Scripture: Matthew 7:1-5; John 8:1-11 We continue this week with our sermon series, The Ripple Effect. Last week, we discussed how you can break the negative cycle of behaviors that you inherit from your surroundings. This Sunday, we’re going to talk about the role society plays in...
Scripture: Matthew 5:21-26; John 9:1-12 We continue this week with our sermon series, The Ripple Effect. Our goal is to understand how the forces that shape our lives ripple out beyond us to impact the world at large, and how Jesus and the gospel have the ability to disrupt those...
Scripture: John 13:34-35; Leviticus 26:9-18 As we enter into the New Year, we are going to be doing a short six-week sermon series called, The Ripple Effect. If you’ve never heard of the ripple effect, it is based on the visualization of the ripples that occur in water. I’m...
Scripture: Luke 1:46-55; Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 This Sunday is the final sermon from our Advent sermon series, A Light in the Darkness, and we are talking about the theme of love. The scripture reading from Luke is better known as the "Magnificat", which is a hymn of praise that Mary sings to...
Scripture: Luke 1:39-45; Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 This Sunday in our Advent sermon series, A Light in the Darkness, we are talking about the theme of joy. We begin by talking about how the Greeks used the word happy to describe people in two different types of circumstances. The first type of...
Scripture: Luke 1:67-79; Isaiah 57:18-21 This Sunday, we will continue our Advent sermon series, A Light in the Darkness, where each week the sermon is based around the themes associated with the candles we light on our Advent wreath. Last week, we talked about how Jesus brings hope to our...
Scripture: Romans 8:22-25; Genesis 15:1-6 This Sunday we enter into the season of Advent. If you have ever been present during Advent in our church, you know that every Sunday we light a new candle on our Advent wreath. There are four candles placed along the outside of the wreath and one in...
Scripture: Luke 10:25-37 This Sunday is our last sermon in our series, Hidden Angels, and we will be discussing the parable of the Good Samaritan and what this says about our responsibility as Christians toward the world. This parable is very unique because it encapsulates the Christian...
Scripture: Mark 10:13-16; Jeremiah 1:4-10 This Sunday, in our sermon series, Hidden Angels, we will be discussing our responsibility as Christians towards children. A 2015 study performed by the Urban Institute states that, “the future achievement of ever-poor children is related to...
Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30; 1 Corinthians 16:1-4 This Sunday in our sermon series, Hidden Angels, we will be discussing God’s expectations in how we use our talents for God’s kingdom. When we use the word talent in English, what we mean by that is someone who possesses a...
