All of life is spiritual. The work we are doing is God’s work. God created work. God audits work. God governs work. God redeems work. We work for God.
Part of our sermon series—”Be Courageous! Living as God’s People in God’s World.” This series is based on and follows the outline of Christopher J.H. Wright’s book, The Mission of God's People : A Biblical Theology of the Church's Mission, (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2010).
Read MoreAs we enter this new year we must not fear. We must not be anxious. Be strong and courageous. Seek first the Kingdom. These are the instructions of our Lord. How? Repent, Rely, Rejoice. Repent — turn back to God. Rely — trust in God. Rejoice — rejoice in the Lord always, glorify God in everything we do. Three R’s to remember and to live by during this new year.
Read MoreThe story of Jesus Christ’s birth told by one of the shepherds from the fields outside of Bethlehem on that night.
This story was adapted from Roger Haber, Christmas First Persons: Sharing the Story Creatively, (Roger Haber, 2017), 11-15, Kindle.
Read MoreThird Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 61:1-11 & 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 — We can delight greatly in the Lord, and our souls can rejoice in our God. We can rejoice and keep rejoicing.
Read MoreSecond Sunday of Advent-Peace: Isaiah 11:1-10 & Romans 15:1-13 — “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Matt. 5:9). We are called to be peacemakers. Peace is possible because the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ, came and made peace possible.
Read MoreFirst Sunday of Advent-Hope: Isaiah 1-2 — God is real! Jesus is real! He came, and he is coming back! Really, he is! So we must keep watching! Keep hoping! So that we are ready to stand before him when he comes.
Read MoreGod’s people are a people who are sent and are sending. We learned last week that God sends us into the world as agents of his salvation. And God sends us into the world as messengers of his Word. It became clear that our God is a sending God. This morning we will explore this more by looking at how this sending is the work of the Holy Trinity. Then we will look at how and for what Jesus sends us into the world. Lastly, we see how we are to send others.
Read MoreIn our last sermons we learned that God’s people are a people who bear witness to the only true living God. And we are a people who proclaim the gospel of Christ. Today, and next week, we will see that God’s people are a people who are sent and who send. Sent and send to witness and proclaim.
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