Sermons

Do not be afraid. The battle is not yours, but God's. The church has to show up for the battle. The enemy is prone to destroy itself.

What would you do if you could pick your family? How would your choices go?

Jesus came as Immanuel, God with us. Through Jesus, God becomes more involved in the lives of people. In Christmas, God's power spread to all the people, very real in our lives. Frosty came alive and brought joy to children, yet ultimately he sacrificed his life for others.

We are ask just misfits, trying to make our way in life. From the time we were children, couldn't we remember something about ourselves that wasn't just right? Not good enough? God rushes to meet us even when we feel unjustified.

No matter how one feels about the Gift of Christ to the World, there is no stopping the importance of the Salvation God gave us.

Choice is built into the structure of our lives. When we follow and conform to the world, we will become bitter and dismayed.

What we feel inside becomes our outside personality. Sarah laughed because she was promised a joy she thought would never come and saw the humor in it. The Bible does celebrate laughter, while telling of the Good News of Salvation.

The life of the believing Christian is a life of risking the unknown. We take on risk as we leave the security of the familiar. The risky life of faith is the only way we can take on the world. Abraham's faith was shown in his belief in God. What needs to be done to take that risk and step out?

People can organize to create great things, but to what purpose? Is personal pride involved? Make a great name? Too many try to create an identity apart from God and His Law. They want to achieve and self-worship without acknowledging God. One cannot look up (to God) while looking down (to the self). Remember, nothing quite fails so grandly as a success without God.

What kind of witness have we been, as a church? Aren't we a little hard on each other, politically or socially? What is ministry supposed to look like? To witness means to open our hearts and tell others of what happened, speaking in truth.