The Lord is Preparing for Christmas – week 3
Forgiving Iniquity, Rebellion, and Sin This week Pastor Peter’s message is an extension of last week. He continues to unpack Exodus 34:6-7. Pastor Peter shares how God is Holy and God’s love is expressed in unimaginable forgiveness.
The Lord is Preparing for Christmas – week 2
This week Pastor Peter continued unpacking the question: How do we know who God is? Exodus 34:6-7 describes God as abounding in faithful love and truth. Abounding in Faithful Love and Truth 6 The Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed: The Lord—the Lord is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth, 7 maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But he will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on…
The Lord is Preparing for Christmas – week 1
This Sunday, Pastor Peter began our Christmas Series: The Lord is Preparing for Christmas. He asks the question, Who is God? In Exodus 34:6-7, God describes His own heart. No matter how discouraged we feel, God is compassionate and gracious. He is slow to anger. This series is for those who are discouraged this season and running on fumes. Compassionate & Gracious, Slow to Anger 6 The Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed: The Lord—the Lord is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to…
Come Away and Rest
This week Pastor Peter teaches us what Jesus says about rest from Mark 6:30-31. We are called to work and then to rest. Rest grounds us in the gospel and is a form of worship – declaring all faith and trust in God’s control. 30 The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all that they had done and taught. 31 He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a remote place and rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and…
Love That Gave It All
This week Chan Kim gave a beautiful message on Jesus’ love for us and what it cost Him. 23 But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed. 24 So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted. 25 He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus over to their will. 26 And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was…
Jesus Heals the Blind Man
This week, Paul unpacks Mark 10:46-52 where Jesus heals a blind man named Bartimaeus who calls out to Him in faith. 46 They came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind beggar, was sitting by the road. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 48 Many warned him to keep quiet, but he was crying out all the more, “Have mercy…
5th Sunday Celebration
This Sunday we celebrated God’s work in the church & individuals.
Secular Foundation: Inspecting the Structure – Finding God – week 4
Science Pastor Peter unpacks the question: If you believe in Christianity, do you have to turn your back on science? 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called…
Secular Foundation: Inspecting the Structure – Finding God – week 3
Sex, Marriage and Gender This Sunday, Pastor Peter unpacks the question: How do we understand marriage, sex, sexual preference and gender identity inside a culture that bristles at our biblical understanding of those topics? 26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.”27 So God created man in his own image; he created…
Secular Foundation – Inspecting the Structure – Finding God – week 2
This week Pastor Peter opens God’s word and examines Ephesians 2 to share with us what it says about equality. “11 So, then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh—called “the uncircumcised” by those called “the circumcised,” which is done in the flesh by human hands. 12 At that time you were without Christ, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus, you who were…