Indian Run UMC Sermon Archive

In the "Seen - Noticing the People We Overlook" sermon series, we will be looking at the people who we don't tend to notice in the Bible. Tucked around the edges of the big stories are dozens of people other than the big names, like Moses, David, Mary, or Paul - People who get one sentence or a brief mention. Some are named, others are nameless, but when we slow down and look at them, something re...

In the "Seen - Noticing the People We Overlook" sermon series, we will be looking at the people who we don't tend to notice in the Bible. Tucked around the edges of the big stories are dozens of people other than the big names, like Moses, David, Mary, or Paul - People who get one sentence or a brief mention. Some are named, others are nameless, but when we slow down and look at them, something re...

In the "Seen - Noticing the People We Overlook" sermon series, we will be looking at the people who we don't tend to notice in the Bible. Tucked around the edges of the big stories are dozens of people other than the big names, like Moses, David, Mary, or Paul - People who get one sentence or a brief mention. Some are named, others are nameless, but when we slow down and look at them, something re...

In the "Life After" sermon series, we're going to journey through what the resurrection actually looks like when it meets us where we are. It's not about quick healing or tidy restorations, it's about what happens in the long middle. It's about the slow, confusing way new life has a way of finding us, even after we've stop looking for it. Today we focus on life after naming your truth. What will y...

In the "Life After" sermon series, we're going to journey through what the resurrection actually looks like when it meets us where we are. It's not about quick healing or tidy restorations, it's about what happens in the long middle. It's about the slow, confusing way new life has a way of finding us, even after we've stop looking for it. Today we focus on life after love. Love comes in seasons: t...

In the "Life After" sermon series, we're going to journey through what the resurrection actually looks like when it meets us where we are. It's not about quick healing or tidy restorations, it's about what happens in the long middle. It's about the slow, confusing way new life has a way of finding us, even after we've stop looking for it. Today we focus on life after the diagnosis. We highlight th...

In the "Life After" sermon series, we're going to journey through what the resurrection actually looks like when it meets us where we are. It's not about quick healing or tidy restorations, it's about what happens in the long middle. It's about the slow, confusing way new life has a way of finding us, even after we've stop looking for it. Today we focus on life after the leap. In celebrating the g...

In the "Life After" sermon series, we're going to journey through what the resurrection actually looks like when it meets us where we are. It's not about quick healing or tidy restorations, it's about what happens in the long middle. It's about the slow, confusing way new life has a way of finding us, even after we've stop looking for it. Today we focus on life after motherly love. Steve, Carrie,...

In the "Life After" sermon series, we're going to journey through what the resurrection actually looks like when it meets us where we are. It's not about quick healing or tidy restorations, it's about what happens in the long middle. It's about the slow, confusing way new life has a way of finding us, even after we've stop looking for it. Today we focus on life after saying yes. We highlight the s...

In the "Life After" sermon series, we're going to journey through what the resurrection actually looks like when it meets us where we are. It's not about quick healing or tidy restorations, it's about what happens in the long middle. It's about the slow, confusing way new life has a way of finding us, even after we've stop looking for it. Today we focus on life after division. Broken relationships...

In the "Life After" sermon series, we're going to journey through what the resurrection actually looks like when it meets us where we are. It's not about quick healing or tidy restorations, it's about what happens in the long middle. It's about the slow, confusing way new life has a way of finding us, even after we've stop looking for it. Today we focus on life after hitting rock bottom. We see ho...

In the "Life After" sermon series, we're going to journey through what the resurrection actually looks like when it meets us where we are. It's not about quick healing or tidy restorations, it's about what happens in the long middle. It's about the slow, confusing way new life has a way of finding us, even after we've stop looking for it. Today we focus on what William Barclay calls "the sunset ro...

This Easter as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ we also celebrate the good news of the world around us. It's easy to get bogged down by the relentless information we can access with the touch of a finger. Because of this we are desperately, deeply hungry for real Good News. The Good News is that Good News is alive in the world right now. Some of the Good News is newsworthy and we all...

In our "Tell Me Something Good" sermon series, we're gonna do just that. In the modern day we are surrounded by a constant stream of bad news. The headlines pull us towards anxiety, social media amplifies outrage, and the loudest voices highlight what is broken. But the Gospel, the actual "Good News" is not a message of scarcity or despair; it is of liberation, mercy, grace, joy, and so much more....

In our "Tell Me Something Good" sermon series, we're gonna do just that. In the modern day we are surrounded by a constant stream of bad news. The headlines pull us towards anxiety, social media amplifies outrage, and the loudest voices highlight what is broken. But the Gospel, the actual "Good News" is not a message of scarcity or despair; it is of liberation, mercy, grace, joy, and so much more....

In our "Tell Me Something Good" sermon series, we're gonna do just that. In the modern day we are surrounded by a constant stream of bad news. The headlines pull us towards anxiety, social media amplifies outrage, and the loudest voices highlight what is broken. But the Gospel, the actual "Good News" is not a message of scarcity or despair; it is of liberation, mercy, grace, joy, and so much more....

In our "Tell Me Something Good" sermon series, we're gonna do just that. In the modern day we are surrounded by a constant stream of bad news. The headlines pull us towards anxiety, social media amplifies outrage, and the loudest voices highlight what is broken. But the Gospel, the actual "Good News" is not a message of scarcity or despair; it is of liberation, mercy, grace, joy, and so much more....

In our "Tell Me Something Good" sermon series, we're gonna do just that. In the modern day we are surrounded by a constant stream of bad news. The headlines pull us towards anxiety, social media amplifies outrage, and the loudest voices highlight what is broken. But the Gospel, the actual "Good News" is not a message of scarcity or despair; it is of liberation, mercy, grace, joy, and so much more....

In our "Tell Me Something Good" sermon series, we're gonna do just that. In the modern day we are surrounded by a constant stream of bad news. The headlines pull us towards anxiety, social media amplifies outrage, and the loudest voices highlight what is broken. But the Gospel, the actual "Good News" is not a message of scarcity or despair; it is of liberation, mercy, grace, joy, and so much more....

In our "The God I Don't Believe In" sermon series, we will attempt name some of the most common ways God has been misrepresented-not to attack faith, but to make space for it. Each week we'll ask the same question: Is this who God actually is, or is this a distorted image we've inherited? Today we focus on the image of a God who is allows Evil and Suffering. A God whom lets bad things happen, who...

In our "The God I Don't Believe In" sermon series, we will attempt name some of the most common ways God has been misrepresented-not to attack faith, but to make space for it. Each week we'll ask the same question: Is this who God actually is, or is this a distorted image we've inherited? Today we focus on the image of a God who is afraid of science. A God whom asks you to turn your brain off, who...

In our "The God I Don't Believe In" sermon series, we will attempt name some of the most common ways God has been misrepresented-not to attack faith, but to make space for it. Each week we'll ask the same question: Is this who God actually is, or is this a distorted image we've inherited? Today we focus on the image of a God who is keeping score, who rewards the faithful and withholds from the res...

In our "The God I Don't Believe In" sermon series, we will attempt name some of the most common ways God has been misrepresented-not to attack faith, but to make space for it. Each week we'll ask the same question: Is this who God actually is, or is this a distorted image we've inherited? Today we focus on the image of a God who is seen as always being mad, watching from afar, waiting for us to me...

In our "The God I Don't Believe In" sermon series, we will attempt name some of the most common ways God has been misrepresented-not to attack faith, but to make space for it. Each week we'll ask the same question: Is this who God actually is, or is this a distorted image we've inherited? Today we focus on the image of a God who is only seen as male, a God associated with authority, a God only see...

In our "The God I Don't Believe In" sermon series, we will attempt name some of the most common ways God has been misrepresented-not to attack faith, but to make space for it. Each week we'll ask the same question: Is this who God actually is, or is this a distorted image we've inherited? Today we focus on the image of an exclusionary God, a God who's love has conditions, a God who's grace is only...