Sermons

The Bible is full of examples – examples of love and faithfulness, of honor and virtue; but more than we are aware of, the Bible is full of anti-examples, as well.  It is not a Book just of heroes and triumphs; it is a tale of real, raw humanity – flawed, selfish, broken, and foolish.  And we can learn just as much from these anti-examples as from their faithful counterparts; we can learn what to...

The Bible is full of examples – examples of love and faithfulness, of honor and virtue; but more than we are aware of, the Bible is full of anti-examples, as well.  It is not a Book just of heroes and triumphs; it is a tale of real, raw humanity – flawed, selfish, broken, and foolish.  And we can learn just as much from these anti-examples as from their faithful counterparts; we can learn what to...

The Bible is full of examples – examples of love and faithfulness, of honor and virtue; but more than we are aware of, the Bible is full of anti-examples, as well.  It is not a Book just of heroes and triumphs; it is a tale of real, raw humanity – flawed, selfish, broken, and foolish.  And we can learn just as much from these anti-examples as from their faithful counterparts; we can learn what to...

The Bible is full of examples – examples of love and faithfulness, of honor and virtue; but more than we are aware of, the Bible is full of anti-examples, as well.  It is not a Book just of heroes and triumphs; it is a tale of real, raw humanity – flawed, selfish, broken, and foolish.  And we can learn just as much from these anti-examples as from their faithful counterparts; we can learn what to...

The Bible is full of examples – examples of love and faithfulness, of honor and virtue; but more than we are aware of, the Bible is full of anti-examples, as well.  It is not a Book just of heroes and triumphs; it is a tale of real, raw humanity – flawed, selfish, broken, and foolish.  And we can learn just as much from these anti-examples as from their faithful counterparts; we can learn what to...

The Bible is full of examples – examples of love and faithfulness, of honor and virtue; but more than we are aware of, the Bible is full of anti-examples, as well.  It is not a Book just of heroes and triumphs; it is a tale of real, raw humanity – flawed, selfish, broken, and foolish.  And we can learn just as much from these anti-examples as from their faithful counterparts; we can learn what to...

As we enter a brand new year, we do so filled with hope and with optimism and with the joyful expectation that this year can be different, that we can be different. In fact, John C. Maxwell famously said that most of us have “uphill hopes but downhill habits” – that we want for the best, but we don’t really works towards it: we allow old patterns of behavior and belief to get in the way of the new...

As we enter a brand new year, we do so filled with hope and with optimism and with the joyful expectation that this year can be different, that we can be different. In fact, John C. Maxwell famously said that most of us have “uphill hopes but downhill habits” – that we want for the best, but we don’t really works towards it: we allow old patterns of behavior and belief to get in the way of the new...

As we enter a brand new year, we do so filled with hope and with optimism and with the joyful expectation that this year can be different, that we can be different. In fact, John C. Maxwell famously said that most of us have “uphill hopes but downhill habits” – that we want for the best, but we don’t really works towards it: we allow old patterns of behavior and belief to get in the way of the new...

As we enter a brand new year, we do so filled with hope and with optimism and with the joyful expectation that this year can be different, that we can be different. In fact, John C. Maxwell famously said that most of us have “uphill hopes but downhill habits” – that we want for the best, but we don’t really works towards it: we allow old patterns of behavior and belief to get in the way of the new...

As we enter a brand new year, we do so filled with hope and with optimism and with the joyful expectation that this year can be different, that we can be different. In fact, John C. Maxwell famously said that most of us have “uphill hopes but downhill habits” – that we want for the best, but we don’t really works towards it: we allow old patterns of behavior and belief to get in the way of the new...

As we enter a brand new year, we do so filled with hope and with optimism and with the joyful expectation that this year can be different, that we can be different. In fact, John C. Maxwell famously said that most of us have “uphill hopes but downhill habits” – that we want for the best, but we don’t really works towards it: we allow old patterns of behavior and belief to get in the way of the new...

As we enter a brand new year, we do so filled with hope and with optimism and with the joyful expectation that this year can be different, that we can be different. In fact, John C. Maxwell famously said that most of us have “uphill hopes but downhill habits” – that we want for the best, but we don’t really works towards it: we allow old patterns of behavior and belief to get in the way of the new...

As we enter a brand new year, we do so filled with hope and with optimism and with the joyful expectation that this year can be different, that we can be different. In fact, John C. Maxwell famously said that most of us have “uphill hopes but downhill habits” – that we want for the best, but we don’t really works towards it: we allow old patterns of behavior and belief to get in the way of the new...

As we enter a brand new year, we do so filled with hope and with optimism and with the joyful expectation that this year can be different, that we can be different. In fact, John C. Maxwell famously said that most of us have “uphill hopes but downhill habits” – that we want for the best, but we don’t really works towards it: we allow old patterns of behavior and belief to get in the way of the new...

During Advent, it is easy to get overwhelmed. It’s easy to get over-scheduled and over-committed and overloaded. We get overloaded doing everything we’re “supposed” to do… but if this is all we do, we will miss the point of Christmas: we will miss the truth that a Savior has been born unto us, a truth that we have to return to year after year and day after day. Aware of this, we will use the four...

During Advent, it is easy to get overwhelmed. It’s easy to get over-scheduled and over-committed and overloaded. We get overloaded doing everything we’re “supposed” to do… but if this is all we do, we will miss the point of Christmas: we will miss the truth that a Savior has been born unto us, a truth that we have to return to year after year and day after day. Aware of this, we will use the four...

During Advent, it is easy to get overwhelmed. It’s easy to get over-scheduled and over-committed and overloaded. We get overloaded doing everything we’re “supposed” to do… but if this is all we do, we will miss the point of Christmas: we will miss the truth that a Savior has been born unto us, a truth that we have to return to year after year and day after day. Aware of this, we will use the four...

During Advent, it is easy to get overwhelmed. It’s easy to get over-scheduled and over-committed and overloaded. We get overloaded doing everything we’re “supposed” to do… but if this is all we do, we will miss the point of Christmas: we will miss the truth that a Savior has been born unto us, a truth that we have to return to year after year and day after day. Aware of this, we will use the four...

During Advent, it is easy to get overwhelmed. It’s easy to get over-scheduled and over-committed and overloaded. We get overloaded doing everything we’re “supposed” to do… but if this is all we do, we will miss the point of Christmas: we will miss the truth that a Savior has been born unto us, a truth that we have to return to year after year and day after day. Aware of this, we will use the four...

Too often, we offer God only what’s left over: we offer Him only what remains after we have filled up on other (lesser) delights.  What we will see during this series, though, is that God can work miracles even with leftovers… but that He wants (and deserves) more from us than merely that. Jesus deserves our best. Beyond all the things that need to be done, beyond all the conversations that need t...

Too often, we offer God only what’s left over: we offer Him only what remains after we have filled up on other (lesser) delights.  What we will see during this series, though, is that God can work miracles even with leftovers… but that He wants (and deserves) more from us than merely that. Jesus deserves our best. Beyond all the things that need to be done, beyond all the conversations that need t...

Too often, we offer God only what’s left over: we offer Him only what remains after we have filled up on other (lesser) delights.  What we will see during this series, though, is that God can work miracles even with leftovers… but that He wants (and deserves) more from us than merely that. Jesus deserves our best. Beyond all the things that need to be done, beyond all the conversations that need t...

Too often, we offer God only what’s left over: we offer Him only what remains after we have filled up on other (lesser) delights.  What we will see during this series, though, is that God can work miracles even with leftovers… but that He wants (and deserves) more from us than merely that. Jesus deserves our best. Beyond all the things that need to be done, beyond all the conversations that need t...