2 Corinthians 4:7-5:5 1 Samuel 3:1-4:1 Psalm 138 For the next two weeks we will be focusing on a couple of chapters in 2 Corinthians. In May, many of my sermons emphasized the importance of the cross in our Christian lives. The concept of dying spiritually in order to live spiritually is central to the Christian life. When we experience the dying and rising of the Christian life, God brings healing and transformation into our lives through it. And then sends us out, to wa

John 12:20-33 Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 51:1-17 We are in fifth week of our Lenten Sermon series. Next week is Palm Sunday and then we enter Holy Week. Please check your March flyer for our special Holy Week services. This year during Lent, we are talking about deepening our roots in Jesus. During Lent, we often participate in a fast in order to deepen our roots in Jesus. Fasting is sacrifice and blessing. We can remove something from our lives in order to add something tha

Mark 1:1-11, Proverbs 3:1-8, Psalm 29 We are starting a new sermon series for the new year. In the summer I did a series called Journey with Jesus. I got a lot of positive feedback during that series so I thought I would do another one. The summer series followed Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew. This series will follow Jesus in the Gospel of Mark. Today is the first part of a five-part Journey with Jesus series and we will be starting with Jesus’ baptism. You may recall f