In a world where the only real word is death which leads to hopelessness, the Christian has hope because Jesus has been raised from the dead. It’s for this reason […]
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In a world of words James calls the Christian community to a more silent and active faith
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For Christian faith to be genuine it must be lived. We don’t need to fear a works based faith because works do not save only Jesus does, but the other […]
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James reminds us that even as Christians our human tendency will be to evaluate and treat people differently. When we do that in our congregations we are judging people inapprop...
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Life isn’t fair. Everyone goes through hard times and difficulties–that includes Christians. So, how are Christians supposed to respond when times are tough?
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We have recognized that in Christ Jesus there is no distinction between male and female, that God has called us all to be his ministers. However, we have to also […]
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Pastor Jody invites us to examine the goggles we wear when it comes to women in ministry. It is important for women to have models of what they can become […]
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Building on Carol’s sermon the week before, Tiffany draws attention to the way Jesus subverts the cultural expectation by embracing Mary as a disciple which points us to t...
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Carol reviews the women involved in Jesus’s life and ministry, pointing to the way it makes us aware of how God welcomes men and women equally into his life and […]
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Amy walked us through a difficult passage of scripture, using a facilitated teaching method, to show how rather than making women less than men, Paul was actually freeing women ...
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Rachel walks us through God’s original intention for his image bearers — male and female — how the woman is the only one in creation equal to help the man [&he...
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God is faithful in delivering us even when we are unfaithful or unworthy, however the caution from Samson (and from Paul) is that we still must strive/seek to be faithful [&hell...
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Pride is a condition of the human heart that the church has always cautioned Christians to beware. Boasting is a symptom of that pride. If we are going to be […]
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Disney tells some wonderful and powerful stories, but they often encourage us to look in for what we need to be delivered. Christianity differs because what we need for delivera...
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Christmas isn’t a Hallmark card, it’s an alarm bell to the world that things are not as they should be while at the same moment extremely good news because God [&hel...
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Too often we experience disappointment with God because he doesn’t play by our rules. We want him to do things for us the way we want them done, but he […]
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Our children lead us in worship by telling the Christmas story through drama, song and poems.
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How can we have peace when we seem so determined to destroy ourselves. What hope do we have when we have turned our backs on God? We need someone to […]
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God has given every one of us abilities which he desires us to use as he provides us with opportunities. This is how his kingdom grows. The temptation however is […]
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We feel that tug that whispers, turn to Jesus, and we say, yes, but not yet. We wait. We wait because we just aren’t sure. Maybe not sure about Jesus, […]
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