“Finding Our Prophetic Voice: Journey with Elijah – 1 Kings 18”Text: 1 Kings 18In today’s passage, Elijah is up against the prophets of Baal to prove to Ahab that the Lord is the one true God. Elijah names his faith by calling on God. As people finding our prophetic voice, we also must not forget…

Text: Psalm 19:12-14, 1 John 3:1-10Pastor Kim Richardson joins us this week to talk about overcoming temptation and the sin we commit knowingly as well as unintentionally. He suggests that through God’s grace, we can have victory over sin by continually spending time with Jesus until in our hearts, it becomes natural for us to…

Text: Psalm 2Psalm 2 is a psalm of might and was used in Old Testament times for coronating new kings.  In the early Church, it was used as a reminder and a warning against merging with the ways and the sins of the world.  It is also an invitation to seek the Lord, and to…

Text: Isaiah 50:4-9aOn this Palm Sunday, we look at an Old Testament prophetic passage which talks about a vindicator who comes from God to remove us of our sin and shame. Jesus is the embodiment of this hope of God’s people; what He does on the cross is to make us right with God, removing…

“The Enduring Love of God”Text: Lamentations 3:16-33The book of Lamentations is full of the very real depictions of hardship and struggles that are laid out before God by those people who were left behind after Israel was conquered by the Babylonians.  Despite their trials and struggles, through the Word of the Lord and the examples…

“Sure Signs of a Maturing Faith”Text: Philippians 3:15-4:1For the Christian, growth is not optional. Pastor Eric Larsen joins us again this week and talks about what it means to mature in the faith. The mature Christian knows what belongs in their life, and knows what needs to be left behind. The key to maturity is…

“Image of God: Part 1”Text: James 3:9, Genesis 1:24-31;5:1,9:6Scripture tells us again and again that humanity was created in the image of God. Over the next two weeks, Pastor Tim will be talking about this and what it means for us. We have a natural tendency to apply this inwardly to ourselves, but the image…

Letters of God’s Love: 1 John 3:1-24Text: 1 John 3:1-24In today’s passage, John addresses those in the early Church who believed that the way we live our lives does not matter. He asserts that what Christ has done in our life has ongoing implications for who we are to be and how we are to…

Text: Psalm 36The theme of God’s steadfast love has been a defining mark of the relationship between God and His people. Psalm 36 can be seen as both a testimony of what God has seen the psalmist through as well as a prayer asking for help with the concerns of the present day. The hope…

Text: Psalm 72We start the new calendar year by studying Psalm 72, which was a “coronation psalm” used for the leaders of Israel. It expresses a desire and hope for peace and righteousness in the land and uses hyperbolic language which far outlasts what is capable with a single human ruler. In this way, the…