Concord Church, Statesville NC

The God who made creation is capable of unmaking it again. How do the parallels we hear in Genesis and Revelation help us understand the crossing of the Red Sea?

We all come from somewhere and have stories we tell ourselves about our beginnings. How do those stories shape us and why do they matter?

Sunday Sermon on Genesis 39. How do our dreams help us persevere real trauma?

Joseph is assaulted by a person in a position and authority and chose integrity of the easier route. How do we experience this story in our life?

A Sermon on Genesis 12:1-12 and the call of Abraham. What has God called you to do?

Abraham and Sarah never find a place to call their true home again.

We throw around all of these labels, but what does it actually mean to be chosen by God?

Three major religions all point to this story of Abraham and Sarah as the foundation of their faith. What does that mean for how we engage with this story?

Abram is the last of dying family. God calls to him in chapter 12 to come out from the disillusionment of this reality into a new hope.

Sunday's Sermon on Genesis 6-9. Did the flood change God? What do we do with this angry God?

There's lots of promises thrown around in the Bible - but what do they mean? And how do we know when it is a permanent covenant. Today, we talk about signs, seals, and rainbows. Sunday Worship: concordpreschurch.com/video

We are told Noah is the only righteous person left on all of the earth. But what does that mean? And do you become righteous?

Beginning a new series of the background of our Bibles stories - who wrote the story? Who were the people who experienced it first hand? And why does all that matter?

Why you don't want to be right

September 4, 2022 at Concord Presbyterian. Scripture Reading is Ruth 4 concordpreschurch.com Music and lyrics used by permission from CCLI License # CSPL086812 One License # A-735433

Calling out Evil for what it is. concordpreschurch.com

Why true prayer isn't about us

Too Salty by Concord Church, Statesville NC

You are tiny, but that's a good thing.

August 28 2022 at Concord Presbyterian. Scripture Reading is Ruth 3:1-18 concordpreschurch.com Music and lyrics used by permission from CCLI License # CSPL086812 One License # A-735433

What we are called to do is be. Our whole being should be saturated with the presence of God. People who choose to be around us become familiar with this. They will not have unrealistic expectations of us, since we do not pretend to be anything we are not. We are simply ourselves, distinct individuals who have an awareness of the reality of God. This doesn’t need to be self-conscious or distancing...

Reflection on Proverbs 17:17; 18:20-24 Songs used with Permission from bensounds.com

You are not meant to do everything. There are times when you are given load which is too heavy for any person to carry. How do we learn to - Where do you experience dividing walls in your life? - Does our need to define and characterize everything prevent us from seeing God at work? Songs used with Permission from bensounds.com

A hospital exists for the benefit of its patients. It is nonsense to complain having patients admitted interrupts the smooth running of the hospital. The Church exists for the benefit of its non-members, to be salt for the earth, not for the sake of creating more salt. Often times, Church is designed to by user-friendly only to the already initiated. Jesus said, “I didn’t come just to call those w...

We are ‘peculiar’. We have chosen not to go with the majority. We pray and reflect on the life of Christ: most people don’t do this. We worship and receive God’s gifts in the sacraments: most people don’t do this. We shall be in a minority: we shall be odd. There is no danger in that, as long as we don’t start to like being odd too much. This love of oddness is what drives us to create division in...