SERIES: The Book of Acts TEXT: Acts 23:11-35 MESSAGE: “Beyond the Trials” ———————————————- “Theism allows us to live within our humanity more comfortably…We are not ‘accidental collocations of atoms,’ as Bertrand Russell put it—we are characters in the middle of the […]

SERIES: The Book of Acts TEXT: Acts 22:1-21 MESSAGE: “Take Courage” —————————————— “Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord.” — Psalm 27:14 “Anxiety is always about the future and imagining a future without God. And that is a […]

Title: Hail Mary Text: Luke 1:26-38 NIV Disruptions in life are not always gifts of grace, but gifts of grace in life are always disruptive. Three Points “Full of favor” means full of disruption… …So expect to be surprised… …Then […]

SERIES: The Book of Acts TEXT: Acts 21:18-36 MESSAGE: “Gospel Integrity” —————————————— “May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, LORD, is in you.” — Psalm 25:21 The word for “integrity” can be found 16 times in the Bible and can be defined as […]

SERIES: Vision Sunday TEXT: Acts 21:7-14 MESSAGE: “God’s Restraining Grace” ————————————————- “How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.” — Psalm 104:24 Q: What keeps us in this community?  Vision: To be a church for […]

ADVENT TEXT: Matthew 1:18-25 MESSAGE: “God With Us” ————————————— “In June 2002 a conference was held at Dartmouth Medical School, in which the leading scientists and medical professionals were brought together to try to determine, “what was it that was […]