Sermons from July 2018
Surviving with Class
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon.) Sometimes we feel so beat up that if we just manage to survive, that will be enough – but it isn’t. God wants us to thrive. He wants us to do it with passion, with strength, and even to gain an optimistic gaze toward the future. We were called “to more than just survive – we…
The Good Shepherds
When life get really hard, you need models to follow. Those models are people whose example produces calm instead of panic, peace instead of strife, and godly responses instead of worldly reactions. Good models are not born; they’re developed through careful, disciplined living and spiritual leadership. They understand that spiritual modeling is built on influence,…
Don’t Be Surprised!
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon and notes.) Bad days will come for each one of us, and the more we’ve thought these things through ahead of time, the better prepared we’ll be when tragedy strikes or struggles emerge.” (Blackstock) Sunday we get prepared for that shocking moment when deeply embedded Christian principles move from…
Surviving By Serving
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon.) When we are besieged by persecution, pain, depression or loss, the last thing we want to do is think about someone else. We self-focus and think only of the threat that faces us. Yet there is a better way; our walk with God! We can choose to focus on the gift that God has placed in our hands, look…