Living by the Spirit

This Sunday, Rev. Dr. Ernest L. Vermont preaches this final message in our series Living By the Spirit. Proposition: Allow the personality of Jesus to be refined & forged into the mold of YOUR life experience! “Untested faith does not qualify as faith.” –Eugene Peterson Click to listen:   Click this link to get a…

“Called to imitate the gentleness of Jesus, we’re far more adept at responding in a reactive, angry, harsh, arrogant, condemning, or judgmental fashion. So many of us are guilty of this, including myself, that I could easily name names… but that wouldn’t be gentle. Gentleness is the quality of being kind, tender, mild mannered; it…

As we continue our journey through the fruit of the Spirit, we’ve covered love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, and goodness—how are you doing? How are you working in partnership with the Holy Spirit to cultivate these in your life? Click to listen:   Click this link to get a printable version: The Importance of Faithfulness…

It is the 12th chapter of Romans that is in many ways the most important in the entire letter, and unfortunately it is ignored. The 12th chapter of Romans asks us the question of “So what?” It asks the question of, “If all this is true, what are we supposed to do about it.” At…

This week pastoral intern Nate Ryan will bring us a message about overcoming evil with actions and attitudes rooted in the love of Jesus. Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. Psalm 34:14 (NIV) Watch our “1 minute” preview for “Overcoming Evil with Good” Additional scripture for this week Psalm 34:8-14…

This is our fifth Sunday on the fruit of the Spirit – how are you doing? Are you seeing growth in the garden of your life of love, joy, peace, and patience? How can you tell? Can people around you tell?   Click to listen:   Click this link to get a printable version: Practicing…

It was a week that provided ample opportunities to practice patience. Patience is “the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset.” Joyce Meyer noted, “Patience is not the ability to wait, but how you act while you’re waiting.” So, how did you do this past week? Click to…

Listen to the process for finding peace that conquers troubles and fears that Jesus describes in John 14:23-27 (NRSV), “Jesus answered him, ‘Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.  Whoever does not love me does not…

While joy and happiness are not exactly the same, I believe it’s true that following Jesus is conducive to joy, therefore if we practice our faith correctly, the fruit of joy will begin to grow and become increasingly evident in our lives over time. In  A.A. Milne’s, classic Winnie-the-Pooh it says, “Piglet noticed that even…