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Our first "big BUT" comes from Paul's letter to the Romans. He writes, "Do not be conformed to this world, BUT be transformed by the renewing of your minds." That's easier said than done, Paul! Why shouldn't we conform? And do we go about being transforme
We all have names and our names are part of our identity. As we celebrate the birth of Baby Jesus, how does the name of this child help shape our own lives? How does Jesus help free us from the confines of the names and labels that people tend to use to d
Simeon waits his entire life to see the Messiah, and just before he dies, he gets a glimpse of Baby Jesus. Yet, he'll never know what becomes of this child. What does it mean that so much of what we hope for never takes place in our own lifetimes? Join us
Today we examine another song on "The Original Christmas Album," the Benedictus by Zechariah. Surprisingly, we find that Zechariah mostly sings about Jesus, not his own newborn son John! Join us as we explore the reasons! Attachments area
In Luke 2 the angels sing out, "Gory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth, peace among those whom God favors." We sing the Latin version of these words each year in the hymn Angels We Have Heard On High when we sing "gloria in excelsis deo", but is
Today we kick off Advent with our new sermon series, "The Original Christmas Album." Our first song is Mary's Magnificat, a song of hope and awe. Join us as we explore who Mary was and what her song means for all of us today!
In our final installment of "Taste and See," we find the Israelites in Numbers 11 craving the foods they remember eating in Egypt. So often we desire to return to the past in order to escape the present. Is it even possible to go backwards? Are we capable
God gave the Israelites manna every day while they wandered in the wilderness. The word "manna" means, "what is it?" As we continue to ask God for our daily bread, maybe we should be asking, "What is it?" each day as well.
2 Kings 4 presents a fable of the prophet Elisha multiplying jars of oil to save a woman and her sons from debt slavery. How did the people of Israel use this story to declare a new message about the economics of God's Kingdom? How can something so small
Join us as we kick off our new sermon series Taste & See with a passage from Ezekiel that involves eating a scroll! Luckily, the prophet reported that it tasted sweet as honey. What is so sweet about God’s Word in a world often filled with bitterness?
Animals and stories about animals are found throughout the Bible, from the first story of creation to Noah's Ark to Daniel in the lion's den. Jesus uses animals to teach us about God, ourselves, and the world, and God is compared to animals several times
The final installment of our series, "God Never Said That," is here, and we are tackling the most used cliche of them all: "Everything Happens for a Reason." It is comforting to know that God has a plan for us, but could it really be true that God is orch