Sermons
Why You Need to Lose Your Life to Find It
This week in worship, Pastor Doug shares from Matthew 16:21-28 and what it means to lose our life to find it. Leave self behind, deny self – these words of Jesus are straightforward and clear… and difficult for us to hear, accept, and live. Who wants to deny himself or herself anything? There are so…
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Heaven and Hell Are Gated Communities
This week in worship, Pastor Doug will be sharing about how the Bible describes both heaven and hell as gated communities. There is access to both but there is also a boundary and this side of heaven and hell it is important to remember that no one is beyond redemption and that our Creator’s desire…
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Where Do You Turn When You’re Despairing?
This week in worship, as we continue to go through challenging times, Pastor Doug shares about a Canaanite woman from Matthew 15:21-28 who is in great despair about her daughter and where she turns for help. As we become open to encounters that enlarge our faith and understanding and keep our eyes open to others…
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A Faith That Can’t Be Tested, Can’t Be Trusted
This week in worship, Pastor Doug, shares about lessons for the disciples and for us learned from Jesus coming to them walking on the water during the storm in Matthew 14:22-33 to remind us that a faith that can’t be tested can’t be trusted and our faith in Jesus will be tested in the storms…
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The Making of a Miracle
This week in worship, our guest preacher, Rev. Jonathan Singer, shares with us about Jesus feeding the 5000 from Matthew 14 and Jesus’ lesson to the disciples and to us of the transforming power of compassion. Thank you for worshiping with us. If you would like to give toward the work we are doing to…
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God is at Work – Even When it’s Hard to Tell
This week in worship, Pastor Doug shares with us the Parables of the Mustard Seed and of the Yeast from Matthew 13 to remind us that God is at work, even though human eyes may fail to perceive what’s happening and that small beginnings can yield amazing results. Thank you for worshiping with us. If…
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Who is In and Who is Out?
This week in worship, Pastor Doug shares with us the Parable of the Weeds among the Wheat from Matthew 13 to remind us prior to God’s final separation at the judgment good and bad are mixed in the field of the world and in the field of the church. We cannot discern people’s hearts and…
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The Soil of Our Heart
This week in worship, Pastor Doug shares with us the Parable of the Sower from Matthew 13 to remind us that God wants to work with us to prepare the soil of our heart for the seed of God’s word & the presence of Christ. Thank you for worshiping with us. If you would like…
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The Proper Use of Freedom
This week in worship, Pastor Doug reminds us that as we celebrate the freedom of our nation, we also celebrate the freedom God has given us and we’re to commit ourselves to using our freedom wisely and well as God intends. Thank you for worshiping with us. If you would like to give toward the…
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