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For several summers, we have ventured into the Psalms. We jumped around a little in 2015 and 2016, but then we decided to start at Psalm 1 and preach through them consecutively. Last summer, we concluded with Psalm 35 . So today, we pick up the Psalter again, and open to Psalm 36 (this summer we will…

As we go through the fruits of Spirit. Whether you have noticed it or not but each one of the fruits mentioned is a characteristic of God’s nature. Each of these fruits are traits that describe who God is. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,…

Justice and mercy are the tangible expressions of loving our neighbors as God has loved us. They are the ways that we live like Jesus here and now, affirming the goodness of Gods image in others and anticipating the overflowing shalom peace and flourishing that characterizes Gods coming kingdom.

Today’s text teaches us the idiocy of idolatry. The Psalmist pulls back the certain of our heart and shows us the insanity of idolatry. This song can be sung in four words . . . TRUST IN GOD NOT IN IDOLS. Psalm 115 is the third song in the Egyptian Hallel. The Egyptian Hallel is made up of Psalm 113-118…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

Opening - Happy Thanksgiving Eve, Eve, Eve, Eve, Eve?! If you were here last week, Tad made sure to tell you to hold me accountable to to keeping this sermon short so we can all enjoy the wonderful food downstairs! I cannot promise that, but I will do the best I can! Before we start, let’s go to God…

God’s covenant faithfulness to his people is the foundation for us to bear the spiritual fruit of faithfulness.

Opening • Welcome • Message Opening • Shifting the focus of the series some for this month • Covid increasing • School beginning in some form or fashiou • Football, festivals, etc • Want to look at some stories of God’s power The Story • Set it up - Moab, Ammon, Meunites (Mt Seir) • Jehoshaphat - Judah…

Intro: When I was leading worship and trying to impress the new music teacher so she would join the church. (Forgot to take the Capo off). Last week we began this look into worship through singing. Last week we saw that there are 50 explicit commands around singing. Kind of strange, right? Don't murder.…

Intro - Prayer: Father, we praise You and honor You. Holy Spirit teach us Your ways. Open our hearts to Your Word and give us wisdom to understand, and courage to follow you Jesus. Amen. Acts Chapter 7. Evangelism often involves engaging in apologetics - providing a reasoned argument for what you believe…

Great is His Faithfulness

A Season of Thanksgiving is the theme I am using for these next few weeks before our Thanksgiving celebration. The Bible knows nothing about a single day set aside as Thanksgiving day to begin an annual family four-day weekend which includes a rather typical kind of American style buying binge that we…

What does it mean to be a friend? Do you have deep friendships with people?We see deep friendships in our cultureC.S. Lewis thought so. C.S. Lewis: “Friendship arises out of mere Companionship when two or more of the companions discover that they have in common some insight which the others do not share…

Sarah has passed away. Abraham is now very old . The focus of the Genesis account now begins to shift to Isaac, the only son of Abraham and Sarah, the son promised to them, the son through whom all the blessings of the promise will come. The focus is no longer on Abraham as such, though he’s still involved…

This is a sermon about grace.

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through…

Intro, prayer, housekeeping Happy Father’s Day! I struggled, and struggled to write this sermon. While the topic may seem simple - fatherhood (as any of us fathers sitting here tonight can attest to) is anything but simple. Dads, future dads, granddads (and the same for the ladies here) my goal tonight…

This was one of those weeks that left me feeling like we are surrounded by problems that no one can fix. Everything is broken and you could run around all day trying to avenge every injustice and rescue all the lost people and wear yourself out trying to show others how to live right. And maybe accomplish…

Our Scripture lesson this morning is taken from Lk 1:46-55 : And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for he who is mighty has done great things…

The steadfast love of God walks with us even when it's too dark to tell.

Our Scripture lesson this morning is taken from Luke 1:67-80 : And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,…

1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord ’s hand double for all her sins. 3 A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord ; make straight in…

Love is such a complex and so simple thing isn’t it? I was not a country music fan growing up but this woman I was interested in was, so in an effort to impress her, I started listening to country music. I wanted to at least understand what she liked. Now I have come to enjoy country music and that woman…

The spiritual fruit of kindness is not about being a nice person; kindness in the Bible is a combination of two expressions: compassion and mercy.

Pastor Kevin Jones once told a story of an evangelist that was making his way home on a train. This evangelist sat down beside a young man, and after a while he noticed tears in his eyes. The minister asked if there was anything he could do to help him. The young man said, "Preacher, two years ago, I…