Sundays at PBCOB

This past Sunday, we looked at Mark 1:35-39 and explored the theme of Jesus finding frequent times to pray in solitude. - Sermon from 7/31/2022

This past Sunday, we looked at Joshua 10:1-15 and spent our time diving into the prayer of Joshua for the sun to stand still. - Sermon from 7/24/2022

This past Sunday, we looked at Isaiah 1:1-20 and the complaint the prophet lodged against the Israelites. He was condemning their ritual worship and lack of concern for their neighbor. - Sermon from 7/17/2022

This past Sunday, we looked at Philippians 1:1-11 and examined Paul's prayer for the church at Philippi. - Sermon from 7/3/2022

- Sermon from 6/19/2022

This past Sunday, we looked at  Luke 9:28-36 , the story of Jesus' Transfiguration. The disciples went up on the mountain to pray with Jesus and got a bit more than they bargained for. - Sermon from 6/12/2022

This past Sunday, we looked at 1 Kings 3:1-15 . Normally we think of prayer as us communicating with God, but here we have God reaching out to Solomon in a dream, presenting a genie-like request. Solomon's answer for wisdom is likewise something we should be in the pursuit of as well. - Sermon from 6/5/2022

This past Sunday, we looked at the moody and dark  Psalm 137.  The Psalmist recollects the horrors of being a victim of war and we spent our time trying to understand a Christ-shaped view of our response to violence in our world. - Sermon from 5/29/2022

This past Sunday, we looked at the final words and prayers of Samson, as found in Judges 16:23-31 . This is not a prayer we should be emulating and we spent our time focusing in on how a "my kingdom come" mentality has caused so much destruction in our world. - Sermon from 5/22/2022

This past Sunday, we looked at the Lord's Prayer (as found in Matthew) and some basics with that prayer. - Sermon from 5/15/2022

This past Sunday, we looked at the second half of the book of Jonah (using the New Jerusalem Bible, which is a bit tricky to find online). Jonah raged against the grace shown to the citizens of Nineveh and this too echoes our own frustrations at times. - Sermon from 5/8/2022

This past Sunday, we looked at the first half of the book of Jonah (using the New Jerusalem Bible, which is a bit tricky to find online). Jonah's story is so easily our story, in that we are called to show radical love and grace in the world and yet, we often run or nap instead. - Sermon from 5/1/2022

This past Sunday, we were blessed to have our friend James Payton preach on John 20 and the commissioning of the disciples by Jesus. - Sermon from 4/24/2022

This past Sunday, for our Easter message, we looked at Luke 24:13-35 and examined the theme of Jesus arriving to defeat the injustice of sin and death. - Sermon from 4/17/2022

This past Sunday we looked at Luke 20:45-21:4  and examined the consistent theme of Jesus arriving to frustrate the religious people. We looked at the story of Jesus' harsh words against the scribes in Luke 20 and how that was related to the actions of the poor widow putting in her copper coins in Luke 21. - Sermon from 4/10/2022

This past Sunday we looked at Luke 18:18-30 and examined the concept that Jesus arrived to condemn our hoarding of wealth. We talked about understanding the call to "sell everything you have and follow me" on a personal and corporate level. - Sermon from 4/3/2022

This past Sunday we looked at Luke 8:26-39 and examined the concept that Jesus arrived and exorcised demons. It's a topic that for many of us, we may feel somewhat conflicted about how to interpret or understand. In our message, we dove into understanding demons on both a metaphorical and literal level. - Sermon from 3/27/2022

This past Sunday we looked at Luke 8:40-56 and examined the interplay between Jairus' daughter and the woman with hemorrhaging. Both were healed and we spent our time going into the layers we may miss at first glance. Let us live out our calling to be a people of restoration as well. - Sermon from 3/20/2022

This past Sunday we looked at Luke 5:17-26 and examined the interaction of Jesus with the paralytic man. Jesus both forgave the man's sins and healed his body, pointing to the need to be people who both are offering healing to spiritual and physical issues in our world today. - Sermon from 3/13/2022

This past Sunday we looked at Luke 6:12-16 , as we began our new Lenten sermon series (focusing in on the life of Jesus and some of the basics of what He was about). We talked about how Judas was labeled as a traitor up front and yet he was still called to follow. We also highlighted the diversity of the 12, focusing in on how Simon and Matthew would have been political rivals and yet, both w...

This past Sunday we looked at Matthew 6:16-18  and spent our time exploring the theme of Lent and fasting. Everyone was encouraged to fast on some sort of capacity - whether it's a traditional weekly food fast, or fasting from technology or something else, this is a great practice that ties us into the global and historic church. - Sermon from 2/27/2022

This past Sunday we looked at Proverbs 30:7-9  and spent our time exploring a wise versus foolish outlook and understanding of money. We all need our "daily bread" and a whole host of problems come our way when we have too little or too much. - Sermon from 2/20/2022

This past Sunday we looked at Proverbs 19:24  and spent our time exploring the topic of laziness, hard work and creativity. We as humans were designed to create and our work as Christians never expires! - Sermon from 2/13/2022

This past Sunday we looked at Proverbs 9:7-9 and spent our time exploring the topic of advice and wisdom. We should be open to having others in our life speak truth to us, but that also does not mean that every piece of advice given is helpful or worth listening to. - Sermon from 2/6/2022

This past Sunday we looked at Proverbs 30:33 and spent our time exploring the topic of anger. As a reminder, anger is an emotion we all experience and is neither good nor bad. But we can certainly be wise and foolish with how we handle anger and Proverbs has much to say about this topic. - Sermon from 1/30/2022