Sermons

Jesus says (Matthew 25:35, 40), “I was a stranger and you welcomed me. Just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.” Believing this with all our heart changes our behavior toward all people, including and especially folks we don’t know.…

One spiritual leader described the choice we face every moment this way, “Will you engage this moment with kindness or with cruelty, with love or with fear, with generosity or scarcity, with a joyous heart or an embittered one?  This is your choice, and no one can make it for you.  If you choose kindness,…

Division between people is not what the Kingdom of Heaven is about. In and through Christ, God is about bringing people together and knocking down the dividing walls and divisions that human beings have used to differentiate themselves from other people throughout history; divisions of race, religion, ethnicity, gender, class and whatever other categories humans…

If we want to be more like Jesus and less like the disciples were before Christ’s death and resurrection, if we want to be faithful and live how Paul tells us we’re supposed to in Romans 12, then there are at least three things to do so we can take the lead in outdoing one…

Amid all that is taking place, Paul tells the Ephesians they’re to be (Ephesians 5:20), “giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” As you begin a New Year, what are thankful for? What are you afraid of? What are you praying about? What do…