Many desire to reach out and be neighborly but often are held back by timidity. By definition timidity is the lack of courage or confidence. So how does a Christian lean into their own timidity and not use it as a reason to not cross the street or reach out? This week we will look how we have access to the full armor of God and as we rely, not on ourselves, but on the strength of God then we can follow in the footsteps of Joshua and lead confident and courageous lives for the Gospel.
Jul 14, 2019•25 min
Jul 08, 2019•16 min
Jul 08, 2019•11 min
In the first week of this series, we will be reminded, by Jesus Himself, of who are neighbor is. This radical teaching caught many hearers by surprise and it is this same radical love that believers today are called to carry out. No matter what age, skin color, country of origin, language spoken, political alliance, sexual orientation, or religious views we as Christians are called to love our neighbors, pray for our enemies, and follow the example of our Savior who came not to be served but to ...
Jul 07, 2019•25 min
Sermon “The Spirit-Filled Life” We conclude our “Spirit Filled” sermon series with a reminder that if you are a Christian person, if you are “Filled with the Spirit”, then you will live differently in this world. Our lives lived in and through the Holy Spirit should look very little like those whose lives are void of God’s presence. What do you spend your time doing? What do you spend your money on? What is your purpose, drive and passion? As Christians, everything we are and everything we desir...
Jun 30, 2019•31 min
Jun 24, 2019•11 min
Jun 24, 2019•17 min
Jun 24, 2019•15 min
We are reminded today that the Lord not only wants to fill our individual lives with His presence and by His Holy Spirit, but He wants to fill our family life too. Now, not all of us have the “nuclear family” as it’s called. Not all of us are in the husband, wife, couple kids, two dogs, three cats, picket fence situation. Nonetheless, wherever we are, whatever our situation, the call of the Holy Spirit is the same: In our day-to-day lives, as we gather with those we call our family, we do so aro...
Jun 23, 2019•24 min
We are reminded today that the Lord not only wants to fill our individual lives with His presence and by His Holy Spirit, but He wants to fill our family life too. Now, not all of us have the “nuclear family” as it’s called. Not all of us are in the husband, wife, couple kids, two dogs, three cats, picket fence situation. Nonetheless, wherever we are, whatever our situation, the call of the Holy Spirit is the same: In our day-to-day lives, as we gather with those we call our family, we do so aro...
Jun 23, 2019•32 min
Jun 17, 2019•13 min
Jun 17, 2019•11 min
Jun 17, 2019•17 min
As we move forward in our “Spirit-Filled Life” series we remember today that the only way that I can believe in Jesus, confess Him as my Lord and Savior, and give Him glory, is if the Holy Spirit causes me to do so! This is so contrary to the way we think! “I came to faith!” “I believed in Jesus!” “I received Christ!” And all of those things are somewhat true, but you did so only because you have a “Spirit-Filled Heart” or as we say it in our Catechism “I cannot by my own reason or strength beli...
Jun 16, 2019•23 min
As we move forward in our “Spirit-Filled Life” series we remember today that the only way that I can believe in Jesus, confess Him as my Lord and Savior, and give Him glory, is if the Holy Spirit causes me to do so! This is so contrary to the way we think! “I came to faith!” “I believed in Jesus!” “I received Christ!” And all of those things are somewhat true, but you did so only because you have a “Spirit-Filled Heart” or as we say it in our Catechism “I cannot by my own reason or strength beli...
Jun 16, 2019•22 min
In our “Spirit-Filled” series, we begin where we should...at the beginning...at the beginning of The Church that is. Today is the day we celebrate what is called “Pentecost,” sometimes called “The birth of the Church.” Pentecost was an Old Testament Festival but Pentecost in the New Testament was the giving, sending, and out-pouring of the Holy Spirit on the Lord’s Church, or on all Christians. But what is this all about? Why did the Lord do this? Jesus’ words from John 16 remind us of the purpo...
Jun 09, 2019•27 min
Jun 07, 2019•11 min
Jun 04, 2019•11 min
Jun 03, 2019•13 min
Jun 03, 2019•22 min
David reminds us in Psalm 16 that God is the only one who can make the path of life known to us. As a follower of Christ, what do you do with society’s strategy that is trying to confine religious faith to the private world, with the attitude that all religions are the same? Should you keep your beliefs to yourself? Does Jesus make exclusive statements? Indeed He does as in this “I AM” statement this week He uses very exclusive wording, “I AM the way, the truth and the life.” If that’s so, and i...
Jun 02, 2019•27 min
David reminds us in Psalm 16 that God is the only one who can make the path of life known to us. As a follower of Christ, what do you do with society’s strategy that is trying to confine religious faith to the private world, with the attitude that all religions are the same? Should you keep your beliefs to yourself? Does Jesus make exclusive statements? Indeed He does as in this “I AM” statement this week He uses very exclusive wording, “I AM the way, the truth and the life.” If that’s so, and i...
Jun 02, 2019•29 min
May 29, 2019•10 min
May 29, 2019•23 min
May 27, 2019•11 min
This week we look at the last “I AM” statement in the book of John. In chapter 15, Jesus not only presents Himself as the one true vine, but also reveals there are basically two kinds of branches: those that can alive and bearing fruit and those that are withering and dying and fruitless. The difference between the two is one is abiding in the Vine, connected to Jesus, and the other is not. The question everyone must answer is, “Are you an connected to the Vine, connected to Jesus, or not?” The ...
May 26, 2019•29 min
This week we look at the last “I AM” statement in the book of John. In chapter 15, Jesus not only presents Himself as the one true vine, but also reveals there are basically two kinds of branches: those that can alive and bearing fruit and those that are withering and dying and fruitless. The difference between the two is one is abiding in the Vine, connected to Jesus, and the other is not. The question everyone must answer is, “Are you a connected to the Vine, connected to Jesus, or not?” The a...
May 26, 2019•31 min
May 20, 2019•11 min
May 20, 2019•14 min
May 20, 2019•14 min
