2024
Please enjoy the sermons below from 2024. All messages are organized by series beginning with the most recent. Individual sermon titles link to brief written reflections on each message.
Five Christmases & An Ephiphany
The beginning of the good news about Jesus Christ, God’s Son, happened just as it was written about in the prophecy of Isaiah:
Look, I am sending my messenger before you. He will prepare your way, a voice shouting in the wilderness: “Prepare the way for the Lord; make his paths straight.
Mark 1:1-3
Five Christmases & an Ephiphany - Sermon Reflections
12/01/24 - Christmas at Mark’s
12/08/24 - Christmas at Matthew’s
12/15/24 - Christmas at Luke’s
12/22/24 - Christmas at John’s
12/29/24 - Christmas at Paul’s
01/05/24 - Home by Another Route
From Hatred to Healing
“But I say to you who are willing to hear: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you.”
Luke 6:27-28
“From Hatred to Healing” - Sermon Reflections
11/10/24 - Leveling Up on Love
11/17/24 - How Many Times?
11/24/24 - Let it Go
God’s Politics
In those days there was no king in Israel; all the people did what was right in their own eyes.
Judges 21:25
Not Alone
I give you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, so you also must love each other.
This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, when you love each other.
John 13:34-35
Honest Faith
Faith is the reality of what we hope for, the proof of what we don’t see.
Hebrews 11:1
For the Bible Tells Me So
... God’s word is living, active, and sharper than any two-edged sword. It penetrates to the point that it separates the soul from the spirit and the joints from the marrow. It’s able to judge the heart’s thoughts and intentions.
Hebrews 12:4
“For the Bible Tells me So”
Sermon Reflections on the Wesleyan Quadrilateral
08/18/24 - The Myth of Sola Scriptura
08/25/24 - Reading with the Saints
09/01/24 - When the Bible isn’t “Biblical”
09/08/24 - The Sin of Certainty
Seen and Heard
Those who humble themselves like this little child will be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.
Matthew 18:4-5
Three Simple Rules
Friend, don’t go along with evil. Model the good. The person who does good does God’s work. The person who does evil falsifies God, doesn’t know the first thing about God.
3 John 1:11 (The Message)
“Three Simple Rules” - Sermon Reflections
07/21/24 - Do No Harm
07/28/24 - Do Good
08/04/24 - Stay in Love with God
Entwined
Remain in me, and I will remain in you. A branch can’t produce fruit by itself, but must remain in the vine. Likewise, you can’t produce fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, then you will produce much fruit. Without me, you can’t do anything.
John 15:4-5
Completing the Work
I’m sure about this: the one who started a good work in you will stay with you to complete the job by the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 1:6
The Way of the Wild Goose
The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
Grow: Rethinking Church Growth
And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.
Colossians 2:6-7 (NLT)
“Grow: Rethinking Church Growth” - Sermon Reflections
04/07/24 - Think Small
04/14/24 - Grow Up
04/28/24 - Grow Deep
05/05/24 - Grow Wide
05/12/24 - Grow in Love
Finding God at the End of Your Rope
2 Corinthians 12:9
“My grace is enough for you, because power is made perfect in weakness.”
Good News
After John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee announcing God’s good news, saying, “Now is the time! Here comes God’s kingdom! Change your hearts and lives, and trust this good news!”
Mark 1:14-15