Blessed by God's Promises - 3.1 Sermon

Abraham is a hero of our faith. It took a lot of faith for him to leave his homeland behind and travel to a new land when he was 75 years old. How do we get faith like that? What we'll see as we look at this story is that faith in God's promises comes from God's promises. We are blessed by God's promises to overcome doubt and adversity and to be a blessing to others. ...

How Awesome is This Place! (2.22 Dedication Sermon)

After a long renovation process, we are finally able to worship in our new building! It's an awesome place! But the question we ponder in this sermon is, "Why?" What is it that makes it so awesome? In order to answer that question, we look at another awesome place. A place called Bethel, where Jacob had an experience that teaches us about the unexpected presence and undeserved love of God. ...

The Word of God Gives Life - 2.22 Sermon

This week we had Vicar Xander Heiman with us to share a message based on Matthew 4:1-11. In this section, we see Jesus perfectly resisting temptation, and we learn that The Word of God Gives Life. ...

Which Side Are You On? - Ash Wednesday Sermon

God is coming to do something about all the injustice and evil in the world. Isaiah makes that clear. He is coming to bring justice. But is that good news for us or bad news? It depends on which side of God's justice you're on. Because of our Redeemer, we know that for us, God's justice means salvation and life. ...

Called to Be Different - 2.8 Sermon

How do we live in a world like this? How should we as Christians act in a world where we're sometimes seen as strange, or even dangerous? That's the question Peter answers for his readers in this section. As we examine this text, we see that we have been called to be different. We are called to live different lives, not in a divisive or off-putting way, but in a way that is appealing to those who don't know Jesus. ...