Sermons

Works of Mercy: “Hospitality to the Stranger”

We think of hospitality as being graciously welcoming – but it’s much more than that! The writer of Hebrews, the Apostle Paul and even Jesus considered hospitality as ESSENTIAL ...

Works of Mercy: “Feed and Clothe”

John Wesley famously said “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all […]

Love Letters: “Betrothed”

Jesus, you have taken us for your own and now we will spend eternity growing deeper in our love.

Love Letters: “Unmatched”

Jesus, you have elevated us through your love. Now all peoples will call us blessed, for our hearts are yours and yours’ is ours.

Love Letters: “Delight”

Jesus, can this be true? Are we truly the delight of your eyes? If we are beautiful it is because your love has made us so!

Love Letters: “Heart Searching”

Jesus, we search for you, hoping to even just catch a glimpse. We will not let you go, for our love is not fleeting.

Love Letters: “Adoration”

Jesus, we long for you, to behold your beauty, fully belonging to you. All our responsibilities seem like drudgery as we dream of life with you.

Living In Exile: “Resurrection”

Defeat is swallowed up in victory, death is swallowed up in life; the gates of the realm of the dead (hades) will not prevail against God’s assembled people because Jesus [&hell...

Good Friday 2025

Living In Exile: “Homecoming”

How does God come to us? Not in wrath, not in raw power, but lowly riding on the colt of a donkey. The king comes but with peace not war […]

Living In Exile: “Glimpsing Glory”

C. S. Lewis talks about a mistake we all make; we glimpse something in a sunset, for example, or a piece of music and it reminds us of a longing, […]

Living in Exile: “Cost of Discipleship”

There is something fundamentally challenging in the Christian gospel: those who want to be saved must die. Any attempt to avoid this central truth is merely religion that cannot...

Living in Exile: “Securing the Church”

Churches like Northview can feel very fragile; there’s budgets, volunteers, time constraints, and personality conflicts to navigate. Not to mention the sidelining done by the cu...

Living in Exile: “Rendezvous”

The wilderness can be a terrifying place. Whether it is wind and waves, hunger and temptation, or loneliness and rejection the place of exile is unsettling. In that place God’s ...

Living In Exile: “Multiplying Gifts”

The eyes of the flesh or the eyes of the kingdom; with which set of eyes will we look at life and ministry? Its an essential question to ask and […]

In All Things Charity: “Breaking Faith”

It is grievous when Christian fellowship is broken. While it maybe tempting to try to determine who between Paul and Barnabas was right or wrong, the truth is it doesn’t […]

In All Things Charity: “Passing Judgment”

Love means thinking more about the other person than ourselves and once we begin to do that then our assessment of them compared to “me” shifts radically. Only in this […]

In All Things Charity: “Overcoming Evil with Good”

What kind of character do we need to have to be the type of person who can practice charity in all circumstances? The short answer, of course, is to have […]

In All Things Charity: “Ending Disputes”

There is something far more important than being found to be in the right; namely, the kingdom of God. The church —this complex of new social relationships—is the icon of [&hell...

In All Things Charity: “Speak to Them”

“Fight, flight, freeze, or appease,” are normal ways for our culture to handle conflict. While there may be merit cancelling abusive people or unfriending toxic people, the chur...