifestyle
05/20/2007 Worship as a Sunday Event
05/13/2007 Worship as a Celebration
05/06/2007 Worship as Revelation/Response
04/29/2007 Worship as Reverent Submission

(not part of a series)
04/22/2007 Membership Has No Privileges
04/15/2007 My Lord and My God

Prayer
04/01/2007 Prayers of Petition
03/25/2007 Prayers of Intercession
03/18/2007 Prayers of Thanksgiving
03/11/2007 Prayers of Worship
03/04/2007 Job's Journey
02/25/2007 Relational Prayer
02/18/2007 How Not to Pray
02/11/2007 Why We Don't Pray

Faith in Action
02/04/2007 Faith in Action Part V
01/28/2007 Faith in Action Part IV
01/21/2007 Faith in Action Part III
01/14/2007 Faith in Action Part II
01/07/2007 Faith in Action Part I