Paradox: Small is Big
In this sermon I take a look at the paradox that in God's kingdom small is big and the trivial is often important.
26 Jan 201620min
My State of the Church Address
This sermon is much more specific to my own congregation. In it, I take a look at where we are as a church and what issues we are facing as we try to be a church in the world today. I also announce good new about our capital campaign and invite everyone to a celebratory dinner.
22 Jan 201619min
Paradox: Lose Your Life To Save It
Here I being a new series on Paradoxes of the faith. The series is inspired by the book Paradoxes for Living by N. Graham Standish. In this first sermon I introduce paradoxes and look at Luke 9:23-25.
13 Jan 201623min
Getting Ready for a New Year
As we come into a New Year, I reflect on how we as Christians should approach our plans. Do we wait for God or do we set goals and plan our lives? I talk about 4 kinds of people in the world- driftwood, docked boats, motor boats, and sail boats. As Christians we should be sail boats--setting goals and following the wind of the Spirit.
6 Jan 201626min
A Theology of Church Music
In this sermon I look at the power and importance of church music including carols, hymns, and praise music. I begin with why God's presence in the Bible is accompanied with singing and then move into why singing and music is so important to our faith.
28 Dec 201517min
What are you Longing for?--WONDER
There are 2 things I have never noticed about the story of the shepherds. 1.) The angel are not shiny. It is the glory of the Lord that shines. 2.) The angel does not tell them to go to see the Bible. The angel just tells them where to find the baby an they decide to go. in this sermon, I unpack these 2 insights and suggest that they point to 2 related thing that people long for--the glory of God and a sense of wonder.
23 Dec 201521min
What are you Longing for? COMFORT
Here I continue my sermon series on what we really long for. In this sermon I take a look at COMFORT. The sermon is left a little open ended because it set up an experience where church members decorated a tree with ornaments memorializing family and friends that are not with them for Christmas.
16 Dec 201522min
What are you Longing for? PEACE
For Advent I am preaching about what people are "longing" for. I don't mean what do we want. What do we long for in our gut that we may not even be aware of that influenced the decisions we make. In this sermon I take a look at peace. But when the Bible talks about peace, it means way more than just simply peace. The lesson about peace is the same lesson that breaking bricks teaches to martial artists.
11 Dec 201518min
