This midweek Advent service centers on the powerful message of comfort found in Isaiah 40:1-3. Like the Israelites, we often find ourselves needing true, lasting comfort amidst a world that clearly demonstrates the consequences of sin. The first half of Isaiah...
Do you remember when God created a garden, a paradise for Adam and Eve to live in peace, comfort, joy, with nothing to worry about or fear? Then sin enters the world through our first parents and what happens? They are banished from that place and put out into the...
In Malachi 4:1–2, God speaks to people whose hearts have grown heavy under the weight of sin, fear, and waiting. This week’s sermon reminds us that Malachi’s message is ultimately a cry we still echo today: “Stir up our hearts, O Lord.” The prophet points forward to a...
We often see the Pharisees as the bad guys of the Bible. In fact I've often said thank God I'm not like the Pharisees. However, isn't that statement itself something a Pharisee would say? We'll explore what we all have in common with the Pharisees,...
The message, rooted in Isaiah 2:1-5, explores the powerful image of God building His house and drawing the nations to Himself, a theme beautifully set against the modern parallel of the movie Field of Dreams. Isaiah prophesied 700 years before Christ's birth that...
This week we observe our National Day of Thanksgiving, a tradition that formally traces its roots to President Abraham Lincoln's proclamation 159 years ago, yet reflects a biblical practice as old as the church itself. While we rightly recall the historical...