The Time Has Come! | Galatians 4:4-5

This Sunday we continue in our Advent Series of the Alternate Birth Narratives of Jesus as we look at some of the other passages that speak of Jesus birth and incarnation. This Sunday we will be in Galatians 4:4-5. Galatians 4 is a beautiful picture of God's perfect timing in sending his Son, Jesus, into the world, who was born to redeem, and that redemption is more relational and familial then we think. It is an adoption. We are brought into the very family of God. Christmas is a time for joy, but not merely for presents, but that through adoption we are sons and daughters of the Most High God! Praise Jesus!

Meekness and Majesty - Philippians 2:5-11

The manger scene of Jesus’ birth shows his meekness and majesty: he came to us as a humble servant; yet he is honored as the King of Kings! See how this changes our lives as we look at Philippians 2:5-11.

An Alternate Birth Narrative | Revelation 12:1-6

Revelation 12 gives us a spiritual perspective of the Advent of Jesus. In the text, Satan (the dragon) tries to devour the child (Christ). How is Satan trying to devour you today? How does Jesus defend you? What does the text say about spiritual conflict? Come, listen and find out!

Joy to the World! | 1 John 1:1-4

Most us like Christmas: time off, gifts, family, food, and festivities. Yet, this season can be one that is joyless. In 1 John 1:1-4 we see that Jesus is born to give us life, both abundant and eternal, and that such life gives us much joy.

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Clean On the Outside, Dirty On the Inside | Mark 7:1-23

Ever shove clutter into a closet? Swept dirt under the rug? We do that to make our living spaces look good before others. Yet, we cannot do that with God. He sees all things. And because he is holy, he cannot tolerate the dirt of sin in our lives. How do we get clean before God? Truly clean — inside and out? We look to Mark 7:1-23 to find out.

Drama at Christ's Company Picnic | Mark 6:30-45

The feeding of the 5,000, one of Jesus’s best-known miracles is often misunderstood—by us, but even by the disciples who witnessed it and participated in it! They think they are on a company retreat with their CEO, but Jesus miraculously challenges them to think about him in different terms: the Good Shepherd, the Bread of Life. Those feeling starved in their Christian service and ministry, take heart! Your Shepherd feeds you!

The Value of the Kingdom | Matthew 13:44-46

We want the better kingdom of Jesus to grow in our community! Yet, what are we willing to do to see that happen? How much should we sacrifice for God's kingdom? Some things? Or everything? We look to Matthew 13:44-46 to show us what it means to joyfully and generously pursue the kingdom of God.

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Tell What the Lord Has Done - Mark 5:1-20

 Most of us want to witness -- you know, tell others about Jesus -- but where do we start? The passage in Mark 5:1-20 shows us that it is very simple: just tell others what the Lord has done in your life. Come find out all that the Lord has done in your life and find boldness to tell others about the Lord.

Peace In the Storm - Mark 4:35-41

While Jesus sleeps through a stormy gale, the disciples fear for their very lives and question if the Lord Jesus even cares for them. We can relate. Often, we also think the Lord is not caring or even watching over us. Let us look to Mark 4:35-41 to see the Lord's sovereign watchcare over us — even while in the storms of life.

The Mother of All Questions - Genesis 3:1-9

"Where are you?" is a profound question. It asks not just your physical location but more importantly how you see yourself before God in this beautiful and yet broken world that he created. We welcome Rev Al Dayhoff to the pulpit to preach from Genesis 3:1-9.

Whose Side Are You On? | Mark 3:20-30

We continue our sermon series in Mark looking at 3:20-30. Jesus again is confronted by the religious leaders now as they make assessments on how he is able to perform these miracles. But not only the religious leaders but even his close family is concerned for him. What we'll see this morning is that we all are on a side as it relates to Jesus, but whose side are you on? How you answer that question has eternal significance.

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God's Weekly Grace for the Rest of Us - Mark 2:23 - 3:6

Whether we’re spent from a 50+ hour week, trying to keep the house from falling apart or from having to constantly prove ourselves to family, we all could use more rest. In today’s passage, Jesus proves to be the King of rest, but his enemies are too preoccupied with the “law” of rest to marvel at the miraculous renewal he brings. Are they insane!? Probably, but so are we when we prefer to grind our lives away trying to win God’s love, when all we have to do is embrace what he has freely given us.

Experiencing True Healing - Mark 2:1-12

We all need healing! Not just physical healing such as from an illness, but also relational and spiritual healing -- where we are restored to others and to God. Find out what Mark 2:1-12 says about experiencing true healing.

Following Jesus and Gaining Life - Mark 1:14-20, 2:13-17

Jesus is beginning his earthly ministry as he both announces and ushers in the Kingdom of God by proclaiming a message of the Gospel of God, repent and believe, to common fishermen and sinful tax collectors. The Kingdom Jesus brings is that of Life, of healing, and so we, too, can follow him.

Joy and the Missionary God | Psalm 96

Proselytizing is an offensive and perhaps unknown word today. Come, listen and find out what Psalm 96 says about proselytizing and what is your role in it.

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Darkness and the Silent God - Psalm 88

God puts us into the darkness to help us grow in grace. We will learn to pray in the midst of the darkness, comforted that Jesus has suffered ultimate darkness, so we can cry out to him in our own times of darkness.

Envy and God's Sanctuary - Psalm 73

See if you can name someone who never has been jealous. Pretty difficult, eh? We all have been there. We know what it's like to have envy over others -- especially those who we think are worse sinners than we are. Come and find out how Psalm 73 shows us how to place our envy in God's holy temple.

Psalm 110 - Jesus Christ: King and Priest

Stubbornness and God's Heavy Hand, Psalm 32

This week in worship: Grief is a tricky emotion. Am I truly broken that I sinned? Or am I upset that I was found out? Or I am just upset that life is so hard? Come, listen and find out how to bring all your grief to God—especially in the times when it feels like God is disciplining you.

Grief and God's Discipline | Psalm 6

Grief is a tricky emotion. Am I truly broken that I sinned? Or am I upset that I was found out? Or I am just upset that life is so hard? Come, listen and find out how to bring all your grief to God—especially in the times when it feels like God is disciplining you.

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Waiting upon the Lord, Psalm 130

This week in worship: Waiting on God to act sometimes seems impossible! After all, we want things done our way right away. Yet, waiting on the Lord refines our faith. Waiting helps us to want the Lord more than the stuff we are waiting for. Come, listen and find out the joy of waiting on God.

Thanksgiving and the Good God | Psalm 100

Our happy God should be worshiped by a happy people. That sounds good, but how do we do that? How do we see God in all his wonder and beauty when we live in a culture that is "all about me"? Come, listen and find out.

Godly Fear & God's King | Psalm 2

The Fourth of July holiday weekend reminds us of our nation's struggle to escape tyranny and gain freedom. Here in Psalm 2 we see God's King who suffered tyranny so that we can be free. Come, listen and find out more about living free under King Jesus.

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Great Things from a Great God! - Psalm 126

This Sunday we look at Psalm 126.  This Psalm, like last week’s, is one of Ascent.  Does the Lord do good?  Is He actually good?  Sometimes we can wrestle with this because life can be hard and painful.  Join us on Sunday to see that the Lord is good, and has done great things. He's the God who restores that which is broken and hurting to joy and abundance.  The Lord has done great things!

Help is Here - Psalm 121

Cloudy with a Chance of Reign - Psalm 29

Delight and the Psalms - Psalm 1

What do you delight in? What excites you? Makes you smile? For the psalmist, it was meeting with God through the Word. That sounds cliche or perhaps churchy. Yet, it is a wonderful truth: when we are in the Word of God we see his love, his sacrifice, his delight in us -- and leads us to delight in Him! Come, listen and walk in this truth as we look at Psalm 1.

Boasting in the Cross - Galatians 6:11-18

IF YOU WERE TO WRITE IN ALL CAPS - what would you write? At the very end of Galatians (6:11-18), Paul wrote in all caps, "Boast in the cross!" Come, listen and find out what that means and how it changes your life.

Sowing and Reaping | Galatians 6:6-10

How you receive criticism tells much about you.  Are you torn up over harsh words?  Similarly, how you give criticism tells much about you.  Do you readily attack others who disagree with you?  This all relates to how you see yourself in Jesus Christ.  Come and learn how Jesus is your true image and how to bear with one another in love.

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Fulfilling the Law in Love - Galatians 6:1-5

How you receive criticism tells much about you. Are you torn up over harsh words? Similarly, how you give criticism tells much about you. Do you readily attack others who disagree with you? This all relates to how you see yourself in Jesus Christ. Come and learn how Jesus is your true image and how to bear with one another in love.

Walking in the Spirit / Galatians 5:16-26

Usually the fruits of the Spirit are taught as "laws" of Christian living. That is not the apostle Paul's intent. Instead, we are encouraged to have a new walk, through the Spirit, with the Lord -- resulting in a fruitful relationship. Come find out how to be truly fruitful Christians.

  

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Free to Love - Galatians 5:7-15

We are free!  Those who are in Christ are free!  But what does it mean to be free?  Last week we heard that freedom doesn't mean free to do whatever you want.  This week we’ll focus on the true freedom of being who we were made to be, those who lavishly love God and others.  The grace of Jesus is love on display, so as we are freed in Christ we become free to love.

Set Free! | Galatians 5:1-6

Jesus has set us free! Yet, why do we so often run back to patterns of slavery? Fearing what people think of us? Doing more and more to get approval? Doubting that our sin is truly paid in full by Jesus? Discover anew the freedom that Jesus has bought for you and how live afresh in that freedom as we study Galatians 5:1-6.

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Easter: Brining Your Doubts to Jesus - John 20:24-31

There is much proof of Jesus' resurrection — the empty grave, the hundreds of eyewitnesses, the radically changed lives of the disciples. Yet, sometimes we doubt the resurrection — not so much its history but its power and meaning today. The story of Thomas at Easter reminds us afresh to bring all our doubts to Jesus because Jesus cares for us and leads us to new life beyond the doubt.

The Worthy King Jesus| Mark 11:1-11

This morning we gather for the beginning of Holy Week, the Passion of Christ.  We don't gather as we will on Friday night with shouts of "Crucify Him"  but rather with cheers of "Hosanna!  Hosanna in the highest!"  We all long for a king to rule with justice and equity, to really care for us, but often we make a king into our own liking and purposes.  Join us as we look at the Gospel of King Jesus in Mark 11:1-11.

Children of Promise - Galatians 4:21-31

Children of Promise - Galatians 4:21-31

This is a challenging example of law and promise seen in the births of two sons, Isaac and Ishmael. One was a birth of promise and the other out of works, one a birth of hope and the other out of fear. As those who are heirs of Christ, the offspring of the promises of Abraham we are sons of the free woman, no longer slaves, and that should radically affect how we live.

Galatians 4:21–31

Example of Hagar and Sarah

[21] Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law? [22] For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman. [23] But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born through promise. [24] Now this may be interpreted allegorically: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; she is Hagar. [25] Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. [26] But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. [27] For it is written,

“Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear;
break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor!
For the children of the desolate one will be more
than those of the one who has a husband.”

[28] Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. [29] But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now. [30] But what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.” [31] So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman. (ESV)

The Joy of Being Known | Galatians 4:8-20

We look at Galatians 4:8-20. Though the laws are different for the religious and irreligious, both groups fear not being known and are trying to make a name for themselves through their law keeping. We see that being known by God sets one free from law-keeping and the need to perform. Even more, being known by God leads to great joyfulness in living for Jesus.

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The Freedom of Sonship - Galatians 4:1-7

We don’t really think of ourselves as slaves. Yet, neither do we really think of ourselves as sons or daughters of the Living God. In Galatians 4:1-7, we will explore what is sonship and how it gives us great freedom.

Slaves and Students and Sons, Oh My? - Galatians 3:23-29

Paul is still developing his theme of “why the law?”  This morning we’ll look at the law as our schoolmaster or pedagogue.  It teaches and trains us for our need for Jesus, but also the values and loves of the law-giver, who is our Father, clothing us with Christ and his law-keeping.  We were slaves, then students, and now sons of the Living God!

Whats Law Got To Do With It? Galatians 3:15-22

It is true that we cannot earn our righteousness through the law but by faith in Christ. What, therefore, is the purpose of the Law? Why should one obey or should one obey? What we’ll see this morning is that there is a problem with the law, but the law does have a purpose, and through the law we are able to receive blessing. So, we ‘ll ask, “What’s Law got to do with it?”

Free From The Curse | Galations 3:7-14

We look at Galatians 3:7-14.  “Do this or else!” That certainly is not a good foundation for a healthy relationship. When Jesus died on the cross, he took the curse upon himself. In one way, he took the “do this or else” of the law upon himself so that we are free! Listen to find out how to live in this new freedom.

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Continuing by Faith - Galatians 3:1-9

Is faith just a one-time thing for a Christian? Or do we need to live by faith every day? If every day, how do we grow such a faith? Find out as we look at Galatians 3:1-9.

A Living Faith Through Death - Galatians 2:17-21

If our works contribute nothing to our justification, our right standing with God, what role does our works play in the Christian life?  What are the implications of our righteousness being a gift given by Jesus to us?  Do we earn our ongoing standing with God as we live righteously after God saved us?  We’ll talk about these questions as we dive into Galatians 2:17-21.

What must I do? Galatians 2:15-16

In this message we look at Galatians 2:15-16. What does it take to be right with God? What makes me have a good standing before? Even if we “know” the right answer how do we functionally live different then the truth? How do we place things that we do or who we are above what Christ has done for us? Righteousness is only found in Jesus so join us as we look at one of the most crucial areas in all of Scripture; the theology of Justification.



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Defending Freedom | Galations 2:11-14

We look at Galatians 2:11-15.  We have friends who do wrong against themselves, one another and even you. But what do you do when they do wrong against the gospel? Too often we do nothing! Confrontation is bad word and so we avoid it altogether. Let’s see what the Bible says about defending the freedom found in the gospel and restoring others in love.

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The Struggle for One True Gospel - Galatians 2:1-10

What does it mean to repent not only of our sins but also of our righteousness? How do promises to live better lives for God sometime lead us away from God? Find out as we continue to learn about resisting “Jesus and” in our study of Galatians.

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Divine Origination - Galatians 1:11-24

Where does the gospel come from? Does it come from church tradition? Does it come from common religious myths? Or does it come from God himself? Come, listen, and find out why all this matters and how it affects your living as a free person in Jesus Christ.

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The One True Gospel - Galatians 1:6-10

In this message, we look at Galatians 1:6-10. Galatians has been called the “Battle Cry of the Reformation.” What is the battle? Why does the battle matter? Who or what is the final word of the battle? Whose side are you on in the battle? Come, listen and find out!



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Freedom Through Christ: An Introduction to Galatians | Galatians 1:1-5

We look at Galatians 1:1-5.  What does it mean to be free? Can we really do anything that we want? Don’t we need rules and controls in Christianity so we don’t go off the deep end? Join us as we start a new sermon series in Galatians.

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