As Christians, we are called to put sin to death. What does that actually mean? If God is actually sovereign, which he is. If we are saved by grace through…
By narrating the stories of these exemplars of faith, the author of Hebrews surely means for hearers to read themselves into the journey of faith. We are to take Abraham…
The Rev. Melanie Vlietstra-Kilgore will be joining us for worship. The message will be a dialogue between Melanie and Pastor Jeff Watson as they share their vision for the church…
This Sunday’s Gospel is a collection of Jesus’s sayings and parables about prayer that contains Luke’s version of the Lord’s Prayer. I propose that we focus upon the Lord’s Prayer…
In the story of the Good Samaritan, what if we identify with the person in the ditch, the dying, half-dead one who is utterly dependent upon others for life itself?…
Jesus’s representatives are not to be paralyzed by rejection. Shake the dust from your shoes and move on (Luke 10:11). Our task is to witness, not to control the response…
Jesus is commenting on the high cost of discipleship and the fate that may await the disciples because they follow him. Let the dead bury the dead. Leave home and…
In this familiar story Jesus is both the known and unknown. He is instantly recognized for who he is by the demons and yet he is a mysterious stranger for…
Romans 5:1–8:39 is Paul’s understanding of the life of believers. We live in an interim between Christ’s resurrection triumph and Christ’s completion of the work that has been begun in…