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From February 13, 2022  So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. (Galatians 5:16)

From February 6, 2022 You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. (Galatians 5:13)

From January 30, 2022 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1-2) But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope. (Galatians 5:5)

 From January 23, 2022   Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. (Romans 8:1)   Through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of Life set me free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:2)

From January 16, 2022 Sanctity of Human Life Sunday  The sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. (Galatians 5:17) What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me? Thanks be to God – through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 7:25)

From January 9, 2022   “A righteousness apart from the law has been made known.” (Romans 3:21)   “Not what these hands have done Can save this guilty soul; Not what this toiling flesh has borne Can make my spirit whole. Thy work alone, O Christ, Can ease this weight of sin; They blood alone, O Lamb of God, Can give me peace within.” (Horatius Bonar)

From January 2, 2022 “Justified by Faith”   - In Romans 5 we learned that we’re free from condemnation We hear from Romans 1:1-17; 3:10-12, 20-23; 5:1-8 Sermon part 1 – Romans 5 recap “United with Christ” - In Romans 6 we learned that we’re free from sin’s dominion We hear from Romans 6:1-14 Sermon part 2 – Romans 6 recap “Freedom from Law” - In Romans 7 we learn that we’re free from the law...

From December 26, 2021   “So Christmas comes and Christmas goes, and the world the holy child is born to rests, as ever, full of dark so deep that all the Norman bishops in the land with all their candles aren’t enough to drive it back an inch.” (Frederick Buechner, Godric)   “In Bethlehem’s home was there found no room for thy holy nativity. There is room in my heart for thee."

From December 19, 2021 “He came down to earth from heaven, who is God and Lord of all.” “Veiled in flesh the Godhead see; hail the incarnate Deity.”

From December 12, 2021   “You have been set free from sin and have become slaves of righteousness.” (Romans 6:18)   “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23)

From December 5, 2021 “Count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.” (Romans 6:11)

From  November 28, 2021  “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people. He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David.” (Luke 1:68-69)

From November 21, 2021 “One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.” (Psalm 27:4)  “God is beautiful, and so worship of God is a matter of beauty.”

From November 14, 2021  International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church “Do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you.” (1 Peter 4:12)   “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (Jesus in John 16:33)

From November 7, 2021   “We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?” (Romans 6:2)  “Our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.” (Philippians 3:20-21)

From October 31, 2021  “Here it is in a nutshell: Just as one person did it wrong and got us all in trouble with sin and death, another person did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out of trouble, he got us into life! One man said no to God and put many people in the wrong; one man said yes to God and put many people in the right.” (Romans 5:18, 19. The Message) &nb...

From October 24, 2021 “God demonstrates his love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)  “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:13)

From October 17, 2021  “Hope does not disappoint us.” (Romans 5:5)  “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:13)

From October 10, 2021   This sermon we begin a series, “New Life in Christ,” based on Romans 5-8. “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans 5:1)   In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus says that He did not come to do away with the law. In Romans, Paul says that the law was not an end in itself but served to bring us...

From October 3, 2021  “I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes.” (Romans 1:16)

From September 26, 2021   I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes.” Romans 1:16   This worship service is the beginning of Convocation, a week-long celebration of what God has done in proclaiming the message of the Gospel in our community and around the world.

From September 19, 2021 This sermon concludes a series, “Christian Counter-Culture,” on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. “Whoever hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” (Jesus, in Matthew 7:24) “The crowds were amazed at his teaching, because he taught as one who had authority.” (Matthew 7:28-29)

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” (Jesus, in Matthew 7:21)

From September 5, 2021 “Enter through the narrow gate.” (Jesus in Matthew 7:13)

“So in everything, do to others as you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 7:12) “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 19:19)