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Defining Moments – Proverbs 29:18: When you read the name, identify what they're famous for: Steve Jobs, Mother Theresa, Mark Zuckerberg, Billy Graham, Colonel Sanders, Sidney Crosby. What if I wrote your name here? What captures your heart and soul? What causes you to leap from bed in the morning? What drives you to your knees? As individuals we desperately need a sense of vision and mission - so...

1 Samuel 13:22-14:23: I am so excited about church this weekend! David Hearn, the president of C&MA in Canada, will join us, teaching from I Samuel 13:22-14:23. David is a great friend, a passionate leader, and visionary speaker. He brings with him a perspective on the work that God is doing all around the world that is remarkably compelling. Come, join us this weekend and prepare to be challenged...

Shattered … no more – Colossians 2:6-15: Rooted. Grounded. Anchored. Focused. Connected. All words that describe what we long for in life; to have a foundation that serves us well no matter what life brings our way. Yet current reality indicates that many of us are often left feeling fragile, vulnerable, fatigued, restless, and stressed. Where is God in the midst of all this? From a great passage...

Shattered … no more – Acts 1:1-11: Before Jesus ascended into heaven after his resurrection, he reaffirmed the Father's promise to his disciples, that they would be baptized by the Holy Spirit. He went on to say that with this filling of the Holy Spirit they would receive power. And that they would be witnesses of his life, ministry, death and resurrection, to the watching world. And it happened....

Shattered … no more – Matthew 28:16-20: It's been a challenging season for us as a church family. Four families connected to our church have lost loved ones in recent days. In some of those cases ... the final words spoken have been filled with grace, gratitude, faith and love. In other situations, not so much. Our final moments in life have a great capacity to inspire or devastate those left behi...

Shattered … no more – John 21:15-25: Mother's Day. No doubt two of the most troubling, guilt-inducing words we know when combined together. How does one adequately fulfill the calling of being a Mom in today's complex world, filled with unrelenting demands and expectations? On the other hand, how do we who have moms find language and gift to adequately express the depths of gratitude to this one w...

Shattered … no more – Luke 24:36-46: Have you ever had one of those incredible experiences where it took you a while to believe that what was happening was actually happening? Maybe it was a surprise birthday party where a dozen friends popped out from behind the furniture and yelled "Happy Birthday!" Maybe it was when your significant other planned some elaborate date and then shocked you by gett...

Shattered … no more – John 20:24-29: I don't know about you, but I think Thomas the disciple is somewhat unfairly characterized by his informal nickname "the Doubter". As a part of our faith journeys, don't we all have moments where we question, where we doubt? In those days following the resurrection, for Thomas, believing was going to require seeing. And Jesus took Thomas' reservations in stride...

Shattered … no more – Luke 24:13-35: Have you ever noticed how often we use the image of a road to describe our circumstances? If you feel stuck you might say "I've hit a roadblock." If you have a decision to make between multiple options, you'll say "I'm at a crossroads." If something unexpected happens that keeps you from moving forward, you might say, "I've hit a bump in the road." Sometimes we...

Shattered … no more - John 20:11-18: Post-resurrection reversals. It's the less sexy title of our coming sermon series, Shattered ... no more! The level of devastation and despair was off the charts after Jesus died - but then everything changed! Over the next seven weeks we're going to focus on post-resurrection encounters from the lives of many of the prime characters of the first Easter:  inclu...

Easter Weekend – Mark 16:1-8: Easter Weekend. We experience the indignity of a friend's betrayal ...the humiliation of a mock trial ...the violence of a public scourging ...the horror of the crucifixion of a sinless man.  Abandonment. Aloneness. Despair.  Uncertainty. Dreams die. Confusion reigns.  Then Sunday morning comes. Could it be true? Resurrection? New life?  Hope? It was all of that and s...

7 Words – John 19:30: Good Friday

7 Words – Luke 23:46: We've been shocked and saddened by the tragic loss of 150 souls in the Germanwings Flight 9525 tragedy. How does that happen?  How can one man plan such a devastating act? We've been horrified by the final thoughts of those innocent passengers ... their screams for help when they began to realize what was happening.  Final words are important for all of us to consider.  Their...

7 Words – John 19:28: "I thirst." In so many ways, it's such a confusing statement from Jesus on the cross. How could the One who offered living water that would quench all thirst, for all time, suddenly cry out, "I am thirsty?" There is so much hope, depth, grace and courage found in these two simple words from Jesus just before he died. I hope you'll come this weekend, longing for a deeper and f...

7 Words – Exodus 11:4-12:13: It's going to be great weekend!  We have David Brickner, the executive director of Jews for Jesus, coming to present to us a fascinating visual presentation, Christ in the Passover.  How often do you get to come to church and see onions, a horseradish root, hard-boiled eggs, and salt water used as props!!??   But far more than props, David will help us to reconcile Old...

7 Words – Matthew 27:46: It may be one of the most confusing verses in the Bible.  We find much comfort in “Father forgive them …” and in “today you’ll  be with me in paradise.”  But “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”  That’s complicated.   That’s confusing.  This weekend we’ll unpack this fourth “word” from the cross and find it to be remarkable comforting when we understand why Jesus wa...

7 Words – Luke 23:39-43: “In the nick of time.”  “Not a moment to spare.” “At the last hour possible.”  “Not a moment too soon.”  “In the eleventh hour.”  We have all kinds of phrases that show up in our lives to describe doing something important at the last possible moment imaginable.  This week’s “word from the cross” could be the poster child for such living.  The one thief crucified beside Je...

Stand to Reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfdHlh_Moxw: Alan's work represents the best in Christian thinking and the art of conversational persuasion on challenging issues of our day.

7 Words – Luke 23:34: The Cross. It's the defining metaphor of the church today - and for so many great reasons!  Yet we've tamed the cross ... "beautified it"as Tozer writes ...and failed to realize it is a savage implement of death in its cruelest form. Scripture gives us seven profound statements that Jesus spoke from the cross. Statements that need to be considered, measured and reflected upon...

John 3:16: Valentine’s Day.  Two words that make most men tremble in fear and inadequacy!  How does one find a card or gift to adequately express the depths of his love for his Valentine?  Many avoid any sense of responsibility by saying , “I don’t acknowledge Hallmark holidays.”    Seems to me like they’re missing an opportunity to say thanks … to express gratitude … to celebrate life and love. ...

Pressure Points – James 5:7-16: Feeling overwhelmed seems to be part of our busy complicated lives. James concludes his letter with the promise that we are not alone. God is with us and as God's people we are together in this. While all around we see issues that are truly overwhelming and answers that fall well short of our sense of need, James reminds us that the most profound answers are found w...

Pressure Points – James 4:1-10: When was the last time you prayed and you felt there was nothing but silence? “Hello, God, are you there?” This is common experience for all of us. There’s something deep within us that has a desire to connect with God. It’s deeper than our DNA. God’s fingerprint is on us; we were made in his image. As image bearers we want to connect with God. So why is God silent?...

Pressure Points – James 3:2-12: It can be bit, wagged, held, tied, watched, found and loosened - but according to James, one thing we can never do with our tongues, is tame them.  In fact, despite their small size, our tongues wield incredible power. Power to destroy...as well as power to heal. Come this weekend as we discover how we can use our tongues - and the words they form - to bring life ra...

Pressure Points – James 2: Ditches. We've probably all found ourselves in one at one time or another.  Sometimes it just takes a little digging to get back on track and other times it takes a lot larger intervention because we're really stuck!  There are a couple of ditches that come our way spiritually in life too:  the ditch of thinking "my spiritual standing before God is all about me and my ef...

Pressure Points – James 1:11-18: "I can resist everything ... except temptation!"  "When temptation comes my way ... I eat it!"  We can all smile about our struggles with temptation, but so much damage can be done when we fail to understand the manner in which it attacks us and undermines our values.  James 1 is all about how we respond to the trials and temptations in life. Our text this week mov...