Category Archives: Sunday Sermons

Responding Well to Correction – Continued

Can you remember the last time someone corrected you? How did you feel about that? Were you glad or sad or angry? Correction is something we all need at times, some more than others, but we are often resistant. To accept correction means we are admitting we were wrong. Admitting we were wrong means admitting…

Responding Well to Correction

Moved to Prayer

What impact does watching the news have on you? What impact does the Word of God have on you? Sometimes, it should be the same - intense prayer. The pain, suffering, and depravity we see on the news should drive us to call out to God. The wonder, awe, and terror that come from getting…

Help for Understanding God’s Ways

When things go bad in the world, we often start to wonder what God is doing. Why is He allowing so many problems, so much trouble? We are tempted to think, to worry, that maybe God has faded from the scene or stopped caring. Because He knows our humanness and our tendencies, God has taken…

From Disillusionment to Joy

"He is Risen!" was not the first words some of the disciples said when they heard about the empty tomb. Most were saying "He is Missing!". Maybe that is how you feel sometimes. Sometimes we expect God to show up in a certain way: heal a friend, fix a problem, calm this chaotic world. Sometimes…

What is God doing in the Northeast?

Today we are excited to have with us Dan Nichols of the Northeast Collaborative. Dan is going to share with us the vision and work of the Northeast Collaborative, telling us about the exciting things God is doing in and through churches in our region. He will be making his main ministry presentation in the…

Acknowledging the Conflict With Hope

It is easy to forget that God calls us to be salt and light in this world. Christ followers can become jaded to the sin and depravity of the culture and miss how far status quo is from the lifestyle God calls us to. Many have done this and find themselves a long way from…

What’s in My Future?

Have you ever wondered what the future held? Being able to answer that has been the plotline of many stories, TV shows, and movies. Sometimes it would be very convenient to know what tomorrow holds, sometimes it would be horrible. Only one really knows the future, whether we are speaking of our personal future or…

Customs and Convictions

Probably the most familiar story from the book of Daniel is his rescue from the lions den. Are you familiar with it? Daniel's excellence gets him a promotion and that brings great jealousy among his peers. They set out to ruin him but the job is hard because he is too good so they... you'll…

Learning from other’s mistakes . . . or not

George Santayana said: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it". It might be more accurate to say, "Those who don't learn from the past are condemned to repeat it" because it is possible to know something without really benefitting from that knowledge. I'm afraid I can testify that it happens a…