Faith Reflections

Text: Acts 16:11-40, Philippians 1:1-11 / Date: 5-24-2026 / Location: Faith Christian Reformed Church (New Brighton, MN) Paul's Christ-centered message reaches Philippi impacting the lives of a wealthy woman, a female slave, and a Roman jailor.

Text: John 17:13-26 / Date: 5-3-2026 / Location: Faith Christian Reformed Church (New Brighton, MN) As Jesus prays before his crucifixion he speaks of joy and hatred, light and dark, and a sanctified life for his disciples as they make him known in the world and draw others to him.

Text: Colossians 1:15-23 / Date: 3-22-2026 / Location: Calvary Christian Reformed Church (Edina, MN) Paul proclaims the supremacy, centrality, and sufficiency of Christ as he points to Jesus as the firstborn of all creation and the head of the church.

Text: John 19:16b-27 / Date: 3-8-2026 / Location: Faith Christian Reformed Church (New Brighton, MN) Through excruciating pain Jesus brings the Christian community together. From the cross he creates a family of spiritual brothers and sisters.

Text: Romans 8:31-39 / Date: 2-15-2026 / Location: Faith Christian Reformed Church (New Brighton, MN) The preserving hand of a sovereign God on his children as they persevere in the faith.  Responding with lives that seek understanding, a personal relationship with God, and faithful witness to our neighbors.

Text: Ephesians 1:3-14 / Date: 1-125-2026 / Location: Faith Christian Reformed Church (New Brighton, MN) A sovereign God reaches into a fallen humanity and graciouslyadopts us as his own. 

Text: Matthew 25:14-30 / Date: 12-28-2025 / Location: Faith Christian Reformed Church (New Brighton, MN) Jesus responds to questions about his return with parables of readiness. What we do with what we've been given while we are waiting for that return matters.

Text: Isaiah 9:6, John 15:1-17 / Date: 12-14-2025 / Location: Faith Christian Reformed Church (New Brighton, MN) Remaining in Christ and abiding in his truth and love. We prune our lives so we can bear the good fruit of the vine.

Text: Philippians 4:10-13 / Date: 11-9-2025 / Location: Faith Christian Reformed Church (New Brighton, MN) Grateful hearts and contentment in times of abundance and times of need. Recognizing on God's sufficiency.

Text: Isaiah 58 / Date: 10-19-2025 / Location: Faith Christian Reformed Church (New Brighton, MN) Evaluating our worship and its focus. Is it God directed or self serving? Isaiah calls us to seek the good of others and share what we have, spending ourselves for others as proper worship.

Text: I Peter 4:8-11 / Date: 9-7-2025 / Location: Faith Christian Reformed Church (New Brighton, MN) Connecting with God, others, and each other through service. Building community and worshipping God through the fruit of our faith.

Text: Deuteronomy 7:7-9 / Date: 9-7-2025 / Location: Faith Christian Reformed Church (New Brighton, MN) Moving forward while recognizing God's faithfulness. His presence in the past gives us confidence in the present and for the future. Deeply rooted in God we seek to bear good fruit.

Text: Psalm 77 / Date: 8-31-2025 / Location: Pease Christian Reformed Church (Pease, MN) Trusting in God when the path is perilous or his presence is not felt. Remembering the moments when he has shown up and trusting him to carry us again.

Text: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 / Date: 8-3-2025 / Location: Faith Christian Reformed Church (New Brighton, MN) Considering the sacrament of baptism and the promises we make to the children of our church community.

Text: I John 4:13-19 / Date: 7-27-2025 / Location: Faith Christian Reformed Church (New Brighton, MN) Recognizing the beautiful in the broken and the broken in the beautiful. A message from our summer SERVE event where we explore the tension between the two, having eyes to see them both, and God's presence in it all.

Text: Ephesians 6:10-24 / Date: 6-1-2025 / Location: Faith Christian Reformed Church (New Brighton, MN) Paul closes his letter with strength for spiritual battles. Truth, righteousness, the gospel, faith, salvation, the Spirit, and prayer to stand firm against the distractions and attacks of the devil.

Text: Ephesians 5:22-6:9 / Date: 5-25-2025 / Location: Faith Christian Reformed Church (New Brighton, MN) In a world of power dynamics Paul speaks to mutual submission. He calls his readers to seek the best for the others, show respect in both directions, and fufill their responsibilities.

Text: Ephesians 4:1-5:21 / Date: 5-18-2025 / Location: Faith Christian Reformed Church (New Brighton, MN) We are called to a worthy life, using our gifts to build up each other and the church, as we pursue purity, maturity, and unity. God is calling us to a new way of living.

Text: Ephesians 2:11-3:21 / Date: 5-11-2025 / Location: Faith Christian Reformed Church (New Brighton, MN) Christ, the cornerstone, breaks down the barriers between the rival Jews and Gentiles. Are we willing to reconcile with outsiders and make plain to them the message of the gospel?

Text: Ephesians 1:1-2:10 / Date: 5-4-2025 / Location: Faith Christian Reformed Church (New Brighton, MN) Paul opens his letter to the Ephesians emphasizing spiritual blessings and being brought from death to life in Christ. What do we know from God's word (doctrine) and what do we do with it (duty)?

Text: Romans 12:1-3, Isaiah 53:4-10 / Date: 4-27-2025 / Location: Pease Christian Reformed Church (Pease, MN) Isaiah 53 features The Servant who endured suffering for those who had turned from God. An offering for the sins of the people and an image of God's grace.

Text: Luke 24:13-35 / Date: 3-23-2025 / Location: Bethel Christian Reformed Church (Princeton, MN) Old Testament prophecies point to Jesus as the long-awaited Messiah. He tests two travelers on the Road to Emmaus. Who do you say he is?

Text: Luke 5:29-32, Matthew 5:43-48 / Date: 3-16-2025 / Location: Faith Christian Reformed Church (New Brighton, MN) Does our self righteousness get in the way of the healing Jesus came to bring? Do we recognize his grace for us as the same he offers to our enemies? A call to love like Jesus loved.

Text: Matthew 5:13-16 / Date: 1-26-2025 / Location: Pease Christian Reformed Church (Pease, MN) In a world full of decay and darkness Jesus calls us to preserve truth and bring his light.

Text: Luke 1:67-80 / Date: 12-1-2024 / Location: Faith Christian Reformed Church (New Brighton, MN) With the arrival of John the Baptist his father's silence is broken. So to is the silence of God, as a prophetic voice returns to his people for the first time in 400 years.