Sermons from May 2018
Recapturing Freedom
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon and notes.) It’s safe to say that none of us will ever know what it means to be a slave – one who has lost his or her personhood. But many will experience that loss of hope and purpose that comes as a result of withering criticism, injustice, and mistreatment that is completely outside our…
Surviving as Heaven’s Ambassadors
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon and notes.) There is so much controversy in our society. People tend to get violent in speech and sometimes even in action when it comes politics. How are we to live? What should our attitude be? These are important themes as we strive to be God’s representatives in our world. We’ll be in…
Who Do You Want to Please?
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon and notes.) Rejection – feeling like you’re on the outside and you don’t belong. It’s a horrible feeling. It’s far worse when you’re trying to do the right thing. As we look at 1 Peter 2:4-10, we’ll see the difference between struggling people who live for the…
In It For the Long Haul
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon and notes.) When you’re really challenged by persecution or by the circumstances of life itself, your world tends to get smaller and you start to panic. Sunday we look at 1 Peter 1:22-2:3 to see a real alternative to crisis-centered thinking that rivets our eyes only on the storm. It’s…