Sermons from September 2016

The Hard Work of Peacemaking, Part 1

2 Corinthians 5:18 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: Dear Friends in Christ, I’m going to start my sermon this morning with a video from the Skit Guys that is much more serious than most of the ones they make. It’s entitled…

If Truth be Told

1 Timothy 2:3-4, 7 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 7 And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying—and a true and faithful teacher of the…

Why You Need a Church Family

Ephesians 2:19-20 19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. Dear Friends in Christ, What do you think of when you hear the word “togetherness”?  That…

There’s a War Going On

Mark 12:30 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. Dear Friends in Christ, There’s a war going on in America’s churches today.  Now a statement like that probably doesn’t surprise you.  But when I tell you what the…