So often in life we or those we love feel powerless, oppressed, held captive and enslaved. The Cross is Christ's great victory over the hostile forces arrayed against us, and through the cross we are given freedom and peace.
Philosopher Merold Westphal says that guilt is a mode of self-consciousness. You know you've done the wrong thing, you're ashamed and you have a sense you deserve punishment. The picture of Jesus' death as a sacrifice helps us understand how his death deals with our guilt.
The prayer for the 4th Sunday in Advent asks for God's grace to help us run with perseverance the race marked out before us.
Because Jesus is fully human, like us in every way, yet without sin, he shows us how to be human. But more than that, because he is fully human, his saving work touches every part of our humanity.
David brought the Ark of the Covenant up to Jerusalem with great fanfare. A thousand years later Jesus rode the same path on a donkey and entered the same gate as the King of Glory. Lord Jesus give us clean hands and a pure heart as we open the door of our life to you.
As a church God calls us to offer a warm welcome that invites people to meet Jesus. We look the hospitality of Abraham, Rublev's famous icon, and what this looks…
In the garden of Gethsemane Jesus faced a mighty contest between the spirit and the flesh, between saying “Yes” or “No” to God’s will. Hebrews says he is our great…
In this sermon, Jackie Law begins a three-week series in the book of Job. She explores the question, “What is fair?” and sets up the book as a whole. When…
We’re often told that religion is private. But the New Testament is full of “one anothers” that teach us that connecting with God and growing to maturity involves deep community.…
Habits of Worship are ones that help us focus on the most important thing in life, God. In a 24/7 online age, the practice of the Sabbath helps us find…