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Stacey and Pastor Rich dive into Moses’ instructions for the people of God in Deuteronomy 6 to discuss the the kind of home God commands His people to build. In the process, we see that the primary goal of parenting is to raise fully formed lovers of God. In other words, successful parenting must be discipleship-oriented.   Psalm 34:11 (NIV) Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach...

Sunday sermon 1/16/2022

We're Back (like animated time-traveling dinosaurs)!  Returning for the first Something to Talk About of the new year, Stacey and Pastor Rich "prepare the site" for the new Parenting Foundations series by discussing Psalm 127. We learn that, whether building houses, nations, or families, our best plans and efforts only matter in God is behind them. Of course, all that comes only after we disc...

Sunday sermon 1/9/2022

In the final episode of our "Christmas Journeys" Advent series, Stacey and Pastor Rich discuss Matthew's account of God's active protection and deliverance of His promised Christ in the midst of a horrific event. They consider not only the event often referred to as the Slaughter of the Innocents, Herod's massacre of all Bethlehem's boys who were two and under, but how God--in the face of unspeaka...

Sunday sermon 12/19/2021

Mele Kelikimaka! Stacey and Pastor Rich embrace Bing Crosby, Five Guys burgers, Marie Condo, and Gilmore Girls along with the wise men who journeyed "from the east" to find the one who had been born King of the Jews. Burgers and bliss aside, we discover in Matthew 2:1-12 that God's King will be recognized by all who earnestly seek truth. Jeremiah 29:13 (NIV) You will seek me and find me when you s...

Sunday sermon 12/12/2021

Stacey and Pastor Rich discuss the oh-so-familiar Nativity story from Luke 2:1-21 and the truly astonishing way God brings about His sovereign plans. We hope that during this Advent season you will read this familiar passage as if for the first time, letting your mind and heart be filled with the wonder of knowing that God uses the mundane and the remarkable to bring about His amazing plan of rede...

Sunday sermon 12/5/2021

Stacey and Pastor Rich welcome special guest Dave DeHaan of Word Partners to discuss how the book of Ruth points to the Advent of Christ, as well as the ministry of Word Partners and sound principles of Bible study, interpretation, and preaching. Galatians 4:4-5 (NIV) "But when the set time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that w...

Sunday sermon 11/28/2021 with special guest Dave DeHaan. 

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Sunday sermon 11/21/2021

Stacey and Pastor Rich discuss peppermint sundaes and church membership in light of 1 Corinthians 12 and the Protestant Reformation, recognizing that when we belong to Christ, we belong to one another.   1 Corinthians 12:27 (NIV) Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

That is the point of today's discussion after all the witty(ish) banter and pop culture meanderings. Eventually Stacey and Pastor Rich settle into looking at what Paul wrote to the Colossian church about keeping their focus on the person and finished work of Christ, rather than on rules, regulations, and experience. In light of this New Testament teaching, we consider how the continental Reformers...

Sunday sermon 11/7/2021

In addition to donuts, pizza, beef, and "Luther Burgers", Stacey and Pastor Rich discuss the heart of the Great Reformation, the principle of Sola Scriptura--Scripture alone as the final authority for faith and life.