Sermons
Unshakable Kingdom: “By Faith”
Too often our culture wants to define faith as a blind belief in the impossible. That is not what faith is. Instead, faith is a confidence in the hope that […]
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Unshakable Kingdom: “Remember What You’ve Heard”
It’s such a benign word, ‘drift.’ We can picture a boat floating away from the dock because it wasn’t tied up properly. It just drifts away. This is the same […]
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Unshakable Kingdom: “The Radiance of God’s Glory”
The resurrection of Jesus was not a mere reanimation of the old person. No, that person was dead and buried. Jesus was the first to be raised to the new […]
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When God Became King: “Return of the King”
If we demand answers from God and we persist that we cannot go on living until he answers us, he will indeed speak. His answers may not align to our […]
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When God Became King: “No Life Without God”
The human story is stuck in a perpetual cycle: we reject God and God rejects us. We want the whole of creation to ourselves free from the rule of God. […]
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When God Became King: “We Have Only One Lord”
To hold positions of authority and wield power over others is always a very attractive thing to us as human beings. However, to try to function this way as God’s […]
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When God Became King: “Watch Your Step”
The kingdom has come in the person of Jesus but it won’t come in its fullness until God’s great day of judgment. In the meantime we have both entered it […]
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When God Became King: “Revealed Glory”
Jesus isn’t unsure about who he is. From the moment of his baptism he has heard the Father’s voice tell him he is the Son and he has received the […]
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When Things Fall Apart: “Great God”
If we demand answers from God and we persist that we cannot go on living until he answers us, he will indeed speak. His answers may not align to our […]
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When Things Fall Apart: “Integrity in the Face of Suffering”
The God of Scripture is not like the gods of the nations. Those other gods are unpredictable and unknowable. Because of their wayward natures human beings are always grasping in...
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When Things Fall Apart: “A Demand for Justice”
If God is king then we should expect justice. And, even if we want to leave room for mercy, mercy without eventual justice is its own form of injustice. Once […]
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When Things Fall Apart: “God, Let’s Talk”
Do you realize that God has made a covenant with us, with you? A covenant is a two-sided agreement. This means that there are not just demands and expectations on […]
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When Things Fall Apart: “Suffering and Presence”
The gift of community is that we are not alone. When Job experiences tremendous suffering his friends seek him out, recognize his pain, mourn for him, and just sit with […]
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When Things Fall Apart: “Trouble Comes Calling”
Again and again we see and experience that there are no guarantees in life. We can love God sincerely and faithfully but things will still go wrong. Life can and […]
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Competing Kingdoms: “Under God”
As important as wisdom is, it cannot become an end to itself. True wisdom leads us to God and brings us under his rule. Solomon, the teacher, tells future generations […]
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Competing Kingdoms: “Humble Wisdom”
A king that seeks to serve under the kingship of God must recognize their own shortcomings. This is precisely who Solomon is. He recognizes that if he is going to […]
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Competing Kingdoms: “God Measures by the Stature of our Character”
While God certainly used Saul for his purposes to save his people, he ultimately proved a failure. So even though he is still the king, he isn’t God’s king. God […]
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Competing Kingdoms: “He’s Got the Look”
If your primary objective is guaranteed security then you’re looking for the right kind of person. This is precisely what God offers to the people. Saul is larger than anyone [&...
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Competing Kingdoms: “A Kingdom Like Any Other”
Israel grows tired of the haphazard arrangement and of waiting for God to save them again and again. They begin to wonder what it would be like to live like […]
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