Sheep & Goats
Christ is the Lord of all creation, and that includes your pocketbook. But don't give because you feel guilty, give as a joyful response to the good news that Jesus, and no earthly power, is ruler of all.
Nov 20, 2011
Sermons by Rev. David Ivie
Sermons by Rev. David Ivie, Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA), member of Grace Presbytery (North Texas). Currently serving as Interim Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Garland, Texas. Sermons from 2012 and prior were given while serving as Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Muscatine, Iowa.
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The Great Congregation
You are signficant, but not in the way you normally think of yourself.
Nov 06, 2011
Beyond Rules
We know the greatest commandment that Jesus gives, but we actually live our own great commandments. Jesus tells us that our own rules are fine, but we need to move beyond them to love so that our lives may be properly ordered, or hung on the right two hinges: love of God and love of others.
Oct 23, 2011
What To Do at Weddings
What if you threw a party and no one showed up? Or what if people came to the party, what do you expect them to do once they do arrive? Faith is more than showing up, it is about falling in love with the groom and being changed. So wear the wedding robe!
Oct 09, 2011
Faithful Fruitful
We are often told "Be Grateful," but this is hard to do unless we understand that everything is a gift. When we do, gratitude becomes the key ingredient to a well-lived life. Gratitude enables us to be faithful and fruitful.
Oct 02, 2011
Rock Staff Water
Lord knows there are always those who will be the "first murmurers," but God is looking for "first followers". First followers are those who help others connect to God. They make God's crazy ideas like drinking water from a rock seem a lot less crazy. Are you with me?
Sep 25, 2011
Raining Bread
The Lord leads people out of slavery in Egypt but they soon find themselves hungry. God teaches them to depend upon their daily bread in the wilderness, rather than the memory of how well they ate as slaves. The result is that the people begin to learn to trust God alone. What daily bread is nourishing you to grow more faithful?
Sep 18, 2011
Too Deep for Words
How best to show love and care for those who are suffering? Preached in the framework of the concept of "future stories," the teaching by Dr. Andrew Lester in his book Hope and Pastoral Care.
Aug 21, 2011
The Way of Self-Giving
The story of Abram separating from Lot sets us down the path of self-giving, which we see most in Jesus. In a world that is so divided in politics and religion, the Better Way of Jesus gives us challenge and hope.
Aug 14, 2011
The Better Way
Our current political and religoius dialogue has diminished to shouting, standoffs and shootings. But the Word teaches us The Better Way, the command to love our enemies, turn the other cheek and sit and eat with our rivals.
Aug 07, 2011
Raising the Standard
There is a continunity in the Bible. From Leviticus, to Romans to Jesus we get the message that we are called to be holy, to be Christ-like, to be transformed. Love for God has implications in the real world starting with loving our neighbor as ourselves. So it's not trying to be perfect. Rather, faith is participation in the holiness of God. NOTE: Preached and recorded at Wesley United Methodist Church using their sound equipment for our annual July joint worship service of word and table. July...
Jul 03, 2011
Drinking One Spirit
We didn't create church, church was given as a gift to us by the Holy Spirit. So it is not essential that we all agree on the issues of the day. We can disagree and still be church together because we were called to drink of the one Spirit (1 Corinthians 12).
Jun 12, 2011
A Spiritual House
The church has a lot to celebrate because of what God does week after week in our midst. Celebrating helps us in our community formation, so we know more fully who we are: that we have been blessed and that we are a blessing. We are a living stones being built into a spiritual house for God.
May 22, 2011
Trusting the Promise
We can know all the right facts, but see none of the meaning. An encounter with the Risen Lord, no matter how brief, shows us to see that the end may may be a new beginning.
May 15, 2011
Finding Pasture
Jesus came so that we may have life, and have it abundantly. We have to practice this type of LIFE, because it is very different than our normal and initial human responses. Resurrection often puts us at odds with the headlines.
May 08, 2011
Experiencing the Unexpected
Our tendency to seek security can protect us from life, but the resurrection teaches us that we wil find life in unexpected places. Earthquakes connect us to the ever-present Realm of God.
Apr 24, 2011
Your Rod and Your Staff
We don't have to be scared of the dark. God is with us in the shadow of the valley of death. Even the rod and staff are good news, because without limits and guidance, we wouldn't know where to go.
Apr 03, 2011
God's Radical Hospitality
The birth of Jesus opens up a portal so that we can experience the Kingdom of God all around us. It means that God is creating a home for us here on earth, showing us how to do radical hospitality.
Dec 26, 2010
Slowing Down
In the middle of some crazy driving during the busy Christmas shopping season, I've learned that God is asking us to slow down so that we may pay attention to what God is already doing in the world. Slow down, perhaps even say no to something, so that we can be free to sing with Mary songs of praise.
Dec 12, 2010
Simple Living Grateful Giving 2 Living Our Praise
Zacchaeus stopped living the lies of "there is not enough" and "more is better" and gave away half of his possessions. Stewardship is the joyous response of giving out of gratitude. It allows us to become the people (and church) that God created us to be.
Nov 28, 2010
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