Monthly Archives: March 2012

Mark 14:32-41 Why would we want to make disciples?  Why would we want a congregation that makes disciples?  This sermon is for the rest of us:  those who neither procrastinate too much, and aren’t really looking for rewards. We would … Continue reading →

Psalm 23 Here is a song we can live by, and here’s why! God acts on us.  God acts in our world for us. The Lord is:  His reality reaches into ours and guides it! I am not in want:  … Continue reading →

Job 1:8-12 God really seems cruel here, especially as we read on.  Job loses all he has, save his life, and his wife, and his hut.  The rest is stolen, killed, or plagued.  All to see if Job’s faith would … Continue reading →

Mark 13:24-31 Why would we make Jesus our Lord, let Him transform our lives, have someone help our transformation, reach out to teach faith to someone else, deepen our own faith, and tell others about Whom we believe? The answer … Continue reading →

1 Samuel 17: 44-45 Last Sunday I said, basically, that to have Christ raise us all up, we must lay all of our life down before Him.  Truth is, that is VERY hard to do! One reason is because of … Continue reading →

Acts 16:6-10 A congregation is not just for us.  A congregation is also for the people God sends us to.  Some reminders at this point: We are commanded by Jesus (Matt. 28:1 8-20) to reach out to others with the … Continue reading →

Acts 11: 19-26 This might sound weird but a way to phrase the question, “Where is your Antioch?” goes like this, “Where is your congregation in church?” Where is it, better yet, with whom is it, that you find yourself … Continue reading →

Ruth 3:14-15 Ruth’s story is amazing.  She is a Moabite, of a race of people that Jews historically hate.  She married a Jewish man, who died.  Rather than go back to her people, she chose to stay with her Jewish … Continue reading →