As you may have seen on the main church web site, Pastor Luke has accepted a new call in Alaska. As a result, we are temporarily suspending our sermon podcast, during the interim period until new arrangements are made. Our understanding is that Pastor Luke plans to continue publishing his sermons there, although we do not know the particulars. (Try Google.)
Could It Be Any Easier?
Is God willing to bless his people? And if so, what can we do to receive his blessing? Are there things we do to prevent it? The story of a Syrian general called Naaman and an anonymous slave girl has clues to help us answer these questions, as Pastor Luke explains in his message “Could It Be Any Easier?” Text: 2 Kings 5:1-14.
No Podcast – AGAIN!
Oh, darn. No podcast again.
For the technology-minded, what appears to have happened is that our sound guy recorded the entire service, but the signal level going into the recorder was zero. So we got a great recording of an hour of silence. My sermon is the yellow band in the middle. Sorry for the inconvenience. We appreciate your patience, and we’ll try extra hard to get things right next week!
Promises, Promises
Uncertainty isn’t much fun. When we go through transitions in our lives, though, we have to go through periods of uncertainty. We don’t know what will happen until we get there. When the Israelites entered the Promised Land, they had to do so without Moses. What can we learn from their experience that helps us to deal with uncertainty in our own lives? The book of Deuteronomy contains a passage that teaches us how to deal with uncertainty and where we can find certainty, as Pastor Luke discusses in his message “Promises, Promises.” Text: Deuteronomy 18:15-20.
No Podcast for 1/8 Service!
The audio recording for Pastor Luke’s sermon on January 8 was unusable as a podcast. We hope that the problems have been resolved now and we will be able to resume the podcast again on January 15. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
We Have Seen His Glory – Part 5 of Ornaments
There are a lot of small mysteries about Christmas, like why it’s held in December, when we’re all so busy celebrating the holidays. But the really deep mystery is why Christmas even occurred. Even assuming that God loves us and wants to save us, why did God have to become human? Although they lay out the bare facts of the Christmas story, the more familiar passages in Luke and Matthew don’t explain the incarnation. But John’s account of the gospel tells us why God had to become human. Pastor Luke looks at this most poetic and profound account of Christmas in “We Have Seen His Glory,” the final part of “Ornaments” our series of Christmas messages. Text: John 1:1-18.
The Manger – Ornaments, Part 4
People do a lot of entertaining at Christmastime. Even kids prepare for a visitor when they put out cookies for Santa. But how do you prepare when your visitor will Jesus? After all, nobody wants to make the mistake Bethlehem did, when Jesus was laid in a manger “because there was no place for them in the inn.” But how can you avoid it? How do you prepare when Jesus is your visitor? Pastor Luke explores the answers to these questions in “The Manger,” part 4 of “Ornaments,” our series of Christmas messages. Text: Luke 2:1-7.