“The Law of Love” Text: Romans 13:8-14 No longer enslaved to the law of sin and death, the follower of Christ is constrained by the law of love. We continue our journey through Romans with a look at what it means to be clothed with Christ, to be free from all debts except the debt…

“Sacrifices: Living and Serving” Text: Romans 12:1-8 What does it mean to be a “Living Sacrifice”? What is God’s will for your life? What does it mean to be transformed by the renewing of your mind? Pastor Jon tackles some of these questions from Romans 12, suggesting that God wants us as we are, and…

“Beautiful Feet” Romans 10:1-15 Using the stories of Elijah and Peter, Pastor Jon helps us to consider the ways in which God wants to use all of us: our feet, our mouths, our ears. As Adopted Children of the Promise, we are called to have beautiful feet – strong, sturdy, fast, faith-filled feet that move…

“Neither Height Nor Depth” Text: Romans 8:26-39 The conclusion of Romans 8 invites us to consider the depths of God’s love for us. We are reminded that God is for us, that Jesus doesn’t condemn us, and that the Holy Spirit intercedes for us. God is at work in every situation to bring about our…

“Life in the Spirit” Text: Romans 8:1-11; Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 A fresh look at the Parable of the Sower informs our study in Romans chapter 8. What if we’ve been so satisfied with “there is no condemnation” that we miss out on the new and abundant life in Christ right now? Pastor Jon suggests some…

“A Pattern of Righteousness” Text: Romans 6:12-23 Pastor Steve Malcolm explores the righteousness that we are called to in Romans 6 by taking an awkward walk with Abraham and Isaac.

“Trinity Sunday: Speechless” Text: Matthew 28:16-20 On this Trinity Sunday, we are invited to contemplate the mystery of Holy Trinity, not as a doctrine to be explained, but as a revelation to be experienced. While Scripture serves as a reliable pointer, and the ancient creeds attempt to describe the revelation, we are truly caught speechless…

How Then Shall We Live? Text:  Peter 3:8-9; 4:7-11; 5:6-11 We conclude our series on First Peter with a sequence of practical instructions on holy living. Now that we have this living hope, having heard the call to Christlike holiness, having tasted that God is good; we live into the good life, taking heart despite…

The Good Life – May 18, 2014 Text: I Peter 2:11-12, 20-25 What does the good life mean? The good life means that we are safe, that we are living into our salvation, that while we may be strangers and aliens in the world around us, we are confident of our citizenship in a greater…

Strange Holiness – May 4, 2014 Text: I Peter 1:13-25 Resurrection people are called to be holy as God is holy. But what does this holiness look like? Shaped by the Image of God, informed by the incarnation, and participating in the Mission of God, we hear the call to be obedient children, living as…