What Does A Good Neighbor Look Like?

Let’s play a word association game. What’s the first thing that pops into your head when I say: “Good Neighbor?”

Seeing What the LORD Sees

When you stop to think about it, our sight tends to be the sense we trust the most. We use phrases like, “I’ll believe it when I see it,” or “I don’t believe what I just saw!”

Do You Value God’s Wisdom?

British science fiction author Arthur Clarke said, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Any time there is a big enough gap between what we observe with…

I Must Take Care of My Father’s Buisness

Jesus took care of his Father’s business and gives us the desire to fulfill our duty to God as well.

What Child is This? God Made Flesh

Whenever someone opens a gift, one of the first questions that must be answered is “What is it?” The anticipation of that answer is unmistakable, right? And usually, once the gift is opened, it’s pretty easy to answer the question.

What Child Is This?

If what we see determines what is important, we fall into the sins of pride and comparison. Worst of all, we will miss the most important work of God.

He Lifts Up the Humbled

Has it happened yet? Has Christmas fatigue already set in? Maybe not quite yet as Christmas is a week away. But we’re awfully close aren’t we? Do you feel those burdens starting to pile up?

Children of the Promise: John

If you didn’t already know the story and you just started reading at verse 57, you wouldn’t see anything unusual. It’s totally normal for neighbors and relatives to rejoice with a new mother at the birth of a child.

Don’t Give Up and Don’t Give In

I’d like to start out this sermon with some material from the well known theologians: Calvin and Hobbs. In this strip, there’s the bully Moe who is always taking things away from Calvin.

Children of the Promise: Moses

It’s hard to overstate the importance of Moses in the Bible. Through God’s power he brought plagues upon Egypt, led God’s people out of slavery, parted the Red Sea, spoke with the Lord on Mt. Sinai, received the 10 commandments…