There is a narrowness and a broadness to Christianity. The narrowness is that anybody who is not for Jesus is not with Jesus; the broadness is that anyone who gives a cup of water to someone because they belong to the Messiah will not lose their reward. Readings and...
Jesus predicts his impending death three times in Mark's gospel, all three times the disciples respond by arguing and fighting for power. But if Jesus' death is the way he brings about his kingdom, then his people must embrace suffering and give up aspirations...
When the disciples fell into the all-too-common trap of believing that the power of God's mission was theirs, the mission Jesus had put them on inevitably failed; but when we trust Jesus to do his own mission, and trust him to bring us along with him, the mission...
When do we, and when do we not, obey the government authorities? How do we make decisions about personal behaviors that aren't explicitly addressed in Scripture? Romans 13 and 14 give us Paul's direction on how to navigate these tense questions. Readings and...
Readings and sermon were delivered by Pastor Aaron Mueller. Order of service: Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Aug 29, 2021 Readings: Psalm reading is from Psalm 51:2, 7, 10–12 Old Testament reading is from Deuteronomy 4:1–2, 6–9 Epistle reading is from Ephesians...
Christians tend to isolate one part of their humanity – their mind, emotions, will, or body – and overemphasize that element to the exclusion of the others, but Jesus wants us to worship him with our whole heart. Readings and sermon were delivered by...
